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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 12 Aug 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Tom Nichols

      I can agree to disagree with Tom on this; "anyone to stop Trump" is a defensible position. What I will never stop pushing back on is the view in some quarters that "whatabout Trump" means 1) the Democrat gets a pass from criticism and/or 2) you can vote D & not own what they do.https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1160989711755808769 …

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      Tom NicholsVerified account @RadioFreeTom
      My conservative pals like @baseballcrank think I'm giving a pass to Warren and others. I'm not. I'm saying: Because Warren or other likely Dem nominees are (a) not emotionally unstable and (b) not colluding with enemy foreign powers, I will vote for her or any of them. /1
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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 12 Aug 2019

      2. If we give Democrats a pass on the theory that Trump is bad, we end up right back with the logic of Flight 93.

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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 12 Aug 2019

      3. I'm proud I opposed Trump in the 2016 primary. Right thing to do. I stand by my view that, based on the available evidence at the time, voting 3d party in 2016 was the right choice, as well. (Given a do-over, I'd write in instead of McMullin, however).

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    4. Jay Lampert‏ @MortChristenson 12 Aug 2019
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      I agree but you, like me, have no vote in NY anyway. 3rd party or whatever means nothing because no GOP would win NY. So going 3rd party is a nice way for us to virtue signal but it cost both of us nothing.

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    5. Gil Reich‏ @GilR 12 Aug 2019
      Replying to @MortChristenson @baseballcrank

      I think the question for people like you is for whom are you encouraging people to vote. I'm also registered in NY. I virtue signaled by voting Trump.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Jay Lampert‏ @MortChristenson 12 Aug 2019
      Replying to @GilR @baseballcrank

      I was comfortable saying I wouldn't have either on my record. And I would have probably done the same in 2020 even with the hakarat hatov I have for many of the things Trump has done for Israel. But not after Harris/Biden/Warren/etc embraced Sharpton. Now I am planning on Trump.

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    7. Gil Reich‏ @GilR 12 Aug 2019
      Replying to @MortChristenson @baseballcrank

      I agree with Dan's point 6, that elections are ultimately binary and moral compromises, and only in extreme cases is the sidelines a moral high ground. We just disagree about whether or not 2016 was that extreme case.

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    8. Jay Lampert‏ @MortChristenson 12 Aug 2019
      Replying to @GilR @baseballcrank

      My point was that in NY state, I could afford to be high & mighty (as could he). If I were in a battleground state, I would have been forced to face consequences for my decision that I didn't face in NY. The same dynamic will be in play in 2020 but my calculations have changed.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 12 Aug 2019
      Replying to @MortChristenson @GilR

      My vote will not matter. But I have a platform, & that means I have a responsibility to state my position as if it did.

      12:40 PM - 12 Aug 2019
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        1. Jay Lampert‏ @MortChristenson 12 Aug 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @GilR

          And by voting 3rd party (which I did) or abstaining, I express my position as well. But because it didn't matter, I didn't have to weigh it like I might have.

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