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While I agree with many things that Donald Trump says that's going on, I am reminded of the 1992 campaign where I also agreed with what Ross Perot said and voted for him in the primary.

After Perot dropping out in July and later going back in again my vote went to President Bush 41. I am afraid 2016 will be a repeat of 1992 if Trump goes third party and Hillary Clinton will be the next occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave

1 posted on 07/14/2015 5:11:29 AM PDT by Kaslin
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If third party is the only way to get rid of a Republican Party that treats us as voting fodder and backstabs us every chance they get, it deserves to be in the trash bin of history.

If it takes a third party to do so, so be it. We don't win if Jeb or another chosen one gets to the WH.

2 posted on 07/14/2015 5:18:53 AM PDT by grania
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I doubt few 3rd party candidates ever really intend to win.


3 posted on 07/14/2015 5:22:40 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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While I agree with many things that Donald Trump says that's going on, I am reminded of the 1992 campaign where I also agreed with what Ross Perot said and voted for him in the primary.

IIRC, Perot never ran in any primaries. He was third party all the way. By contrast, George Wallace in 1968 ran in Democratic primaries before he announced his third party candidacy.

4 posted on 07/14/2015 5:24:49 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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Doesnt’ sound as if the establishment is ready to unify behind Trump if he wins??

Pray America is waking


5 posted on 07/14/2015 5:28:09 AM PDT by bray (Cruz to the White House)
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Trump is about as conservative as Michael Bloomberg.

He is now saying what he knows will sell about illegal aliens but it is almost the exact opposite of what he was saying a few years ago. He was also a big proponent of Hillarycare.

If Trump decides to pull a Perot and run as an independent then there will be no question that he is just a Democrat plant.

If you like what Trump is saying, then vote for Ted Cruz, who actually means what he says.

6 posted on 07/14/2015 5:29:02 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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Please shut up DC insider Mikey Barone ,you pathetic sell out .

The Gop is Dead and there is nothing to salvage.

Bonehead, Ryan, Mitchy, Corker , Cochran, Rove, Jebster , Grahnasty, Rence P, McShame, Idiot Gov Nicki HATE the Gop base and have open contempt for it.
These crooks are the K street , WSJ and Cheap Labor crime organization and sold us out to Billionaires and Soro puppets in the WH.
Cruz sold us out for H1Visas and Crony capitalist Unfair trade scam for his Billionaire donors.

Trump popularity outed all these sleazy amoral Crooks as frauds and the serial liars
We need a real political party that supports American interests not billionaire demanding cheap labor at any costs. Trump is nit a problem he justvthrew back the curtain and outed
This insulting crime organization now in power which lets its citizen get murdered in broad day light by illegals and ignores it,

9 posted on 07/14/2015 5:36:22 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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It may happen that Trump splits the conservative vote away from Walker or Cruz, for example, leaving the door open for a Leftist Democrat.

America is on the ropes and staggering around now, after the infamies of Obama; it won’t survive another Marxist.


11 posted on 07/14/2015 5:38:06 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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It can’t be helped, the squishes running the GOP made it inevitable.


12 posted on 07/14/2015 5:38:41 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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I understand the comparisons to the 1992 election.

I voted for Perot after Bush betrayed us on taxes and could not fight against a draft dodging, coked up adulterer.

That was my protest vote, along 19% of the electorate.

However, the loss in 1992 was a wake-up call to the GOP, who then gave us the Contract with America.

In 1994, we voted in the first GOP led House in 40 years.

So in 2015, it has become evident that we should have started a third party after the disaster in 2012.

In 2014 we voted in a GOP led Senate, and strengthened the
GOP led House.

And for what? Bupkis.

This is all scary talk.

If Jeb Bush is the GOP nominee in 2016, say hello to Madame Hillary as your next President. Nobody is going to vote for a Bush.

And quite frankly, after the debacle of him giving Hillary a Freedom Medal last year, it is obvious he is the designated loser for 2016.

The truth is that there is no difference between Bush and Hillary—they are two sides of the same coin, beholden to the same puppetmasters.

Nominate Jeb Bush, and I will vote for someone else, leave the line blank, or write in a name.

The Bushes have led this country down a bad road since 1990, and they squandered the great work Ronald Reagan accomplished.

Like Jeb Bush said, the Reagan revolution is dead.

A man who thinks that way has no business anywhere near the Oval Office.


18 posted on 07/14/2015 5:47:25 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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It’s easy to say this over a year out from the election, but if Trump runs then the Republican Party may end up being the third party.

Trump has a lot of negatives that haven’t been focused on yet. But he deserves tremendous credit for his immigration stance. And I am happy to vent my frustration at the Republican party.


19 posted on 07/14/2015 5:48:18 AM PDT by cvq3842 (Thanks for all responses, and flames, in advance.)
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Bush v Hillary v Trump.......I vote Trump without hesitation.


20 posted on 07/14/2015 6:06:21 AM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico.)
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Perot part 2 is unacceptable. Anyone who tries it for any reason is dead to me.


21 posted on 07/14/2015 6:09:45 AM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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Donald John Trump

June 14, 1946 (age 69)

Queens, New York, US

Residence

Trump Tower
Manhattan, New York, US
Mar-A-Lago
Palm Beach, Florida, US

Alma mater Fordham University (transferred)

University of Pennsylvania

Occupation • Chairman and president of The Trump Organization

• Chairman of Trump Plaza Associates, LLC

• Chairman of Trump Atlantic City Associates

• Host of The Apprentice (formerly)

Years active 1968–present

Salary $60 million

Net worth Increase US$4.1 billion (July 2015)

Political party Republican (Before 1999; 2009–11; 2012–present)

Reform Party (1999–2001)

Democratic (2001–09)

Independent (2011–12)

Religion Presbyterianism

Spouse(s) Ivana Zelnícková (1977–92)

Marla Maples (1993–99)

Melania Knauss (2005–present)

Children

Donald

Ivanka

Eric

Tiffany

Barron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump


24 posted on 07/14/2015 6:21:57 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Trump leads in new poll http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-leads-poll-making-gop-101500112.html


25 posted on 07/14/2015 6:45:43 AM PDT by GoneSalt
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Dear Mr. Trump:

I think I speak for many conservatives when I say that I’m not surprised by your current popularity. You bring clarity to a season of politicians skirting the real issues that are organized nicely in your book, Making America Number One Again. You have my vote if you commit to the outcome of the GOP primaries. If you win, we will back you. If you lose, you back the winner.

The idea that you are contemplating a third party run, the way Ross Perot did bothers me. It makes me skeptical of your agenda and your loyalties. Would you actually do that, knowing that it would elect someone like Hillary Clinton or worse? Why would you even think of doing that?

Sincerely,

A concerned American


26 posted on 07/14/2015 6:48:07 AM PDT by nikos1121 ("The enemy of your enemy is your enemy!" B. Netanyahu)
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If he does, then it’ll prove he’s a distracter for the RATS. It’ll split the GOP vote causing them to lose, again.


28 posted on 07/14/2015 7:01:35 AM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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Is Donald Trump the Ross Perot of 2016?

82 posted on 07/06/2015 4:28:06 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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33 posted on 07/14/2015 7:30:27 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The fourth estate is the fifth column.)
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If the GOPe p*sses him off, I believe it will happen.

Two upsides IMHO.

1) Jeb Bush finishes a distant third, and the GOP really does go the way of the Whigs.

2) The Chamber of Commerce gets to spend four years living under a radical Democrat administration and will be forced to come crawling begging our forgiveness if they ever wish to escape it.


34 posted on 07/14/2015 7:34:33 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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My first comment about Trump when he entered the race was that he’d eventually be running as a 3rd party candidate so as to guarantee Hillary’s election. I’m still thinking the same way. His campaign has so far been beneficial to the nation as he’s forced the debate about illegals out of the box the ruling parties are trying to maintain around it. However, I wouldn’t support him as a candidate, even if he does stay in as a republican.


35 posted on 07/14/2015 7:39:23 AM PDT by zeugma (The best defense against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun)
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With Hillary’s plummeting poll numbers, the GOPe has to find a new boogie man to scare the base back on to the plantation.


36 posted on 07/14/2015 7:53:01 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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