j.r. leonard

I think she was the most qualified candidate of my lifetime

What does that statement even mean?

That her nuanced knowledge of many complex issues impressed me in a way that surpasses other candidates. Especially in regard to healthcare and foreign policy.

Another way to look at it is to say that "People want to feel righteous about their vote, so they will mutate their views to sustain that." Look at Trump. There are lots of evangelicals who support him like the second coming.

Ppl voted for him bc he was the criminal who would drain the swamp. There are more realistic evangelicals who believe that he is not a good person, but that he will hold the line for them, allow them to hate gay ppl as they intend!

Even their cynical vote was in service of their moral agenda.

Even business ppl who vote to protect their income/wealth do it bc they believe it is morally correct that they hold onto it. Most moral statements from most ppl represent "I like" or "I want" and aren't based on a Kantian or utilitarian analysis of right or wrong.

More fundamentally, if the Ds are the party of "redistribution" or "communal action," I don't understand how you say to ppl "your taxes are going to go up to help others" without a moral valence. HC, which can be an "almost everyone wins" scenario is weirdly a exception.