Comments on: A 2016 Compromise: “Voting the Slate”

By: David

David — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 03:39:00 +0000

I’m in Ohio, so no safety here. In the end, as a former military office, I know for a fact that Clinton broke the law, despite Comey’s failures as a law enforcement figure. So, I view this election as a law enforcement event. My vote goes to whoever has the best chance at stopping Clinton. Ergo, I voted Republican.

If Comey had done his job in the first place, we would not have been in this deep of a mess.

By: BCSWowbagger

BCSWowbagger — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:55:00 +0000

In reply to jenandlaw.

That is a perfectly fair concern.

I propose we illustrate our objection in two ways: (1) an unprecedentedly large protest vote in safe states; and (2) we fight like hell against this broken and corrupt party after the election, regardless of the results — and start looking for new coalition partners, because Southern nativists and East Coast billionaires are hurting the conservative cause more than helping at this point.

However, if one decides it’s more important to lodge a protest on Tuesday in a swing state, that’s reasonable. We all have a difficult choice to make Tuesday, our prudential judgments about what is best are bound to differ, and there are no completely satisfying options.

Good luck to you and to McMullin! –James

By: BCSWowbagger

BCSWowbagger — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:50:00 +0000

In reply to NashGuy. True! Everything about this election is sad.

By: NashGuy

NashGuy — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:37:00 +0000

This is just sad.

By: jenandlaw

jenandlaw — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:12:00 +0000

I agree with your reasoning although I happen to be in a safe state and had already written in McMullin, which saves me the gnawing at my conscience I would have if I were in a swing state. The only thing that nags at me about voting the slate is that the members of the GOP don’t know WHY the vote is in their corner, and take it as tacit acceptance that the direction the GOP “leadership” is taking us is just fine with us conservatives.