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Is it just me, or does anyone else find it annoying when some people proclaim that they'll vote for a certain political candidate just because, in their words, they want to 'spite' and annoy the haters.
For example, some people feel a sense of guilt over openly supporting a controversial candidate on this forum (due to controversy involved).
So instead of proudly and openly declaring their support for this candidate on its own merits, instead they'll shift the 'blame' of supporting/voting for the candidate onto the opposition.
How weak is that?
Never have I stated anywhere that I'd vote for a candidate only because those that oppose that candidate were annoying and it's my way of getting back at them. So childish and easy to see through.
Take this year's election.
I have no problems voting for Donald Trump. I don't feel guilty about it and feel no need to 'justify' it to anyone else. It's his policies and his presence I like. If others want to vote for Hillary Clinton if she gets the Dem nod, hey, good for you. Unlike some here, I never hold it against another person their political view, who they vote for, none of that.
I'm enthusiastically supporting Trump, he was not only the cream of the republican crop, he is EXACTLY what America needs to recover from the absolute horror of the obama years which has torn American down to depths none of us really imagined in 2008.
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it annoying when some people proclaim that they'll vote for a certain political candidate just because, in their words, they want to 'spite' and annoy the haters.
For example, some people feel a sense of guilt over openly supporting a controversial candidate on this forum (due to controversy involved).
So instead of proudly and openly declaring their support for this candidate on its own merits, instead they'll shift the 'blame' of supporting/voting for the candidate onto the opposition.
How weak is that?
Never have I stated anywhere that I'd vote for a candidate only because those that oppose that candidate were annoying and it's my way of getting back at them. So childish and easy to see through.
Take this year's election.
I have no problems voting for Donald Trump. I don't feel guilty about it and feel no need to 'justify' it to anyone else. It's his policies and his presence I like. If others want to vote for Hillary Clinton if she gets the Dem nod, hey, good for you. Unlike some here, I never hold it against another person their political view, who they vote for, none of that.
I agree with you that using your vote out of SPITE is immature and pointless. How can you claim you are principled if you are willing to vote for the opposition FOR ANY REASON. I think those people who say they will actively vote for Hillary to spite Trump and vise versa are proving that they have no principles when it comes to choosing a Presidential candidate.
I am also annoyed by those people that lecture others that failure to vote for the candidate they support is a vote for the opposition. I find the people who feel entitled to your vote, merely because of your party affiliation, to be the most annoying types. They scapegoat you for the ultimate failure of their candidate. They use the tactic you speak of to demean and bully votes from others. Those are the "nose holding," reluctant voters who have been guilted or bullied into giving up their vote.
I'm with you when it comes to letting people vote for whomever they choose, but when it is nothing but a vote out of spite, it is annoying!
I'm enthusiastically voting AGAINST Hillary Clinton. I'm not a huge Trump fan, but to me the alternative is overwhelmingly disgusting. My vote has nothing to do with spite against anyone else.
Generally when people vote for a candidate that ends up being a complete disaster, like Bush, they spin it in their minds that it was actually someone elses fault
If Trump gets in and ends up being a total disaster, you'll see people on CD saying its the Democrats fault, or the GOP elite's fault, etc.. etc..
Cannot stand either candidate. Could not stand it when Billary went on 60 Minutes and vetted her straying husband to world. Told us all there had been problems but it was all resolved now. She brought us Monica.
That said, even though I was tilting Trump, his backtracking mouth just makes me cringe.
Billary it will be. Spite ,maybe. Lesser of the 2 evils, maybe.
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