I wanted to vote for Johnson until the carbon tax thing. The absolute last thing we need is for the government to have yet more control over us through our energy consumption. So I voted for Trump, hoping some of his supposed conversion to conservatism was legit.
Agree with you 100% on the fear of Trump being a New York version of a Republican, especially considering his recent Democrat bona fides. I'm kinda mixed on Trump's results so far. I 100% love that he's made it obvious even to the average voter that the "news" sources are nothing but cheerleaders for their party. I also like his protection of 1st and 2nd Amendment rights even though he's not exactly the most Christian example to follow (which IMHO adds to his effect more than if a picture perfect Christian was trying to protect religious freedom).
Of course, one reason I was able to pull the lever for Trump is I'm not the usual libertarian in regards to immigration, abortion, and military. (Overturn Roe since the federal govt ain't got no authority from the Constitution on abortion, but then at the state level I'm 100% pro-life. The federal government does have the authority to protect our borders and from other attacks.)
And if had my way after 9/11 Afghanistan would have been made an example of in quick fashion -- removing the "need" for us to be involved in other military affairs later if everybody paying attention learned that we don't play with being attacked. So my libertarian position on the military is the whole peace through strength thing that many libertarians hate. Don't look for excuses to use the military (where I agree with most libertarians). But if attacked use it bigly so we aren't attacked again for a long, long time by anybody. That means I agree with conservatives during peace time -- beef up the military just in case it's needed and don't be afraid to use it. But only if attacked.
I think Trump has won over a lot of the skeptics on the right.
The McCain Republicans probably will vote for Biden.
“And if had my way after 9/11 Afghanistan would have been made an example of in quick fashion...”
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Totally agree with that sentiment, although I was less libertarian at the time, I thought there was no reason that anyone even losely supporting OBL wouldn’t be collateral damage.
I do, however, remember GWB giving a state of the union during the build up to Iraq claiming that ‘we are not in the business of nation building’ and getting up from my couch and shouting at the TV as if it was Sunday afternoon and the opponents QB just threw a bomb over our weak secondary, “WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU UNSEAT A LONG ESTABLISHED DICTATOR?”