The election

I would rather they both died as well.

Any time I look at a Republican candidate and have difficulty imagining myself voting for him or her, I just look back at the highlights of democrat politicians.

• FDR allowing the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor as an excuse to enter WW2 and use war bonds to end the Great Depression.
• JFK refusing to provide air cover for the Bay of Pigs invasion, after which a frightened Castro invited the Soviets to place ballistic missiles in Cuba and creating the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• LBJ personally approving bombing missions in Vietnam instead of allowing generals to fight the war.
• Jimmy Carter giving up the Panama Canal or allowing the mullahs to take over Iran in 1979.
• Bubba bombing empty tents in the desert and not actually trying to stop UBL after his earlier attacks, directly leading to the deadly 9/11 attacks; also pulling out of Somalia after the Battle of Mogadishu showing the Muslim terrorists that if you bloody America's nose, we will cut and run home.
• Obamacare ruining American private medical practices and insurance, the most anemic economic growth in decades being labelled "the new normal", more annual terror attacks on US soil than ever in history before or since, the weaponization of government against Republicans and conservatives, the DOJ gunrunning scandal, raised the national debt to incomprehensible levels, the printing of currency to provide "quantitave easing", the coopting of legacy media into a true propaganda arm of the democrat party, the first erasure of the border and arrival of migrant caravans.
• Obama's third term and sleepy Joe's day one rolling back by executive fiat of Trump 45's major successes, vaccines which poisoned Americans, a list to Putin of what he cannot attack only 10 items long, a humanitarian disaster at the southern border, the scourge of fentanyl, rampant Chinese police state activities in American streets, banana republic DOJ attacks against his political rivals, kangaroo court trials of thousands of American citizens, a massive rolling back of individual freedoms, coopting of digital media under duress to spread state propaganda, the worst fuel crisis since the 70s, a non compus mentus presidency, the most incompetent VP in history as an insurance policy against impeachment or removal, the explosion of crime and lawlessness in American cities, autopenning thousands of blanket pardons without the crimes even being known...
• Gender confused children receiving hormones and irreversible surgeries instead of mental health counseling and therapies, leading to mass murder and spree killers. Attempts on the life Donald Trump, Megyn Kelly, Chris Tucker, and others. The encouragement and approval of political violence resulting in assassination of Charlie Kirk.

No, there is no comparison between the democrat party, liberals, communists, anarchists, crazy alphabet people, and other woke lunatics against Republicans and Conservatives. We live in a democratically-elected Republic, not a democracy. We are founded on Judeo-Christian principles centered around independent thought and personal responsibility. Our former greatness and world-beating belief in our own exceptionalism was rooted in beliefs of patriotism, community pride, hard work, the nuclear family, faith, honesty, and equal justice. America is still the shining city on a hill with a quality of life which is the envy of the modern world. We are beset from without by those who want to come here and leech off our generosity, compassion, and perceived wealth, and we are beset by within by malcontents and parasites who hate the same notions of self-reliance, freedom of thought, and equal opportunity which made us great.

If you really love the United State of America, if you truly recognize the precious heritage which is your honored birthright, if you thank Providence that our forefathers were able to put forth a government of the people, by the people, and for the people with liberty and justice for all, then you cannot vote for a democrat party candidate. Their entire party platform is against all of that.

If you dig down into the polls showing the Republicans doing poorly in the midterms you will find it is due to Trump becoming more unpopular with younger male voters. These voters did not really want to give their votes to a Democrat so they voted for what they thought was a anti-war populist right candidate in 2024. Trump, though, has pursued policies that appeal to old wealthy Fox News watching Boomers. These are the people who supported Republican neocons like Bush, McCain or Romney but that kind of Republican can't win any more. Their brand of conservatism has been discredited.

It’s a bummer. Things would be different if Trump just put America first. He succeeded in securing the border. But he also should have worked to lower inflation (and interest rates) and promote peace, prosperity and trade, instead of war and trade disputes. I thought he had the balls and intellect not to get influenced or pushed around by special interests who don’t care about Americans, but I was wrong.

Also Trump had no interest or ability to win over anyone who didn’t already support him. No charm, just ego and antagonism. He should have read Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” instead of Tony Schwartz’s “The Art of the Deal.”

There is no law restricting your vote to either a Democrat or Republican. Look into alternatives. Some will say that a third party vote is "wasted", but that's the kind of thing that's only true until it isn't. Change has to start somewhere. Some will say "this election is too important for me to vote my conscience, I have to make sure that X doesn't win" - they've been saying that for every election for decades, possibly centuries. I say find someone to vote FOR instead of just voting AGAINST "the other guy".

We have never truly had a viable third party candidate. They usually just play the role of spoiler. Like entering a speedball horse in a race where you have a closer to game the pace in your favor. The only hope for a third party candidate would be a true centrist and other than Joe Manchin and Mitt Romney I can think of none.

Actually, the polling showing the democrats in the lead is mostly fabricated, and will hopefully result in civil lawsuits and criminal charges being filed against the polling companies which published these polls. As an example, Wedgewood Polling: theguardian.com Obviously, the "social experiment" excuse is a line of bullshit as they realize how completely fucked they are. I deliberately chose the Guardian headline, socialist rag that it is, so even our leftist friends here cannot deny it as GOP propaganda.

For a long time, I have suspected that of all of this doom and gloom polling was a DSA (same thing as DNC) psy-op against Americans, but I never expected to be so completely and utterly proven right. Again.

Both parties suck. I've been in both. In either side, constituents must hold shitty politicians and shitty people responsible. But I'm not voting for a semi-fascist asshat whose only talent is self-promotion and making himself and his family - literally - even more wealthy. And who does almost nothing else than to spread hate and division in our country. Sorry, I vote for people who at least TRY to make an effort to keep the country together.

^ I would sat there are no more dishonest, divisive, hateful people in this country than progressives. I don't vote for nazis, commies, terrorists or progressives because they are all the same.