2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRepublicans Left Wondering If Donald Trump Will Kill The Party Or Just Maim It
Many Republicans also worry that Trumps disorganized campaign and high disapproval ratings make a victory all but impossible, but others have an even more fundamental concern.
Theres even a greater fear, one Republican National Committee member said. What if he really gets elected? Now what do we do?
Other Republicans are less shy about that possibility. It would be a catastrophe, they say, and it cannot be allowed to happen.
Whatever Hillary Clintons faults, shes not ignorant or hateful or a nut, wrote Mark Salter, who was a senior strategist to Arizona Sen. John McCains 2008 presidential campaign. She acts like an adult, and understands the responsibilities of an American president.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-gop-control_us_5782d526e4b0c590f7e9ec0d
patricia92243
(12,595 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Here are just a few:
Ben Howe, a contributing editor at conservative website Red State, tweeted before Cruz dropped out, I am a fiscal conservative and I am a social conservative. That will not change. But I will not vote for an egomaniacal authoritarian. Nope. And then he followed simply with the Clinton campaigns hashtag: #ImWithHer.
Mike Treiser, a former staffer on Mitt Romneys presidential campaign, wrote on Facebook: In the face of bigotry, hatred, violence, and small-mindedness, this time, Im with her.
Philip Klein, the managing editor of the Washington Examiner, posted a photo Tuesday night of a voter identification form showing him officially changing his registration from Republican. (He later elaborated that he still does not back Clinton.) And Cheri Jacobus, a GOP consultant and pundit who has been outspoken against Trump throughout the election, posted on Facebook, Im out. RIP GOP.
http://time.com/4317643/republican-party-donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-indiana/
onecent
(6,096 posts)first republican that recognizes this. Let's give this a bigger hug than we are....maybe it will help us all out.
MineralMan
(146,308 posts)That would be the best outcome, I believe.
Hekate
(90,686 posts)Seriously, when Republicans say they will vote for Hillary over Trump it is not a sign that they think she is a Republican in disguise. It's exactly what Mark Salter and others have said:
Whatever Hillary Clintons faults, shes not ignorant or hateful or a nut, wrote Mark Salter, who was a senior strategist to Arizona Sen. John McCains 2008 presidential campaign. She acts like an adult, and understands the responsibilities of an American president.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)to the point of killing it. But given time, it will no doubt resurface in some zombie form.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)After Nixon took off the RNC was just about evicted from its DC HQ. No money, no one would admit to being a Republican...
And look how they bounced back. You wouldn't recognize the party of Eisenhower.
Jerry442
(1,265 posts)Martin Eden
(12,867 posts)For generations the GOP and its corporate masters have made every effort to dumb down the voting public and manipulate voters through fear and bigotry. Donald Trump proves the old adage that you reap what you sow.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Clown bus going over cliff, time to decide who to put in the driver's seat?
7962
(11,841 posts)All the anti-Hillary folks are being had; supporting a guy who is there to make sure Hillary wins!
I think thats been his plan from the start, because its tough to believe a REAL candidate would run as incompetent a campaign as he has if they were serious about winning!!
eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)Cartoonists need to start depicting the GOP elephant as a zombie, staggering on in a grotesque parody of the living.