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This is good if one has voted pro-life faithfully every election. I’m not sure we all can make that claim.
I may have even voted in one election for Dukakis, not that I knew his stances so much back then.I do not support Trump, but if, as you say, the Republicans are dumb enough to nominate him, and you will vote third party, are you comfortable with what you will get is another Democrat? Do you support their platform? And as for leaving this country, I will take that as a vain threat. Where else are you going to find another country better than this one (with all its warts)?
LOL. Of course I don’t support the Democrats’ platform. I’m not voting for a Democrat under any circumstances. The binary logic argument is fallacious. Voting outside the binary box is not the same as voting for one of the parties within the binary box. (Either/Or fallacy, anyone?)
Having lived in other countries, I feel comfortable saying that. Where would you like to go? What makes that place better than here? And as for voting for a third party, do you really think a third party can win when approximately 40% of voters will vote for the Democrat no matter who they put up, 40% will vote for the Republican for the same reason and the rest are left to vote otherwise. Does not sound like a good plan to me.
The sad reality for many of us - including me - is that we live in blue states. My state of Washington will vote Democrat no matter what I do. It is the people in the purple states that really have the struggle of conscience. Is that a cop out? Yep! I am not comfortable with a Republican party under Trump - won’t do it - or a Democratic party under Biden. I lean toward Biden on the grounds that neither will champion social conservative values in any sort of meaningful way and Biden won’t do mass deportations. Foreign policy is the only loser here. I think the conservatives are stronger on that - but Biden may not be Obama on foreign policy.
Let’s hope for Bernie Sanders, then. Yeah, I know he’s not “pro-life.” But at least he understands economics, and where the current economic system is headed. Oh, by the way it’s “Democratic Party.” Some of us might not like that, but that’s the official title they’ve chosen. Just as the GOP doesn’t call itself the “Republic Party.”
Cheers, you are right again.
I propose a new motto for the Trump campaign and followers: “Give 'em enough rope…” Sometimes the best thing to do when faced with a dilemma is to do nothing at all. Just sit back and let natural selection weave its magic. :yup:
Lets hope for a pro abortion , pro homosexual marriage , avowed socialist? And you reconcile that with Catholic teaching how?
Bernie on the topics of income disparity in our country in the face of record corporate profits, the big money in politics, and his long time support for single payer universal healthcare for all Americans are main reasons he’s my first choice.
Perhaps there is nothing democratic about the party. Either you toe the party line (which is now extremely left) or you are not welcome.Bernie on the topics of income disparity in our country in the face of record corporate profits, the big money in politics, and his long time support for single payer universal healthcare for all Americans are main reasons he’s my first choice.
No idea why conservatives have so much trouble getting the official title of the Democratic Party right though.
Well, it’s been that way for a while. Remember Bob Casey?
Even the Democrat party convention is strictly regulated with cast-iron quotas requiring a set number of women, minorities and the rest of the victimology alphabet.