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“Another election where I have to hold my nose and vote for the lesser of two evils.”

That’s tired.

Just one example for you: maybe inspired by Obama’s rule by diktat, Hillary plans to implement with an executive order an Australian-type `gun buyback’ program, but of course sales are mandatory.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/05/04/hillary-clinton-plans-executive-action-to-exceed-obama-on-gun-control/

Trump supports our right to own MSRs: modern sporting rifles/evil black guns, and even has a gun carry permit.

You and your Myrmidions should stop sulking in your tents, Achilles, and join the battle.
And that’s just one issue. It’s no coin toss between the two.
It’s not even close.

“You and your Myrmidions should stop sulking in your tents, Achilles, and join the battle.
And that’s just one issue. It’s no coin toss between the two.
It’s not even close”

I agree that it isn’t even close - there is simply no issue whatsoever that Trump will be better on any issue that anyone can raise. Whether he will be a doctrinaire conservative (in the academic sense of that phrase) is another question and, more importantly, OF NO IMPORTANCE WHATSOEVER. With Clinton, we face losing the judiciary FOREVER; with Clinton, we face a hoard of illegals being admitted and being voters in 5 or less years - ending ANY chance, EVER, of electing another Republican; with Clinton, we face losing our 2nd Amendment rights; with Clinton, we will NEVER be energy independent; with Clinton, we will NEVER address Islamic terrorism and its nation-state supporters, etc., etc., etc.

I don’t require a perfect person to be the POTUS, just someone who actually gives a damn about this country and is willing to fight for it. I will take practical conservatism over theoretical conservatism every day - even everyone’s favorite conservative President, Ronald Reagan, understood that politics is not an all-or-nothing game: you take what you can get, now, and use it to build on for future struggles. Freedom hasn’t been lost overnight in this nation, and it won’t be regained overnight, no matter how much we may want that to be the case.

Here’s the choice: Door #1 is a civilization-ending disaster, a corrupt Leftist witch who will be so over her head in international and economic affairs that even IF she wanted to do the right thing, she wouldn’t know how to do so. Door #2 is a very practical guy who knows what works and how, who has strategically planned decades ahead and who is unafraid to hire or take advice from people that he knows are brighter than him and who know their particular fields better than he does. Oh, but he won’t be a pure conservative, and he’ll do a few things that aggravate me. Guess what, I’ll take Door #2 EVERY TIME!

You and your Myrmidions should stop sulking in your tents, Achilles, and join the battle. And that’s just one issue. It’s no coin toss between the two. It’s not even close.

Trump is pro gun this year. He wasn't several years ago when he support the AWB. He's a moderate now, but he wasn't when he was supporting Hillary four years ago. Who knows where he stands. He's just another politician who'll say anything to get elected. The problem is that he has no track record to look at that would tell you where he really stands on the issues. He's an ego maniac without any filter between his brain and his mouth. I know Hillary would be bad, but I'm afraid Trump might be almost as bad. Thus my earlier comment. They both suck, but Trump may suck less.