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Professor, author of "Our Own Worst Enemy." Curmudgeon. Cat guy. Democracy enthusiast. Board of Contributors, @USAToday, Contributing Writer, @TheAtlantic.

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    Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 12 Aug 2020

    Tom Nichols Retweeted Dan McLaughlin

    The thing I really like in this tweet is that Dan is careful to note "if your vote were decisive," which closes off the "I won't vote or vote third party" option for expressing a preference. I agree with Dan that if you write about politics, that's a basic honesty test.https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1293604020070866944 …

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    Dan McLaughlinVerified account @baseballcrank
    I could easily justify not voting at all in the presidential race in November, since there is no possible universe in which my vote will matter. But I still think if you comment on politics, you have an obligation to say how you *would* vote if your vote was decisive.
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      1. Dennis Hanson‏ @denmhan 12 Aug 2020
        Replying to @RadioFreeTom

        You got to believe! I got a friend to register and request an absentee ballot today in Wisconsin! Small victories!

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      2. Peter‏ @repete1970 12 Aug 2020
        Replying to @RadioFreeTom

        Nicely done on subtly correcting his grammar.

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      1. JMoLawre  ☮️ 🗯 🔳 🔲‏ @JMoLawre 12 Aug 2020
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        There exists no VP choice by Biden, aside from the surprise pick of, say, Mrs Mike Pence!, that would work for these folks. You can maybe understand part of the slight wariness some Dems hold for the Lincoln Project now—unfounded in my opinion, to be clear—but, still.

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      1. Dan Beaton‏ @DanBeaton10 12 Aug 2020
        Replying to @RadioFreeTom

        I don’t really know why someone would waste their time debating an issue like this, but this position is wrong in absolutely every respect.

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      1. Matt Cohen‏ @MttyC 12 Aug 2020
        Replying to @RadioFreeTom

        Pathetic. Nothing is equally bad as anything else. Even to infinitely small degrees. Especially when you have empirical evidence. Choosing to not exercise your civic duty in a democracy, one in which fellow countrymen and women died to create and protect, reeks of priveledge.

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      1. Anne Lutz Fernandez‏Verified account @lutzfernandez 12 Aug 2020
        Replying to @RadioFreeTom

        What about the influence this kind of garment-rending potentially has on those voting in swing states? On down ballot races? As a commentator, understanding your potential influence seems like an obligation. It's not an accident that we say we perform civic duties like voting.

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      1. Jason Decker‏ @Deckerj24 12 Aug 2020
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        My vote isn’t decisive. I could vote 3rd Party in NYS. However, if I were in a swing state I would have voted Clinton in 2016 and I would vote Biden. I’m not a fan of Biden’s strong left turn, but I think Trump is dangerous to societal norms and international relations.

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      2. Edward Oh  🇺🇸‏ @EdwardHBOh 12 Aug 2020
        Replying to @RadioFreeTom

        Dan tweeted this morning that Trump would be less of an abomination because he’s subject to constitutional resistance from his party (🤣), whereas Biden-Harris would have full institutional and media support for their radical agenda. College Republican alarmism I heard for 30 yrs

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      3. Robert Arnold‏ @Fergus302 12 Aug 2020
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        That just might be the dumbest thing yet. "Constitutional resistance" from the GOP.

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