Thank you so much for writing this. I am a registered Republican who has refused to vote for Trump in 2016 (I could not bring myself to vote for Hillary either) and would not vote for him in 2024 mostly due to the Jan 6 thing.
Many of my fellow Republicans say i am a RINO and on several social issues I do lean left of center. Democrats often say I am a right winger because of my stance on fiscal conservatism and foreign policy. I do not believe in isolationism and since I don't believe in Utopia, somebody has to be the biggest and baddest....I want it to be us. They say that makes me a water monger.
There is such a wide range of people between both extreme right and extreme left. The name calling and accusations if you don't buy in hook, line, and sinker into everything one side or the other believes is tiring.
I miss the days when Tip O'Neal and Ronald Reagan sat down over cigars and a glass of scotch and just compromised and got shit done.
I want anyone who is elected as US president to be able to say "My fellow Americans " and really mean it. This divisive, nasty, climate makes me sad. Hopefully the policies that are enacted by this administration will result in a positive outcome that allows all to pursue happiness.
I have a similar story, Rosemary. When my wife and I arrived at the polling station in 2016, we sat down, looked at each other and said, "what are we going to do? We had been talking about the election for months, but still undecided. We could not vote for Trump or Hillary, so we wasted our vote on a third party. We voted for Trump in the next two elections. Thanks, as always for your thoughtful comments.
David, I guess it depends upon the science. For decades I've been struck by how equally brilliant scientists, (and in other fields) can look at the same data and come to strikingly different interpretations. I think strong political and social opinions can overpower scientific objectivity. Climate change, heredity verses environment, etc.
there’s a double negative in there and my take away from all this is fear porn cry me a river
Thank you so much for writing this. I am a registered Republican who has refused to vote for Trump in 2016 (I could not bring myself to vote for Hillary either) and would not vote for him in 2024 mostly due to the Jan 6 thing.
Many of my fellow Republicans say i am a RINO and on several social issues I do lean left of center. Democrats often say I am a right winger because of my stance on fiscal conservatism and foreign policy. I do not believe in isolationism and since I don't believe in Utopia, somebody has to be the biggest and baddest....I want it to be us. They say that makes me a water monger.
There is such a wide range of people between both extreme right and extreme left. The name calling and accusations if you don't buy in hook, line, and sinker into everything one side or the other believes is tiring.
I miss the days when Tip O'Neal and Ronald Reagan sat down over cigars and a glass of scotch and just compromised and got shit done.
I want anyone who is elected as US president to be able to say "My fellow Americans " and really mean it. This divisive, nasty, climate makes me sad. Hopefully the policies that are enacted by this administration will result in a positive outcome that allows all to pursue happiness.
I have a similar story, Rosemary. When my wife and I arrived at the polling station in 2016, we sat down, looked at each other and said, "what are we going to do? We had been talking about the election for months, but still undecided. We could not vote for Trump or Hillary, so we wasted our vote on a third party. We voted for Trump in the next two elections. Thanks, as always for your thoughtful comments.
Well stated! Did you mean for it to be a rondo?
You lost me Beth. What's a rondo?
Terrific summation. As a physicist, I do not trust the science.
David, I guess it depends upon the science. For decades I've been struck by how equally brilliant scientists, (and in other fields) can look at the same data and come to strikingly different interpretations. I think strong political and social opinions can overpower scientific objectivity. Climate change, heredity verses environment, etc.