There are close to zero of those here. So I don't know who here you are trying to bash. There are many, however, who would not have voted for another Bush. Most of us would have gone along with a Cruz, although in my case, he really turned me off at the end of the primaries. He (and Ben Carson to some extent) were the only conservatives in the race other than Trump, but I realized early on that Cruz was just not going to be able to win any more states than Romney had. He was just too stiff and unlikeable. Rubio and Walker had some fans here. Most of the others, there may have been a lot of people who could not hold their nose again just to vote for another RINO. But most people would have eventually come around, if only because...Hillary!.
So, I think you are wrong to impugn FR by claiming a significant presence of OnlyTrump and that they were as bad as the nevertrumpers.
“So, I think you are wrong to impugn FR by claiming a significant presence of OnlyTrump and that they were as bad as the nevertrumpers.”
I’m getting kinda old, but I don’t recall impugning FreeRepublic or estimating the balance of NeverTrumpers -vs- OnlyTrumpers.
I made a statement that both attitudes are/were immature and I stand by that.
Then, when asked, I gave my definition of what is an OnlyTrumper. And I stand by that.
The assertions about what was/is in the minds of other Republican voters and who they would or would not have voted for in other circumstances - is totally up to you my man. Have at it.
I’d ask you to respond to the second assertion I made and the specific example I gave regarding the HFC -vs- the TrumpRyan crowd, but I’m off to dinner.