[ SECRET POST #3496 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3496 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

If you don't mind my asking, why did you join? What were they doing before to make you stick with them?

You're not the only republican I see abandoning the party.

[(Anonymous)]

I was raised by socially liberal Republicans, so that had a pretty big impact on my beliefs. I actually got more conservative in college, but became a bit more liberal once I entered the working world. Nowadays, I'd consider myself moderate right-of-center. I voted for Bush in '04, Obama in '08, and Romney in '12. I will not vote for Trump, as I think he is an evil person.

I don't see much of my beliefs in Trump's platform (I see many which are the opposite). But Trump's popularity has forced me to acknowledge that the GOP's been courting some very corrupt beliefs for a while, and that this is the end result.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

If Romney had been in the running this year, he'd probably have had a good chance of winning.

[(Anonymous)]

Ehh, maybe. I think Romney would be too associated with previous failures. He's ultimately not the sort of person who has a lot of appeal right now; working with finance would count as a strike against him.

Unfortunately, the lesson a lot of Republicans took away from the 2012 election was that they needed to double-down on their beliefs. That if they'd had someone more hardcore as their candidate, they would have won.

Trump only partly fits the bill. The GOP has traditionally been the more free trade-oriented party, and Trump completely abandons that. He does, however, appeal to the nativist elements (along with some social conservatives, though he's wobbly on those issues—still people go for him).

I actually don't think Trump believes much of what he says, but it'd still be hideously foolish to elect someone that narcissistic to the Oval Office. Plus, he's a populist, so he'll keep doing whatever he can to keep the crowds happy. I can see him telling supporters to vote hostile or resistant GOP congresspeople out of office, and to vote in more Trump-friendly types. This could make things much worse.

Thus, even though I don't really trust Clinton, I find her the safer option. The fact that she isn't actively courting racists and sexists makes her the only sane choice. I'm not white, and I don't like the kind of rhetoric I'm hearing from Trump.

[(Anonymous)]

I actually don't think Trump believes much of what he says, but it'd still be hideously foolish to elect someone that narcissistic to the Oval Office.

Yep. Even if he doesn't personally give a shit whether or not same-sex couples marry, his vice presidential candidate sure as hell does. And people around him who are more concrete in their conservative beliefs would also do their part to try and push their policies out there. Having a Republican president would embolden them.