It seems third party voters deemed Trump the lesser of two evils, the least worst candidate or the candidate they wanted to lose the least. At least that is what the numbers say.
Well, then, this just shows that they are even stupider than I thought.
it was a vote against both. We're allowed to do that, nothing illegal about and nothing unpatriotic about it either.
It is certainly not illegal. Democracy does mean that sometimes we have to put up with people's poor choices. But yes, given the HUGE damage that Trump has done to America and will continue to do if he is not stopped in November, yes, it's kind of unpatriotic.
In most elections, or even, all elections so far in my lifetime, I wouldn't say so. Was Ralph Nader a spoiler who enabled George W. Bush? Sure. But even dumb and incompetent George W. Bush, even with his boneheaded Iraq war, wasn't as dangerous and as damaging as Trump, so I'm relatively fine with the people who voted for Nader. Oh well, who would have anticipated that I'd miss dumb George W. Bush? That's how bad Trump is.
Look, I'm sorry if I offend you, and I do like you as a poster, but in the interest of a frank (while still civil) debate, I'd say that if you love our country as I'm sure you do, you do have a patriotic obligation to protect it from the kind of damage that Trump is inflicting on it.
Most elections? Sure, I can respect the third party folks.
An election featuring Donald J. Trump? Absolutely not. A truly patriotic (and thinking) American shouldn't fail to see the kind of existential threat he represents.
Again, I pity rather than blame the uninformed, naive voters who truly think that Trump is good for America.
But an obviously intelligent, well-informed poster like you, perfectly able to engage in logical thinking, perfectly articulate political junkie (aren't we all, if we are members of forums like this one?), I do expect more from you.
Please, don't repeat the 2016 mistake. Vote for Biden, not because he is Biden, but rather because he is not Trump.
I'd vote for the flea on the back of my worst enemy's dog if that flea were running against Trump.
