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In reply to the discussion: Just as being a poor republican makes little sense, I cannot vote for Hillary. [View all]Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)Of course they are. I mean, I'm thrilled to death that Warren Buffett has the only means of transporting the Tar Sands Oil from Canada to the Refineries on the Gulf. That way we totally thwart the greed of the Koch Brothers who stand to make millions off of the Keystone Pipeline. Sure, there are occasional accidents that almost inevitably occur in populated areas causing death and destruction on a massive scale, but at least we are preventing the RW from rewarding their corporate masters! The audacity of the RW thinking that we would stand idly by while they funneled billions into the coffers of their backers. Why, that money is much better routed to the coffers of our corporate masters!
We may be better on some issues than the Republicans. But we're just as guilty on other issues as the worst of the Republicans. Your argument has the sound of someone who cherishes the lowest common denominator. My argument is about truth, and striving to be more than we are, and more than we seem to want to be. I want more from my party. I want a return to principles. I want a party we can vote for, instead of one we decide is the lesser of two evils. In that case, we are still evil, but not in the ninth circle.
Get it yet? Or are you going to keep your head in the sand in wilful ignorance? One of us may be clueless, but from my point of view it's the one with the inaptly applied handle. I refuse to join the cheerleaders who sing one of two songs. A) My party is always right, which is juvenile. Or my Party Right or wrong, which is infamous.
I've said before, I'll say it again if you like. Should Hillary run for the election. I'll vote against her in the primary. If she's the nominee, I'll vote for her in the General, I'll wear a cloths pin on my nose, I may have to vomit afterwards, and I'll definitely need a shower. But I'll vote against the Republicans as our party races to the bottom. I view our party honestly. I only wish you were able to do so as well.