But really … really … honestly … in hard cold facts … if somebody can grasp that it truly is “Liver and Onions” vs toxic - gonna kill you - spoiled beef … you will still have to some how try to live with the “liver and onions” (and I HATE liver - but it would not kill me) or deal with the toxic “gonna kill you”- spoiled beef
and that an idealist vote for a 3rd party might be a valid message to send if the contest was clearly clearly not at all in doubt … but that was not the case … and even then it is not wise because surprises happen.
also - other than superficial / stylistic / demeanor / impressions … what was so truly & substantively (facts & policy & over-arching political theory) … “LIVER AND ONIONS” about HRC?
She was not my favorite out of the entire field -and yes, she was weighed down with the tons of crap that the republicans had slung at her over the years … - but seriously, she was competent, she was experienced, she was & is fundamentally aligned with the general goals and objectives of the Democratic Party … she would have preserved the integrity of the Supreme Court, She would not have gutted the Department of State down to levels of total incompetence, she would not have gone to war against the environment, she would not have politicized the CDC & wiped out oversight of infectious disease monitoring … and on and on …
This whole thing that she somehow was just not “good enough” was a bunch of rubbish - it was like a self-destructive virus that infected portions of the Democratic Party - and probably persisted because general population did not fully appreciate the magnitude of Trump’s pathology.
Yes, this is all in retrospect … but here - in the very vivid “here & now” it is painfully obvious that a horrible horrible misfortune was visited upon this nation when - the stars misaligned and ushered a psychopath - Trump - into the Oval Office … and those who chose to withhold their vote - or vote symbolically for a fringe candidate did contribute to the result…
choices have consequences and those who say
"don’t look at me - I sat this one out " … or “I voted for my dream candidate”
… those folks actually participated in making a choice - and we all are facing the consequences