I'm not voting "against" nor am I hoping for different results...just more results in the same vein. I'm voting for...more tax cuts, more conservative judges, a less adventurous military posture, more Wall on top of the 500+ completed by end of 2020, continuing strong stance against illegal immigration, continuing disruption of the deep state corruption, continuing strengthening of our military, continuing improvement in our trade deals, continuing reductions in historically low unemployment, continuing improvements in middle class incomes, continuing politically incorrect truth from the White House, continuing suppression of the establishment/RINO wing of the GOP, and continuing respect for law enforcement from the White House. And a shit ton of other positives flowing from the Presidency right now.
Sure, there are blemishes and and President Trump can't fix EVERYTHING in 3 years with little to no help from the weak sisters in congress...but he's accomplished a damn sight more than any conservative President since WW2. More than Reagan got done in his first 3 years and I LOVE Reagan.
If that kind of deeply conservative governance...as conservative as is politically/practically achievable...than sure, give me more of that stupidity.
I suppose we should all pretend to be above it all, declare our moral narcissism by holding out for the perfect "preacherman/wizard" who can wave his magic wand and arrest Hillary, lock up half the FBI/CIA, disband congress and do as he chooses to implement "conservative rule"...but I live in the real world...not a dimwitted fantasy land of wishful thinking and magical beliefs.
I am perfectly willing to vote for a candidate who is generally conservative, even if I do not agree with everything he or she says. I am generally content to try to move the ball forward, and don't disagree with you that, in many ways, Trump has advanced the ball.
But that's not the issue we face, a year out from the election. I think it would be a profound mistake for the GOP to renominate Donald Trump because, as unfair as it is, he is damaged goods to most in the electorate. Despite an economic boom and unprecedented full employment, his approval ratings have never breached 50 percent. Half the electorate cannot stand the man, for reasons you may blame on a partisan press or Trump's combative, knee-jerk nature (which you may well admire), but reality is what it is. If Trump is the nominee, the election will be a referendum on his personality and leadership, not on his policies. And that is a recipe for disaster.
And the reality is, increasingly, that the Dems will nominate someone who is truly radical and promises to unmoor this nation from its Constitutional, capitalist underpinnings. That threat can be most effectively defeated by a GOP candidate who can attack the Dems' policy proposals without the distraction of the current reality show.
Yes, the Dems want to impeach 63 million voters, and I applaud the President for calling out their kangaroo court. Maybe the Constitutional crisis this has precipitated will lift Trump's poll numbers. But what it will certainly do is further distract voters' minds from the President's policy accomplishments, and the dangerous policies proposed by his opponents. I therefore, and with regret, cannot support Trump for the nomination and will work to defeat him, or urge him to not run for re-election (which I think is a real possibility).
Donald Trump must not be our nominee. If he is, the Dems take the Presidency and the Senate, as things now stand. That, above all, is the result that must be confronted and defeated.