Frank Underwood
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But why does that always work in one direction? I've never even heard Trump supporters make the argument that voting third party or abstaining all together is a vote for Biden.The choice that American has isn't between an ideal candidate and Trump it's between Biden and Trump. If you don't support the only realistic alternative to Trump you might as well vote for him.
Sorry, but I simply find them both to be beyond the pale. I'm not willing to co-sign any of Trump's disastrous policies anymore than Biden's.
But you at least had two distinct choices. In the US, Biden and Trump are more alike than different. In fact, Biden has expressed disdain for the left while befriending neocons.We had a similar situation in the UK. Many supporters of the Labour Party thought its leader Jeremy Corbyn was too left wing and on that basis refused to support him. The result is that we now have a racist, lying, incompetent clown as our Prime Minister and his actions are literally killing people. The people who didn't vote for Corbyn have to accept their part in creating the disaster that is unfolding here every day. I don't want to hear them say "if only Labour had a different leader I would have voted for them" because we have to live in the real world not an ideal world and whatever they think, by not supporting Corbyn, they enabled Johnson to remain as Prime Minister so they have to own the sh*tshow we are currently witnessing.
The time to make the right choice was during the primaries, and the voters chose a racist war monger who hates social democracy to run against a racist war monger who hates social democracy. I'm sorry, but that makes no sense. Anybody who thinks swapping Trump out for Biden will put America on the right track is incredibly misguided. Biden is the status quo.
I've explained why I'm not voting for Biden. What other voters choose to do is up to them. The sensible position would be to cover everybody, but Biden's loyalty is to big pharma. Is it really satisfactory that 29 million people are without health insurance under Obamacare just because that number increased under Trump? Do the soldiers and civilians that died in the wars Biden supported matter less than the ones that died in Trump's wars? Trump's set the bar so low that some people are willing to defend craven racists and sociopaths simply because they likely hurt or killed less people than their opponent. It's a sham because people suffer either way. By voting for the Green Party, I'm showing my support for a platform I believe in.To take just your comment on healthcare. You are effectively saying because Obamacare didn't cover enough people everyone shouldn't vote for Biden and enable Trump to remain as President to implement policies which will mean even fewer people will be covered. It's not a sensible position to hold. Learn the lessons of the UK.
Before becoming a complete hack, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell said the only way you can bring a political party to your way of thinking is to show them you're capable of not voting for them. Others may disagree with that strategy, but it's the only way forward for me. I'm done supporting a political party that shuns progressives, yet decided to jump in bed with neocons.
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