Why NOT to vote Republican

[catherine]

I just looked online to see who the media sees as top contenders, here are some names

Roy Cooper. Frankly, I feel stupid, but I never heard of him
Cory Booker.
Gretchen Whitmer
Amy Klobuchar
Bernie Sanders
Elizabeth Warren
Gavin Newsom
Pete Buttigieg
Kamala Harris
Joe

[jp1]

Beyond the hollow platitudes, if you look hard enough you can find the 2016 party platform. I swear I read the 2020 one just yesterday.

Here's the link to the 2016 one. https://prod-static.gop.com/media/Re...748.1667572648

If I recall correctly they didn’t make a 2020 platform. They either just reused the 2016 one identically or they didn’t bother adopting a platform at all. In hindsight it’s obvious why. The only platform their party’s leader had in 2020 was to stay in office. Period. Regardless of the results of the election.

The closest thing they have to a platform today was a document put out a few months ago by Rick Scott and quickly disavowed by most Republican politicians because when they speak the truth about things like wanting to raise taxes on poor people and destroy the two most popular government programs of all time and take away women’s freedom it doesn’t tend to be a good way to win votes.

[Tybee]

I like these three a lot:
Klobuchar
Sanders
Warren

Any of them would be great.

[iris lilies]

I like these three a lot:
Klobuchar
Sanders
Warren

Any of them would be great.

Bernie Sanders is too damn old, it would be the same problem we have now. Sure, I would vote for a 70 year old Bernie but that shipped sailed.

It would be extremely painful for me to vote for Warren, but I would do it vs Trump. Klobucher, I suppose, I have not paid that much attention to her. Pete Buttigieg is likesble.

The Dems let their best candidate slip through their slimy fingertips, Tulsi Gabbard. I would have enthusiastically voted for her over several Republican ones.

[jp1]

Maybe now you'll get a chance to vote for Tulsi as a republican.

[catherine]

Maybe now you'll get a chance to vote for Tulsi as a republican.

If Trump runs against her in the primaries, I would hope Tulsi would win, but unfortunately Trump has a lot of people mesmerized.

ETA: Seems Tulsi is in bed with the Trump camp... she's stumping for Kari Lake.

[iris lilies]

Maybe now you'll get a chance to vote for Tulsi as a republican.

It would be good for Tulsi to join Andrew Yang’s 3rd party initiative.

[LDAHL]

If Trump runs against her in the primaries, I would hope Tulsi would win, but unfortunately Trump has a lot of people mesmerized.

ETA: Seems Tulsi is in bed with the Trump camp... she's stumping for Kari Lake.

She’s been campaigning for a number of Trumpier candidates. Even weirdos like Bolduc in New Hampshire, who I understand has been closing the gap in the polls. I’ve heard a couple of pundits say that if he squeaks through on election night that will be an early indicator of how well the GOP will do overall.

[catherine]

Hmmm.... poking around and trying to learn more about my Vermont candidates before I vote, I learned more about the candidate that seems to have started being Independent but wound up on the Republican ticket.

Here's his story: https://rebirthdemocracy.com/liams-story-1

I like the idea that he's really a crossover candidate. He isn't a cartoon of the two sides. I have decided that I am going to go against the favored Democratic candidate for Congress and vote for this guy.

Does it mean I'm not playing the game strategically, because every vote for a Republican congressman is a vote for the GOP to take over the House? Yes.

[ApatheticNoMore]

Cory Booker is ok but comes across as a weirdo (a benign weirdo but a weirdo nontheless), weirdos are ok with me, but don't sell well as Presidential candidates. Sanders is kind of too old, but I know that many people would support him even so as he is a fighter and has convictions and consistently fights for them. Warren would probably govern decently but her campaign went nowhere. Gavin Newsom is an ok governor (I'm under no illusion he is fantastic, but he's alright). He's extremely popular in California it seems (I think all the nonsense we have had to endure from Republicans including a nonsense recall has just boosted his popularity very high because he looks extremely good in comparison). But I don't know if Newsom's appeal plays elsewhere.