Chad
Slender Hobbit
Yeah, the last 2 republican nominees and presidents don't support him. That is still unbelievable to me. Not that they don't support Trump, but that the party nominated someone they couldn't support.
OMG Politics, I'm over it already.
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Kelly
24 Steel Wheels of Shoegaze
i'll bet 5 bucks it'll be in philadelphia
At least had the decency to say "if" instead of "when".
He must be slipping.
He must be slipping.
mongooz
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blame paul ryan. he's the one who refused to allow the rules committee to be opened at the beginning of the convention. else they could have changed the rule about delegates HAVING to cast their votes according to the popular vote. delegates HAVE voted their conscience in the past, not very often, but it has happened.
that would have blocked trump. he would never have gotten enough votes, had the delegates been allowed to vote otherwise.
PunkKitty
Horny bag of electric meat
There are a lot of things I can blame on Paul Ryan. He's a first class asshole.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
That isn't the problem. The problem is enough people thought it was a good idea to vote for him in the primaries. And of all the supporters in the world, Trump supporters are not the ones I want to change the rules on to take the nomination away from. You are just asking for trouble.
jp_nyc
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I think Texas and Arizona are more likely. Those same morons who patrol the border and hold wannabe klan rallies outside mosques with body armor and AR-15s are going to appoint themselves as poll watchers. The cops will get involved and some rookie cop will overreact, or a peckerwood cop will turn a blind eye, and it will turn to shit.
Help!I'maRock!
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PunkKitty
Horny bag of electric meat
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
Doubtful, Philly (and the adjacent counties) is a dem stronghold
I'd like to think it's incredibly unlikely that there will be violence at the polls this election but I also never thought there'd be a point in our modern society where people would be hunting down and ambushing LEOs.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
Deep Purple predicted this.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
Which is interesting given my concerns regarding the Democrats and super delegates and how it all affected Bernie. It is a very interesting balancing act between "democracy" in terms of the will of the people expressed as a popular vote, and trying to make sure you don't get a complete wing nut. And there of course are the freedom of association issues dealing with the rights of political parties to organize. I frankly had not really thought much about any of that until this year.
I still would like to see some election and voting reform along the lines of instant runoff and ranked choice. Who knows if this election year, even as screwed up as it has been, will result in any movement toward adoption of any of that. Not holding my breath.
http://www.fairvote.org/solutions
nuke_diver
Riding Solo
Yes this is another potential fallout of that kind of rhetoric
jp_nyc
Kick Henry Jackassowski
That depends on how it goes. If Trump’s election monitors are just retirees with smartphones it won’t be a big deal. If vans full of peckerwoods with AR-15s drive to minority neighborhoods to guard the polls it will be all over the news and people probably will stay away. I expect to see a lot more of the former. But a little of the latter seems inevitable, especially in states that have lots of gun nuts and retirees. But those states aren’t critical to Clinton winning.
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
I believe there were skirmishes during CHADSMANIA in 2000. And that was over the candidacy of Al "warm milk and sedatives" Gore.
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
And lookee who was a major player in the Brooks Brothers riots...Trump advisor and frequent Infowars guest Roger Stone.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot
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