I'm registered Democrat but I've never voted party line. I try to follow what's going on and make the decisions that seem best in the moment. I've voted Republican at the city, state and federal level. I identify with the Democratic ticket on social issues and consider your party affiliation to mostly be a social signifier, like whether you're a soccer or a football fan. I don't think it should actually be a guiding light for where a person's votes go.

This Trump shit is fucking baffling to someone like me. This is the first election in my lifetime (I was first of age to vote in Bush v. Kerry) where I feel like I just can't win, but I have no choice but to vote for a candidate (Clinton).

He threatened to jail his political rival once he'd won the election. If Hilary Clinton actually should be in jail, and Trump knows why, fuck this reality TV bullshit. Prove she should be in jail right now.

He had all these "mic drop" moments that were just wildly inappropriate; again, the "you'd be in jail" comment felt like something better suited for a Youtube rap battle, regardless of what he said.

But I also get it. Clinton can't block him out and talk her platforms. I have no idea what she stands for other than she doesn't stand for Trump's bullshit. That's fine, I think we get that just from the visual of her being a woman and our long history with Trump's thoughts on women that we're acting surprised about for whatever reason this week. Can she just fucking block him out and look Presidential, rather than put that smug look on her face like she has this locked up and stay giving his comments merit by responding to them? Dude is not going to shut the fuck up so she needs to stop responding to him and actually have a Presidential conversation. If not with him, at least with the audience on TV.


This whole thing is a sideshow and I'm really disappointed that it's carrying out the way that it is. I generally take a little pride in being an undecided voter, someone who's willing to be swayed one way or the other based on the issues of the day and who makes a more convincing argument to me. At the very highest level of the electoral process I'm not being offered that opportunity. It's absurd. Both these people are awful in their own ways.

Can we just FDR this whole fiasco and give everyone four years to get their shit together?


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