Posted on 02/22/2016 10:12:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I am, says Erick Erickson, and he's not alone. One of the chief coping mechanisms from righties on social media this weekend upon surveying the destruction in South Carolina was to swear they'll never be a Trumpist, even if the heavens fall. I believe Erickson, but I'd also bet cash money that 90 percent of the people saying "HELL NO NEVER HAPPEN" today will grudgingly come around over the next eight months upon being reminded, not on a daily but on an hourly basis, that Hillary Clinton is a pathological liar who'd be in prison if not for her status as the creme de la creme of Washington's elites.
I'm not saying conservative revulsion at Trump isn't real. It is, and I think when it all shakes out in November that Trump will have seen more Republicans stay home for him than stayed home for either Romney or McCain. But I don't think there'll be a third party and I also don't think that some sliver of conservatives staying home will doom Trump's candidacy. Given Hillary's weakness and his own appeal to independents and Reagan Democrats, it's possible that he'd find the votes he needs to win in the center. That would be the final indignity to the conservative movement after having its impotence laid bare for more than a year -- staging a mass boycott of Trump on election day and discovering that Trump can win anyway...
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To those who won’t vote for Trump if he is the nominee:
Pride is a terrible sin.
I WILL vote!
See my tagline.
Not me, not voting is as bad as giving a vote to the dems. I’ll be damned if that happens. Trump is not perfect by a long shot but anything from the other side of the aisle would be far worse.
Hyeb + poppie + mommie.
There will be options other than staying home.
No person, no party owns your vote.
I don’t trust Trump to pick for the S.C. either.
I believe both Trump and Hillary would be disasters as president.
It’s a pick your disaster question.
Lots of GOPers will be happier with Hillary in office than a Republican that’d do anything.
It’s just exciting to know 0 and M will be planning their move out of the WH about the same time.
Trump is my first choice, but I too will get dwon on my knees and pray we don’t get fooled again.
If you think the GOPe is bad...
The GOPe Trump would be... an incoherent rambling autocratic mess.
I encourage anyone and everyone to vote for Trump.
He’s moving the party to the right on the issues that matter most, because he’s not backed by the usual suspects and has nothing to lose.
He can and hopefully will win. People hate Hillary. There will be a couple million disaffected Sanders voters who will vote for him out of spite.
It’s really the one true chance there’s been since Reagan to send a message that we’re fed up with the GOP empty promises.
Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their party.
I was willing to hold my nose for Trump if Cruz wasn’t the nominee but I expect him to get crushed in a general election.
"Bernie Sanders reached you, because you feel the system is rigged, and the deck has been stacked against you. But our solutions are different. HE blamed the fat cats and promised you other people's money. I tell you, most of those fat cats -- Silicon Valley tycoons, hedge fund managers, environmental product companies -- are hard core Democrats. Why aren't THEY hiring you? I'll give you a fair shake, so you can make your OWN money."
I will pick the disaster that loves America. At least that is something.
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