US Politics

[T-72M1]

haha, Donald is an animal, he's going to absolutely annihilate crooked Hillary, she wont know what hit her.

 

[anon45]

haha, Donald is an animal, he's going to absolutely annihilate crooked Hillary, she wont know what hit her.

It can be forgiven for people who don't live in the US to not understand why the Republican establishment was so against a Trump nomination, he isn't general election material.

I look forward to the November elections and a Trump thrashing

http://time.com/4317643/republican-party-donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-indiana/?xid=tcoshare

When Ted Cruz unexpectedly dropped out of the presidential race Tuesday night, anti-Trump Republicans were left staring into what the Texas Senator earlier called “the abyss”: presumptive nominee Donald Trump.

Now some Republicans are being forced to reckon with a question they hoped they were never have to answer: Who would they support in ageneral election match-up against Hillary Clinton?

Disaffected Republicans have fallen into three groups so far. Some vowed never to vote for Trump, some said they will abandon the Republican Party entirely and some said they will actively support Clinton instead.

For those who are casting their ballots for Clinton in the fall, she appears merely as the lesser of two evils.

“At least it’s not going to disgrace the nation on the first day,” a former senior official in the George W. Bush administration said of voting for Clinton. “I don’t support her at all, but Trump is beyond the pale.”

“I think it’s a mess,”he added. “I mean what the hell even is the party?”

Ben Howe, a contributing editor at conservative website Red State, tweetedbefore Cruz dropped out, “I am a fiscal conservative and I am a social conservative. That will not change. But I will not vote for an egomaniacal authoritarian. Nope.” And then he followed simply with the Clinton campaign’s hashtag: #ImWithHer.

Mike Treiser, a former staffer on Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, wrote on Facebook: “In the face of bigotry, hatred, violence, and small-mindedness, this time, I’m with her.”

Mark Salter, a former strategist for John McCain, also announced on social media before the Indiana results rolled in that he would support Clinton. “He’s an awful human being,” Salter told TIME of Trump earlier that day. “He appeals to a sliver of the country that mystifies me.”

For her part, Clinton seems ready to seize this opportunity to broaden her voting base, calling out to Democrats, Independents and “thoughtful Republican" during her Pennsylvania victory speech last week. And one of her spokespeople recently told the Associated Press, “We have an informed understanding that we could have the potential to expect support from not just Democrats and independents, but Republicans, too.”

After winning the Indiana primary, Trump took a conciliatory tone during his victory speech at Trump Tower. “We want to bring unity to the Republican Party,” he said. “We have to.”

But that party is one many lifelong members no longer recognize.

Philip Klein, the managing editor of the Washington Examiner, posted a photo Tuesday night of a voter identification form showing him officially changing his registration from Republican. And Cheri Jacobus, a GOP consultant and pundit who has been outspoken against Trump throughout the election, posted on Facebook, “I’m out. RIP GOP.”

“You all should do that,” conservative fireband radio host Steve Deaceresponded to GOP Chairman Reince Priebus’ call for party unity behind Trump. “But I won’t be one of you all.” He later also posted a photo of a signed registration form with a check mark next to “no party.”

“I registered Republican when I was 18 because I thought free markets and liberty were important,” pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson tweeted that night. “Not sure what ‘Republican’ means today.”

Meghan McCain, daughter of 2008 Republican nominee John McCain,summed it up in what sounds like the disheartened epitaph for the Grand Old Party: “I guess when I said in 2012 that my party was going to evolve or it was going to die – it was easier to choose death.”

-With reporting by Philip Elliott

 

[T-72M1]

he isn't general election material.

right, not general election material but unbelievable primary election material ?

look forward to the November elections and a Trump thrashing

as am I, Trump thrashing the shit out of crooked hillary, the whole world is looking forward to that

 

[flamer84]

as am I, Trump thrashing the shit out of crooked hillary, the whole world is looking forward to that

Not going to happen.Many Republicans will vote for Hillary and the Democrats will stampede themselves to vote for Hillary.90% of the Hispanic vote will go to Hillary,the Black vote is not far behind.The Republicans have nuked themselves with the Trump clown,they didn't take him seriously at the beginning and now they've handed the Presidency to Clinton.

 

[Immortan.Joe]

Not going to happen.Many Republicans will vote for Hillary and the Democrats will stampede themselves to vote for Hillary.90% of the Hispanic vote will go to Hillary,the Black vote is not far behind.The Republicans have nuked themselves with the Trump clown,they didn't take him seriously at the beginning and now they've handed the Presidency to Clinton.

While Trump is a clown who would drive a lot of voters to Democratic party's camp, but then Hillary too is not well liked in USA as far as my understanding goes.

I think this most of foot-stomping on "we would vote for Hillary, if Trump is nominated as Presidential candidate" would turn out to be a bluster, and given the US system of "winner takes all" rather than direct counting of votes, Republicans ,in my opinion, would hold on to true-blue state ,even if they lose some votes there.

If Trump could get some voters to vote republican in some Swing states, he could very well beat Hillary.

This election would be a lot closer than many people acknowledge; same people who had written-off Trump at the start of republican primaries.

 

[T-72M1]

Not going to happen.Many Republicans will vote for Hillary and the Democrats will stampede themselves to vote for Hillary.90% of the Hispanic vote will go to Hillary,the Black vote is not far behind.The Republicans have nuked themselves with the Trump clown,they didn't take him seriously at the beginning and now they've handed the Presidency to Clinton.

he just won the primaries (kasich dropped out as well)

lets hang on a little bit before we place our bets, shall we ?

 

[ultron]

GOP update: Trump at 1053, Kasich at 153

Hillary is a hawk. Her husband Bill dismembered Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Hillary is even more of a hawk than Bill. Trump or Hillary will start a BIG war, no matter who is elected, and, sad to say, the Middle East will be on the receiving end.

 

[flamer84]

he just won the primaries (kasich dropped out as well)

lets hang on a little bit before we place our bets, shall we ?

It's pure math man.

 

[ultron]

It's pure math man.

Anything can happen. Kasich chose to drop out. He didn't have to. Ron Paul stuck around in 2012.

 

[flamer84]

Anything can happen. Kasich chose to drop out. He didn't have to. Ron Paul stuck around in 2012.

His fight would have been symbolic at best and a forced nomination would have only shuttered the Rep even more.Truth be told,my country was in this position in 2000.On one side was an ultranationalist threathening to put gypsies into extermination camps and shoot people on stadiums for theft and on the other a much hated crypto communist fossil.Everyone went and voted for the ex commie fossil because the alternative was much worse.

 

[ultron]

Trump and Hillary are both war hawks. Millions of Syrian people will be massacred by either of them.

 

[Steve781]

I wanted Trump to lose the nomination for selfish reasons. I cannot handle six months of him dominating the news every night. I'm not against him as such I'm just sick o0f hearing about him all the time.

 

[anon45]

right, not general election material but unbelievable primary election material ?

This is exactly what I mean for people who don't really understand US politics. The GOP has been stuck with their core white conservative base, they have been unable to reach minorities despite their efforts, and they made big efforts with the Hispanic community.

Primaries simply aren't the same as the General election, and Trump winning 40% or so of the 92% white Republican party won't mean much in the general, where Minorities make up about around 40% of the population, and don't even get me started with women.

as am I, Trump thrashing the shit out of crooked hillary, the whole world is looking forward to that

You are setting yourself up for a big disappointment .

 

[flamer84]

and they made big efforts with the Hispanic community.

Right,and their efforts amounted to hillbilly crazy Cruz who wanted to ban dildos

 

[ultron]

Primaries simply aren't the same as the General election, and Trump winning 40% or so of the 92% white Republican party won't mean much in the general, where Minorities make up about around 40% of the population, and don't even get me started with women.

Trump is WASP. That's the biggest voter block in the US. As for minorities, don't expect too much from them. Most of them are white washed. As for women, women hate Hillary, a LOT.