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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Try to remember that this is a moving target of sorts. Control of the Senate is in the background. You could have a successful GOP Presidential candidate with a GOP Senate, you could have a Successful GOP Presidential candidate with a Democratic majority Senate, or you could have a Democratic President with a GOP majority Senate - and God forbid, a Democratic president with a Democratic majority in the Senate. The last combination is the only thing that might argue for confirming a moderate nominee that Obama might offer up in his lame duckness. Then if the worst came to pass in November, Hillary would only get, at a minimum, a chance to replace Ginsberg, who may well resign in July.
>>>I bet he switches parties within the first 6 months.
But only if he got a good deal for selling the party.
Absolutely! Loss of 1st, 2nd and how many other amendments?
People need to realize if they stay home it's Eight More Years of Obama. Pure and simple.
So, anyone thinking they're going to stay home, repeat after me:
"I Want Eight More Years of Obama." Is that truly what you want? Will the country even survive that? Think about it long and hard from now until November 8. Three or more lefty/commie Supreme Court Justices? More open borders? More 'refugees' from the ME? More gutting of the Military. You could go on and on. . . and the topper, Do you Really want to see Hillary on TV every day? Do you want her to be CIC? ?
I’m a Cruz guy. Only an idiot wouldn’t back Trump.
Go back and re-read post #1.
Where did you find *THAT*...?
I completely agree that things are uncertain with Trump. Although I read that he had a long discussion with Giuliani today on policy.
However, I know for certain that Hilary, while as SoS, gave access to the Russians the uranium on America’s soil.
“Cruz evaluates peace offering from Rubio campaign...” /ba-dum t’sssh>
I will be voting.
Choic between Trump, an unknown political entity and Clinton, who is all too well-known. Cross my fingers and choose Trump.
“To those who wonât vote for Trump if he is the nominee:
Pride is a terrible sin.”
Stupidity is an even bigger sin. Enjoy four years of Cankles. I’m a Cruz guy, but ANYONE who doesn’t oppose Cankles is a horse’s behind
I’m a Trump fan, but cut the s***. Serious.
Ditto. I think Trump is a clown, but any Dem is a thousand times worse.
Why should he? He is already a Democrat, but likes to carry that R around for show...
Amen. That new poster is disgusting.
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