I guess we are fortunate then that we chose to ignore the leftist plants on the right that came here demanding we elect lesser evil rather than principled people.
Oh wait. We most didn’t do that here or anywhere else. They listened to the leftists and elected people willing to compromise the entire constitution. And now they are worried about the consequences of their actions.
Well it’s not like no one warned people. If I were one of the people duped by posters on this site, I’d be sorta pissed about that.
Norm, we should always elect the “principled people,” but that can’t happen when you throw away your vote. To elect someone requires a critical mass voting for that candidate. If that candidate didn’t make it through the primary, then voting for a third-party candidate who can’t get that critical mass is a vote wasted.
You keep going on about “electing principled people,” yet your approach guarantees principled people can’t be elected, because you squander your vote as a protest.
Voting for Reagan would have been a compromise for me—he was divorced. I believe if you can’t keep your most solemn vow to God and Man/Woman, how in the heck can your ever be a worthy man for anyone’s vote? Your promise means squat.
That said, I have had to learn to compromise. I would have voted for Reagan if I had been just a few years older. I will likely be voting for Trump, despite his past marriage problems.
So get off your stupid argument and choose to actively campaign and vote for the best candidate at each level of the election process. Do the best you can, with what you have, and you will make incremental improvements that help everyone.