whirlingmerc
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Seems two bad choices on the ballot are two many.
https://world.wng.org/2016/10/it_s_not_too_late_for_another_option
https://world.wng.org/2016/10/it_s_not_too_late_for_another_option
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Should Trump step down and let another conservative run?
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No. Trump and his basket of deplorables should be denounced and embarrassed in the voting booth.
You know,
the last time the GOP simply put up a presidential candidate and won the most votes was 1988.
Bush II lost by half a million votes. His father ran in 88 as a continuation of Reagan administration.
The last time the GOP ran solely on the platform and won was Reagan and that was 1980.
If Pence and the Republicans pulled off this coup, installing a president nobody voted for, it would help illustrate why I cannot vote for them any more.
Tom
the last time the GOP simply put up a presidential candidate and won the most votes was 1988.
Bush II lost by half a million votes. His father ran in 88 as a continuation of Reagan administration.
The last time the GOP ran solely on the platform and won was Reagan and that was 1980.
If Pence and the Republicans pulled off this coup, installing a president nobody voted for, it would help illustrate why I cannot vote for them any more.
Tom
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
I want to cast a vote for Clinton. I don't see her as flawed, evil or an otherwise bad choice for our nation.
Yes. Absolutely. But it would be a horrendous mess and screw up the entire election by throwing an unknown quantity onto the Republican ballot.
I'd go so far as to say Trump and the Republican Party should withdraw from the 2016 election and give national third-parties on the ballot a chance. Honestly, That would be the greatest gift they could give to American Democracy right now. It would make every poll and forecast irrelevant and put the Clinton campign into unprecedented territory where they could concieveably loose to a third party.
jonathan180iq
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I just voted this morning - early voting is now open in most states. Get on it.
whirlingmerc
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True... it would not be as entertaining...
I think it might do more good than harm, but the early elections do raise issues with changing candidates
Of course one might also ask the same of Hillary
https://world.wng.org/2016/10/a_ballot_of_deplorables
I think it might do more good than harm, but the early elections do raise issues with changing candidates
Of course one might also ask the same of Hillary
https://world.wng.org/2016/10/a_ballot_of_deplorables
The premise that people can just break or ignore the political system when they don't get the results they want is about as undemocratic as they come.
This is not Egypt.
Tom
GoodbyeDave
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And who would the GOP choose in its present state? Mike Pence or some other ranting evangelical bigot?
jonathan180iq
Well-Known Member
Same reason they're all claiming that the system is rigged... They voted in an unelectable candidate and don't want to own the responsibility for doing so.
Politesse
Amor Vincit Omnia
Not Pence?
Akivah
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He's not running for President. And Trump has already made clear by his own statements, what he thinks of Pence's opinions.
To answer that question, we'd need an answer to a question I keep asking.
What do the words "conservative" and "liberal" mean any more? I see Hillary as more conservative than Trump, but less so than either VP candidate.
But that's just me.
Tom
Politesse
Amor Vincit Omnia
Whatever party politics happen to decide that day, usually. I think dice are involved?
Don't think he should, but do think it would be cool if say 3 days before election date (Nov. 8) he said he is stepping down to let Pence be at the helm (become POTUS).
Yeah, I realize ballots are out, but what if Trump dies right now (today), then what? I would think then Pence takes over, I would think if Trump wanted to remove himself he could, and ballots with his name on it, and people voting for him would be on par with write-in type votes. Though, if he's alive he could stipulate that a vote for him is a vote for Pence and that he'll have an advisor role. Pence could make clear that he'll be invoking all campaign promises that Trump has stated, and perhaps fine tweaking them under his own judgment, to which Trump could say he's fully on board with that.
Yeah, I realize ballots are out, but what if Trump dies right now (today), then what? I would think then Pence takes over, I would think if Trump wanted to remove himself he could, and ballots with his name on it, and people voting for him would be on par with write-in type votes. Though, if he's alive he could stipulate that a vote for him is a vote for Pence and that he'll have an advisor role. Pence could make clear that he'll be invoking all campaign promises that Trump has stated, and perhaps fine tweaking them under his own judgment, to which Trump could say he's fully on board with that.