weeman
Active Member
- Oct 2, 2009
- 840
Absolutely he should. But he might not, depending on who he's running against.
If he's running in the general election against an authoritarian progressive Dem who has no respect for any of the BoR, then he might not suffer consequences because he's the lesser of two bad choices. Same in the Rep primary if he's running against an extremist on the opposite end of the spectrum who can't win a general election, thereby enabling the aforementioned left-winger to end up with the seat, resulting in our rights getting stripped away.
I've had to hold my nose a lot in the voting booth for the past decade voting for the person who will cause me the least damage, no matter how much I despise him/her personally.
Representative democracy means having a choice, not necessarily having good choices. And yet it's still better than any alternative forms of government mankind has managed to come up with.
And that is where you lose me. I understand the merit of your argument. I even understand your viewpoint. I used to feel the same way.
I just dont agree anymore. It's time to take the gloves off with the people that are supposed to be on our side, but aren't. If voters in Virginia don't wake up, then we'll just end up with someone like Hogan. No thanks.