@LMAO
Dang! I didn't actually ask you, but I did hope that you'd address whether you believe the republic survives 4 more years of Dems. We've never been so far along on the path to destruction as we are now. Dems are doing nefarious (lawless) things in all corners of our government. A 2nd term will remove any boundaries they were reined in by in the 1st term. And we all know that not much reined them in. I never saw such a group that could lie to your face (border is closed, Afghanistan was a success, etc.) or ignore the law of the land (SCOTUS decision on student loan forgiveness), and get away with it! What the hell?
If I were to guess, I'd say you believe that we do survive another term of a Dem administration. I don't. I'm a desperate woman. I've watched some shocking and frightening things over the last 3 years, and I expect another 4 years will be worse than we could imagine. As a woman of advanced years, I get that I won't have to endure a lot of years of living under the new regime of wall-to-wall Democrats. I do feel terrible for the generations that follow. They don't seem particularly equipped to pull themselves out of the mire created by leftists.
Have a good day, fellow Briefer.
P.S. Ron Paul was my representative so he has received my support many times.
Another long time Ron Paul supporter chimes in. I see it the way you do
@AllThatJazzZ , for likely the same reasons.
Being born in the 1950s and coming of age in the 1960s, gives me a bit of a longer view of the country. This country, the civil society, and the democrat and republican parties that we remember from young adulthood and into our 30s/40s no longer exist. Governing the nation and making decisions that support the well being of the citizens is no longer a priority (or even a passing thought) for the vast majority of both parties. (Sure, there are a small handful of exceptions in the republican party, I don't know of any such exceptions in the national level of the democrat party.) In short, maintaining and seeking 'corporate' (using the generic definition of a unified body of individuals) and personal POWER is the heart of the democrat party, and any financial gains that come their way is the gravy. For republicans, maintaining and increasing 'corporate' and personal WEALTH is the heart of the republican party, and any power/influence gains that come their way is the gravy.
As such, no one is going to be teaching either party a "lesson" by withholding a vote... using the republican party as our focus, there is no longer significant mass in the party that is going to heed such a lesson, and 'do better' to ensure that a more 'conservative' electable candidate will ever appear as the republican presidential candidate. Just not going to happen in any of our lifetimes. Sorry. Getting a 'conservative' presidential candidate elected is NOT a goal or desire of the republican party.
As much as people resist (for numerous reasons, many of them quite noble) coming to grips with this simple fact, it is what it is: Donald Trump is likely the 'best' that we are going to get in our lifetimes. A sad, but realistic fact. A deeply flawed, and often less than capable, man like Donald Trump is as good as it gets in 2024 America. Aside from his innate marketing, sales and self-promotion skills (which are not trivial, hence why he even has a shred of a chance of getting elected), the only thing in his (our) favor is that I believe that he truly loves this country and its people. And hence if elected, he will stumble and bumble along a path that at least slows down (at least a bit) of the destruction that has been unfolding (at an ever increasing rate and magnitude) all around us.
Voting for Trump in 2024 is pretty much a 'hail Mary' attempt at buying a bit more time... time for everyone to better prepare for what is coming, and help others do the same. The odds that he will be elected and serve as President for 4 years are quite slim. But not at least trying to prevail under those odds is pretty much just giving up and giving in. I'd love to be completely wrong in my prognostications, especially for the younger generations, but I just don't think that is the case. We will all soon see.