If Robert Heinlein is more to your taste than George Lucas: โIf you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for, but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against.โ Thatโs certainly true of me. Over my lifetime, the Republican Party has done far more to repulse me than the Democratic Party has done to appeal to me. But the result in the voting booth would be about the same either way.
Kevin DrumCarli Fiorina is really annoying. Hell, they're all annoying. But Fiorina doesn't even pretend to offer up policy answers. She just gives mini stump speeches about how bad everything is.
Kevin DrumYou're more likely to vote Democratic if you hate Republicans than if you love Democrats, and vice versa.
Kevin DrumPromising a revolution thatโs simply not feasible really does have the potential to create cynicism when a couple of years go by and it hasnโt happened.
Kevin DrumDonald Trump lied about criticizing Mark Zuckerberg.Ben Carson lied about Mannatech.Carli Fiorina lied about the size of the tax code.Marco Rubio flatly refused to answer a question ("discredited attacks from Democrats") that I guess he didn't think he could just lie about. This is quite a debate.
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