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Kber

(5,043 posts)
1. At which point, can we all finally admit that the GOP can't manage its way out of a paper bag?
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 08:17 PM
Aug 2016

While I'd applaud their admission that they well and truly screwed the pooch, (admitting you have a problem is a first step) they can't be trusted with the keys to the castle until they demonstrate some ability to actually govern before they are allowed to do so.

Chasstev365

(8,129 posts)
2. They're really screwed either way.
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 08:19 PM
Aug 2016

The question becomes does keeping Trump cost them v the House and Senate? YES! But will they have the guts to do it? NO!

stopbush

(24,852 posts)
3. He also said that he has been on the verge of resigning from the R Party
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 08:19 PM
Aug 2016

a number of times since Cleveland, but he decided to stay an R and try to effect change from within.

Chasstev365

(8,129 posts)
5. No; if he weren't such a liability, they wouldn't care what he says
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 08:22 PM
Aug 2016

because that is how many in the party already speak.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,454 posts)
6. I don't think they should be able to that at this late stage. They voted for him, and they should..
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 08:28 PM
Aug 2016

be stuck with him for the duration.

kysrsoze

(6,454 posts)
7. I don't think they can. They're too late to get some on the ballot...
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 08:30 PM
Aug 2016

in all 50 states. They're damned anyway, and deservedly so.

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
8. Amanda Carpenter said they can
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 08:31 PM
Aug 2016

by way of a 16 member RNC committee.

Let Trump fight it out in lawsuits if he wants.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,454 posts)
10. That's a frightening thought. They should be stuck with the guy who got the most votes. n/t
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 08:32 PM
Aug 2016

lindysalsagal

(22,997 posts)
13. They've ALREADY got a new candidate: Evan Mc Mullen
Wed Aug 10, 2016, 04:34 PM
Aug 2016

It already happened.

Now, if they're serious. they'll meet, re-write some rules, toss fRump, and promote mcmullen.

But they aren't able to organize anything.

Mitt, mccain, this is the new normal. It's a circus sideshow. Viable candidates aren't getting votes in primaries. GOP voters are like nascar/ hockey fans, just waiting for the crash, the bloodletting. GOP voters don't want or deserve real leaders. The spoiled brats want professional wrestling: entertaining pretend leaders.

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