Shenanigans at the convention would be the death knell of the GOP. I hope Reinhold "Rience" Priebus recognizes that.
I'm with you, dear brother xzins -- I'll vote for anyone if it stops Mrs. Clinton from being elected president, including your hound dog.
I held my nose and voted for Romney last presidential election cycle, as the "lesser of two weevils." Much good it did me. My overriding concern then was to deny Barack Obama the ability to appoint SCOTUS and appeals court judges. Romney "choked," as The Donald put it. And so we got stuck with Kagan and Sotomayor, two unfit justices of zero judicial temperament or accomplishment with a politicized judicial philosophy.
While it seems incomprehensible to me that Hillary can win, what with all her baggage and legal difficulties, if the Republicans don't elect the next president, whatever Democrat that gets the nomination of his or her party and wins the election will have the ability to nominate multiple SCOTUS justices and other Article III judges. This would result in a transformation of our system of governance that would be irreversible. Kiss America goodbye at that point.
When I hear people like ex-governor Christie Whitman et al. declare that they would vote for Hillary rather than vote for Trump, all I can say is: These people must be insane. Their vanity is positively terminal. They would rather see America go down if they can't get their way. Sick, and sickening....
I will vote for the presidential nominee of the Republican party, no matter how determined, even if I have to hold my nose to do it (again). Period.
The stakes are so high, and we may not get another chance to restore order in this nation.
So, not only am I "#NeverClinton." I'm #NeverDemocrat.
You are correct that 12 to 16 years of democrats will end this nation as we know it and finish the push toward socialism. It is an HONEST opinion, Sister Betty, that doesn’t try to gloss over reality.
I will add one caveat to my #NEVERclinton. If someone (TRUMP) can ACTUALLY show a viable 3rd party path to victory AND take into account the reality of the constitutional election process, then I will consider that as an alternative to a brokered convention candidate whose name is not CRUZ or TRUMP, the apparent top 2 vote getters of this primary season.
I must be legitimate. It must acknowledge the reality that a 3rd party MUST win a MAJOORITY of the electors to win at the electoral college. Otherwise, it goes to Congress by states, and we know how that will turn out.
Yet we have FReepers who will "sit out" their third Presidential election.