(10-08-2020, 12:26 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(10-08-2020, 12:17 AM)americus 2.0 Wrote: Being as I'm not raising kids that's not an issue. 

As for respect, I used to feel as you did, but at my age I've come to realize people are jacked up. Everyone is. Some are just better at managing it. Trump may be a hard pill to swallow but at least you know what you get with him even if you don't like it. I'll take that any day over someone who is a wolf in sheep's clothing. I've lived too much to be okay with people who are fake. 

I vote Libertarian when I have the option, when I don't I look to whose policies reflect what I feel is important for the country.

Thank God I have that option this year or else I probably wouldn't vote. My beliefs are all over the map, so there's hardly ever a candidate that I can agree with on 60% of things, because the Democrats and Republicans take such hard line stances on everything. Some things I'm Conservative, some things I'm Liberal and on most things, I'm very moderate. Neither party seems to like voters like myself. They want all or nothing. That's why 3rd parties like the Libertarians are so appealing to me. They seem to have elements of both parties.

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Libertarianism is simple, small government, self governed communities, more individual freedoms. They align more with the right than anything, but neither the Republican nor the Democratic party seem eager to vote themselves less privileges.

That being said, it's more apt to say that the "Libertarian Party" is no more immune to corruption than any other political identity, and as such is flawed in some serious ways. Help is not on the way for the moderate voter.

As someone who considers themselves a Moderate and a Libertarian at heart, Trump offers the best choice. It's sad to admit, but it's true. The other choices aren't even real alternatives. The DNC really screwed the pooch trying to shove their establishment candidates down the American Public's throat. I'm not sure what their play is, but they must be desperate if they're running a Senile Old man who may or may not diddle children/women.

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