Posted on 10/08/2016 12:57:22 PM PDT by upchuck
The GOP is stuck with Donald Trump -- but that isn't stopping weary Republicans from looking at every way possible to remove him from the top of the ticket.
News of Trump's sexually aggressive remarks from 2005 is just the latest explosion to spur discussion of ways to break ties with the presidential nominee.
The #NeverTrump forces fought all the way through the last day of the Republican Convention. That was quickly followed by his lengthy battle with Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, which had some Republicans digging through the party's rules and state laws for options.
Talk of replacing Trump ebbed when he pulled even with Hillary Clinton in the polls last month, and with just 30 days left until the election, thousands of ballots already cast in states with early voting and the legal deadlines for changing names on the ballot already past, the GOP is stuck with him.
Trump says he's not going anywhere, but that won't stop the conversation...
A spokesman for Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, who has been an ardent anti-Trump Republican, said he is "likely" to write in Pence when he votes next month. New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, facing a tough re-election battle, issued a statement saying she supports Pence. And others are certain to follow.
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The Republican party has been doing a fine job of imploding long before Trump.
What my party has, and is doing in this election is unforgivable.
So with that said, I’m now a never GOPe. I have been shown the light by the nevertrumpers. I will not vote for any Republican down ticket even if the Dem opponent is Lucifer himself. Just following my conscience.
“So with that said, Im now a never GOPe. I have been shown the light by the nevertrumpers. I will not vote for any Republican down ticket even if the Dem opponent is Lucifer himself. Just following my conscience.”
I think #VoteTrumpOnlyNoDownLineGOP has a chance now.
This stuff has reached the point of being comedy.
That is exactly why Trump did not run as an independent.
When was the last time an independent ran and won the presidency? Long time.
I think it’s important for the pubbies to hold the House and Senate. Even though both bodies are filled with RINOS, holding the bodies will make implementing Trump’s plans easier.
Given the choice between a RAT and a RINO, I’ll pick the RINO every time.
The time to get rid of the RINOS was back during the primaries, not now.
Has an Independent ever won the presidency in U.S. history?
Google is your friend.
Here's a very good answer to that question from "Geoffrey Widdison" commenting on this board: One could argue that the last (and only) President who wasn't a member of any political party was George Washington. However, the next five Presidents (up through John Q Adams), while they were affiilated with some type of party, weren't nominated by a political party as we think of them today. That began with Andrew Jackson. Jackson was the first President nominated by a major party (the Democratic Party), and that's been true of every President since. In short, the only Presidents who weren't put into power by the party system were the first six Presidents, five of whom were founding fathers, and the sixth was a son of a founder. Since then, if you want to be President, you'd better be in a party.Depends on how you mean it. The last President of the US who was neither Democrat or Republican was Millard Fillmore (1850-1853), who was a member of the Whig party.
Note the last sentence.
that is true. Bitter Bettys the lot of them, looks like the dynasties are allied.
CNN, you’re stuck with Hillary and with all your smearing and sliming she still isn’t a sure thing.
Guess I should rephrase my thought. If Trump looks like a sure loser on election day, I’m taking the down ticket with him.
A Hillary win assures the end of conservative chances to ever win a national election for the rest of my life. The country will never be the same.
And if Ryan and the turtle think they can motivate me to help return them to power in 2018 to “stop” Hillary, they are dreaming. Not buying the BS anymore.
Unfortunately, the true Republicans are now very much in the minority in national offices.
Anything from the lying, vile CNN should be considered an echo from Goebbel’s Nazi Ministry of Propaganda.
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