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Election 2020: Bad choices put me in a pickle

I have carefully assessed all candidates for the 2020 elections.

As an individual, Donald Trump is undeniably a lying, cruel, corrupt hypocrite on every level.

Collectively, the Republican party is a group of soulless ghouls who have sold themselves to corporate America and the Christian Right (which is neither Christian nor right).

The Democrats are the Keystone Kops, fixated on identity politics and completely unaware that the clear message they send to voters is “white people are bad, straight people are bad, Christian people are bad, and men are bad.” And then they wonder why they are losing elections.

I am a straight, white male and lucky enough that I am reasonably well off.

Should I be like Republicans and vote for the party that supports my personal interests but is more than happy to screw over everyone else?

Or should I be like Democrats and vote for the party that doesn’t understand that offending all the majority demographic groups is not a good idea?

Michael P. Thompson, Tacoma

This story was originally published January 22, 2020 at 1:58 PM with the headline "Election 2020: Bad choices put me in a pickle."

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