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[Gatefan1976]

That guy should of stayed at the hospital curing rare diseases

I thought he died in WW1

[Coco Pops]

The only thing I remember about House was Cuddy

[thekillman]

It's how he lost money running casino's, it was rigged!!

Yea and it was also rigged against The Apprentice. Funny how every time he loses, it's rigged.

It's funny though, the Republicans must be kicking themselves by now. If they'd kicked out Trump in the primaries and ran ANYONE ELSE they'd pretty much be smoking cubans and drinking scotch by now.

[Gatefan1976]

Yea and it was also rigged against The Apprentice. Funny how every time he loses, it's rigged.

It's funny though, the Republicans must be kicking themselves by now. If they'd kicked out Trump in the primaries and ran ANYONE ELSE they'd pretty much be smoking cubans and drinking scotch by now.

But it's more fun to burn down the country and claim it was someone else's fault.

[Womble]

Yea and it was also rigged against The Apprentice. Funny how every time he loses, it's rigged.

It's funny though, the Republicans must be kicking themselves by now. If they'd kicked out Trump in the primaries and ran ANYONE ELSE they'd pretty much be smoking cubans and drinking scotch by now.

If they could rig their primaries process, you mean. Like the Dems did against Sanders.

Yes, in that case, they could run Joe the Plumber for President and win with little sweat.

[Annoyed]

If they could rig their primaries process, you mean. Like the Dems did against Sanders.

Yes, in that case, they could run Joe the Plumber for President and win with little sweat.

Correct on both counts.

But if they had been able to successfully (recall, they did try, but Trump's level of grassroots support was far too high) defy the will of their voters, it might not have done them any good.

Granted, in theory, it wouldn't take a strong candidate to beat Hillary, but if they had alienated their voters by forcing Bush, Rubio, Cruz or one of the other "establishment" Republicans, would those voters have supported him in the general election?
Trump's support at the primary level was based on widespread voter rejection of the establishment Republican party. From the point of view of those voters, an establishment Republican was just another way of losing. They might not have supported him in November.

If Trump loses, we will certainly take a big hit as far as the SCOTUS goes. But overall, do I regret backing him over an establishment Republican? No. Destroying the entrenched, establishment Republican leadership was the real prize here, and we (myself and others who feel the way I do) had to take a chance in order to have a chance of doing that. We took that chance, and at this point, it appears that we lost.

But we won't know until Wed. 11/9. It's still possible he might win.

[thekillman]

If they could rig their primaries process, you mean. Like the Dems did against Sanders.

Yes, in that case, they could run Joe the Plumber for President and win with little sweat.

No. Like we said earlier, parties have their own rules on what to do with candidates. In this case, they could've kicked Trump out on the grounds of not representing republican values (or being mentally unfit to run as president)

Also, what the DNC emails also revealed is that they actually didn't act on it.

But if they had been able to successfully (recall, they did try, but Trump's level of grassroots support was far too high) defy the will of their voters, it might not have done them any good.

Eh, they were too late to do anything when they realized just how **** a candidate he was. But had they acted earlier they would've been able to kick him out pretty fast.

Not that it matters for the republicans now. With or without trump the party's in ashes. I wonder what will rise out of it.

[Annoyed]

Eh, they were too late to do anything when they realized just how **** a candidate he was. But had they acted earlier they would've been able to kick him out pretty fast.

Not that it matters for the republicans now. With or without trump the party's in ashes. I wonder what will rise out of it.

In which case, he would have simply told the Republican party to go do something physically impossible with itself and ran on his own as a 3rd party candidate. And with the level of support he had, he might have pulled it off, too.

[thekillman]

In which case, he would have simply told the Republican party to go do something physically impossible with itself and ran on his own as a 3rd party candidate. And with the level of support he had, he might have pulled it off, too.

That depends. It seems that 3rd parties by their nature do not attract much attention. I mean other than "what is an aleppo" moments.

Of course talking about this now is easier than back then, but both Trump and Hillary are very unlikeable so there was definitely a shot. It seems that the GOP drastically overestimated Trump's ability to be presidential.

[Annoyed]

That depends. It seems that 3rd parties by their nature do not attract much attention. I mean other than "what is an aleppo" moments.

Of course talking about this now is easier than back then, but both Trump and Hillary are very unlikeable so there was definitely a shot. It seems that the GOP drastically overestimated Trump's ability to be presidential.

The GOP didn't have a say in the matter. They tried to stop his candidacy, but voter support for Trump was far too strong. There are too many Republicans who are disillusioned by national party as it is today.
The GOP had to accept the will of the voters or it would have been rendered an impotent bystander in short order.

And I've pretty much said the same things about Trump's candidacy since the start, feel free to go back & look at my posts on the matter.

[SoulReaver]

It's funny though, the Republicans must be kicking themselves by now. If they'd kicked out Trump in the primaries and ran ANYONE ELSE they'd pretty much be smoking cubans and drinking scotch by now.

you really wanna jinx it? -_-

[Gatefan1976]

The GOP didn't have a say in the matter. They tried to stop his candidacy, but voter support for Trump was far too strong. There are too many Republicans who are disillusioned by national party as it is today.
The GOP had to accept the will of the voters or it would have been rendered an impotent bystander in short order.

And I've pretty much said the same things about Trump's candidacy since the start, feel free to go back & look at my posts on the matter.

Hang on, you think the GOP could do nothing about Trump because of voter support, but think that Bernie lost for "other reasons"?

[thekillman]

you really wanna jinx it? -_-

I'm not jinxing it. Hillary has a lead but it's still close. What i'm saying is, it would never have been a contest if he knew when to shut up.

[garhkal]

He has too. Its the rational choice. How can you look at the things Trump has done and call him honorable?

He's more rational than hillary!

It's funny though, the Republicans must be kicking themselves by now. If they'd kicked out Trump in the primaries and ran ANYONE ELSE they'd pretty much be smoking cubans and drinking scotch by now.

They certainly tried to kick him out.. BUT we the people put him there, over all of their selections.

[Falcon Horus]

He's more rational than hillary!

*splurts soda all over the screen*

*dies laughing*