Posted on 03/21/2016 9:05:30 AM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
Increasingly, I’ve had people ask me, both in person and in writing (via Facebook, primarily), what I will do if faced with a decision between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the general election. That question deserves a sober answer, and I will do my best today to achieve that. What I say won’t convince everyone, but it will be an honest response.
In the manner of good writing, as I teach my students, I begin with my thesis: I will never vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in a general election.
That stance will obviously raise genuine concerns and objections. I know, because I have raised the same concerns in the past. Let me provide that background and then do my best to explain my current position.
(Excerpt) Read more at barbwire.com ...
Another Hillary supporter heard from
I’m sick of these self-important schmuck’s telling everyone else that they won’t vote for Trump. If you don’t want to vote for him, fine. Don’t vote for him. But from where I’m sitting, making that unverifiable promise this far in advance of the election, and so loudly, makes me doubt its sincerity.
Then you give up the right to complain or brag about politics for the nest four years....
We voted for POS candidates like McShame and mittens even when it took a barf bag to git er done and now this a-hole tells us that it is beneath him to pull the lever for the pubbie candidate?
Feckless coward.
Count me among the latter too.
Who cares?
#OnlyTrump
Let me “virtue signal” what a thoughtful, intelligent, aware, and wonderful person I am by rationalizing my temper tantrum under the disguise of “muh principles” ...
Never gets old ...
I am so sick of these people too. Every time one feels so important that they must announce their intentions, I’m a little closer to not only voting for Trump, but campaigning for him too. Geez.
No, your support of Trump in the primaries is what caused a Clinton presidency. You chose to jump on board a train that was destined to crash and burn. I am not to blame for that. Rather, you put me in a position where I could not conscientiously vote for a man who is uncategorically unfit for the office of the presidency. Before God, I could do no other than withdraw my support.
Bull f$%#ing crap!
This is EXACTLY the same sentiment as was expressed by many conservatives in 2008 and especially 2012 when McCain and Romney were coronated as the nominees, and yet those who objected were browbeaten to tow the party line. Now, because the voters are in the process of upstaging the establishment, the establishment is threatening to enact a self-fulfilling prophecy - that Trump will "crash and burn" in the general election (in large part because they will work ceaselessly toward that end).
I scanned the whole article, and the author does not point to Trump's campaign positions, in general. He points to Trump's past positions, to character flaws, to everything but the political positions espoused by candidate Trump. This, from the party that pushed McCain and Romney, is utter bovine scat.
Yawn. Vote for Hillary if you want to...
GOPe is DNC.
Increasingly, I’ve had people ask me, both in person and in writing (via Facebook, primarily), what I will do if faced with a decision between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the general election. That question deserves a sober answer, and I will do my best today to achieve that. What I say won’t convince everyone, but it will be an honest response.
Who gives a rip? Who reads your blog? 6 people?
In the manner of good writing, as I teach my students, I begin with my thesis: I will never vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in a general election.
Oooooooo, so you ^have authoritay^; a "teacher". BFD.
That stance will obviously raise genuine concerns and objections. I know, because I have raised the same concerns in the past. Let me provide that background and then do my best to explain my current position.
OK,
I'll not continue. You are a communist. Go vote for NEA-Bernie.
Actually, no he doesn't. Assuming that he's a US citizen, pays taxes, perhaps served in the military, etc., he can complain or brag just as loudly as anyone else.
Voting is a right but it's not an obligation. As a matter of fact, one could argue that by voting you give credibility to this broken, corrupt system and, thereby, you don't have the right to complain.
It's Establishment types like Engraved who think they're ELITE GODS ON HIGH graciously taking the time to tell the peons how their royal Highness's feel.
Eff 'em.
Did you get that Engraved?
Stupid.
Just vote AGAINST Hillary.
It doesn’t matter who the Republican candidate is.
I am not self important or known. You guys are so full of adoration for our guy that you do not look at facts.
I knew in November I would never vote for DT. I am amazed by familiar names say they won’t either - I don’t remember that ever happening before.
Trump is a hair to the right of Hillary. If you guys nominate him I am done. I dislike extremely his trashing all who disagree including news outlets, reporters and the disabled. NOTHING presidential about it. I don’t trust one of his “policy” positions. Didn’t you realize when he trashed Scalia and promoted affirmative action on a Sunday show in December he knows nothing about policy? Not to mention his “my brain is the best ever, I don’t need foreign policy advisers”.
You are in no way as sick as I am.
Just my opinion and I stick to it.....
There s no better place to live than America. We must not give in to those wanting to change America forever.
VOTE for America to stand tall.
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