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TDale313

(7,820 posts)
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 01:54 AM Jun 2016

Many Republicans are racing to the nearest microphone...

To make it known that yeah... They can live with Hillary. Filling a void on the left from those who have been screaming for years about the party's rightward drift. Does this not give Hillary supporters a moments pause about what actual policy your likely to get from a Clinton administration? Does it even matter to you? Yes, she's better than Trump. (Talk about a low bar) But when you slam Bernie supporters for saying she's too far right for us on certain policies- How many Republican endorsements will it take before you begin to understand why we might have concerns about her?

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Many Republicans are racing to the nearest microphone... (Original Post) TDale313 Jun 2016 OP
Trump is batshit insane bravenak Jun 2016 #1
I believe that Trump really wants to lose but can't quite figure out how to stop his supporters from glennward Jun 2016 #11
If the current Dem nominee ... NanceGreggs Jun 2016 #2
Too rational an argument... orwell Jun 2016 #3
Well said. I am thankful that a racist xenophobe like Trump is not our nominee. pampango Jun 2016 #4
Thanks for good points well stated, Nance. Hortensis Jun 2016 #5
Republican endorsements or support? seabeckind Jun 2016 #6
+1000 nt ProudProgressiveNow Jun 2016 #8
I want her to win. I want Trump to lose. yardwork Jun 2016 #7
It's good sign that there are some sane Republicans who will support Hillary over Trump. YouDig Jun 2016 #9
I truly believe that they don't care. grossproffit Jun 2016 #13
You're wrong. There are many sane Republicans that will NOT vote for a racist bigot. grossproffit Jun 2016 #10
A far more troubling question is why some Sander's supporters are moving to Trump Haveadream Jun 2016 #12
She needs votes to win Nonhlanhla Jun 2016 #14
Hillary is a liberal Johnny2X2X Jun 2016 #15
Humans and chimps share 98% of their DNA. VulgarPoet Jun 2016 #19
No it means that their evil scary candidate is way worse than any Democrat could ever be. Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #16
Republicans are fleeing their ship because Trump is so horid, not because Hillary is right-wing Tarc Jun 2016 #17
Those aren't endorsements, they're repudiations of Trump geek tragedy Jun 2016 #18
 

glennward

(989 posts)
11. I believe that Trump really wants to lose but can't quite figure out how to stop his supporters from
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 07:46 AM
Jun 2016

supporting him. He really doesn't understand his own supporters. They have this in common: they are bigots, racist, misogynists, fascists, homophobic, sexist and xenophobic. They hate President Obama and anyone who supports him.

The difference between them is this: they are rabbit; he is not.

He stoked a hornets nest and doesn't know how to deal with it. He loves the adulation but wants no accountability for it and he seemingly can't live without it. He is where he is mostly because the media put him there and they want no accountability for that. The media moguls have not yet decided if they want the continued viewership or whether or not they need to take him down to save the country. I believe they feel they can take him down at the last minute the same way they promoted him. That is really risky given the rationality challenge of most of his supporters.

All I can say is...I hope Hillary kicks his butt!

NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
2. If the current Dem nominee ...
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 03:02 AM
Jun 2016

... was Trump, and the Republican nominee was someone of HRC's calibre, yeah, I think a lot of Dems would be talking about how they could live with the GOP nominee.

Thank god we're not in their shoes.

I think you might find it interesting to go back and look at the posts from last April/May, when Bernie supporters were insistent that "Bernie's message" would transcend party lines, and Republicans as well as Democrats would respond to that message and get behind Bernie.

It seems it was okay - nay, something to be lauded - to suggest that GOPers would rally around Bernie.

So one is left to wonder why GOPers supporting Hillary - especially given the nominee they wound up with - is somehow demonstrative of something nefarious on her part.

When Bernie was allegedly going to get Republican endorsements due to the universal appeal of his "message", why is HRC suspect for getting the same endorsements that Bernie supporters told us would be forthcoming due to his across-the-aisle appeal?


pampango

(24,692 posts)
4. Well said. I am thankful that a racist xenophobe like Trump is not our nominee.
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 06:02 AM
Jun 2016

That would present sane Democrats with a tough situation - one now faced by non-crazy republicans.

Of course liberal parties rarely nominate racist xenophobes, here or in any other country. That seems to be the province of right wing nationalists.

seabeckind

(1,957 posts)
6. Republican endorsements or support?
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 06:15 AM
Jun 2016

I think you might be confusing the terms.

And are you confusing the face of the republican party with the people who call themselves republicans?

And I think that confusion is what cause this opinion.

Hillary's biggest threat isn't Bernie, it is a moderate republican who is to the left of her economically and acceptable on social issues.

YouDig

(2,280 posts)
9. It's good sign that there are some sane Republicans who will support Hillary over Trump.
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 07:32 AM
Jun 2016

They see the danger of Trump. What gives me pause is the Bernie or Busters, who can't see that danger, or don't care about it.

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)
10. You're wrong. There are many sane Republicans that will NOT vote for a racist bigot.
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 07:45 AM
Jun 2016

I'm proud to have friends who are not only NOT voting for him but volunteering for Hillary this election. They will not be associated with someone who says "I know nothing about David Duke. I know nothing about white supremacists." Trump

Haveadream

(1,630 posts)
12. A far more troubling question is why some Sander's supporters are moving to Trump
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 07:46 AM
Jun 2016

Now, that is a phenomenon that truly gives one pause. What does that say about Bernie? How many of his supporters need to go to Trump before it can be understood why we have so many concerns about that?

Nonhlanhla

(2,074 posts)
14. She needs votes to win
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 08:00 AM
Jun 2016

If so-called progressives won't vote for her, she'll get those votes from more moderate and conservative corners of the electorate. If you want her to respond to progressives then come to her corner. The Democratic Party will not take unreliable voters seriously.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
19. Humans and chimps share 98% of their DNA.
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:50 AM
Jun 2016

But that last two percent is real damn important, apparently.

Demsrule86

(68,347 posts)
16. No it means that their evil scary candidate is way worse than any Democrat could ever be.
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 08:18 AM
Jun 2016

They have the House and will likely keep it...so I am sure the idea of nukes is scaring the crap out of them...as it should.

Tarc

(10,472 posts)
17. Republicans are fleeing their ship because Trump is so horid, not because Hillary is right-wing
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 08:55 AM
Jun 2016

Only to those so far to the left that everything looks right-wing is Hillary considered conservative.

Y'know, once upon a time, both parties regularly reached across the aisle to get legislation done, working with the more normal elements of the opposition. It is the far right AND the far left that have made politics so disgustingly polarized over the last 20-ish years that makes aisle-crossing into essentially a political crime.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
18. Those aren't endorsements, they're repudiations of Trump
Fri Jun 17, 2016, 09:48 AM
Jun 2016

Not Clinton's fault Sanders waited too long to help defeat Trump, so he and his die-hards will logically receive zero credit for her victory.

Had Sanders approached this sensibly, and stopped going scorched earth when it was obvious he couldn't win, he and his crowd would have much more influence.

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