Crossover Voting

I'm quite apathetic when it comes to politics and I'm not enamored with national politicians, but there's a voting trend that's becoming quite disturbing to me.

Since John McCain has the Republican nomination wrapped up, many Republican voters are crossing party lines and voting in Democratic primaries in hopes of getting the candidate on the ticket who would be easier to defeat in November. Republican crossovers turned out in droves and voted for Hillary Clinton in yesterday's primaries with the belief McCain would have a better chance of election running against Clinton than against Obama.

I'm glad we have open primaries, but not for shenanigans like this. I find it to be dishonest to cast a vote for someone you don't want occupying the White House. If a registered Republican voter really wanted Clinton for president, then by all means, cross over and vote in the Democratic primary. But don't use the system for some scheme that was concocted by talk radio hosts. It's a mockery to the voting rights and privileges we have in this country.