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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.

      21 replies 14 retweets 865 likes
    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 104 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.

      12 replies 13 retweets 489 likes
    5. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro 14 Sep 2020
      Replying to @jbarro @baseballcrank

      They just want an excuse to vote for Trump. If Biden isn’t acceptable to them, then no Democratic nominee was ever going to be and they should just admit that they favor Trump.

      18 replies 51 retweets 944 likes
    6. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 14 Sep 2020
      Replying to @jbarro @baseballcrank

      Being honest would make it easier on all of us, really.

      12 replies 11 retweets 417 likes
    7. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 14 Sep 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @jbarro

      Just to be clear, Tom, you're voting Biden solely because you want Biden, right? Would be the same no matter who the opponent was?

      11 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
    8. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 15 Sep 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank @jbarro

      No, I'm voting Biden because he's a good and decent man running against a dangerous authoritarian sociopath. Why, what choice are you making in November?

      10 replies 13 retweets 135 likes
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 15 Sep 2020
      Replying to @RadioFreeTom @jbarro

      But that is my point. People who are basing their vote against Trump & the GOP, yet will not grant the possibility of good faith doing the opposite.

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        2. Jeff Woodhead‏ @jeffwoodhead 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom @jbarro

          I think "good faith" is the problem here. The idea that Joe Freakin' Biden - who has spent 40 years as the centrists' centrist - is going to be an opening for the radical left is just not a good-faith position.

          1 reply 0 retweets 24 likes
        3. Jeff Woodhead‏ @jeffwoodhead 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @jeffwoodhead @baseballcrank and

          Really, just ask anyone on the Left what they think of Biden. The response will probably range from "UGH FINE" to "Screw this I'm voting for that Howie guy". Contrast with the far Right's enthusiasm for Trump.

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        1. Mark Yellin‏ @myellin2 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom @jbarro

          Did you miss the stuff about Trump being an authoritarian sociopath? If not, don't worry, he will do something again to demonstrate this feature of his "leadership." President Arsonist/Fireman.

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        1. Dr. Ron Dog‏ @twostep87 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom @jbarro

          Good faith .....pic.twitter.com/mKmWOo7zMJ

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        1. CoalitionOfTheDecent‏ @oaklandzoo22 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom @jbarro

          Because there is no good fath argument for voting for an autocratic sociopath over a good and decent man.

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        2. Tom Nichols‏Verified account @RadioFreeTom 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @jbarro

          1. There are no good faith arguments for keeping Donald Trump in power. There are pragmatic, I-want-what-I-want power arguments, but none are reasons to keep an unstable sociopath in office. 2. What choice are you making? I'm doing what I can to remove a dangerous person.

          12 replies 7 retweets 103 likes
        3. SlangingNuts‏ @lupeinatl 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @RadioFreeTom @baseballcrank

          pic.twitter.com/dJK9XyFwrO

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        1. Bubba Karras‏ @MichaelDKarras 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom @jbarro

          Maybe because Biden and Trump aren't the same? Like, on a fairly objective nonpartisan basis?

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        1. Michael P Breen‏ @mpbreen21 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom @jbarro

          Because there is literally no way of doing the opposite in good faith. You know that, but are too corrupted by your desire to remain in power to admit it. When conservatives find they cannot win democratically, they won’t abandon conservatism, they’ll abandon democracy

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        1. The Dude‏ @JurisDudence 15 Sep 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom @jbarro

          Yes because the GOP operatives spewing these opinions are clearly not operating in good faith.

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