Should I vote republican or a democrat? I despise both parties.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, given what happened on 1/6/21, do you honestly believe that Donald Trump will voluntarily relinquish the office of the presidency in January 2029, in accordance with the 22nd amendment?

Trump has made it clear that he intends to seek revenge against all of his political enemies if he gets back in the White House. Would he just meekly walk away after 4 short years so that a Democrat could turn the tables on him?

And what if Trump is not the nominee?

I wouldn’t have any worries. Donald Trump is sui generis. No other Republican or Democrat is like him.

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Anonymous wrote:I also have equal distain for both parties. However, I feel like we are failing the next generation with poor schools, illegal, immigration, lawlessness, and fringe issues getting too much airtime while large, more important issues get shoved aside.

I will wait to see who runs, but honestly would like a hard reset.

If you want a hard reset, take yourself to a new country. Let the rest of us have nice things. Trump was a hard reset. Women lost citizenship, millions died in a global pandemic and manure ponds of terrible crap happened. So you go reset yourself in Pierce Hawthorne’s tropical paradise of Somalia and leave the rest of us in peace.

It is hard to take you seriously with your hyperbole. Losing RvW is not equivalent to losing citizenship.

Let me guess: You don't have a uterus.

You’d be very wrong. I’m still in range to bear children. While losing RvW is unfortunate, there is more to me as a person than my uterus. My uterus also does not vote, i do.

Aww I love that for you. Sadly for you as a Republican woman, the GOP will happily strip you and your uterus of the right to vote. You think stripping women of bodily autonomy is where they’ll stop? They said Roe was settled law, too.

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I’m a straight republican voter but if it’s trump may vote for RFK. He couldn’t be worse than the Ds.

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Forget Democrats or Republicans. There’s a great movement called No Labels. I like their middle of the road ideas. Sounds like they can really bridge the divide, and bring back common sense to our government.

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Anonymous wrote:Both sides are terrible. Ever since Citizens United, we are just pawns and it’s all about pleasing the big corporations which include arms manufacturers, gun manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies etc. Our children face a grim future thanks to government policy directly being linked to corporate interests. This country has been going downhill for the past two decades and has shown no signs of slowing down. Public schooling is a joke, infrastructure is falling apart, healthcare is a mess and extremely expensive. I am going to write in a candidate who I know will have no chance of winning but I am just sick of the status quo and don’t care either way.

“BoThSiDeS” people are the kind of people who like to brag on Facebook that they’re “no drama…” but they’re always causing drama. They’re the people who badly want to be seen as smart and above pettiness but aren’t smart and are the pettiest. They want to be held up as special but the only special thing they bring is big “I’m The Main Character” energy.

Lol what? You seem to be the one creating drama. I am sick of the drama from both and it is my choice as a citizen to not want to vote for either candidate. Both sides are corrupt and have the same agenda. Tell me one thing Biden has done that has been so remarkable? They are all in bed with big corporations and couldn’t care less about the common man.

Sadly, you won't realize what you had until it's gone. If you've only ever lived in a free society of abundance on demand, you may believe it flows down a mountain like water. Consider that you have the freedom to choose your own pronouns, if you so choose, or own a gun, if you so choose. We have to defend the Constitution with our votes. I know a 2nd Trump presidency will be the last free election. Biden defends the Constitution by abiding within it. That's enough for me.

This. Exactly, 100% this. Wake up, America.

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Anonymous wrote:I line up with most of OP's comments and I am voting for RFK

Unless you die first of something easily prevented with a simple, safe vaccine.

Meh. I've been vaccinated including for covid and I've also had covid. I'm fine thanks. But I'd love a president who is unfriendly to big pharma to dig into all the conflicts of interest that go into drug development. Drag that into the sunlight.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends on how much weight you place on each item, not how many seemingly match one party or another. Also, consider each specific office you’re voting for and how likely you believe that candidate will uphold what’s important to you. What has been a candidate’s history on these matters? Are they saying or doing things suddenly near election time to appeal to voters? You don’t to have to vote solely for one party.

I think many people find themselves in the same boat as you, but maybe not on DCUM.

I definitely have cross-party ideals.

Most of them are economy-related. Such as: we need border walls on the southern border so that we can better control the flow of immigration. We need immigrant labor, but in order to benefit from it, we have to identify these people, transport them where they're needed, and support them with services as necessary so they won't be a burden later, and more efficient sooner. We need to control spending, even if it means cuts to social programs, but we need to throttle healthcare middlemen and reduce healthcare costs so that more people can get treatment earlier and cease to be medical burdens that cost a lot when their conditions deteriorate. In short, I believe in long-term ideas that will reduce costs to the nation in the future, and generate more productivity.

But it appears that the media is giving a lot of air to weird, unimportant social consciousness battles. Book banning is just as stupid and short-sighted as having several school assemblies a year on LGBTQ+/love thyself emoting. I don't want to hear one more peep out of all these people!

Oh, and abortion should be legal at all times.

I wish there was a centrist party.

Funny, no where do you talk about increasing taxes. It’s always cut, cut, cut. Social Security would be fine if we just got ride of the income cap.

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Anonymous wrote:I line up with most of OP's comments and I am voting for RFK

Unless you die first of something easily prevented with a simple, safe vaccine.

Meh. I've been vaccinated including for covid and I've also had covid. I'm fine thanks. But I'd love a president who is unfriendly to big pharma to dig into all the conflicts of interest that go into drug development. Drag that into the sunlight.

Luckily for you the Democrats are actually doing something. That the GOP is fighting naturally. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/10/03/biden-harris-administration-moves-medicare-drug-price-negotiations-lower-prescription-drug-costs-people-medicare.html

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Anonymous wrote:Forget Democrats or Republicans. There’s a great movement called No Labels. I like their middle of the road ideas. Sounds like they can really bridge the divide, and bring back common sense to our government.

So far their platform is gobbledygook and forced birther. So I know you’re a Republican, just like No Labels.

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Anonymous wrote:Forget Democrats or Republicans. There’s a great movement called No Labels. I like their middle of the road ideas. Sounds like they can really bridge the divide, and bring back common sense to our government.

What are their middle of the road ideas? Their positions page is nothing but platitiudes and they are not pro0-choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I line up with most of OP's comments and I am voting for RFK

Unless you die first of something easily prevented with a simple, safe vaccine.

Meh. I've been vaccinated including for covid and I've also had covid. I'm fine thanks. But I'd love a president who is unfriendly to big pharma to dig into all the conflicts of interest that go into drug development. Drag that into the sunlight.

You haven't seen how this administration has managed to get several key drugs including insulin, into a managed medicare rate? What was the GOP plan?

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Anonymous wrote:I line up with most of OP's comments and I am voting for RFK

Unless you die first of something easily prevented with a simple, safe vaccine.

Meh. I've been vaccinated including for covid and I've also had covid. I'm fine thanks. But I'd love a president who is unfriendly to big pharma to dig into all the conflicts of interest that go into drug development. Drag that into the sunlight.

You haven't seen how this administration has managed to get several key drugs including insulin, into a managed medicare rate? What was the GOP plan?

IIRC the GOP’s plan was that businesses should be able to charge any amount, even hundreds of dollars for one little bottle of insulin. Because capitalism!!

So obbbbbviously both parties are exactly the same.

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Anonymous wrote:I also have equal distain for both parties. However, I feel like we are failing the next generation with poor schools, illegal, immigration, lawlessness, and fringe issues getting too much airtime while large, more important issues get shoved aside.

I will wait to see who runs, but honestly would like a hard reset.

If you want a hard reset, take yourself to a new country. Let the rest of us have nice things. Trump was a hard reset. Women lost citizenship, millions died in a global pandemic and manure ponds of terrible crap happened. So you go reset yourself in Pierce Hawthorne’s tropical paradise of Somalia and leave the rest of us in peace.

It is hard to take you seriously with your hyperbole. Losing RvW is not equivalent to losing citizenship.

Let me guess: You don't have a uterus.

You’d be very wrong. I’m still in range to bear children. While losing RvW is unfortunate, there is more to me as a person than my uterus. My uterus also does not vote, i do.

Aww I love that for you. Sadly for you as a Republican woman, the GOP will happily strip you and your uterus of the right to vote. You think stripping women of bodily autonomy is where they’ll stop? They said Roe was settled law, too.

RvW should have been codified in law and you know it. There were people from day one do the decision working against it. There were right to life marches. It was a failure to prepare for the worst that let some just accept it to what amounts to a legal handshake. Shame on our leaders for that.

But whatever. You get off on calling everyone MAGA and let crap like this slide. You push people away with your Puritanism. But sure keep self soothing with rants of Trump. He occupies too much of your headspace.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm an atheist. I believe in capitalism and free markets. I abhor the military-industrial complex. I'm concerned about human-induced climate change. I want lower taxes and somewhat less government. I support universal access to abortions, within some minor logical constraints. I feel like the LGBTQIA+ movement gets too much airtime and we don't need to bend over backwards for trans people. I despise trump and all the MAGA scum (because that's what they are). That said, I'd like to stop the flow of illegals across the southern border. I'd also love to see us allow in many more talented, educated people from all over world.

What do you think? After re-reading the above, I feel like I should probably vote republican, but i just hate most republican politicians!

What do I think ? I think that you should vote Liz Cheney for President and Senator Joe Manchin for Vice-President.

The reality is that democracy works best when we all understand that compromises are necessary on some issues to get what one desires regarding other issues. For me, the absolute issue is controlling our US borders. For you, it may be a different issue.

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To OP: My understanding is that if the 2024 Presidential election is a rematch between Biden/Harris and Trump, that nose plugs & nose clips will be available outside prior to entering any voting location. Hope this helps !