14 reasons I'll vote for any Democrat

[struggle4progress]

By Max Boot
Columnist
August 31 at 1:18 PM

... Trump exulted when, at his urging, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to let two Democratic members of Congress visit Israel ...

Trump accused Jews of “great disloyalty” for not backing him ... then quoted a discredited conspiracy-monger claiming Israelis “love him like he is the second coming of God” ...

Trump expressed interest in buying Greenland. When the prime minister of Denmark rightly dismissed this idea .. canceled his visit ...

Trump reversed his support for background checks .. under pressure from the gun lobby ...

... Sounding like a Soviet central planner, he tweeted on Aug. 23: “Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China.” The same day, he called Xi an “enemy.” Within three days, he was calling Xi “a great leader” .. and claiming he had received two phone calls from Beijing to restart talks. Chinese officials did not confirm any such calls, and two Trump aides told CNN he had lied to calm markets ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/31/here-are-reasons-ill-vote-any-democrat-over-trump/

I have never thought much of Max Boot's views. But in the present crisis, I am certainly willing to form alliances with people who I regard as sane (but misguided) to free ourselves from the reign of the criminally insane

[madinmaryland]

1. While I agree with Boot's commentary about tRump, we must remember that...

He and many other republicans are the same ones that have spent 40 years supporting a party that led the country to the point where we are now. As soon as tRump is gone, they will mostly all go back to where they were four years ago.

Fuck them. They are not on our side, nor are they on the side of Democracy and the United States. For them it is all party before country.

[Poiuyt]

2. Under the circumstances, I'll take support from Max Boot, Rick Wilson, or any other Rep

This election is too important. If these Republicans show that it's okay to vote for a Democrat, maybe others will follow suit. We can worry about fighting traditional republicans later.

[Chemisse]

4. +1

[madinmaryland]

5. You are correct, they will be sewing seed of dissent in the Republican Party,

But if the Democrats win, they will be back to their same old bullshit. They are not to be trusted.

[elocs]

3. I've voted for Democrats for 47 years now,

never choosing not to vote in a partisan election, never choosing to vote for a 3rd party candidate.
In the Wisconsin primary next year I don't know who I will vote for but it will be somebody who is proud to be a member of the Democratic Party.

[Sherman A1]

6. I only need one reason

My now departed (Single Working Mom, in a time when that was very socially unacceptable) Mother explained it to me very simply.

"When Democrats are in office, my wallet gets fatter, when Republicans are in office, it doesn't."