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The current poll on Fox has Trump winning at 65% Fox
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If the Democrats win the presidency the Republicans will blame the fall of their party on Donald Trump. The trouble with establishment republicans is that they haven't listened to their constituents and still don't listen even after the train this campaign has been. And when they've gone the way of the whigs, they'll still be saying that it wasn't their fault. If they had done what they were sent to Washington to do, Donald Trump wouldn't have the traction he does.
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If the Democrats win the presidency the Republicans will blame the fall of their party on Donald Trump. Donald Trump is the fault of the Republican Party. We saw weak Republicans, like McCain and Romney, nominated to run for President ..... and they were flat out awful candidates. The establishment pushed them so hard, because they were scared to death to have anyone even remotely conservative. So, we saw them run "Democrat Light" ....... and it worked about as well as any sane person would expect. We had candidates who would roll over at the slightest sign of trouble. It was an embarrassment. Now they want to tell people who to support again, and that leaves room for Donald Trump, a very skilled orator, who thinks on his feet very well, and who understands social media ..... but who is probably right alongside Hillary politically ..... and people go nuts for him, because he stands up to the Republican leadership. The Republican Party, at least its national leadership, is a disaster. I hope that no one forgets that Donald Trump is their fault.
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What would be a strong candidate? It seems any GOP that shifts to the hard right exists in a tone deaf vacuum to modern times.
The GOP could stand a chance if their social policy wasn't stuck in pre 1960s American, and if their financial policy didn't appear to undermine middle class and minority Americans.
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GOP stands no chance ! First female President in History will be Hillary Clinton in spite of what a horrible person she is . Her first thank you should be to the Republican Party .
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If the Democrats win the presidency the Republicans will blame the fall of their party on Donald Trump. Donald Trump is the fault of the Republican Party. Another well said post.
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They need a candidate who can orate effectively, and can thin of hos feet quickly. They need a candidate who can handle social media.
They need a candidate will do what he ran on, when he is elected. Look. Republicans are furious over electing Republicans across this country, and seeing them fail to do what they ran on. They are disgusted at the Senators they supported, who do nothing when bills should come to the Senate, and fold like folding chairs when leadership applies the slightest pressure. Republicans have won all over this country by running as Conservatives, but then they abandon their conservative promises as soon as they hit the steps of the Capitol.
We need candidates who do what they say, when they are asking conservatives to vote fr them. That is the biggest problem with the Republican Party right now.
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They need a candidate who can orate effectively, and can thin of hos feet quickly. They need a candidate who can handle social media.
They need a candidate will do what he ran on, when he is elected. Look. Republicans are furious over electing Republicans across this country, and seeing them fail to do what they ran on. They are disgusted at the Senators they supported, who do nothing when bills should come to the Senate, and fold like folding chairs when leadership applies the slightest pressure. Republicans have won all over this country by running as Conservatives, but then they abandon their conservative promises as soon as they hit the steps of the Capitol.
We need candidates who do what they say, when they are asking conservatives to vote fr them. That is the biggest problem with the Republican Party right now. I don't know how Ted Cruz is on social media but he is the only one left that actually does what he said he'd do when he ran. Is an actual conservative. And has a record that proves he's a conservative. This is why the establishment doesn't want him. He's not democrat light at all.
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the guy can not bring bi partisan support to anything. he's hated in the senate, and not because he gets anything done. he doesn't.
Hilary would mud stomp Cruz. the GOP best bet was always Kasich.
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I think I have seen it all now.
Rubio is not helping himself, it appears to have been sucked into the gutter. Cruz is not likable. Trump.... the last person that would get my vote.
Even though Kasich is a conservative Republican, running as a moderate, he is the only person that comes across as true to himself.
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I think I have seen it all now.
Rubio is not helping himself, it appears to have been sucked into the gutter. Cruz is not likable. Trump.... the last person that would get my vote.
Even though Kasich is a conservative Republican, running as a moderate, he is the only person that comes across as true to himself. Problem is that Kasich is "boring" which is an idiotic reason not to vote for a guy as the freaking president of the United States.
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I think a huge reason that conservatives, especially as of late, do well on a congressional level is due to who shows up at midterms. Midterms elections usually draw everyone but the democrats main base.
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The GOP establishment, forever known as the GOPe is the Dr. Trumpenstien that created the monster. The GOPe is failing to see it was their lying and failure to follow through on their campaign promises that was the electricity that brought Trumpenstien to life. In their attempt to save the village from their creation they sent who they thought was their King Arthur but instead it was Romney the Loser. Romney the Rejected. Well, Romney lived up to his past accomplishments and failed.
The GOPe failed yet again to understand the real monster they created. The voters of the GOP and they aren't buying what the GOPe is selling. After watching that wrestling match last night and listening to the crowd the GOPe stacked the house with, it's clear what they have created is quickly turning into the American version of Sunni's and Shia's. They're all republicans but they are wiping each other out.
Good job GOPe! You've managed to put on life support the party born from an anti-slavery philosophy, the party of Lincoln.
Once they've lost the White House, again, their epitaph will read, "Look at my hands, are they small hands?"
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The GOP made the mistake of bringing a Mitt to a knife fight.
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Now, watch tomorrow as Wall Street big wigs and the Bankers start piling on Trump once Mitt is done.
Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard is on CNBC this morning, she is doing a Mitt on Trump. So much for the stock report I guess.
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Having a lot of Christian friends, I keep getting these reposts of articles on Facebook telling me why, as a Christian, I shouldn't support Donald Trump. Most of them make perfect sense and I'm not a supporter of Donald Trump for many of the reasons they state. But the one thing none of these evangelical writings tell me is.... ok, I'm not voting for Donald, then what?
One of the reasons they give me is that Donald is relying on evangelical votes to win.. well, guess what, so is Hillary. In all of the bible belt states where Donald is crushing everybody, Hillary is also crushing Bernie.. these are evangelical voters.
Hillary is every bit as maniacal, dishonest, and nasty as Trump.. Hillary called inner city blacks "super-predators" with no compassion and no empathy. Hillary (and Bill) have had blacks removed from their rallys if they dared to question them on it. Hillary executed a plan of character assassination on multiple women who accused her husband of sexual assault and harassment..
So I go back to my original question.. what am I supposed to do? I mean if I am, in fact, supposed to consider the evangelical Christian component of this election.. then what?
I have 4 choices:
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2. Vote for Hillary
3. Cast a symbolic vote for somebody with 0% chance of winning
4. Don't vote
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With all the hardcore lib celebrities promising to leave the country if Trump wins, I find myself waffling over who gets my vote.
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Having a lot of Christian friends, I keep getting these reposts of articles on Facebook telling me why, as a Christian, I shouldn't support Donald Trump. Most of them make perfect sense and I'm not a supporter of Donald Trump for many of the reasons they state. But the one thing none of these evangelical writings tell me is.... ok, I'm not voting for Donald, then what?
One of the reasons they give me is that Donald is relying on evangelical votes to win.. well, guess what, so is Hillary. In all of the bible belt states where Donald is crushing everybody, Hillary is also crushing Bernie.. these are evangelical voters.
Hillary is every bit as maniacal, dishonest, and nasty as Trump.. Hillary called inner city blacks "super-predators" with no compassion and no empathy. Hillary (and Bill) have had blacks removed from their rallys if they dared to question them on it. Hillary executed a plan of character assassination on multiple women who accused her husband of sexual assault and harassment..
So I go back to my original question.. what am I supposed to do? I mean if I am, in fact, supposed to consider the evangelical Christian component of this election.. then what?
I have 4 choices:
1. Vote for Donald
2. Vote for Hillary
3. Cast a symbolic vote for somebody with 0% chance of winning
4. Don't vote
Since we use the electoral college for president, isn't your vote largely symbolic anyway? I say vote your conscience and let the chips fall where they may, they will anyway. At least then you've been true to yourself and after all that's all the really matters or you have any control over.
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Learning what little there is to learn from Trumps words last night, I did learn something.
On stage, we had Little Marco, lying Ted and Big Donald. Also I learned from Trump that despite his hand size, he has no issues in the long shlong department. Then there was the only adult in the room.
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Problem is that lone adult is the biggest loser so far.
People are angry.
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I understand they are angry and I understand why.
I simply don't find that as a valid excuse to try to elect a moron into office. Haven't we seen enough of that already from the Dems and the GOP?
I mean look at Obama and W. We've had 16 years of morons in a row.
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I understand they are angry and I understand why.
I simply don't find that as a valid excuse to try to elect a moron into office. Haven't we seen enough of that already from the Dems and the GOP?
I mean look at Obama and W. We've had 16 years of morons in a row. Wow! I was not aware you were so smart and so rich that to you they are all morons. Congrats.
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I've tried to tell you that I'm not a party guy.
You don't have to be rich or a genius to see that both of those presidents failed miserably.
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This, IMO, is inarguable.
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This, IMO, is inarguable. All depends on who's eyes you are looking through. Many on these Boards insist Obama was the best thing since sliced bread. Many see Bush in the same light. Each had their failures and each did some good and even those things are arguable. If you just look at the facts in each argument, without emotion, you can see how they came to the conclusion that what they did was the right thing at the time.
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Something that irks me is like Obama today, patting himself on the back proclaiming how he came into office facing bad times and has had economic and job growth nearly every year he has been in office.
I look at that and imagine what a great leader I could be if I borrowed $10 Trillion dollars and spread it around. Looks great for the short term, but a day of reckoning is coming.
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This, IMO, is inarguable. All depends on who's eyes you are looking through. Many on these Boards insist Obama was the best thing since sliced bread. Many see Bush in the same light. Each had their failures and each did some good and even those things are arguable. If you just look at the facts in each argument, without emotion, you can see how they came to the conclusion that what they did was the right thing at the time. Exactly the opposite. What you started with is opinions. If you take their bodies of work, as a whole, they were both failures...and THAT is just looking at the facts, without emotion.
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I find this arguable. 
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Myopic Trump takedown could backfire: Ex-GOP gov Attacking Donald Trump's character won't slow his march to the Republican nomination because his supporters accept his "warts," Mitt Romney's former campaign co-chair told CNBC on Friday. Tim Pawlenty told "Squawk Box" he has "high regard for Romney," but the former governor of Minnesota challenged the premise of Romney's Trump takedown speech. "The core of [Mitt Romney's] argument was Donald Trump has character flaws," said Pawlenty, who gave up his own presidential aspirations to support Romney in his failed bid for the White House in 2012. "The people who are supporting Donald Trump have already factored in character flaws. I don't think they think Donald Trump is a saint. They know he's got a bunch of 'warts,' so to speak," said Pawlenty. "So it's already baked in the cake. And I don't think it's going to change much." Pawlenty said Republican leaders have promised grassroots conservative activists for years that they'll cut taxes, balance the budget, rein in spending, repeal and replace Obamacare, reform entitlements, and restore the military. "Eventually, you say, 'You're all full of B.S., and it's not working. We're going to try something dramatically different,'" Pawlenty said. http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/04/ex-gop-gov-issues-dire-warning-to-elites-on-trump.html
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Kasich is the only candidate who should be considered for the Republican nominee. And that is not looking good.
Both these parties have become incredible embarrassments. He gets my vote if he gets the nomination. And frankly, he's the only one that's acting like an adult.. Well, on the republican side anyway. Bernie Sanders appears to be a pretty sincere guy but his ideas won't fly.. To bad really, as a person, I like him. I'm sure he means well! Just can't vote for him....
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if the RNC goes over the conservative voters' heads and picks their own nominee, and Trump then runs as an independent, they will effectively guarantee a Clinton in the WH.
i can not believe Mitt and them are really gonna attempt to do that.
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Having a lot of Christian friends, I keep getting these reposts of articles on Facebook telling me why, as a Christian, I shouldn't support Donald Trump. Most of them make perfect sense and I'm not a supporter of Donald Trump for many of the reasons they state. But the one thing none of these evangelical writings tell me is.... ok, I'm not voting for Donald, then what?
One of the reasons they give me is that Donald is relying on evangelical votes to win.. well, guess what, so is Hillary. In all of the bible belt states where Donald is crushing everybody, Hillary is also crushing Bernie.. these are evangelical voters.
Hillary is every bit as maniacal, dishonest, and nasty as Trump.. Hillary called inner city blacks "super-predators" with no compassion and no empathy. Hillary (and Bill) have had blacks removed from their rallys if they dared to question them on it. Hillary executed a plan of character assassination on multiple women who accused her husband of sexual assault and harassment..
So I go back to my original question.. what am I supposed to do? I mean if I am, in fact, supposed to consider the evangelical Christian component of this election.. then what?
I have 4 choices:
1. Vote for Donald
2. Vote for Hillary
3. Cast a symbolic vote for somebody with 0% chance of winning
4. Don't vote
I feel you. I don't think I could vote for either Donald or Hillary. I will probably do option 3 and pray for whoever wins the presidency. I do believe in voting for the best candidate, even if he or she has no chance of winning, at least when I am disinclined to vote for both the main candidates, as I am in this case. I know who I will vote for in the California primaries, and it isnt based on who I think has the best chance of winning.
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if the RNC goes over the conservative voters' heads and picks their own nominee, and Trump then runs as an independent, they will effectively guarantee a Clinton in the WH. I will lose interest quick if that happens. I could support Cruz just a bit more than Donald.. not a lot, but a little... but I would fully realize that supporting him at all would be a futile effort. I'm sure Hillary is downright giddy at the prospect of that happening.. she wouldn't even have to campaign or spend money, just make a few speeches and show up to the inauguration..
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I usually don't pay much attention at all to all this political stuff. But if you think for one minute that I'm gonna miss Trump calling Hilary a "fat Ho" you're mistaken. 
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