The qualifications you seek preclude someone from wanting power over others....

I'd prefer this lady:
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@MichelleD But the Libertarian Party is nuts...

@tracycoyle some, not all. She's less scary than mandatory vaccines (Trump) or a socialist dictator (Harris), or a man that's mentally and morally impaired (Biden). Besides, I kinda like her.

@MichelleD I'm curious why you think Trump will make (or has made) vaccine(s) mandatory?

@tracycoyle I don't think he's made them mandatory yet. IDK, gut worry maybe. Other than that, I have no problem with him.

@MichelleD I think your gut is suffering from biotic deficiency !!

I can't imagine he would even consider it considering his established behavior todate

@tracycoyle I may be suffering from that, and many more things. But it matters very little now as I've already voted. It is what it is. I tend to do well by trusting my gut. I don't expect anyone to understand. I could have been less honest and told you some ridiculous justification that sounded reasonable but I chose to be honest. I embrace my stupidity along with my intelligence and only time will tell which one of these my gut was utilizing when I cast my ballot. But, then again, that's the way it is for all of us.

@MichelleD I trust my intuition ALL THE TIME, it has seldom let me down - but it only operates in times of 'insufficient information'. It's not that I prefer one over the other, just one supplements the other.

This country has elected a dead person too often....

@tracycoyle this is true. Just doing my best to navigate in the dark.

I'd bet they would say they support President Harris...

@tracycoyle they would say that about anybody with a D before their name and not named Trump

Yea, except NONE of Biden/Harris' planned policies are remotely centrist or moderate...

@tracycoyle I very much disagree.

@JacksonNought Ending fracking is a centrist position? The Green New Deal is a moderate position? The Iran Deal is a bipartisan position? I am sure there are a couple he has been for, then against, and for that I might support - but given the big ones....I am not willing to sacrifice the country for a few of the little ones...

@tracycoyle except Biden has said time and time again he is not banning fracking. He also does not support the Green New Deal. Biden is the nominee, not Bernie, not AOC.

@JacksonNought So, no NEW permits for fracking and end to carbon based fuels by 2050 isn't ending fracking NEXT YEAR....

Look, politicians will say anything to get elected and then ignore what they promised. Trump broke with that trend, much to the enjoyment of many on the Right.

Biden will do whatever serves Biden and the power brokers - in keeping with historical precedent.

As long as people continue to let Lucy hold the ball...

@tracycoyle not sure what you mean by your Trump statement? Are you saying he didn't ignore his promises? Where are his tax returns? Where is his health plan? Where are his term limits and draining of the swamp? When is Mexico paying for the wall? Why isn't Hillary in jail?

Do you really think Trump cares about anyone but himself?

@JacksonNought As to your last question : Sure. His family. And most Americans. I'm sure you can say the former about Biden, but not the later.

As to the other questions - I will ignore for the sake of brevity a couple (you will demand proof and I am sitting in an apartment in the midst of minor destruction (painting going on) and focus on two: the Wall - there was never going to be a check in the mail, the reading of that 'promise' is certainly subject to interpretation and 1) the redrafting of NAFTA and 2) preventing illegals crossing into this country certainly put the onus on Mexico - neither of which would be acceptable to those demanding proof of a check drawn on a Mexican bank. Trump can't arrest Clinton, he has to rely on the DOJ and state agencies to arrest people - and given the emphasis by the FBI to go after Trump and his campaign people for TWO YEARS and the House to go after him for THREE, Clinton got a pass.

There are lots of things Presidents say they want to do that require others to actually accomplish, not the least of which is Congress.

His efforts with regard to judges, foreign policy, regulations and the economy where he had some direct control were fulfillment, or at least a long way towards such, of his promises.

@tracycoyle I will say you are 100% incorrect that Biden doesn't care about Americans. And 100% incorrect that Trump does. To me it seems so obvious. But I guess we'll just have to accept that we'll never come to an agreement on this.

@JacksonNought True, perspective matters. Truth being relative....

@JacksonNought Fundamentally, I believe, our differences can be distilled down to this: you think government has a responsibility to care for it's citizens and I think government, specifically the Federal Government, has no business in the individual lives of the citizens.

Further, somebody has to be held accountable for poor decisions, if it is not the citizen, it is no one because government has proven to be immune to accountability for it's bad/poor decisions.

So, I'd rather give them less opportunities to fuck up if we can not hold them accountable in a way that makes them feel the pain for their actions.

More laws are useless when the laws we have are not being enforced, or/and, being enforced unequally...

ie Flynn being tried for lying to the FBI but Andrew McCabe walking free...

@tracycoyle while I think some sort of social safety net is a good idea, more often than not I think the government should stay out of people's lives. Which is why I support drug legalization, marriage equality, and full abortion rights.

@JacksonNought I'm a classical liberal. I support drug legalization with stiff penalties for DUI. I support marriage equality - I was partnered for 18+ yrs (she didn't want to get married until her last year but made the request post a very serious stroke, we never got to it before she passed), and I support abortion PRIOR to the 20th week unrestricted, prior to the 24th week with some restrictions and after that only in the a threat to the mother's life - the child, once viable, has rights.

I benefited greatly from our social safety net, and it worked exactly as it should - it caught me, got me back on my feet and stepped away.

The Federal Government has become too intrusive, it has taken over the obligations of States that they abrogated wrongly.

I would wager, that if we sat and discussed issues over a long weekend, you would find our positions much closer than you might think. I can say that because a good friend, so liberal she makes Occupy look reasonable!, and I have had these discussions and we are 95% in agreement on most issues and I am coming from the individual liberty, government is necessary but as little as possible POV.

@tracycoyle I am sure you are correct.