Trump as the real nominee sends a shiver down my spine

[rurallib]

Frankly, it is a terribly sobering and scary thought that Donald Trump is actually the nominee for the Republicans.
With the hackable voting machines and the voters that have been disenfranchised, Trump as president is a real and frightening possibility.

Flat out scary

[Hortensis]

1. Whatever happens, we'll handle it.

Our Democracy is a strong, stable structure, in spite of these tremors.

[rurallib]

2. maybe a scare like this will shake some out of their lethargy.

wish I had your faith in the US these days.

[Hortensis]

24. Oh, it's not so much faith in "the U.S.," Rurallib,

more faith that many of us are now recognizing that we have a responsibility to protect our nation from getting sucked into the GOP's death spiral. Many conservatives say they will not vote for Trump -- recognizing that responsibility. Not all will hold to that, but some will, and it seems safe to say turnout across the rest of the political spectrum will be high in November.

I also expect that almost all of Sanders's supporters will pivot to defeating Trump and capturing as much of congress as we can -- with or without Sanders.

But we really could use Sanders' help, instead of hindrance. At one time I really thought he was responsible enough to do what he needed, now it's looking as if his belief in the righteousness of his cause is warping his judgement. We'll see. Progressive leader or intransigent gadfly?

[femmocrat]

3. I feel the same way.

He will shred the democratic nominee, whoever it is. It makes me sick thinking about it.

And God forbid, if he wins.... who will actually run the country? Trump is only in this for his gargantuan ego and has no concern for the country, the population, or governmental procedures.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Better than Cruz, says this Texan.

[yourpaljoey]

26. Correct.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

28. Cruz would have been done in by the bipartisian mutual hatred of him.

Trump's a different kind of animal. And he's got a fanbase of fascist loyalists caught up in a cult of personality.

Cruz might have been very scary ideologically, but I didn't fear him as an opponent.

Trump, as both an opponent and potential president, scares the ever living daylights out of me. And it has nothing to do with any percieved weaknesses or criticisms of our own nominee, whoever he or she might ultimately be. I'd be terrified if Barack Obama was still running against Trump, or we had the 2nd coming of FDR against Trump.

Trump's just one scary, crazy dude, period.

[complain jane]

5. I agree.

Watching his speech now. All he's doing is bragging and complaining he hasn't gotten enough credit for all of the winning he's done. How could grown adults actually think this shitshow of a human being should be POTUS.

[DesertRat]

7. I'm watching too.

I wonder if Melania is ready for this. Turn off the volume and look at her face. I think that her expression right now is very flat.

[Skittles]

22. she does not seem to be able to make a real expression

her face is frozen

[complain jane]

30. If she can handle being married to that

vile creature, she can handle anything, I think.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

29. Biologically mature bodies with under-developed cognition, that's how grown adults did this. nt

[DesertRat]

6. Me too

I hate Ted Cruz, but the idea of Trump as the nominee is truly frightening. He's a narcissist with NO understanding of the constitution or how our government works.
He's also still a BIRTHER. That's the political equivalent of believing that the earth is flat.

[bettyellen]

8. He just said "We have to take out Isis now"

[DesertRat]

11. "We're going to become one beautiful, loving country"

"We're going to build a wall" then "We're going to have unbelievably great relationships with the Hispanics".

[bettyellen]

13. It is bizarre. Rachel Maddow was disheartened- described him as a "reality TV star"...

[DesertRat]

14. It's so true

If he wasn't on the Celebrity Apprentice for several seasons, he would have just been a buffoon running for president and would have been out last fall.
We've become a celebrity obsessed country.

[bettyellen]

15. Sad but true. Thank god he has offended everyone and lies like a rug.

[Person 2713]

17. We've become a celebrity obsessed country. Well at least his voters are

Living with broken down cars
And hooked on the stars

[FLPanhandle]

9. I am celebrating

First off, Cruz is 100 times scarier than Trump.

Secondly, Trump will crater the GOP.

I love it!!!

[rurallib]

10. I hope you are 100% correct

and please be sure to post on election night that what you said would happen did happen.
Until then, I will be scared at what that idiot is so close to doing.

[mountain grammy]

12. Flat out!

[Reter]

16. The Republican elites would rather steal it for Hillary

They hate her, but hate him even more.

[cyberswede]

19. They hate that they can't control him, that's for sure. nt

[cyberswede]

18. ...and after the electorate elected GWB twice*...I have no faith that they will be sensible

*once, really

My only hope is that Trump really doesn't want the actual JOB of being president, and he'll do something to sabotage the deal. Hopefully it's egregious enough that everyone will flock to the Democratic nominee.

[Johonny]

20. What's scary is Trump while horrible wasn't by far the worse that party offered this election cycle

If he won he would hardly be the worse elected GOP in Washington. There are but a hand full of GOP in Washington not complete crap. Trump's win signals that there will be more terrible GOP candidates in the future. That party is dead to me. I respect no one that votes Republican. There is nothing to respect.

[Volaris]

21. I hate to admit it, but must give credit where it's due.

This has to be, BY FAR, the ballsy-ist LongCon in history.

Danny Ocean eat your fucking heart out.

But yeah, the GOP is gonna get their ass kicked now.

Welcome to The General Election, Donnie!

[bobGandolf]

23. Oh I do so agree

What you are saying is not paranoia.

[pampango]

25. Agreed. And the far-right wackos at RedState are frantic about their 'fake' republican.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027802691

... if a liberal is going to sit in the oval office, let us not take part in putting them there with our names on their support roster. Let us not let a man for 4 years get up on that bully pulpit and create a mistrust of conservatism that destroys the meager gains we've managed.

... Hillary would be more likely to face gridlock on liberal policies than Mr. Trump would.

The party is already destroyed simply by his nomination. #NeverTrump intends to at least salvage conservatism.

Oddly, if you substitute 'Clinton' for 'Trump' and exchange 'liberal' and 'conservative', the whole thing sounds vaguely familiar.

It would look like this:

... if a conservative is going to sit in the oval office, let us not take part in putting them there with our names on their support roster. Let us not let a woman for 4 years get up on that bully pulpit and create a mistrust of liberalism that destroys the meager gains we've managed.

... Donald would be more likely to face gridlock on conservative policies than Ms. Clinton would.

The party is already destroyed simply by his nomination. #NeverClinton intends to at least salvage liberalism.

[silvershadow]

27. It has been coming for how many years now? I knew when HAVA was pushed and passed

during Bushco, it was bullshit. To fix a problem we didn't have. Bait and switch. The problems we had with elections at that time did not need new computers to solve them. Voting can be done with a pencil and paper.