Comments on: Why did both parties nominate the most abominable candidates available…

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 22:11:43 +0000

Papa Bush intends to vote for Clinton.

Bush I was still reading the New York Times, both before and after he said “read my lips, no new taxes”.

Yeah, that’s always been that way.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 22:10:46 +0000

For me at least, character now places a distant second to being right on the issues.

Trum is fine with promising you things in return for your vote. Which he in fact did. He got his clan to put out surveys asking grassroots conservatives what they wanted him to do. And they told him, so he put it up in a speech and regurgitated it back to you. That was the “issues”, you wanted, so he gave you what you wanted.

But the problem with having no character is that they don’t need to keep their promises. After all, you couldn’t do anything to make the GOP E keep their promises, what makes anyone think they can make Trum keep his promises? Heh.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:56:32 +0000

Conrad:

“I no longer think the establishment GOP agrees with me, not on the most fundamental issues facing the country. Thus I had two candidates out of 17 to pick from (I supported Cruz). For me at least, character now places a distant second to being right on the issues.”

this.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:52:11 +0000

” at least the GOP bigwigs didn’t choose Trump”

The GOP bigwigs will not choose the kind of man we need.

By: Frog

Frog — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:10:36 +0000

“George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, did not vote for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump or Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.

“They didn’t vote for Hillary; they didn’t vote for Trump,” spokesman Freddy Ford told the Texas Tribune.”

In fact, Freddy said they did not vote for any presidential candidate, just down-ballot Republicans.

Papa Bush intends to vote for Clinton.
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All above reported by Fox News.

By: Frog

Frog — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 23:59:16 +0000

huxley:
I wrote about sixty (60) years of progressive Democratic-led decay of our society. Nothing about Trump or Trumpkins, nothing about the GOPe. Not in this chain. I agreed with Neo, and just added a few remarks of my own.
I’m not condemning folks in flyover country either. Trump got his pluralities, OK?? That’s how it works. Not nearly as bad a process or an outcome as the corrupt Democrats and their charade of primaries, with prepicked Superdelegates bought and paid for by Hillary.

I am more hopeful the House and Senate will keep Trump in check than I am that the same magnitude of checks will be applied to Hillary. I also feel pretty good about his short list for SCOTUS. Do you?

By: huxley

huxley — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 22:53:39 +0000

Kevino & Frog do a predictable job of blaming Democrats and the GOPe for everything, but it was the salt of the earth, flyover folks who saddled us with the horrible person and horrible candidate, Donald J. Trump.

I would not have thought that, much less predicted it.

By: Conrad O'Connor

Conrad O'Connor — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 22:35:15 +0000

The Democrats were going to nominate Hillary no matter what; it was her turn, and they would not let little things like criminality or corruption dissuade them.

As for the GOP, well, I used to place a lot of emphasis on character, because I was convinced the GOP was on my side. Since we agreed on the issues, of course I was going to pick the best person as they would be most likely to win (no scandals to unearth), exercise sound judgment and represent the country well.

I no longer think the establishment GOP agrees with me, not on the most fundamental issues facing the country. Thus I had two candidates out of 17 to pick from (I supported Cruz). For me at least, character now places a distant second to being right on the issues.

By: Frog

Frog — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:44:29 +0000

The answer is in your opening, Neo.
The country has been manifestly decaying, morally and spiritually, culturally and educationally, for almost 60 years, starting in the 1960s. Who has led the charge of decay? Why, the Dems, of course.

Immorality begets further immorality. No-fault divorce led to a 50% divorce rate. Abortion, really infanticide, is a woman’s right to choose, though she cannot (yet) choose to murder her unwanted spouse. Psychotics have been granted the civil right to refuse medications even while they are delusional. Marital fidelity is so yesterday, and broader fidelities themselves are under assault.

Truth itself is relative. Hillary defends a woman’s right to partial birth abortion “If it will save the woman’s life”, though the mother in labor is not in danger of death from the labor process itself, ever. Black Lives Matter; other lives matter not to the BLM crowd.

By: Kevino

Kevino — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:28:24 +0000

RE neo: truth, justice, etc
Same here. The good part about Trump was that when he talked about serious issues, he voiced concerns that no one else did. I didn’t vote for him, but he had his moments and that gave him support.

Sadly GOPe doesn’t care.