I know this is a hard concept to understand, but I’ll try anyway. One of two people is going to be elected in November. It’s either going to be Obama, the single most radical leftist President we’ve ever had, or Mitt Romney, a moderate who’s changed positions a few times. Voting is not a difficult concept - you choose the candidate who best represents your views.
Apparently, however, lots of people here have stricter requirements for their Presidential candidates than they do for their spouses. This is why the concept of universal suffrage is a bad one - far and away, the individual voter is far too stupid to comprehend representative government.
I understand your argument, particularly since you spelled it out for me with the “hard to understand” cliche. It’s not lack of understanding though; it’s that I’ve built up a tolerance to it, you see. I’ve had it used on me my entire adult life.
Dole.
Bush.
McCain.
Now Romney.
Is there no limit to this argument? If Republicans ran Hillary, one could use the same tired point, because she is slightly to the right of Obama.
You can paint me as a foolish idealist, as you have painted me a troll. I’ll even add it to the list on my first post to you! The fact, though, is that I am not. I have cast plenty of pragmatic, hold-my-nose votes, and I’ve volunteered for and donated to folks I had reservations about. This one is just simply a bridge too far.
You need to ask yourself at what point you’d draw the line to the better of two evils defense. Start at a liberal who is just barely to the right of Obama (like Bill Clinton) who you wouldn’t vote for even if the Republicans ran him, and keep going slightly right until you could actually vote for them. For me, Romney is on the wrong side of where I draw the line. It’s that simple.
or Mitt Romney, a moderate who’s changed positions a few times.
You funny. Mitt has never changed his position.. He has just changed his stump speech depending on who he is sanding in front of.
Mitt is a moderate socialist.
or Mitt Romney, a moderate who’s changed positions a few times.
You funny. Mitt has never changed his position.. He has just changed his stump speech depending on who he is sanding in front of.
Mitt is a moderate socialist.
Neither Mitt or Obama represents any of my views. Now what do I do?