Voting One's Conscience

[malthaussen]

88. That's one of the things I am trying to get at.

As you can see, the simplest and most general of questions will be taken in a spirit other than intended, but I'm a deconstructionalist, so I expect that.

How an individual assesses risk of the various candidates is an intriguing question. But many couch their views in high terms of principle and conscience, and of them I wonder why these high principles apply in one direction, but not in another. Which, of course, carries with it no implication that they should so apply, but is also bound to be taken that way sometimes.

The point about the mandate is well-taken. Should Mrs Clinton win the nomination, will that not simply justify her supporters, and lead to the conclusion "see? we were right!" One thing can be counted on from pragmatists, and that is the principle that one can't argue with success.

-- Mal