What is wrong with this guy...?

Trump: "you are special" ...
Well, he's "special" too

God forbid you have an opinion on something.

don't worry due to my inability to have an opinion I still have not voted on this poll

That's some serious willpower.

are there any republican candidates that you like currently? I remember you mentioning you liked biden in 2015 or 2016, but I don't think you are firmly democrat only.

Sure, there's several I like, in the context of a Republican primary. There's several running I would vote for over Biden in 2024, because I have strong disagreements with any normal Democrat. Pretty much everyone running except Trump, DeSantis, and Ramaswamy, I'd choose over Biden... and they happen to be the first, second, and third most popular candidates. I'm basically the anti-Republican primary voter... the things that turn me off are what turn on those voters.

If it's Trump or Ramaswamy, I'm voting Biden. If it's DeSantis, I'm writing in. If it's anyone else I've heard of in the field, I'm probably voting them over Biden.

This post was edited by IceMage on Aug 15 2023 06:49pm

the popular modern republicans are anti-establishment populists, which is antithetical to your worldview I assume.

I would guess you would prefer someone like Pence over those types.

I don't know that there's a meaningful anti-establishment populist that exists in the Republican party. The most meaningful anti-establishment, populist action I can think of in recent years is Romney proposing a child allowance which provided a generous benefit for parents while reducing welfare programs to pay for it.

But if your idea of anti-establishment populism is stealing an election, or calling for eliminating the FBI, or highly regulating all social media, there are several to choose from. But it's an obviously dopey populism that doesn't even matter to the concerns of real people.

This post was edited by IceMage on Aug 15 2023 07:34pm

yeah I agree most aren't meaningful. It's more of a perception of anti-establishment populism by focusing on things like the 'trans agenda', or whatever the current buzz is, rather than effective strategies focusing on things like inflation, housing affordability, wages, depression and drug use, changing demographics and issues with growing anti-natalism tendencies, and other things I find important.

the 20 videos in a row of youtube grifters talking about the latest trans headline while completely ignoring what actually matters and in what ways the west is degrading, it's all so tiresome