@Mister Agenda I think that's a pretty logical approach to voting.
When OLB suggested we ditch the two parties and just vote for a candidate that truly represents us, I regarded this as populism, which it certainly is. But what I failed to acknowledge is the down ballot candidates. Since the Tea Partiers started their movement, there has been a steady wave of officials elected from local on up to federal who to varying degrees support this movement. Trump himself fits this example even though he isn't whole heartedly a TP, he spouts enough of their rhetoric to count, so that's why they support him. So, for anyone who hasn't been paying attention, the GOP has almost completely transformed from the conservative party that it was decades ago, to this new party. It's still called the Republican Party, but it has been infested with the Tea Party virus and no longer looks anything like it did 30 years ago. With that in mind, I suppose I should stop being surprised by how they behave.
When OLB suggested we ditch the two parties and just vote for a candidate that truly represents us, I regarded this as populism, which it certainly is. But what I failed to acknowledge is the down ballot candidates. Since the Tea Partiers started their movement, there has been a steady wave of officials elected from local on up to federal who to varying degrees support this movement. Trump himself fits this example even though he isn't whole heartedly a TP, he spouts enough of their rhetoric to count, so that's why they support him. So, for anyone who hasn't been paying attention, the GOP has almost completely transformed from the conservative party that it was decades ago, to this new party. It's still called the Republican Party, but it has been infested with the Tea Party virus and no longer looks anything like it did 30 years ago. With that in mind, I suppose I should stop being surprised by how they behave.
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller
