(11-09-2022, 09:05 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(11-09-2022, 08:04 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I don't get the appeal of Donald Trump.  But a lot of people will say they are voting for the policies and not the person.  

Also, the election was a choice between the well-known lieutenant governor and a guy who sells snake oil on TV.  So maybe the election was based on relative appeal, not absolute appeal.

You and Mikesez are odd birds. You both claim to support Republicans but only the Republicans who toe the Democrat narrative of what a Republican should be.

This isnt partisan.
ALL politicians should be magnanimous and humble. Most are some of the time, none are all of the time.  There's a certain level of pugnaciousness and pride that is benign, but, too much and you'll put party over country, self over constitution, and you won't concede when you've lost.
Trump has too much.  He always did.  I'd feel the same about a Democrat that had too much.
If there is a candidate that doesn't respect the constitution, it really doesn't matter what their other policies are.  "I guess I'll vote Hitler because I'm certainly not going to let the SPD raise my taxes again!" or "You know, Karensky is really dragging this war on.  Let's vote Lenin, how bad could he be?"
Usually policy comes first.  But when certain sociopathic personalities are in play, policy comes second.

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