The Myth Of The Binary Choice

There are very few good arguments for supporting Donald Trump. He’s a terrible candidate, a moral trainwreck, and a political charlatan. Perhaps the only truly strong argument is a simple one: this election is binary. It’s Trump or Clinton. Have your pick.

The argument has tremendous weight, and it ought to: when it comes to the winner, it’s true. One of these two cow pie avalanches will be president of the United States. It’s possible to argue that Trump will be a better president than Hillary (I agree); it’s possible to argue that Hillary will be a better president than Trump (I disagree, but understand the argument against the unstable narcissist with a childlike grasp of policy and the attention span of an addled gnat); it’s possible to argue that while Trump might be a better president than Hillary, he’ll disgrace the Republican Party and the conservative movement and destroy the future for both (I agree, and it’s already happening). All three of these answers work within the framework of the “lesser of two evils” choice – and all three dictate different answers (vote Trump, vote Hillary, unclear or abstention).