Screaming "bullcrap" at the truth does not change its veracity.
It was all that needed said. Pete knows better.
We all get that you don't want this to be a binary choice, just as we all understand that this election is precisely that. The next President will be either Donald Trump, or whomever the Dems nominate. That is, by definition binary. So you can stomp your feet, take your ball and go home, or curl up and cry about how unfair it is to have such a binary choice....just quit pretending that what you're doing is anything less than a tantrum.
It is not a binary choice. There is also the choice of non-participation, at the very least.
I will refuse to participate in that which I cannot support.
And that will ever be my criteria.
While you're at it, quit pretending that anyone other than the two individuals laid out in my 3rd sentence above has any chance at becoming the President in 2020.
So what? If people are unwilling to stand upon the principle things they believe in, things will never change. In that I am leading by example. All you need to obtain my vote is a conservative to support. It is a simple thing.
And finally, quit pretending that this election is anything less than the existential battle sneakypete defines it to be in his "snarky" but spot on statement above.
Existential my ass. There is no difference between the two sides. Both spend money we don't have, and both are statist, supporting a behemoth of a federal government. On those two points alone, no other criteria are necessary - There is no appreciable difference, and y'all just think you're better at it.
I am never, ever going to support that, period.
In summary, quit pretending and face reality...and then act rationally in response. That's all any of us are asking you to do.
And that is precisely what I am doing. If one supports Conservatism, then it only follows that one must vote for Conservatives. One doesn't get more conservatives by voting for liberals, as the current state of the Republican party proves perfectly. That IS the reality.
As yet, you all seem determined to live in a fantasyland of "Presidential resignations, 3rd Party Champions rising to win the White House, and holier than thou votes cast for holier than thou candidates with zero chances of winning anything"...all whilst the Mongol-like hordes of Socialist "reform" pound at our gates and demand the fall of the Republic.
You fiddle, while Rome falls. Smart.
If the other choice is to support y'all, then fiddling is the proper choice - The fiscal irresponsibility alone requires that I withhold my vote. Because Rome has already fallen unless we return to principle things, and damn soon. You are stopping nothing. You are opening the gates.
And please, I hope none of you are childish and ignorant enough to retort that there's no difference between a Trump presidency and the Socialists...as accepting that requires the kind of vacuous suspension of facts, evidence and truth that is beneath the intellect and dignity of this board.
Certainly there is no difference. The difference would be the very principles I am seeking, and they are not to be found in the current administration.