Markk wrote:Some Schmo wrote:It's not about how you lean, it is about your aggressive hate and condemnation for one side and not knowing what your side is about?
This is nothing but identity politics...picking one and ignoring the other.
I didn't write that, you did.
1st they are all liars, everyone of them will say what ever they need to get a vote...every last one of them. Bernie might be the most honest, but he still lies and is a loon in regards to policy, if he get in it will be instant depression.
Agreed. But there are degrees, right? Some lying is worse than others?
Should he be allowed to run for any office? Read the book I linked before, if a quarter of it is true, he is as dirty as they come. You claim you don't have a side...well, then you are only looking at one side then.
I don't have a great love for Biden, but it seems pretty clear to me all this corruption crap that is coming out just this year is completely due to the GOP suspecting he will be the nominee, and so they need a scandal to drill home to their base similar to the way they made Clinton's emails a scandal out of damned nothing.
In they end, at least for me, it is about what they get done. For me, Trump is getting done things that I care about, and what I believe are good for the country, and unfortunately the lies, hypocrisy, tweets, etc...are part of the package, just as the packages that come with each other person running.
In the end, it's about what you've chosen to believe he gets done contrary to the evidence.
You say you don't have a side, then you start a thread about Hillary jumping in and criticizing a side you don't have? If what you said were true...why should you care what she says? Are you sure you are being honest with yourself by saying you do not have a side?
OK, let's clear this up. In the sense that there are two political parties that you can join or stay out of, I don't have a side. I'm an independent. If the GOP ever got their act together, became truly conservative and quit treating their base like morons, I could vote for them again.
In the sense that there's an argument over whether Trump is a damned moron/incompetent/criminal/piece of crap, you're right; I have a side. I'm on the side that says he's a damned moron/incompetent/criminal/piece of crap.
I can say all of that without ever needing to tell you what I think of Buttigieg's plans for healthcare, or Sanders' college tuition plans. I favor the Democrats this election because none of them seem anywhere near as incompetent as Trump. That's all it takes for me this time. I'll take semi-competent, semi-honest over completely incompetent bullshitter any day.
So that's why I was critical of Hillary. She could be jacking up the Democrat nominee's chances, and all I care about is Trump's removal from office. I'd prefer my country wasn't led by a damned moron.
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