Charlie Baker votes for nobody

he's going to replace her with Shiva?

The guy is a republican. He's never claimed to be anything else. So it isn't surprising or newsworthy that he's supporting the republican candidates for other offices and not supporting Biden.

If people wanted a Democrat to govern Massachusetts, they should have voted for one. Baker has had 4 years to leave the GOP if he was so inclined.

The late John Lewis said:

When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.

That Charlie Baker calls himself a leader and acknowledges that Trump is tragically unfit for the Presidency but plainly refuses to take action is irresponsible. It says that he sees the current state of the economy and the pandemic but won’t take action to change the leadership in Washington. It says that he is fine with the status quo. It’s like seeing a car on fire but choosing not to call 911 because you believe other citizens will do that work for you. Lame.

No, it’s not principled to blank the ballot in this election. I know some here will make the case that a blank ballot is a valid choice, but there is only one candidate who uses his platform to amplify white supremacy, who has admitted to sexual assault, who is credibly accused of rape, who has courted and accepted foreign interference in our election, who intentionally inflicted psychological trauma on immigrant families and children via his border seperation policies, who abuses our courts to suppress legitimate voting rights, who failed in spectacular fashion in fighting a pandemic, who crashed the economy and lost more jobs than any other modern president. No, both choices are not “equally as unacceptable” in any sane framing of today’s election.

Yes, one vote is statistically insignificant and we have the vote-suppressing undemocratic Electoral College rendering millions of votes irrelevant, but a vote is a declaration of values. Baker abdicates personal responsibility and is fine with the values embodied by Trump occupying power for 4 more years.

Of course, the nakedly transparent reason for Baker to publicly announce that he blanked his ballot is because he is running for a 3rd term (or maybe Senate) and wants RNC money. If he publicly voted for Biden, that sweet, sweet RNC money that Baker has been raising for Washington for years does not get kickbacked to his campaign, rather it will go to what ever MAGA parody the state GOP can dig up to challenge him. Enjoy your MAGA money, Charlie.

always a Republican.

just when I was starting to really enjoy my unaffiliated status (which I would describe as "liberal realist") and say nice things about a few Republicans–specifically, Charlie and Mitt–they both have to up and be complete cowards.

At least they were kind enough to remind me of why I loathe partisan politics.

i wrote my own name in.

And vote for Charlie Baker.

is going blue with or without his vote, and if Biden loses, Charlie still has to work with Twitler. Maybe not the battle to pick. (Baker turned out to be a lot better than I'd expected, so I'm feeling generous here.)

Meanwhile, in Vermont:

Vermont's GOP governor says he voted for Biden

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/2020-election...

Name the last Republican that had any balls..... Go ahead, I'll wait.

Seems like the weather balloon Biden's campaign sent up last week about possibly considering Baker for a spot in the administration didn't get a positive response.