Rob Reiner: a vote for No Labels, Bobby Kennedy, Cornel West or Jill Stein is a vote for Trump

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Anonymous wrote:The Trump and Biden campaign workers will be quick to respond to this with the usual "No, Trump and Biden are the only choices. Shut up and pick one." The heck with those people. The futures of my children and grandchildren are much more of a concern for me than the feelings of campaign workers.

Either Biden or Trump will win the election.

Exactly. Raging on DCUM is not going to change that. Rage on or grow up but it is still going to be one or the other.

You really, really think Americans are ignorant enough to vote in Trump or Biden again? Really? Maybe we aren't the ignorant ones and you are.

You really really think there is an alternate scenario? Have at it. Please explain who and how.

Here is one. Biden is convinced to back out of the 2024 race by his family, political network, and the many, many Americans that don't want Trump to be elected for a second term and vocal enough to convey this message to Biden and the DNC. One of the many Dem governors that would be viable POTUS candidates takes a commanding lead in the primary polls and forces the hand of the RNC and voters on the right to jump ship from Trump after they see that Trump stands absolutely no chance against any Dem candidate not named Biden. We end up with two normal candidates for the voters to choose from and most importantly, we are guaranteed a Trump-free White House. Or we can bend over, be quiet and flip a coin to decide if Trump retakes the White House. Which do you choose?

I choose to replace Washington DC with a random number generator. We'll get much better results than from what we have had there for the last three decades.

I don't think extremes are necessary. We need just a few good leaders to step up and the dominoes will fall as needed in Washington.

We've been on a bad path for a long long time. Do you see something changing that I don't? Do you see change with the vested interests we've had building in DC for a lifetime?

That change isn't currently in plain sight but again, it just takes a few good leaders to surface. They are out there. We need to somehow recruit them and welcome them into our current toxic political landscape so that the detoxing can begin.

First of all, you have to recruit people into a S storm that has been Waashington DC for thirty years. It's like a torture chamber where half the country is discontent no matter what you do. Everyone is trying to overthrow everyone.
Then you have to get the monetary incentive out. Good luck with that. No legislation fixes that. I can assure you it just goes underground and becomes an all-cash with backroom deals situation.
What we have today in the USA are a bunch of spoiled brats who want everything, and they don't want to pay for it - they want "the other guy" to pay for it.

Detoxing is impossible - you end up with government edicts like the "Disinformation Governance Board". Seriously, when we cite other countries for "democracy", "freedom" and other buzzwords, we have nothing to talk about.

Your turn.

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Cite - I mean call out or censure.

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats have a vested interest in maintaining a two-party system because it guarantees their place at the table. This might be good for career politicians but it's not good for voters because, in the end, we don't really have a choice and democracy is just a joke. Every year we play the same stupid game of voting for the same people and the same party. Votes are now taken for granted because there's no viable third party.

And has anyone done to break the stalemate, apart from swinging for the fences every four years and whining that the system is rigged?

No, because both parties enjoy the status quo. This thread is all about not voting third party. Both Nancy and Hillary have been vocal about "a vote for a third party is a vote for Trump" rhetoric. It's like the DNC is scared of a little competition. It's the DNC's job to convince people to vote for Biden. Instead, it's been a campaign of why voters shouldn't vote for a third party candidate.

This. There is very little self-awareness or willingness to think what is it about our party and our chosen candidate that people do not want to vote for them and what can we do to fix that. Instead it’s just people incessantly repeating that if you don’t vote for Biden you’re supporting Trump, destroying democracy, etc. No, it was actually your responsibility if you want my vote to put forward a solid candidate for me to choose. Instead you gave us 80 year old Joe Biden. Own the deficiencies with the candidate you decided to put forward.

Other than Biden being old, and him having been chosen by a majority of Democratic primary voters who knew how old he was, why oh why are you singling out the party that’s actually doing a decent job? Why oh why are you both sidesing with the party that’s palling around with Putin, committing treason, overthrowing the government, crushing democracy, cheating to win, denying reality… why is that?

Have you not seen what has happened to other elderly politicians of late? Why would I want to take the chance of a similar decline in the leader of the free world? I am also just not impressed with what he’s accomplished. It’s been a very meh presidency. The people you keep berating are not the voters who chose him. We’re not siding with the Republicans, but we are saying the Democrat nominee is terrible and that is why a vote for a 3rd candidate takes away from Biden. If Biden was such an appealing candidate you wouldn’t have to be obsessed with No Labels. But because he’s not a good candidate, here we are.

You know what’s fun about poster like you? I don’t have to care about you. I inherited SO MUCH MONEY from Trump’s tax cut. My family sold a 300 million dollar company and we got to keep so much more of that because of Trump. I didn’t vote for him, and I’ll never vote for him, but it makes me feel so much better. I did my part. If the people most likely hurt by is presidency don’t care, why should I worry? I’m not having any more children, and my daughter has the means to one day spend her entire pregnancy abroad should we become concerned about her healthcare. We don’t have mortgages. We don’t worry about funding college. So whatever. Cast a vote that moves you further away from you goals. I’m just gonna live off interest and not worry about it.

Ok but you don't really matter much. But your vote is basically inconsequential in presidential elections. You are a tiny minority of voters and I doubt you live in a swing state. Your biggest threat or benefit in term of elections of what you do with your money/power, if anything, to support certain outcomes.

I live in a purple state. My vote matters.
As far as donations…. I don’t have Pritzker money… yet 😉
But everything I’m reading now states that the game has really changed to small dollar donations. So I’m gonna send 20 bucks here and there and call it day!
And not lose a wink of sleep. Good luck getting a second Trump presidency to forgive your student loans, or support trade unions. Good luck with prenatal healthcare. We are all
Stuck in the sh++y world Trump ushers in and the very possible break down of democracy, but let’s be real… “they” aren’t coming for me. I’m in the group. It’s a club and I’m in it, whether I asked to join or not.
So take your vote where ever you want! Feel all your feelings about Biden not winning you over. You are entitled to it. Wonder what you will be entitled to in a second Trump term….

Biden supporter here. Let them eat cake is not really a good look for the Dems, or the GOP for that matter. You clearly can let anybody eat cake and go about your business just fine but if you are not helping any candidate or any kind with that message.

I’m to in charge of messaging. Just not all sympathetic to purists that want to cut off their own noses. Contrarians aren’t winnable. Stop worrying about people that aren’t worried about themselves. You can’t care more about them, than they care about themselves. There are reachable voters out there. These aren’t them.

The contrarians on here are just trolls trying to pretend third party candidates are not spoilers. The correct message is that they do function as spoilers so don't be an ignorant fool.

Your vote is going to have the effect of helping trump or helping Biden. Deal with that. If you don't care, then do whatever you want. If you are not comatose and actually can form an opinion about which if these very very very different options is better, then vote accordingly.

I’ve already said who I’m voting for.

They definitely used to function as spoilers but with candidates as awful as Trump and Biden heading our two dysfunctional major parties, they could be legitimate contenders in 2024.

Wrong. What third party candidate is taking what state? Can't wait to hear this.

Could be legitimate contenders if and only if Biden and Trump both stay in the race. If either back out, they would be replaced by a normal candidate and 3rd parties would go back to having zero chance.

What contender is winning what state? Let us know

Al Gore would easily take Iowa and Minnesota. He's old but not as old as Trump and Biden.

Old al gore with Iowa and Minnesota is not taking the white house. Not even close

I'll take Al over the other two clowns any day.

Iowa will go to trump. Not gore or Biden or anyone else. Next?

I think Iowans are too smart to go Trump or Biden.

So who will they vote for then?

Maddie Poppe? Who cares as long as people aren't voting for Trump or Biden?

That's not going to happen. Deal with the real world, not a fantasy world.

You can vote for your "amazing" Trumps and Bidens all you want. Most of the rest of us aren't falling for that garbage again.

Your vote will help one or the other be president regardless if you choose one directly or assist one with your protest vote. That jlis just the way our garbage system works. Sorry

Yes, our system sucks. We all wish we had better choices. But in the end, it’s either Biden or Trump. I prefer to keep democracy, so I know who I’m voting for.

This is what the RNC/DNC Trump/Biden campaign workers surely want all of us to believe because they're terrified of their awful candidates causing them lose their stranglehold on power in America. I have some advice. Either get new candidates or apply for a job with a different political entity. America is not putting up with your divisive madness any longer.

It has been the Dems vs the GOP for a very long time and we are still here. You have a lot of analysis to present to justify exactly how and who is winning the white house from a third party. You offer no reasonable path to make this fantasy land claim.

It has been the Dems vs the GOP for a very long time but never before have they stubbornly ignored the sentiment of most Americans by their continuing support of two deeply unpopular candidates that have no business leading the country for 4 more years. The American people didn't put the country in this predicament, the leadership or lack there of within the GOP and Dem parties put us in this predicament. Stop blaming the people.

You offer so realistic path to this outcome you want. It is just a tantrum. It does not change anything.

Because remaining quiet and bending over for the rich and powerful network of folks behind the curtains at the RNC and DNC while they run this country into the ground is the right thing to do? Umkay.

I’m gonna regret asking…
But what exactly do you want to see happen. Regardless of who is elected. What changes do you want to see?

I want the squeaky wheels to get squeakier to the point at which the RNC and DNC are forced into action to do whatever possible to replace Trump and Biden at the top of their tickets. Unprecedented times are cause for unprecedented measures. You'll find some Trump and Biden campaign workers trying to make a case for them being president for 4 more years but outside of that, literally everyone knows they shouldn't be and there is simply too much at stake to sit back and allow them to do this to our country. We need to regain some backbone and stop the bullying of the rich and powerful elitist running our two parties which by the way, are replaceable private entities. The Trump and Biden campaign workers will be quick to respond to this with the usual "No, Trump and Biden are the only choices. Shut up and pick one." The heck with those people. The futures of my children and grandchildren are much more of a concern for me than the feelings of campaign workers.

No sweetie…
What do you want policy wise?

+1 That’s a great question. What are the PP’s policy goals?

I think we all crave proper leadership in The White House and Congress and once we get to that point, we should be able to trust our leaders to enact appropriate policy. Asking an average American citizen, like myself, to provide policy guidance isn't prudent.

Hello there “average Americans”! I too am an “average American” wanting prudent American leadership.
You sure should like an average American… sure….

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Anonymous wrote:The Trump and Biden campaign workers will be quick to respond to this with the usual "No, Trump and Biden are the only choices. Shut up and pick one." The heck with those people. The futures of my children and grandchildren are much more of a concern for me than the feelings of campaign workers.

Either Biden or Trump will win the election.

Exactly. Raging on DCUM is not going to change that. Rage on or grow up but it is still going to be one or the other.

You really, really think Americans are ignorant enough to vote in Trump or Biden again? Really? Maybe we aren't the ignorant ones and you are.

You really really think there is an alternate scenario? Have at it. Please explain who and how.

Here is one. Biden is convinced to back out of the 2024 race by his family, political network, and the many, many Americans that don't want Trump to be elected for a second term and vocal enough to convey this message to Biden and the DNC. One of the many Dem governors that would be viable POTUS candidates takes a commanding lead in the primary polls and forces the hand of the RNC and voters on the right to jump ship from Trump after they see that Trump stands absolutely no chance against any Dem candidate not named Biden. We end up with two normal candidates for the voters to choose from and most importantly, we are guaranteed a Trump-free White House. Or we can bend over, be quiet and flip a coin to decide if Trump retakes the White House. Which do you choose?

I choose to replace Washington DC with a random number generator. We'll get much better results than from what we have had there for the last three decades.

I don't think extremes are necessary. We need just a few good leaders to step up and the dominoes will fall as needed in Washington.

We've been on a bad path for a long long time. Do you see something changing that I don't? Do you see change with the vested interests we've had building in DC for a lifetime?

That change isn't currently in plain sight but again, it just takes a few good leaders to surface. They are out there. We need to somehow recruit them and welcome them into our current toxic political landscape so that the detoxing can begin.

First of all, you have to recruit people into a S storm that has been Waashington DC for thirty years. It's like a torture chamber where half the country is discontent no matter what you do. Everyone is trying to overthrow everyone.
Then you have to get the monetary incentive out. Good luck with that. No legislation fixes that. I can assure you it just goes underground and becomes an all-cash with backroom deals situation.
What we have today in the USA are a bunch of spoiled brats who want everything, and they don't want to pay for it - they want "the other guy" to pay for it.

Detoxing is impossible - you end up with government edicts like the "Disinformation Governance Board". Seriously, when we cite other countries for "democracy", "freedom" and other buzzwords, we have nothing to talk about.

Your turn.

I don't disagree with most of what you're saying but I do still have hope. When our country's poor leadership eventually causes a deterioration in the quality of life for not just the poor but all classes of people, Americans will finally wake up and demand change with their voting habits. When all citizens get a taste of some of the hardships poor people experience everyday, we will no longer tolerate just such BS as POTUS general election match-ups of candidates as weak as Trump and Biden. We are, at are core, better than that.

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Anonymous wrote:The Trump and Biden campaign workers will be quick to respond to this with the usual "No, Trump and Biden are the only choices. Shut up and pick one." The heck with those people. The futures of my children and grandchildren are much more of a concern for me than the feelings of campaign workers.

Either Biden or Trump will win the election.

Exactly. Raging on DCUM is not going to change that. Rage on or grow up but it is still going to be one or the other.

You really, really think Americans are ignorant enough to vote in Trump or Biden again? Really? Maybe we aren't the ignorant ones and you are.

You really really think there is an alternate scenario? Have at it. Please explain who and how.

Here is one. Biden is convinced to back out of the 2024 race by his family, political network, and the many, many Americans that don't want Trump to be elected for a second term and vocal enough to convey this message to Biden and the DNC. One of the many Dem governors that would be viable POTUS candidates takes a commanding lead in the primary polls and forces the hand of the RNC and voters on the right to jump ship from Trump after they see that Trump stands absolutely no chance against any Dem candidate not named Biden. We end up with two normal candidates for the voters to choose from and most importantly, we are guaranteed a Trump-free White House. Or we can bend over, be quiet and flip a coin to decide if Trump retakes the White House. Which do you choose?

I choose to replace Washington DC with a random number generator. We'll get much better results than from what we have had there for the last three decades.

I don't think extremes are necessary. We need just a few good leaders to step up and the dominoes will fall as needed in Washington.

We've been on a bad path for a long long time. Do you see something changing that I don't? Do you see change with the vested interests we've had building in DC for a lifetime?

That change isn't currently in plain sight but again, it just takes a few good leaders to surface. They are out there. We need to somehow recruit them and welcome them into our current toxic political landscape so that the detoxing can begin.

First of all, you have to recruit people into a S storm that has been Waashington DC for thirty years. It's like a torture chamber where half the country is discontent no matter what you do. Everyone is trying to overthrow everyone.
Then you have to get the monetary incentive out. Good luck with that. No legislation fixes that. I can assure you it just goes underground and becomes an all-cash with backroom deals situation.
What we have today in the USA are a bunch of spoiled brats who want everything, and they don't want to pay for it - they want "the other guy" to pay for it.

Detoxing is impossible - you end up with government edicts like the "Disinformation Governance Board". Seriously, when we cite other countries for "democracy", "freedom" and other buzzwords, we have nothing to talk about.

Your turn.

I don't disagree with most of what you're saying but I do still have hope. When our country's poor leadership eventually causes a deterioration in the quality of life for not just the poor but all classes of people, Americans will finally wake up and demand change with their voting habits. When all citizens get a taste of some of the hardships poor people experience everyday, we will no longer tolerate just such BS as POTUS general election match-ups of candidates as weak as Trump and Biden. We are, at are core, better than that.

… but you don’t have any policy goals.
So … ok. Sure. 👍

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Anonymous wrote:So, yet again, Dems have to fix everything so a sack of crap doesn’t get voted in

Everything was better under Trump. Dems broke everything.

GOPers break more stuff than Dems. Neither fix anything.

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Biden gave us competent administration, turned our economy around and restored our reputation abroad - but he didn't give us sunshine and rainbows. Therefore I'm voting third party to stick it to the man.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t see anyone ever winning by 30 points. Just run someone with an R and they get at least 40%.

Yea, 30 points is a bit of a stretch but it would be at least in the 15 to 20 point range. Trump is that bad.

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Anonymous wrote:Biden gave us competent administration, turned our economy around and restored our reputation abroad - but he didn't give us sunshine and rainbows. Therefore I'm voting third party to stick it to the man.

Pompous middlebrow like this deserves an extra warm corner of hell.

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Anonymous wrote:Biden gave us competent administration, turned our economy around and restored our reputation abroad - but he didn't give us sunshine and rainbows. Therefore I'm voting third party to stick it to the man.

Pompous middlebrow like this deserves an extra warm corner of hell.

I think it was sarcasm, gently ribbing the people who demand sunshine and rainbows from Democrats (but don’t mind a touch of treason from a Republican).

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Anonymous wrote:Biden gave us competent administration, turned our economy around and restored our reputation abroad - but he didn't give us sunshine and rainbows. Therefore I'm voting third party to stick it to the man.

Pompous middlebrow like this deserves an extra warm corner of hell.

I think it was sarcasm, gently ribbing the people who demand sunshine and rainbows from Democrats (but don’t mind a touch of treason from a Republican).

No, they are Trump operatives trying to get us to stay on board with running Biden in 2024 so that Trump has a chance to win in 2024. They think they're so clever but they aren't.

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Anonymous wrote:Biden gave us competent administration, turned our economy around and restored our reputation abroad - but he didn't give us sunshine and rainbows. Therefore I'm voting third party to stick it to the man.

I can't vote for Biden because he supports racial equity which requires racial discrimination. He also supports males with a mental disorder over females 8n Title IX which is illiberal and insane. As the father of daughters, I can't vote for someone who does this.

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Anonymous wrote:Biden gave us competent administration, turned our economy around and restored our reputation abroad - but he didn't give us sunshine and rainbows. Therefore I'm voting third party to stick it to the man.

I can't vote for Biden because he supports racial equity which requires racial discrimination. He also supports males with a mental disorder over females 8n Title IX which is illiberal and insane. As the father of daughters, I can't vote for someone who does this.

Fine. Just don't vote for Trump either because that would be even worse.

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Anonymous wrote:Democrats have a vested interest in maintaining a two-party system because it guarantees their place at the table. This might be good for career politicians but it's not good for voters because, in the end, we don't really have a choice and democracy is just a joke. Every year we play the same stupid game of voting for the same people and the same party. Votes are now taken for granted because there's no viable third party.

And has anyone done to break the stalemate, apart from swinging for the fences every four years and whining that the system is rigged?

No, because both parties enjoy the status quo. This thread is all about not voting third party. Both Nancy and Hillary have been vocal about "a vote for a third party is a vote for Trump" rhetoric. It's like the DNC is scared of a little competition. It's the DNC's job to convince people to vote for Biden. Instead, it's been a campaign of why voters shouldn't vote for a third party candidate.

This. There is very little self-awareness or willingness to think what is it about our party and our chosen candidate that people do not want to vote for them and what can we do to fix that. Instead it’s just people incessantly repeating that if you don’t vote for Biden you’re supporting Trump, destroying democracy, etc. No, it was actually your responsibility if you want my vote to put forward a solid candidate for me to choose. Instead you gave us 80 year old Joe Biden. Own the deficiencies with the candidate you decided to put forward.

Other than Biden being old, and him having been chosen by a majority of Democratic primary voters who knew how old he was, why oh why are you singling out the party that’s actually doing a decent job? Why oh why are you both sidesing with the party that’s palling around with Putin, committing treason, overthrowing the government, crushing democracy, cheating to win, denying reality… why is that?

Have you not seen what has happened to other elderly politicians of late? Why would I want to take the chance of a similar decline in the leader of the free world? I am also just not impressed with what he’s accomplished. It’s been a very meh presidency. The people you keep berating are not the voters who chose him. We’re not siding with the Republicans, but we are saying the Democrat nominee is terrible and that is why a vote for a 3rd candidate takes away from Biden. If Biden was such an appealing candidate you wouldn’t have to be obsessed with No Labels. But because he’s not a good candidate, here we are.

You know what’s fun about poster like you? I don’t have to care about you. I inherited SO MUCH MONEY from Trump’s tax cut. My family sold a 300 million dollar company and we got to keep so much more of that because of Trump. I didn’t vote for him, and I’ll never vote for him, but it makes me feel so much better. I did my part. If the people most likely hurt by is presidency don’t care, why should I worry? I’m not having any more children, and my daughter has the means to one day spend her entire pregnancy abroad should we become concerned about her healthcare. We don’t have mortgages. We don’t worry about funding college. So whatever. Cast a vote that moves you further away from you goals. I’m just gonna live off interest and not worry about it.

Ok but you don't really matter much. But your vote is basically inconsequential in presidential elections. You are a tiny minority of voters and I doubt you live in a swing state. Your biggest threat or benefit in term of elections of what you do with your money/power, if anything, to support certain outcomes.

I live in a purple state. My vote matters.
As far as donations…. I don’t have Pritzker money… yet 😉
But everything I’m reading now states that the game has really changed to small dollar donations. So I’m gonna send 20 bucks here and there and call it day!
And not lose a wink of sleep. Good luck getting a second Trump presidency to forgive your student loans, or support trade unions. Good luck with prenatal healthcare. We are all
Stuck in the sh++y world Trump ushers in and the very possible break down of democracy, but let’s be real… “they” aren’t coming for me. I’m in the group. It’s a club and I’m in it, whether I asked to join or not.
So take your vote where ever you want! Feel all your feelings about Biden not winning you over. You are entitled to it. Wonder what you will be entitled to in a second Trump term….

Biden supporter here. Let them eat cake is not really a good look for the Dems, or the GOP for that matter. You clearly can let anybody eat cake and go about your business just fine but if you are not helping any candidate or any kind with that message.

I’m to in charge of messaging. Just not all sympathetic to purists that want to cut off their own noses. Contrarians aren’t winnable. Stop worrying about people that aren’t worried about themselves. You can’t care more about them, than they care about themselves. There are reachable voters out there. These aren’t them.

The contrarians on here are just trolls trying to pretend third party candidates are not spoilers. The correct message is that they do function as spoilers so don't be an ignorant fool.

Your vote is going to have the effect of helping trump or helping Biden. Deal with that. If you don't care, then do whatever you want. If you are not comatose and actually can form an opinion about which if these very very very different options is better, then vote accordingly.

I’ve already said who I’m voting for.

They definitely used to function as spoilers but with candidates as awful as Trump and Biden heading our two dysfunctional major parties, they could be legitimate contenders in 2024.

Wrong. What third party candidate is taking what state? Can't wait to hear this.

Could be legitimate contenders if and only if Biden and Trump both stay in the race. If either back out, they would be replaced by a normal candidate and 3rd parties would go back to having zero chance.

What contender is winning what state? Let us know

Al Gore would easily take Iowa and Minnesota. He's old but not as old as Trump and Biden.

Old al gore with Iowa and Minnesota is not taking the white house. Not even close

I'll take Al over the other two clowns any day.

Iowa will go to trump. Not gore or Biden or anyone else. Next?

I think Iowans are too smart to go Trump or Biden.

So who will they vote for then?

Maddie Poppe? Who cares as long as people aren't voting for Trump or Biden?

That's not going to happen. Deal with the real world, not a fantasy world.

You can vote for your "amazing" Trumps and Bidens all you want. Most of the rest of us aren't falling for that garbage again.

Your vote will help one or the other be president regardless if you choose one directly or assist one with your protest vote. That jlis just the way our garbage system works. Sorry

Yes, our system sucks. We all wish we had better choices. But in the end, it’s either Biden or Trump. I prefer to keep democracy, so I know who I’m voting for.

This is what the RNC/DNC Trump/Biden campaign workers surely want all of us to believe because they're terrified of their awful candidates causing them lose their stranglehold on power in America. I have some advice. Either get new candidates or apply for a job with a different political entity. America is not putting up with your divisive madness any longer.

It has been the Dems vs the GOP for a very long time and we are still here. You have a lot of analysis to present to justify exactly how and who is winning the white house from a third party. You offer no reasonable path to make this fantasy land claim.

It has been the Dems vs the GOP for a very long time but never before have they stubbornly ignored the sentiment of most Americans by their continuing support of two deeply unpopular candidates that have no business leading the country for 4 more years. The American people didn't put the country in this predicament, the leadership or lack there of within the GOP and Dem parties put us in this predicament. Stop blaming the people.

You offer so realistic path to this outcome you want. It is just a tantrum. It does not change anything.

Because remaining quiet and bending over for the rich and powerful network of folks behind the curtains at the RNC and DNC while they run this country into the ground is the right thing to do? Umkay.

I’m gonna regret asking…
But what exactly do you want to see happen. Regardless of who is elected. What changes do you want to see?

Disgruntled PP didn’t provide answers to this question, but I think potential 3rd party voters are tired of Rs/Ds providing little to no actual results pertaining to: controlling healthcare costs, the cost of college/student debt, immigration reform, the environment, overseas military spending. Part of the reason 3rd party/independent voters are independent is because they aren’t married to a concept that pushes them into one camp or the other (eg single-payer), but just want “something better”. Maybe that comes across as “unserious”, but I do think that a 3rd party candidate who can tap into and speak to those voters can make some waves. For all his warts, RFK Jr. is polling at 20ish percent in polls that match him up with Biden and Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:Biden gave us competent administration, turned our economy around and restored our reputation abroad - but he didn't give us sunshine and rainbows. Therefore I'm voting third party to stick it to the man.

I can't vote for Biden because he supports racial equity which requires racial discrimination. He also supports males with a mental disorder over females 8n Title IX which is illiberal and insane. As the father of daughters, I can't vote for someone who does this.

Biden has not shoved a women into the wall and sexually assaulted her and been required to pay significant damages so I think the choice is pretty clear for anyone with daughters, or sons.