I find it adorable that people believe they are "enlightened" and tout the old "Don't vote for parties, they are all the same. Just vote for the best candidate." Sure, there are no existing barriers to just voting for the best candidate, so what's keeping voters from doing that? What an amazing intellect.
The GOP and Democratic parties are ever changing, ever evolving, but they are NOT now, nor have they ever been, the same. Parties exist for a reason, people group together based on political, religious, economic, social, and lots of other issues. Sometimes the difference is on just a few issues. Do I have a stake in every issue supported by the Democratic Party? No. I happen to agree with some Republican ideas, or at least I used to before they became the party with no ideas. People choose the party with which they identify with, or in the case of the GOP, the party that lies the most and tells people what they want to hear. Anyone who doesn't see how far afield the GOP has gone since 2016 is either involved in the con or willingly ignorant.
Just a small sampling of issues the GOP can't figure out what it wants:
Dems 1993: We need universal health insurance.
GOP: No fucking way. Best we could do is force everyone to buy insurance.
Dems: OK, let's do that then.
GOP: No fucking way, that's socialism.
GOP 1990's: We need a free trade agreement with other countries in the Western hemisphere.
Dems: OK, we agree, let's vote.
GOP: Yeah, we support it.
Trump GOP: Trade agreements suck, destroy them all.
GOP: Yeah, what he said.
Dems: What the fuck?
Trump GOP: We need a big, huge infrastructure deal to fix all our shitty roads.
Dems: OK, sounds good to us, let's vote.
Trump GOP: Just kidding, fuck you.
Biden 2021: Now, let's vote on that huge infrastructure deal.
GOP: Yeah, sounds pretty good. (wink)
Trump: Fuck any R that votes for that deal.
GOP: *shits its pants*
The GOP and Democratic parties are ever changing, ever evolving, but they are NOT now, nor have they ever been, the same. Parties exist for a reason, people group together based on political, religious, economic, social, and lots of other issues. Sometimes the difference is on just a few issues. Do I have a stake in every issue supported by the Democratic Party? No. I happen to agree with some Republican ideas, or at least I used to before they became the party with no ideas. People choose the party with which they identify with, or in the case of the GOP, the party that lies the most and tells people what they want to hear. Anyone who doesn't see how far afield the GOP has gone since 2016 is either involved in the con or willingly ignorant.
Just a small sampling of issues the GOP can't figure out what it wants:
Dems 1993: We need universal health insurance.
GOP: No fucking way. Best we could do is force everyone to buy insurance.
Dems: OK, let's do that then.
GOP: No fucking way, that's socialism.
GOP 1990's: We need a free trade agreement with other countries in the Western hemisphere.
Dems: OK, we agree, let's vote.
GOP: Yeah, we support it.
Trump GOP: Trade agreements suck, destroy them all.
GOP: Yeah, what he said.
Dems: What the fuck?
Trump GOP: We need a big, huge infrastructure deal to fix all our shitty roads.
Dems: OK, sounds good to us, let's vote.
Trump GOP: Just kidding, fuck you.
Biden 2021: Now, let's vote on that huge infrastructure deal.
GOP: Yeah, sounds pretty good. (wink)
Trump: Fuck any R that votes for that deal.
GOP: *shits its pants*
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller