In the ongoing debate about whether “NeverTrump” conservatives should be willing to vote for Democrats such as Bernie Sanders to defeat Trump and Trumpism, perhaps it’s time to move past the rhetorical mudslinging and lay down a few cold, hard realities.
My Conscience Is Clear, I am #AlwaysConstitution
I will not offer my vote and add my voice to a mandate that goes against the constitutional values I stand for. That goes for both parties and their candidates.
Lesser Evils, False Dilemmas, and Cognitive Dissonance
Intellectual consistency is not an embrace of a false dichotomy. But to reject the lesser-of-two-evils approach in 2016 only to embrace it in 2020 is clear cognitive dissonance.
Fake News and False Dilemmas
Some principled conservatives are tying themselves in intellectual knots as they continue to embrace false dichotomies and shrink from the hard choices necessary to remove Donald Trump.
Reject Socialism, Vote Democrat (On Super Tuesday)
For one day and one day only, I’m going to be a Democrat. I’m casting a vote for Joe Biden on Super Tuesday.
Donald Trump Has Become the Left’s Heffalump
The hysterical responses to declarations of #NeverBernie demonstrate that the Left is seeing Heffalumps. Trump is bad, but not so bad that Bernie should be a viable option.
Putting Principles Second is Not Playing the Long Game
If we set aside our principles and, to remove Trump, vote for a candidate who stands against them in almost every sense, we would be surrendering the high-ground and engaging in the same “lesser-of-two-evils” political maneuvering we eschewed in 2016. That’s playing the short game.
Super Tuesday – Democrats Don’t Know Who to Unite Behind
In a contest that is growing hauntingly similar to 2016, mainstream Democrats are having trouble deciding which non-Bernie candidate to coalesce behind to keep Bernie from running away with enough Super Tuesday delegates to make him insurmountable.
Never Say Never Bernie
We must oust the current occupant of the White House. We must be ready to do the unthinkable to accomplish that, even if means voting for Bernie Sanders.
#NeverBernie
With victory in Nevada, Senator Bernie Sanders has solidified his place as the Democratic frontrunner and likely sets Democrats on a path to repeat the 2016 Republican story. I will not be part of that story.