My oldest brother (may he rest in peace)
simply quit voting back in the 80’s using the same kind of logic.
I could never really understand it and argued with him about it.
I can half way understand it from folks that are in deep blue states.
But as for me, I will never give up.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing.
~Edmund Burke~
“I could never really understand it and argued with him about it.”
When you step back from it you can get a clear look at how it’s all the same.
That’s why I don’t always get the straight on hate from members of either party.
The Dems hated GWB but love Obama even tho they’re supporting pretty much the same agenda.
Repubs loved GWB, he was a big favorite here for a long time, and hate Obama even tho the agenda is basically the same.
It’s really more of a team sport mentality now than anything to do with policy.
Policy and agenda are not far off each other regardless of the party.
I remember back when GWB was in office and the GOP took both houses of congress, to hear the democrats talk you’d have thought that there would soon be a law against not being a Repub and that the constitution was about to be repealed. Fast forward to Obamas first term. Same hysteria except the sides have switched.
I vote on local matters because my vote really can make a difference there but there’s not any kabuki theater to that.
It’s not 2 sides that are essentially the same trying to appear as opposites and using mass media to whip their fan base into a froth.
If I want to see media induced irrational sports hate, I’ll watch the Yankees Red Sox games.
Yet you are a good man who actively worked to have a pro-abortion, pro-homosexual rights, pro government-run health control, pro environmentalist agenda, and pro activist judges (not to mention pro gun control) man to be president. That would be Romney, and if you think I overstate the case, do your due diligence on his actual words and record. I have. You voted FOR all the things I abhor, and that all "good men" who oppose evil should abhor.
Intentions are wishes. Actions are deeds. You intend to vote "against" the Democrats but in action, you endorse moving the Republican party farther to the left.
Own it or stay home. If you believe in "voting against," you are the most basic stage of low-information voter.