Why NOT to vote Republican

[JaneV2.0]

Gotta say, Liz Cheney may be a Republican but I have a huge amount of respect for her.

Rob

Absolutely. Historians will be kind to her.

[Teacher Terry]

Liz Cheney values doing the right thing over winning re-election. We need more people like her on both sides.

[Rogar]

We can only hope all republicans and those small r republicans (whatever that means) are watching the Jan 6th hearings and vote trump supporters out of office. What I don't understand is why traitor trump is not in jail???

I am no big fan of Trump and have watched parts of the hearings. I've not seen evidence of anything he has done that is glaringly illegal. Apparently sedition is a charge they will be going after, and I think that thread is pretty thin and even if it goes through the judicial system, Trump strategy of high power lawyers and tying things up in the court system forever will probably be the case. It feels more like a rerun of the failed impeachment trials rather and less about restoring faith in the election process and discrediting everyone who supports the big lie. But I'm not a legal expert and can hope I'm wrong.

[bae]

Since presumably Trump would receive a jury trial if they ever charge him with something specific, I wonder what the odds are of getting a jury that would manage to convict?

I'm pretty sure if he shot someone to death on the 8PM News, there'd still at this point be at least one person on the jury who would vote to acquit.

[jp1]

I've always assumed that if trump was going to end up in a jumpsuit to match his ugly spray tan that it would be because of the BS real estate/tax crap he did for decades that's currently being investigated by Letitia James. There are simply too many people like some on this forum who are completely incapable of viewing any action by him, at least when related to his time in the White Supremacy House, as having been meaningfully wrong in any way shape or form. Distasteful, perhaps, but not wrong in any way that people should care about according to those people.

[Alan]

There are simply too many people like some on this forum who are completely incapable of viewing any action by him, at least when related to his time in the White Supremacy House, as having been meaningfully wrong in any way shape or form. Distasteful, perhaps, but not wrong in any way that people should care about according to those people.

Which people are those? Might it be the highly partisan members of the Jan 6 committee who seem to have given up on uncovering anything illegal and are now producing reality TV shows in hopes of putting enough doubt in peoples minds to influence a potential 2024 run?

[jp1]

Which people are those? Might it be the highly partisan members of the Jan 6 committee who seem to have given up on uncovering anything illegal and are now producing reality TV shows in hopes of putting enough doubt in peoples minds to influence a potential 2024 run?

Thanks for proving my point.

[Alan]

Thanks for proving my point.

Maybe, but I don't think it was the point you intended. Personally, I think Trump is a ego-maniacal bully with low self esteem issues, I wish he'd just fade away. I also think people hate him for just that reason and many seem to spend too much of their lives trying to promote or build a case for retaliating against him for hurting their feelings. A good portion of our House of Representatives has spent nearly 6 years trying to achieve that goal without any measurable success, and it continues.

I think the Jan 6 committee is using him to build a case against Republicans in general in hopes of enhancing their political fortunes and I believe that's just as dis-tasteful as Trump's ongoing buffoonery. I'm also disappointed to see that roughly half our population have no issues disparaging the other half for seeing that.

If you, the media, and congress really want to hurt Trump you should ignore him, that would hurt him much more than your daily dose of hate ever will, and the country will be better off for it.

[iris lilies]

…If you, the media, and congress really want to hurt Trump you should ignore him, that would hurt him much more than your daily dose of hate ever will, and the country will be better off for it.

This right here.

you just know The Donald loves taking up so much space in JP’s brain. What’s that saying about living rent free in someone’s head? Well, The Donald is a real estate expert so there ya go.

[LDAHL]

With apologies to Voltaire, if Trump didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent him. Absent him, people might be talking about things like crime or inflation.