Originally posted by Slow&Steady
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Hello Green Screen,
I thought I might stir the pot a bit on this fine Easter morning. I will not be voting for Donald Trump. I did not vote for him in the primary, and I will not got for him I. The general should he receive the nomination. I know many will say that failure to vote with the republicans is the same as giving a vote to the democrats. I used to be that guy, but times they are a'changin'. Let me break this down one layer at a time.
On Cruz and the primary:
I did vote for Cruz in the primary. I support many of his positions and want to see power taken from Washington and given back to the states and the people. That said, I'm certainly not as excited about voting for him as I once was. The bloom is off the rose, so to speak. He and his campaign have said some things that I feel are beneath the office he is seeking (as has everyone else unfortunately). All that said, I want to be clear, I am not refusing to vote for Trump because I'm upset that this would mean that Cruz lost. My position on Trump has nothing to do with Cruz.
On Trump and the general election:
I'll speak plainly here. Trump is a bombastic megalomaniacal populist. He'll say anything to get elected. One should always be wary of someone who runs their mouth a lot but doesn't actually tell you anything. We should have learned this lesson all to well with Obama. I certainly don't disagree with a a lot of what he does say. We need border control. We need better foreign policy and trade policy. We need economic improvement. We need to be smarter about how we use our money. But he hasn't really told us how he plans to get these things. Mexico certainly isn't going to build a wall for the U.S. I'm not sure what "we're going to win so much that we'll get tired of winning" even means. All that aside, let's discuss the root of why I will not vote for him. Simply put, Trump is about power and self promotion. I do not trust him to obey the laws limiting the power of the executive office. To me, this makes him every bit as dangerous as Obama and Clinton. What do you call tyranny from within your own party? Still tyranny. Having spent six years putting my tail on the line to defend this nation, I simply will not vote for tyranny, whether elephant or donkey. Should he win the nomination, I may well vote for the Libertarian candidate. To those who say I would be throwing my vote away, I would argue that we throw our votes away every time we swallow the proverbial poop sandwich and vote for someone we don't really support just to keep someone else we don't support from winning.
I fully expect this post to generate some heat. Let's keep it civil guys.
I thought I might stir the pot a bit on this fine Easter morning. I will not be voting for Donald Trump. I did not vote for him in the primary, and I will not got for him I. The general should he receive the nomination. I know many will say that failure to vote with the republicans is the same as giving a vote to the democrats. I used to be that guy, but times they are a'changin'. Let me break this down one layer at a time.
On Cruz and the primary:
I did vote for Cruz in the primary. I support many of his positions and want to see power taken from Washington and given back to the states and the people. That said, I'm certainly not as excited about voting for him as I once was. The bloom is off the rose, so to speak. He and his campaign have said some things that I feel are beneath the office he is seeking (as has everyone else unfortunately). All that said, I want to be clear, I am not refusing to vote for Trump because I'm upset that this would mean that Cruz lost. My position on Trump has nothing to do with Cruz.
On Trump and the general election:
I'll speak plainly here. Trump is a bombastic megalomaniacal populist. He'll say anything to get elected. One should always be wary of someone who runs their mouth a lot but doesn't actually tell you anything. We should have learned this lesson all to well with Obama. I certainly don't disagree with a a lot of what he does say. We need border control. We need better foreign policy and trade policy. We need economic improvement. We need to be smarter about how we use our money. But he hasn't really told us how he plans to get these things. Mexico certainly isn't going to build a wall for the U.S. I'm not sure what "we're going to win so much that we'll get tired of winning" even means. All that aside, let's discuss the root of why I will not vote for him. Simply put, Trump is about power and self promotion. I do not trust him to obey the laws limiting the power of the executive office. To me, this makes him every bit as dangerous as Obama and Clinton. What do you call tyranny from within your own party? Still tyranny. Having spent six years putting my tail on the line to defend this nation, I simply will not vote for tyranny, whether elephant or donkey. Should he win the nomination, I may well vote for the Libertarian candidate. To those who say I would be throwing my vote away, I would argue that we throw our votes away every time we swallow the proverbial poop sandwich and vote for someone we don't really support just to keep someone else we don't support from winning.
I fully expect this post to generate some heat. Let's keep it civil guys.
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