Debating with yourself

In My Humble Opinion
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I find my self constantly debating with myself on various social and economic issues. Sometimes to the point where I do lists of pros and cons or accept don’t accept. I have very often found myself in disagreement with my political party on varius issues but never to the point where I considered swithching sides so had no real need to list things and weigh one against the other.

Times have really changed, I feel there is a large group of us in the middle who could go either way. What I am seeing in the GOP right now just defies logic. Where are the moderates? Why aren’t they stepping up?

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If you debate with yourself, eventually you’ll become a master at it.

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And follow who? Moderate Republican voters like myself are waiting for a moderate Republican candidate we can support. George Pataki might have been it but his campaign went nowhere. So once again, moderate Republicans will have to make the choice between a moderate Democrat and a conservative Republican.

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I read the Title as “Debasing yourself”…which I seem to do quite regularly. Like every time I wake up…

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Can you clarify your question, please? What do you mean by “Why aren’t they stepping up”? What do you want to see moderates doing that they’re not? Coalescing around a moderate candidate? Publicly denouncing Donald Trump? Running for president?

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I heard someone on a show yesterday talking about something he’s heard from a couple of folks in the house, they are talking about a brokered convention and Paul Ryan was who they were talking about putting up.

I have no idea whether this is actually true, but I think it’s good to question yourself on important matters.

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To change the subject a bit, the primaries are what led to extreme polarization. They were supposed to democratize the political process, but have been a failure. One reason is the small turnout, but I don’t think it is just that. When I see how the two stage process in France has beaten back the extreme nationalists, I realize that is a much healthier system. Or maybe the Australian instant runoff, which can be done automatically by a voting machine.

As for debating with yourself, that is one thing that W was proud of never doing. And you see where that got us. Another word for debating with yourself is “thinking”.