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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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. 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. Every election, even with recurring candidates, is a new choice: new record in office, new opponents. I publicly committed in Nov. 2016 not to decide on 2020 until at least after the midterms. I remain, for now, undecided. I plan to stay undecided until the primaries end.
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5. We've learned more in 2 1/2 yrs about Trump's record in office; we've learned nothing new about his character. 2020 brings a different D (still undecided), different landscape in Congress, the courts, foreign affairs.
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6. Any vote cast for Trump is a moral compromise. Any vote cast for anyone is, really, but especially Trump. Any election is a binary choice, and only in extreme cases does one find the sidelines the moral high ground. So, none of this is easy.
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7. I am, of course, naturally a partisan R & not ashamed of that (I'll vote straight-ticket R in 2020 below Trump, as usual, barring something really bizarre). It has not been easy or comfortable standing outside that for three years. It will be harder, if I do, in 2020.
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8. I'm not going to judge conservative friends who have made their minds up already, pro-Trump, 3d party, whatever. But I intend to vote against Trump in the primary, wait & see who the Ds nominate. I frankly think that's the right place to be. Make them earn it.
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9. Wherever I come out in 2020, I'm roughly 100% certain to regret it & get a metric ton of grief for it. But, of course, that comes with the territory. All I know for sure, looking over the field, is that I'm not voting D. I can't compromise *everything* I believe in.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
Obviously you’re voting Trump. He could take a shit on the White House lawn tomorrow and you wouldn’t care
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