Quote (ThatAlex @ 19 May 2020 02:08)
Biden said not to vote for him if you believe Tara Reade. I believe Reade, so I'm not going to vote for him.
If his defense for questions such as sexual assault or climate change are "don't vote for me" or "vote for someone else" instead of engaging in productive dialogue, it's simply lazy campaigning and he doesn't deserve my vote.
I don't have a problem in principle with voting for Biden even if the accusation by Reade is true when you consider his Republican opponent this election very likely has done far worse (a lesser evil argument), but I just don't feel he deserves my vote at this point, among other un-inspiring qualms I have with the candidate. The Democratic party (and the country) must continue and will continue to suffer under Trump due to their incompetence.
Honestly, I'm on the fence when it comes to the question of whether another Trump term would spur positive change or not; and whether the long-term benefits from this outweigh the short- and long-term damage of another 4 years of Trump.
I'm still ideologically faaaar more aligned with him than with Democrats and my default stance on any given issue is still to defend him, but the way he mishandled the coronavirus situation has really soured me on him. Not to the point yet where I would prefer Biden over him, but it has taken a big chunk of my enthusiasm away.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on May 18 2020 06:19pm