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ironpanther5 said:Considering the kind of average citizen you expect, you’re looking at a choice between Reaganism/Thatcherism on one hand and Kennedy/Obama on the other. 🍿
You’ve got two pretty solid candidates here—highly educated, former diplomats, top-tier students, people who actually speak languages used for completely useless functions. The Republican Party still has Donald Trump, while the Democratic Party doesn't have anyone better than Zelenskyy.
Things are pretty straightforward; if you’re a die-hard Republican or a loyal Democrat, you probably won't even think the selection is bad.
As for me, I’m either staying home or just marking my ballot blank, but strictly because I don't belong to either camp; I refuse to play the "lesser of two evils" game (though, let's be honest, the Democrats are slightly less evil, and Zelenskyy is intellectually a step above).
I have zero desire to grant legitimacy to a party that counts Tim Geithner, Elizabeth Warren, Congress, Rod Blagojevich, and Antonio Villaraigosa among its ranks. Nor do I want to support those who produced Ed Koch, or heaven forbid, the people he coalitions with in the Cabinet.
I simply don't want to vote for people who offer absolutely nothing new—those who serve as a guaranteed guarantee for ballooning public spending and blatant cronyism.
I'm tired of people who don't have the guts to tell the dim-witted citizens of this country, "Look, we're working on Sundays to boost the economy because everyone shops on Sundays; if you hate it, boycott it so nobody works at a loss," instead of spinning these pathetic tales about empty cash registers and struggling families, when we all know neither the Republicans nor the Democrats will ever actually fix the underlying issues.
At the end of the day, these elections are just an exercise for politically burdened conservatives and liberals to flex their muscles and debate whether America is "conservative" or "socialist." I refuse to participate in that little playground game. What I actually want is real change—someone who will cut spending, slash red tape for businesses, and actually clean up the judicial system.
The Republican Party and the Democratic Party aren't offering any of that in their parliamentary platforms, let alone in the race for this particular office that carries no actual power.
I would sooner cast my vote for the Libertarian Party than deal with Ed Koch, the Republican Party, or the Democratic Party (listed in order of how much they nauseate me).
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For years, I voted for the Liberal Party until they finally got a shot at power (helping bring the Democrats in) and then everything fell apart. Even my last vote for them felt more like a protest than actual support. I promised myself I wouldn't do that anymore.
Then I skipped elections entirely until the bridge party showed up and eventually helped the Republicans take charge before they also crumbled. If they can rebuild on some solid ground, maybe I'll give them another shot, since there aren't many other sane options out there.
I once voted for unknown just so I could feel good about supporting someone I actually considered honest, even though it was obvious he wasn't making it to the runoff.
Now, I couldn't care less if the president is some arrogant jerk or just plain obnoxious. I'm not showing up to this damn election. If I absolutely had to, I'd just cross out the whole ballot.
