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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 14 Sep 2020

      I cannot even count the number of people from whom I have heard this exact argument, in conversations & private emails.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-cant-stand-trump-but-democrats-may-force-me-to-vote-for-him/2020/09/14/1cf10518-f6c4-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html …

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    2. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro 14 Sep 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      Motivated reasoning, in every instance.

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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 14 Sep 2020
      Replying to @jbarro

      So, you find it impossible for anyone, ever, to be alarmed by the opposing party's positions on the issues, approach to the culture, or stances on the institutions & structures of government?

      46 replies 3 retweets 100 likes
    4. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro 14 Sep 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      It’s like they didn’t watch the primary. Joe Biden beat the people they are putatively complaining about.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 14 Sep 2020
      Replying to @jbarro

      All of the arguments for Biden assume he's not 77 years old & easily pushed around to, say, change his 40-years-held position on the Hyde Amendment in 24 hours, & that he'd never pick a ruthless authoritarian for his running mate.

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        2. Gruntled‏ @NeverTr74704466 14 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @jbarro

          I understand the worry, but at some point you have to just either say you're GOP or Dem no matter what, rather than saying "But the courts!" or "the other side has crazy people who will be empowered!" I worry about those things too. But in the end, Biden's the better man.

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        3. Joe Meek‏ @MaisonDeSnark 14 Sep 2020
          Replying to @NeverTr74704466 @baseballcrank @jbarro

          Also, I think most people think Harris is worrisome because she loves EOs. You know who else loves using EOs? Trump.

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        1. NerdyOrc‏ @NerdyOrc 14 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @jbarro

          And your argument assumes Trump is the solution to far-left politics, not the cause of it

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        1. Politi_Matt 🇺🇸‏ @2020Politi 14 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @jbarro

          This is such bizarre logic: Trump is nearly the same age His positions change over the course of a paragraph. He IS a (wannabe) ruthless authoritarian. If these things are concerns about Biden, they're FAR MORE concerning about Trump. Unless, ya know, you're totally disingenuous.

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        2. Zenobiotic‏ @zenobiotic 14 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @jbarro

          Ah yes, old men. Famously docile and pliant.... Old dogs are famous for not learning new tricks. Biden has been a centrist Dem and he always will be. That means he's a little left of where the dems were in the 90s fiscally, and a lot left socially.

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        1. DK‏ @KierkeStruck 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @jbarro

          Mitch McConnell was pro-choice until the landscape changed in tge 80s and he decided he wanted to be a Senator. If his re-election depended on switching back he’d do it in a fetal heartbeat. Spare us the selective outrage.

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        1. Joe Boyle‏ @HistoryBoyle 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @jbarro

          Yes, because a Trump voter could never morally allow themselves to vote for a ruthless authoritarian.

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        1. Eric Johnson‏ @LogTechEric 15 Sep 2020
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        1. matt hoeft‏ @mhoeft 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @jbarro

          Speaking of motivated reasoning...

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