DrPizza
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To the OP:
Reality check: our system of government favors there being 2 parties, not 3. If you watch Star Wars, it's sort of like the Sith. Always 2. There's almost 240 years of history of this. The only way a 3rd party is going to gain traction is if one of the other major parties loses a ton of popularity, and more or less transforms into that 3rd party - which really represents one party splintering into two, and one of those halves winning - the other half doesn't stick around; it dies. Unless a 3rd party candidate who appeals to a high enough percentage of all voters on both sides comes along, your vote for a nonviable candidate, while "sending a message" really is a wasted vote and can have consequences that you would rather not have had.
There are two choices this election. Hillary and Trump. Hillary is known for some lying. Ditto Trump. Ditto pretty much every political candidate; yes, even Bernie. I've pointed out before though that the Republicans have engaged in character assassination against Hillary for more than two decades now. Some of it deserved, but much more of it for political purposes. The general level of hatred toward her is probably a lot higher than it really should be based on an honest assessment of what she has done, compared to any other politician.
Now, when is the last time in a Presidential election that you heard of major players in one party say they will not support their party's candidate and are going to vote for the other party's candidate for President? When is the last time in a Presidential election that very high ranking party members who seem to have at least a little bit of integrity, have refused to endorse their candidate? When is the last time people aligned with one party, but with a great deal of respect from both sides for honesty (E.g., George Will) came out against their own party's candidate for President. I'm sure in the past, people have kept their mouths shut, but this year, more and more of their own party are voicing that Trump is unfit. Trump has suggested other countries arm themselves with nuclear weapons to defend themselves. Trump has very recently questioned why we don't use nukes if we have them. Trump has outlined policies which would destroy the positive relationships we have with many international allies. Seriously, wtf is wrong with people who think, "I'm not going to vote for the status quo candidate," and not realize that one candidate represents things being a whole lot worse than the status quo.
Reality check: our system of government favors there being 2 parties, not 3. If you watch Star Wars, it's sort of like the Sith. Always 2. There's almost 240 years of history of this. The only way a 3rd party is going to gain traction is if one of the other major parties loses a ton of popularity, and more or less transforms into that 3rd party - which really represents one party splintering into two, and one of those halves winning - the other half doesn't stick around; it dies. Unless a 3rd party candidate who appeals to a high enough percentage of all voters on both sides comes along, your vote for a nonviable candidate, while "sending a message" really is a wasted vote and can have consequences that you would rather not have had.
There are two choices this election. Hillary and Trump. Hillary is known for some lying. Ditto Trump. Ditto pretty much every political candidate; yes, even Bernie. I've pointed out before though that the Republicans have engaged in character assassination against Hillary for more than two decades now. Some of it deserved, but much more of it for political purposes. The general level of hatred toward her is probably a lot higher than it really should be based on an honest assessment of what she has done, compared to any other politician.
Now, when is the last time in a Presidential election that you heard of major players in one party say they will not support their party's candidate and are going to vote for the other party's candidate for President? When is the last time in a Presidential election that very high ranking party members who seem to have at least a little bit of integrity, have refused to endorse their candidate? When is the last time people aligned with one party, but with a great deal of respect from both sides for honesty (E.g., George Will) came out against their own party's candidate for President. I'm sure in the past, people have kept their mouths shut, but this year, more and more of their own party are voicing that Trump is unfit. Trump has suggested other countries arm themselves with nuclear weapons to defend themselves. Trump has very recently questioned why we don't use nukes if we have them. Trump has outlined policies which would destroy the positive relationships we have with many international allies. Seriously, wtf is wrong with people who think, "I'm not going to vote for the status quo candidate," and not realize that one candidate represents things being a whole lot worse than the status quo.
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