He is pointing out how he won't vote for Trump. And sure he provides his justification but it isn't his main point.J. Walter Weatherman said:texagbeliever said:Ah the elitism that allows you to not vote for the least bad option because you have a nice house in a nice neighborhood that is largely insulated from all the problems. Congrats to you. You are hugely selfish and have a huge ego (ironic because this is your big gripe with Trump). The fact you have said this same thing now 5+ times on Texags goes to show you want EVERYONE to know how righteous you are.Phatbob said:If the Republican party embraces Trump, then it has embraced the Democrat party platform of the mid to late 90's. I didn't vote for it then, and I sure as hell am not voting for it now, because it is still the same problem it was then. I need more than "not Joe Biden" to justify voting for someone, because that isn't what the ballot is.Wyoming said:
I am with FireAg on this, and i will be voting for DeSantis in the primaries, and I expect to vote for Trump in the General.
Looking at Vegas betting odds online, DeSantis is at +700, which is around 12.5% chance and maybe a little less. Trump is around -400, which is around an 80% chance and maybe a little less of winning the Republican nomination.
So DeSantis has a chance yes, and if I had a 12% chance of winning the republican nomination, I would stay in too. But it is unlikely, and 4 out of 5 times Trump will win the nomination.
What I wouldn't do is spew vitriol over and disparage the likely republican nominee. Many on this board detest Trump, but the alternative which is an incapacitated Biden.
Look on your ballot when it's time to vote. It's doesn't have a "Not Joe Biden" slot. You are voting FOR someone. You can justify it in your mind if you need to, but I can't. Trump is part of the problem and him not running as a Dem doesn't make that go away.
Pointing out trumpism is a cancer to the party and the cause of the GOP's underperformance in the last three elections is not elitism, it's common sense. Once he loses to Biden again and likely also causes the dems to take both the house and senate hopefully people will finally see this and we can all move on.
If i said i will either cut off your leg or punch you in the stomach and you said well I'm not going to vote because getting punched in the stomach is bad so I'm indifferent than that is stupid. It is objectively beyond all measure that Trump is better than Biden for the poster and especially for most Americans. There is not arguing against that.