Independents do have other choices. They can write in somebody as a protest vote, as one of my sister brags about doing in 2016. They can just not vote.
But I respect those who realize that we are not at the point in this country where we have the luxury of voting for the nicest personality. I was so proud of one of the gals at Trump’s Bronx rally, who said she dislikes Trump, his words make her angry, but we can either have WWIII under Biden or have Trump make America great again. I was so proud that she recognized what the choices are.
As Frodo said to Gandalf in “The Lord of the Rings”: “I wish none of this had happened. I wish the ring had never come to me.”
Gandalf replied, “So do all who come to such times. But that is not ours to decide. We have only to decide what to do with the time that is given us.”
I wish we lived in a time when politics was about making policy. But unfortunately we live in a time when “politics” is really about lawless thugs doing whatever they want with no checks or balances. I’m thankful that you seem to recognize where this country is at, and I hope and pray that you will take the effort to vote even when it seems distasteful to you.
I see this a lot, and I am guilty of having done it earlier in my voting career. People vote only for the president, and just make it a party line vote all the way down the ticket. President is important, but more important is the offices of representative and senator. These are the people who make the rules they want us to live by. If we as voters do not start paying more attention to those two offices and what they are doing or not doing, then we deserve what happens to us.
QUIT voting for the incumbent because it is convenient, read, listen, and question those running. If they do not do what they “promise” boot them and vote for someone who will.
I once heard someone say both houses of Congress should be required to open each session by repeating in unison and loudly, “We are servants, not masters.” All in all not a bad idea.
Excellent!