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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Trump's Truth
Date: 08/22/23 6:11 PM
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No. DeSantis respects the process. If he wins, he wins. Because I also respect the process, and value it over any single candidate or issue.

I'll try once more, since I don't think I'm explaining the hypothetical well.

This isn't about overturning or undoing DeSantis' win. It's about who you would want to win.

Would you be willing to vote for a corrupt Democrat over a non-corrupt but hard right-wing Republican, if you had the deciding vote? A Ray Nagin vs. a Ron DeSantis? In a time-travel-y kind of scenario where your deciding vote would affect who is President in the 2016 election, with three SCOTUS seats on the line?

Many Trump supporters have explained their choice as being worth it on that basis. That Trump is a flawed man, but better a flawed Republican than any Democrat.

In the abstract, that's probably correct. For most of the base voters in either party, the country is almost certainly better off (in terms of what they think is good for the country) having a bad (even corrupt) representative from their own party than a straitlaced (even righteous) representative from the other party.

So - knowing what we know now about the composition and decisions that were made by the SCOTUS, if choosing the winner of the 2016 election were up to your vote, would you choose a corrupt Democrat or a Ron DeSantis?

Albaby
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