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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Right, it's not the people that actually pulled the lever for Leftists, or the ballot box stuffing, swapping and outright fraud - it's the people who refused to vote for the lesser of evils that handed the country over to Leftists.
Every four years this crap resurfaces, willfully ignoring the fact that for decades the GOP base has voted for the lesser of evils and those elected Republicans eagerly helped send the nation on it's downward spiral into Socialistic Fascism.
Vote for whomever you want, vote against whomever you want or don't vote at all. But stop telling the rest of us what we must do with our vote.
Well, suit yourself.
I did not like Romney much. However, I don’t regret voting for him given what has transpired.
I don’t believe we would have these Supreme Court Justices that we do and concerns about a new one if Romney was the President.
I don’t think we would have nearly the number immigration issues—didn’t say all issues solved, matter of degree—but think about it...hundreds of Illegal criminals released, hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied minors, Syrian Refugees, expansion of H-1B Visa (tho this is a problem with almost all GOP).
I don’t think we would have all the Executive Orders if Romney had been elected.
I don’t think we would have the IRS, EPA, Second Amendment issues if Romney had been elected.
And we still have 11 months to survive...
My son informed me yesterday that he lost his job—he did not vote in last election because Romney was on the ballot. Well, perhaps if he and others had, the economy might have been stronger and he would be employed. I guarantee he will be taking the election more seriously this year :(
Yes, America may not be the great country it once was, but in honor of my ancestors, who came over on Mayflower, fought in every war since, survived the Great Depression, and sacrificed to improve the life of their future progeny, I am not opting out and letting America go down hill faster or whatever the logic is.
The Phoenix rising from the ashes might not necessarily be better, so I don’t want to let the country burn.
Those people who are not concerned with what is best for the USA but pout like first graders that their No. 1 choice did not win.
I supported Romney also.
Thanks very much for your replies.
Facts are facts, Invar. The people staying home and stroking their purity ARE the people who elected Obama, both times and especially the second time as I think he might have been inevitable the first time.
It’s insulting to my intelligence that you cannot see the difference between a flawed Republican who you may personally dislike or who does not hold every one of your values and someone like Hillary or Barack Obama.
I don’t have a political savior ... I have the other kind ... but I will vote for the despicable Trump if he gets the nod.
And those who don’t vote because the candidate is not their ideal are giving one-half vote to Hillary whether you choose to believe it or not.
Your are welcome.
Oh, additional items for my list—new today...Closing Gitmo and letting illegals vote?!?!
Again, hope we survive...
Rubio would be just as bad! Ryan is out there talking about how Republicans must stop Obama’s agenda after he already funded it into next year. Rubio will be a rubber stamp for Ryan and his TPP, more dangerous than Trump.
Agreed! Lyin Ryan has proven to be a true turncoat! Now he is a GOPe millionaire. How does th$t happen to every single one of them?!?! Which reminds me that there have already been concerns expressed about Rubio and his blending of personal and business expenses, etc. We don’t need any more GOP corruption!
We have this stupid argument every four years
NO, WRONG. People who refused to vote for someone that they could not support had nothing to do with pulling a lever for Obama.
You people got your way ever since Reagan left office and the country was dragged to the Left, over the cliff, because it was epidemic that people discarded their principles to hold their noses and vote for what was politically expedient.
So Conservative principles were seen as expendable by the political class and eventually the voter base and as of now,hold no importance - they are irrelevant.
Today, people like you come out every four years to intimated Conservatives who cannot support someone who you deem to be a political savior, or whom is the better demon against a devil.
Given the vehement rhetoric to come from the likes of those who share your insistence as this farce of an election season progresses - I am expecting that those who share your sentiments more rabidly will suggest putting people with principles that refuse to vote the way they want up against a wall and shooting them for treason.
Coffee can be a helpful tool. I’m trying to get more used to it so I can cut back sugary drinks heh.
Better field of candidates? Other than Trump, this GOP field was the finest group of candidates ever assembled.
Walker, Jindal, Santorum, Huckabee, Fiorina and even Christie were all preferable candidates to Trump.
The Trumptards chose to drink the Kool-aid instead.
Maybe not.
Hope the visor won’t distort the screen.
I’ll vote, because not voting is essentially a vote for Hillary.
see my tagline.
“This election is not about purity or advancing a Conservative Agenda. It’s about saving the nation from a Socialist/Communist Coup.”
I think most Americans have a sense that the foundational stability of our country has become horrifyingly fragile. You don’t have to be highly informed to understand that we’re dangerously close to some sort of fundamental system failure. You see the symptoms and warning signs of imminent collapse all around you.
The American people reacted to these perceptions by throwing nearly a thousand Democrats out of office in 2014. They voted for the other party in an historic electoral tsunami in order to accomplish one thing: Stop Barack Obama.
It did no good. Our representatives rolled over and gave Obama everything he needed to fully execute his radical leftist agenda through the end of his term. They clearly have acted in direct opposition to the clearly expressed will of the people, and are therefore, illegitimate, and in a condition of treason to those who gave them their trust.
It’s not a stretch to say that the political establishment has now Lost The Consent Of The Governed.
Historically, this sort of circumstance directly precedes a bloody revolution. In a time such as that, citizens choose a bold and daring leaders to lead them in their fight to topple the corruption and rot that has hijacked their former lawfully constituted government. Any person who has any perceived connection to the existing regime is suspect, and will have a difficult time persuading the people to lend them their trust.
Hence the rise of Donald Trump. He is winning because he possesses all of the requisite attributes of a leader who can take the palace and throw the traitors out. No one else in the race has his degree of readiness and worthiness for the task at hand. This is why he is destined to become our president. The people have already chosen, and are currently propelling him into office. For those with the perception and wisdom to see it, there’s no longer even grounds for debate. The choice has been made. All the rest is mere formality.
It’s already time to begin setting our minds toward executing the people’s agenda.
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