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Originally Posted by The Batlord
This is what bugs me about a lot of voters. One of the things. People concentrate almost entirely on a candidate's policies and beliefs are, as if that's the only thing they need to know. Trump may not be a bad businessman like some people say, but he is most certainly a reckless one. He just happens to be good at bouncing back from his many failures, but if he does the same kind of **** that made him file for bankruptcy, or put his name on projects that he had no involvement with whatsoever, then I don't have much faith that he's going to be in any way a responsible leader.
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He only bounced back because he was born with enough money to fail a couple times before getting it right.
On the issue of policies, Trump is surprisingly moderate. He may have gone on about tagging Muslims and sending them off, but if you go look on his page at his actual policy, the policy relates only to enforcing laws already in place. When questioned about the trans-bathroom situation (which is actually kind of a distraction from the other piece of policy that came with that regarding employment) he took a liberal position. In the past, he has held liberal positions on abortion. A lot of his rhetoric is aimed at his current base.
But then there's the ****ing wall. That's still up on his policy page, and making Mexico pay for it. Lol.
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And Trump is useful as a candidate for showing to anyone with common sense just how ridiculous our political system has become, but the very reason he is useful as a candidate is why he shouldn't be allowed near the presidency. Because he's a ****ing joke who has given America no indication that he will be anything but a disaster.
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Ah, there lies the rub. You think it's a joke. But it's not, it's the sad state we're in. And you'll begin to appreciate that under President Trump.
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At least we know Clinton probably won't run the country into the ground. In today's political climate I'm willing to settle for that. I'd rather not flip a coin on my country's future for the sake of mindless idealism
I have to live in the system. So do you. Have some sense.
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To me, it sounds like you're catastrophizing a Trump Presidency. I don't believe he will "run the country into the ground". And further, I don't see "the system" as life support.
It's actually kind of unfortunate how much attention and energy is given to the presidency... if you want to maintain life support, start voting congress members that care about the middle class in.