When you make a choice you accept at least some of the responsibility for the consequences of that choice. Most of the time our choices do not have very big consequences. Like, sure you got gas from eating Mexican, but that is an acceptable cost for the yumminess.
Occasionally there is a decision though that carries a bit more weight than short term intestinal hijinks. One of these is the upcoming election in November. There are four candidates running for president who basically everyone can vote for. Democrat, Republican, Green, and Libertarian. After looking at all of them here are my reviews.
Democrat: Hillary is unapologeticly and overtly corrupt. She has a history of dealing in favors for money and donations with both foreign interests, and business interests. She is also criminally negligent at best in regards to her email during her tenure as secretary of state. Additionally I do not agree with her politics, but I would not vote for anyone who has her performance record.
Republican: Trump manages to offend everyone. His business background is questionable in both success and ethics. He is far from conservative and his success seems to be more about the Republican base giving a giant f*ck you to the party establishment than much else. He has not given me much to incentivize me to vote for him.
Green: I don't know a lot about Stein, but she seems to be pretty well representative of the Green party as a whole... which is batsh*t crazy. They make Sanders look tame. I'm not voting for them.
Libertarian: Gary Johnson is the worst Libertarian I think I have ever heard of. He doesn't think religious liberty is an inherent constitutional right and he is a big foreign policy hawk (as far as libertarians go). He really is the party's Trump. This would be my Republicans suck go to, but it's not happening.
All told, at this point I am not sure I can vote for any of the candidates in good conscience. I might change my mind, but that is the state of the world today.
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