Anyone start an RNC discussion thread yet?

[Ultralight]

Charm can go a long way.

[CathyA]

Gary Johnson is on the ballot in all 50 states.

But as in some other elections, if one votes with their "conscience", it may take away votes from the "lesser of 2 evils" out there.

[CathyA]

I would really love to know the true Trump family dynamics. Is it possible that Trump was a very loving father? Is that a side of him he just never wanted to show?
Is it possible that one day, some of his children will write "Daddy Dearest"? I would really love to know what Trump truly feels inside, without all of his defense mechanisms leading him around.
Have you heard his son Eric speak? I had to turn it off. He talks like he's on amphetamines. But then his daughter was so calm. Maybe he treated them very differently........like some fathers do.

[LDAHL]

*raises hand* I am.

In the fall of 1992, the wife of a presidential candidate came to speak at my college. It was an informal event held outside on the green, and I wandered over because I was between classes. As I watched Hillary Rodham Clinton speak, I grew more and more impressed. Here was an intelligent, warm, funny woman who could speak with wit and enthusiasm, on point, in complete sentences without a teleprompter and without reading off a written speech. I remember thinking "she's a better speaker than her husband. I wish I could vote for her for president."

Now I can, and I will--with enthusiastic conviction. And I know of many others. I am not a unicorn. My then-future SIL was at the same event, and she came away similarly impressed. We only recently realized that we were both there. But both of us carried that conviction to this day. I'm with Hillary.

I'm not saying you don't exist. But polling seems to indicate you are outnumbered by Democrats who will be holding their nose when they vote for her.

http://www.gallup.com/opinion/pollin...s-new-low.aspx

[Ultralight]

I know a whole bunch of Dems who don't want to vote for Crooked Hillary, but they will.

Their rationale is intriguing to me...

[bae]

But as in some other elections, if one votes with their "conscience", it may take away votes from the "lesser of 2 evils" out there.

You stated: "but surely there's a better compromise of liberal/conservative. I'm a mix of both, which means there's no one for me." Gary Johnson pretty much fits the bill.

So the question before you is - do you vote for someone who more closely aligns with your beliefs and who can do the job, or do you play the absurd game the two main parties have placed before you?

Don't fall for that "lesser of 2 evils" argument - there are more than two choices out there.

[Ultralight]

Jill Stein?

[bae]

I'm not saying you don't exist. But polling seems to indicate you are outnumbered by Democrats who will be holding their nose when they vote for her.

In my area, there are a lot of very committed, very vocal Hillary supporters, who do not get along at *all* with the Bernie supporters.

The Hillary supporters tend not to speak of character, or accomplishments, or philosophy. They offer reasons like "it's her turn" or "it's time we had a female President, vote for Hillary or you are a sexist pig" or "Trump is the devil, vote Hillary."

Many of them are so committed that they will cast you out of their social circles if you are not all-in-for-Hillary.

It's sort of spooky.

[bae]

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/28...ve-duty-troops

[bae]

Jill Stein?

http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016...-stein-just-no