#but if willingly vote for Trump after seeing his shot-show of a presidencey

[ahnsael]

I’m just gonna come out and say it. Biden is my guy. Even as a Bernie supporter (and county delegate four years ago; when I saw our county Democrats skew the results for Hillary and they blew me off when I called them out on it and actually left the party and I am officially unaffiliated now).

I know that “Biden is my guy” is not a popular opinion. Nor is it an educated one (to the extent that I know what I’m getting with Bernie, and I’m good with that if that’s where we end up), but...what changed between 5 years ago and now, between when we were sharing Biden memes about what a good person he was, vs now?

But if we don’t have Joe “Buying Everybody Ice Cream” Biden, I’ll GLADLY accept Elizabeth Warren. Or Bernie (though he would be as divisive as Trump but from the other end), so in our current climate I don’t think he’s a good idea even though I like him a lot). We all loved Biden as VP. What changed? Yes, he has issues...but he had those issues when tumblr was worshiping him. He had had those issues for a long time before those Obama/Biden memes were a thing.

If you’re holding out for a “perfect” candidate, good luck. Enjoy a lifetime of disappointment.

Whoever wins the Dem nod, I have to vote for them in November (unless it’s Bloomberg, in which case I will still vote in all other races but either leave the Presidential vote blank or write in Big Bird from Sesame Street because he would do a better job then either). The main goal is to get Trump out, but if it’s down to substituting him for another Trump...what’s the difference?

YOU ARE FREE TO REPLY TO THIS POST. Politics is about discussion and compromise (I wish politicians would remember this once in a while). I WANT to read your opinion. I may or may not respond depending my my schedule (and, let’s be honest, depending on my mood), but I DO want your input on this.

I have friends who say “vote your conscience” despite my conscience saying that if I vote for a third-party candidate, I help the worst person win. I mean, I voted Hillary in 2016 because, despite being a Bernie delegate in my county convention, and seeing how INCREDIBLY biased the leadership was towards her, she WAS NOT DONALD TRUMP so I voted my conscience in November and went with Hillary. Sure, I could have voted Vermin Supreme, but...what would that accomplish? I voted my conscience as in “I cast my vote for the greater viable good, and to try to prevent the greater catastrophe that is Donald Trump.”

So I mean, I get those who vote third party or write in Kermit the Frog or whatever (Kermit would actually probably be a pretty good President, if Jim Henson was still around to be the Vice President). But I would rather, under our current system, vote for the “lesser of two evils” than to vote for someone who cannot win. The system sucks, but as long as it’s in place we have no choice but to deal with the electoral collage.

Your conscience may say “I have to vote for the person whose beliefs most exactly align with mine” but my conscience says “it’s politics, NONE of their beliefs align exactly with mine, politics is all about compromise, so let’s go with the viable candidate whose beliefs are closest to mine, even if they don’t line up exactly, and who can make favorable compromises happen.”

Holding out for all or nothing is the SUREST way to lose.