Voting is not, and never has been an absolute proposition. I have never voted for anyone who gave me 100%. It is a lesser of evils game, and anyone who thinks otherwise is living in a fantasy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are a two party system. That is reality and it is not going to change any time soon. The next president will be a Republican or a Democrat. You can wish it were different all you want, but that is a waste of your energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stakes in the coming election are extremely high. We are inches away from a fascist government. We got here because a bunch of people didn\u2019t vote. They wished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reality is that if we get another term of Trump, this will get worse. Not better. I don\u2019t give a fractional fuck about lofty ideals or dream candidates. I am concerned about what has happened to this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the way it happened was a shitload of people didn\u2019t have the foresight to see that we had someone who at least knew how the government works versus a fascist with narcissistic personality disorder. They thought there were other options. There were not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So there will be two candidates again in this election. That is reality. You vote for Trump, or against. I will be voting against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anything else is a fantasy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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