If the election were held today, who would be your first choice for President of the United States?Who would be your first choice for Donald Trump's running mate? |
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Posted on 03/18/2016 9:29:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
If the election were held today, who would be your first choice for President of the United States?Who would be your first choice for Donald Trump's running mate? |
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[from the coming autumn] "I know what we said -- but Trump didn't GET 100 percent!"
That remark makes absolutely no sense
“I can hold my nose and vote for Trump in the General.”
I can hold my nose and vote for Cruz in the General. After all, I (shudder) voted for McCain and Romney.
Jeez, how many times was Cruz bashed for being a Senator? That one still blows my mind.
I would prefer real discussions about reality but this primary season has had few opportunities. In part because we all know that both sides have a much better plan on immigration than any other candidate and deep down we know there isn't enough detail on either side to deal with jobs but both sound pretty good.
That leaves us with personality, history and rhetoric.
I chose Cruz because personality means little to me. I don't need to like a guy if I know he'll get the job done. I do, however, need to know he means what he says, knows what he's talking about and doesn't say things just to whip up a Crowd.
Good point 94. Makes you think think the Cruz is HOPe crowd is just squeezing their sour grapes.
Nothing Trump has done so far compares to the disgusting, ignorant, tone-deaf, idiotic, insane, and corrupt way the GOPe (and incumbent Republicans in Congress) has screwed over common rank-and-file Republicans - and it wasn't too long ago that Cruz was a nasty, evil TEA Party guy, shunned in the Senate.
Trump is a symptom of GOPe disease, and not a disease himself which needs to be eradicated.
While Trump may not be a polished politician, his message, albeit unpalatable at times, rings true to many disappointed Republicans.
The only "big tent" concept for the GOPe is if Rove gets a new bathrobe. They have been weeping bitterly that they need to find someone who will bring a diverse base to the GOP - well Trump is doing it and they HATE him for it.
The GOPe has attempted political assassination of Trump several times now, to no avail. No matter the outcome, the GOPe needs an overhaul, housecleaning, and reorganization.
Rinse Reince, repeat.
Good answer.
Now let’s see the action behind the words.
Yes, another prepared statement to distract from the quiet plotting going on.
The GOP should rally around the nominee, whomever it is. But I wouldn’t count on it.
All of this is nonsense. I’ve stopped reading this junk for months now.
No one else has people crossing over to vote him.
No one else has people standing in line for hours waiting to see him.
No one else has people from state never thought possible for a republican candidate.
No one else has live showings of ALL his rallies and press conferences.
No one else has people talking about him constantly.
No one else has the same class whether it be his style of dress, his lifestyle, his plane etc.
No one else has the same street savvy.
The man will win the nomination and be the next president providing he stays healthy.
>>Ben Franklin said the idea of taxation is to pluck the most feathers from the bird and get the least squawking. Well, this process is designed to give the best image of democracy in action while giving up the least power.
Very good observation.
>>Common misconception these days. The will of the people is not truly exercised until November. That must not be denied.
Until August, the will of however many, however strange, however errant political parties is up to those political parties.
Your comment makes me remember that this is how it works in the UK. The Establishment chooses the initial candidates, which in effect removes the choice for REAL change from the people, which is EXACTLY what the Establishment wants.
And here I thought it was different here in America.
They’ve been fooling us for quite some time.
I have noticed some cooler heads saying (1) if Trump wins the nomination then the party should back him, (2) the 3rd party guys should knock it off (looking at you, Erick Erickson), (3) the guys talking about bending the rules to deny Trump the nomination should also knock it off.
The worse case scenario for the GOP isn’t Trump getting the nomination. It is Trump being cheated out of the nomination and the party losing its base—permanently.
In my mind any change in the rules of how they choose the nominee voids any pledge.
Wasn’t this what 1776 was about?
exactly
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