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Footballguy
Prior to Trump, I voted mostly Republican, but not exclusively. My line is somewhere between, say, Biden and Romney, but slightly closer to Romney. However, without moving that line, I'm much closer to Biden than to Trump. I'm strongly anti-Trump, and Biden's fine - an honorable man who will do his best for the country, even if I disagree on some things. I've always told my kids that both sides are trying to do what they think is right to help the country, they just disagree on what's best... but I don't believe that be true of Trump.
So happens going forward? 90% of the Republican party became Trumpists, and I abhor that, so I can't consider voting for them until there's some major turnover.
Where does a Romney/Murkowski person go in 2022 and 2024, if they can't vote for McConnell/Gaetz/Loeffler people? Do the Lincoln Project people try to carve out a middle party that includes both Biden and Romney, set between Bernie/AOC and Trump/QAnon? I don't know if people can manage to recast themselves and realize they're closer to centrists over the old line than they are to the new party locations.
AOC---------------Biden-|-Romney---------------Trump to
AOC------------|--Biden--Romney--|------------Trump
Because in lieu of that, I guess I'm a centrist Democrat now. And honestly, that bit at the top where I mentioned that I hadn't moved my line... that's no longer true. I so dislike the Trumpists that I'm having trouble looking at anything they say objectively, and my natural reaction is to take the opposite side. I'm being pushed left.
So happens going forward? 90% of the Republican party became Trumpists, and I abhor that, so I can't consider voting for them until there's some major turnover.
Where does a Romney/Murkowski person go in 2022 and 2024, if they can't vote for McConnell/Gaetz/Loeffler people? Do the Lincoln Project people try to carve out a middle party that includes both Biden and Romney, set between Bernie/AOC and Trump/QAnon? I don't know if people can manage to recast themselves and realize they're closer to centrists over the old line than they are to the new party locations.
AOC---------------Biden-|-Romney---------------Trump to
AOC------------|--Biden--Romney--|------------Trump
Because in lieu of that, I guess I'm a centrist Democrat now. And honestly, that bit at the top where I mentioned that I hadn't moved my line... that's no longer true. I so dislike the Trumpists that I'm having trouble looking at anything they say objectively, and my natural reaction is to take the opposite side. I'm being pushed left.