American Hardwood said:Martin Cash said:American Hardwood said:
Saying you are voting for Cornyn because Paxton can't beat Talarico is pure feelz. Any Republican candidate crush the dem if Republican voters can get past their baseless anxiety and support whatever candidate in the general. There is no reason to not vote for the most effective conservative we can and that is Paxton. Cornyn has along track record of legislative betrayal and there is no reason to give him more opportunities to play 6th-man democrat coming off the bench.
How about the fact that he is a massive sleazeball? I'm not crazy about Cornyn, but there is no way I can vote for someone as despicable as Paxton.
I don't 'like' Paxton, but I would rather have a sleazeball that has a track record for fighting for MY values and ideology than an out-of-touch Washington blowhard who will do everything he can to slow or stall the advancement of my values and beliefs. I would rather have had Hunt, who I voted for, but at this point it is winning the ideological game NOT about feeling comfortable with myself while taking L after L because of the betrayals of a guy like Cornyn.
I was trying to explain this to a limp wristed "OMG what about the things Trump has said?!" lib the others day.
As long as there is no pedophilia or advocating of extreme degeneracy, I ONLY care about policy and how it will effect my little one. Although, all other things being equal, I would obviously take the more morally upright candidate.
I would vote for a president who personally insulted my wife or child as long as his policy was good for them, over one who praised them but pushed policy that resulted in more societal decay and more violence etc. I am done caring about petty BS...it's ONLY policy for me. There is a lot I don't like about Trump, but he has been far and away the best choice in terms of policy and culture.
I will take a former adulterer who is solidly conservative and proves it through action, over a morally pious liberal who wants socialism and cares more about criminals and their feelings than my family.