2. Trump won. And so I did what I did when Obama won: give him a chance & see what happens. In the 3.5 years since, he’s been much better than I feared policy-wise. Not on everything, but on enough.
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3. I don’t like the way he behaves; I wish to God he had more self-control and wasn’t such a barroom loudmouth. But, for all that, he’s better than the alternatives. They’re downright frightening.
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4. Harris, Warren, Sanders. They’ve all expressed a desire for presidential rule-by-decree. Biden’s grasp on reality is tenuous at best – and slipping. These are all preferable to Trump?
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5. Bulwark wishes to “conserve conservatism.” Pray, how is that done by enabling ever-larger and oppressive government, statist economics, hostility toward free speech, and an identity politics…
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6. ...that is itself racist? That is what the Democrats are offering: a putrid slough of policies antithetical to everything we as a nation supposedly hold dear. Strategically vote for this?
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7. I can get a principled, conservative never-Trump position that chooses to vote third party or not vote at all. I disagree with it, but I can respect it.
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8. What I can’t understand, let alone respect, is nuking from orbit everything we hold dear because we hate one man and his fans so much. That’s not “principled.” That’s juvenile.
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9. It’s throwing a tantrum. It’s smashing your head repeatedly against a wall to punish those who will not give you what you want. The worst part is you hurt everyone around you by doing it.
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10. So, good luck at The Bulwark. I wish you well. I, however, and many like me, are going to look at the choices and adapt Queen Victoria’s advice: lie back, think of America, and vote for Trump.
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