Category: Voting
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An Appeal to Democrat Voters
Righteously pissed off by the depredations of our political enemies and their long train of outrageous lies, abuses, and slanders, my tendency is to urge a girding of the loins for a long battle in which we give them a taste of their own 'medicine.' But there is a complementary approach that may work with…
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Elections Have Consequences
Conservatives are hobbled by their virtues, one of which is civility: we are loathe to "give as good as we get." But now that our side has power, we must not hesitate to use it against our political enemies. The destructive swine will squeal but we should show them no mercy. There must be no…
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Ten Reasons not to Vote Democrat
Originally posted 5 November 2012. Slightly redacted. Things are far worse now. ……………………………….. The Dems are the left-wing party in the U. S. Almost all Dems nowadays are leftists. It's not 1960 any more and you geezers out there with your sentimental attachment to the 'Democrat' label need to wise up. 1. Leftists lack common…
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Vote Third Party, Waste Your Vote
This is a re-post from 6 November 2012. Since then, I have found no reason to alter my position. Perhaps you can supply me with one. …………………….. Did you perchance vote for Gary Johnson for president? Then you wasted your vote on an unelectable candidate and helped Barack Obama's re-election. The truth of a view does…
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Ten Reasons to Vote Republican
By Peter Kalis. This list, reproduced here verbatim, receives the plenary MavPhil endorsement. I will only add that the first item in the order of listing is also the first in the order of importance. 1. I believe a nation that doesn’t take its borders seriously doesn’t take itself seriously. 2. I believe in a…
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Thinking of Voting Third-Party?
Don't be a fool! (Political abstinence is also folly.) Invective-free explanation over at Substack.
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Universal Suffrage
I wrote, on 4 March, The war is over the soul of America. The question concerns whether we should (i) preserve what remains of America as she was founded to be, and (ii) restore those good elements of the system bequeathed to us by the Founders, while (iii) preserving the legitimate progress that has been made (e.g.…
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Are There Aptronymic Initials?
I should think so. Bernie Sanders' initials are 'B. S.' The man is a destructive fool, though not as destructive or as foolish as Joey B. Proof here. It's a funny world. In the private sector it is often the very best who rise to the top; in politics, the very worst. Is there anyone…
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Should Felons Have the Right to Vote?
Obviously not, as I argue at Substack. But at this late date in the Decline of the West, appeals to reason are becoming increasingly pointless. From a purely theoretical point of view, it is fascinating to watch one's country enter the ash can of history. It is a philosophical moment inasmuch as "The owl of…