Hope my liver can outlive either Biden or Trump depending on who gets elected.
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Thinking about buying a gun and starting training so I'm not behind when the shit inevitably hits the fan.
/s ... Mostly
Don't vote, and whoever tries to shame me can go climb a tree
I like Ike.
I'm personally going to vote pekka haavisto and be done with it.
Me too. Although I will not cry if Stubb takes the presidency. Will not vote for him, but it will not be the end of the world either.
- I’m not gonna look a memes or opinion pieces, just review genuine news articles to keep on top of things. For local elections, I may have to dig a bit, but I’ll try not to get down into the sewers.
- I’m gonna vote for whoever is the least-bad option at every level.
- If I actually find a candidate that I can support on their own merits, I will talk them up to neighbors, and support them monetarily.
- I will remind myself that human nature has been the same for millennia, and nothing I can do will change it. All I can do is try to mitigate the fall-out. “Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.” “You do the job that’s in front of you.” (Terry Pratchett, “Night Watch”)
Find the best candidates running by doing exhaustive research, then, if they meet a minimum standard, vote for them. If no candidate in a given race meets the minimum, abstain on that race. I'll vote in the Democratic Party primary even though I'm not a Democrat just because that's the de facto election for most offices here in Chicago.
I know in advance that most of the candidates I support in the primary won't be in the general and most of the candidates I vote for in the general won't win, and most of the candidates who I most want to keep out of office (because they're corrupt) are running unopposed (because they're corrupt). I know this but I'm still going to vote anyway, and encourage everyone else to vote as well, because that's the only hope we have for improvement.
Same as every election the last decade. (Before I got married I never voted in the primary out of principle, but my spouse convinced me that was silly.)
The last time I was actually idealistic about an election was 2004. 2004 showed me the harsh realities of contemporary politics all too clearly.
Turn on, tune in, drop out.
Jimmy Dore is moderating a presidental debate, I will watch that. Some info here, freeandequal.org
I am voting for cornel west. I don't give a fuck about stealing votes from biden. cornel west is who I like so I am voting for him.
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