Smart Republicans.... there are a few.

[account_inactive]

I get that Hillary is the lesser of two evils

See, I don't buy that horseshit.  She's competent.  Drumpf isn't.  Drumpf is crazy.

Eh..

[Thumpalumpacus]

No, she knows how to work the levers of power, BM.

[Minimalist]

If only Obama had known how to do that.

His biggest failing.

[Minimalist]

This is interesting.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/my-consc...for-trump/

‘My conscience is clear’: Georgia Republican refuses to cast his electoral vote for Trump

[Minimalist]

Another leak in the system.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/billiona...ied-trump/

Billionaire GOP donor now backing Clinton instead of ‘completely unqualified’ Trump

“His words and actions over the last several days are so shockingly unacceptable in our diverse and democratic society that it is simply unthinkable that Donald Trump could become our president,” Klarman said of the Republican presidential nominee.

[Minimalist]

Again:

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/colorado...in-new-ad/

Colorado GOP congressman hopes to survive tough re-election fight by attacking Trump in new ad

Don't fall for it Colorado.  He's still a republicunt slimebag!

[Minimalist]

And yet again....


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/wealthy-...r-clinton/

Wealthy Republicans unhappy with Trump start campaigning for Clinton

This makes sense.  Rich motherfuckers hate uncertainty and Drumpf is the epitome of a loose cannon.

[Mister Agenda]

I count four major constituencies in the GOP and they are all at odds with each other: the religious right/social conservatives, the Wall Street Republicans, the White Nationalists, and the intellectual conservatives (like Will). There will be GOP people still in office ten years down the road, but social conservatism and white nationalism are over or almost over as a ticket to the presidency. They helped the GOP get its current power, but they are killing it in its present form.

I think the white-power tribe is so miniscule as to be irrelevant in the context of electioneering. They don't bring enough votes to justify any candidate espousing their odious views, except perhaps David Duke, and even he has to tamp down his sentiments.

I also think the intellectual conservatives such as Will are a dying breed. There was a story on NPR yesterday about William Buckley Jr.  I remember being bored to tears as a boy on Sunday mornings when my dad would watch his show, but later, after recovering from my infatuation with Objectivism, I came to appreciate that while I didn't agree with his every stance, he certainly was one hell of a thinker.

At least, he sounded like one to this redneck, what with that accent and all.

Interesting that you don't reckon the Tea Partiers significant. Is there a reason you omitted them?

I think tea partiers fall individually into one or more of the other groups. I know they say they're small government, but it seems to be in a 'get off my lawn' sort of way, they're fine with big government when it comes to specifics, they're against it in generalities. They like Medicare, Social Security, and a big military. They're against welfare, and I think that's mainly because most of them don't receive it and think they paid for their Medicare and Social Security, even though the vast majority will draw out more than they ever put in. They're against raising the debt ceiling, but don't understand what it is. And they have a definite racist element. I don't detect any social inclusivity among them.

I'm not thinking just outright white supremacists when I say 'white nationalists'. I'm being literal: nationalists who are white. Trump's base.

I did leave out the libertarian Republicans, who would probably be Libertarians if that Party was more powerful or respectable.

[CapnAwesome]

I think the white-power tribe is so miniscule as to be irrelevant in the context of electioneering. They don't bring enough votes to justify any candidate espousing their odious views, except perhaps David Duke, and even he has to tamp down his sentiments.

I also think the intellectual conservatives such as Will are a dying breed. There was a story on NPR yesterday about William Buckley Jr.  I remember being bored to tears as a boy on Sunday mornings when my dad would watch his show, but later, after recovering from my infatuation with Objectivism, I came to appreciate that while I didn't agree with his every stance, he certainly was one hell of a thinker.

At least, he sounded like one to this redneck, what with that accent and all.

Interesting that you don't reckon the Tea Partiers significant. Is there a reason you omitted them?

I think tea partiers fall individually into one or more of the other groups. I know they say they're small government, but it seems to be in a 'get off my lawn' sort of way, they're fine with big government when it comes to specifics, they're against it in generalities. They like Medicare, Social Security, and a big military. They're against welfare, and I think that's mainly because most of them don't receive it and think they paid for their Medicare and Social Security, even though the vast majority will draw out more than they ever put in. They're against raising the debt ceiling, but don't understand what it is. And they have a definite racist element. I don't detect any social inclusivity among them.

I'm not thinking just outright white supremacists when I say 'white nationalists'. I'm being literal: nationalists who are white. Trump's base.

I did leave out the libertarian Republicans, who would probably be Libertarians if that Party was more powerful or respectable.

Glad you clarified that about what you meant by white nationalists. Normally that phrase means people who want to build a separate country for white people.

[Mister Agenda]

Glad you clarified that about what you meant by white nationalists. Normally that phrase means people who want to build a separate country for white people.

My bad, I should have clarified it when I said it the first time.