Quote (IceMage @ 12 Oct 2016 18:07)
I realize you've vocally distanced yourself from the Republican party this election, but let me phrase this in a way that implicates your political ideology:
Conservative politicians don't care about morality or ensuring America remains a morally 'pure' country. They care about politics, and those politics are often very cruel and inconsiderate of poor people, minorities, women, and others.
Trump represents a more brash and outwardly disguisting version of some of those items, and that's why many Conservative and Republican leaders have struggled with deciding whether to support Trump or not.
This tape made it easy. Apparently some line was crossed for Paul Ryan and Conservatives. Apparently
this was simply too much. But what about all the other awful things Trump has said? Where was their moral compass then? The answer is that it really never was there. The political climate has now favored a non-endorsement, and so that what has happened.
You're voting for the other team this election, but who is to say you and millions of other Conservatives who are taking a stand against their own party on moral grounds will be able to cut through the bullshit next time, when it is more insidious and less obvious? Trump is just exposing things about the GOP that a lot of us have noticed for a long time, most notably post-2008 since Obama was elected.