Anyone start an RNC discussion thread yet?

[LDAHL]

You are thus committing to voting for Lyin' Ted?

Would a write-in vote for Lyin' Ted be a vote for Crooked Hillary?

Probably. But given the choice between equally objectionable options, I will make an impotent gesture toward principle.

[bae]

It earned Lion Ted a write-in vote from me. Whatever his motivations were, I think it important that someone in that arena remind Republicans what it means to be a conservative.

As far as I'm concerned, Gary Johnson is the real Republican candidate.

[LDAHL]

As far as I'm concerned, Gary Johnson is the real Republican candidate.

The discomfort I sometimes have with the Libertarians is that they come across as the petulant teenagers of American politics: full of righteous criticism of the adults' compromises and failures, but light on practical, actionable ideas on governance.

I do agree with you, however, that Johnson is closer to a Republican than Trump.

[iris lilies]

White privilege is a set of advantages and/or immunities that white people benefit from on a daily basis beyond those common to all others. White privilege can exist without white people's conscious knowledge of its presence and it helps to maintain the racial hierarchy in this country.
The biggest problem with white privilege is the invisibility it maintains to those who benefit from it most. The inability to recognize that many of the advantages whites hold are a direct result of the disadvantages of other people, contributes to the unwillingness of white people, even those who are not overtly racist, to recognize their part in maintaining and benefiting from white supremacy.
White privilege is about not having to worry about being followed in a department store while shopping. It's about thinking that your clothes, manner of speech, and behavior in general, are racially neutral, when, in fact, they are white. It's seeing your image on television daily and knowing that you're being represented. It's people assuming that you lead a constructive life free from crime and off welfare. It's about not having to assume your daily interactions with people have racial overtones.
White privilege is having the freedom and luxury to fight racism one day and ignore it the next. White privilege exists on an individual, cultural, and institutional level.

While I know that pervasive racial discrimination exists at the micro and macro level, I also know that some charges (such as mrs Trump breaking the back of yet another poor black woman by stealing her words) are ridiculous. Charges like this perpetuate race baiting, but of course that is really the goal.

[bae]

I do agree with you, however, that Johnson is closer to a Republican than Trump.

And he's more of a Republican than a Libertarian :-)

Clever of them to run a non-moonbat.

[LDAHL]

Clever of them to run a non-moonbat.

This would be the year for that. Although he runs the risk of alienating the moonbat base.

[Ultralight]

There you have it. Trump is the new face of the GOP.

The GOP managed to mostly unite behind Trump during the RNC.

[CathyA]

I just wish there were more to choose from. Neither of them makes me happy. We do need change.......but surely there's a better compromise of liberal/conservative. I'm a mix of both, which means there's no one for me.

[Tenngal]

at this point, I am missing John McCain, but not Sarah Palin. I like the old Republicans much better.

[LDAHL]

at this point, I am missing John McCain, but not Sarah Palin. I like the old Republicans much better.

One of my real problems with Trump was his statement that McCain wasn't a hero because he allowed himself to be captured.