Non-Trump Republicans

[rstrong]

Americans had three main choices in this election: Democrat (Sanders), Pre-Tea Party Republican (Hillary) and Post-Tea Party Republican (Trump). The Democrat is out of the race. How will prominent Republicans vote?

Republicans not voting for Donald Trump
- Barbara Bush, former first lady
- Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, 2016 presidential candidate
- William Cohen, former secretary of defence
- Jeff Flake, Arizona senator
- Lindsey Graham, South Carolina senator, 2016 presidential candidate
- Larry Hogan, Maryland governor
- John Kasich, Ohio governor, 2016 presidential candidate
- Mark Kirk, Illinois senator
- Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, 2012 Republican presidential nominee
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida congresswoman
- Ben Sasse, Nebraska senator

Republicans voting for Hillary Clinton
- Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state
- Hank Paulson, former treasury secretary
- Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser
- Richard Hanna, New York congressman

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... Pre-Tea Party Republican (Hillary) ...

Wait, doesn't that mean that all Hillary supporters are Non-Trump Republicans?
Gonna need a bigger list.

[Vrede too]

Christie, in a rare break with Trump, says criticizing the Khan family is ‘inappropriate’

That's a weighty criticism.

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Wait, doesn't that mean that all Hillary supporters are Non-Trump Republicans?

That's a weighty criticism.

Would a true lib'rul socialist tree-hugger "join hands and sing 'Kumbaya'" Democrat engage in fat shaming?

(Especially when you could call him a bridge troll, hostage, sell-out who got conned, etc. etc. etc.....?)

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Unless I see the rare medical evidence otherwise, it's a lifestyle choice.

I'll take "tree-hugger", even of fat trees , but I'm not lib'rul, socialist (mostly), woo-woo or a Democrat.

That said, "troll" Christie has now created a "bridge" to the Dems and he's paying the "toll" for his "hostage, sell-out who got conned" Trumpishness.

[rstrong]

Update:

Source: BBC, US News

Republicans not voting for Donald Trump
- Barbara Bush, former first lady
- Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, 2016 presidential candidate
- William Cohen, former secretary of defence
- Jeff Flake, Arizona senator
- Lindsey Graham, South Carolina senator, 2016 presidential candidate
- Larry Hogan, Maryland governor
- John Kasich, Ohio governor, 2016 presidential candidate
- Mark Kirk, Illinois senator
- Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, 2012 Republican presidential nominee
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida congresswoman
- Ben Sasse, Nebraska senator
- Mike Coffman, Republican congresswoman
- Michael Hayden, former CIA director (Republican)
- Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania congresswoman
- Vin Weber, former congresswoman, current GOP lobbyist

Republicans voting for Hillary Clinton
- Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state
- Hank Paulson, former treasury secretary
- Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser
- Richard Hanna, New York congressman
- Meg Whitman, Republican finance official
- Adam Kinzinger, Illinois congressman
- Sally Bradshaw, GOP strategist
- Maria Comella, Chris Christie staffer

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Republicans voting for Hillary Clinton
- Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state
- Hank Paulson, former treasury secretary
- Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser
- Richard Hanna, New York congressman
- Meg Whitman, Republican finance official
- Adam Kinzinger, Illinois congressman
- Sally Bradshaw, GOP strategist
- Maria Comella, Chris Christie staffer
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Barack Obama
- Joe Biden
- Any WV Democrat
- Hillary Clinton

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Yup, yup, yup.

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Some good points:

As one trained psychiatrist said to me, compare Donald Trump’s speaking patterns to a Robin Williams monologue, but with insults instead of jokes.
[...]
For the past many months Republican leaders have been condemning Trump’s acts while sticking with Trump the man. Trump is making that position ridiculous and shameful. You either stand with a man whose very essence is an insult to basic decency, or you don’t.

Those who don’t will have to start building a Republican Party in Exile.

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They can create an enclave in Alberta for launching guerrilla media attacks and building towards a Bay of Pigs style assault on the RNC. In the short term, it will probably be just as effective. The stupid and indecency runs deep in the GOP.

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They can create an enclave in Alberta for launching guerrilla media attacks and building towards a Bay of Pigs style assault on the RNC. In the short term, it will probably be just as effective. The stupid and indecency runs deep in the GOP.

Ammon Bundy and Y'all Qaeda would have taken charge, had they not acted a few months too early. That's going to upset them.



Which is just as well; the Keystone pipeline would have to be reversed to send lube up to Alberta.

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... lube ...

Nttawwt.

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Update:

Source: BBC: Republican security experts rail against Trump in open letter

Republicans not voting for Donald Trump
- Barbara Bush, former first lady
- Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, 2016 presidential candidate
- William Cohen, former secretary of defence
- Jeff Flake, Arizona senator
- Lindsey Graham, South Carolina senator, 2016 presidential candidate
- Larry Hogan, Maryland governor
- John Kasich, Ohio governor, 2016 presidential candidate
- Mark Kirk, Illinois senator
- Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, 2012 Republican presidential nominee
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida congresswoman
- Ben Sasse, Nebraska senator
- Mike Coffman, Republican congresswoman
- Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania congresswoman
- Vin Weber, former congresswoman, current GOP lobbyist

- 50 Republican national security experts including:

• - Michael Hayden, former CIA director (Republican)
• John Negroponte, first director of national intelligence and later deputy secretary of state
• Robert B Zoellick, former deputy secretary of state
• Tom Ridge, former secretary of homeland security
• Michael Chertoff, former secretary of homeland security

- Wadi Gaitan, prominent Latino official and chief spokesman for the Republican party in Florida

Republicans voting for Hillary Clinton
- Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state
- Hank Paulson, former treasury secretary
- Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser
- Richard Hanna, New York congressman
- Meg Whitman, Republican finance official
- Adam Kinzinger, Illinois congressman
- Sally Bradshaw, GOP strategist
- Maria Comella, Chris Christie staffer
- Some of the 50 Republican national security experts above
- Lezlee Westine, former aide to President George W Bush

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Hey, you shortened the list.

Update:

Source: BBC: Republican security experts rail against Trump in open letter

Republicans not voting for Donald Trump
- Barbara Bush, former first lady
- Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, 2016 presidential candidate
- William Cohen, former secretary of defence
- Jeff Flake, Arizona senator
- Lindsey Graham, South Carolina senator, 2016 presidential candidate
- Larry Hogan, Maryland governor
- John Kasich, Ohio governor, 2016 presidential candidate
- Mark Kirk, Illinois senator
- Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, 2012 Republican presidential nominee
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida congresswoman
- Ben Sasse, Nebraska senator
- Mike Coffman, Republican congresswoman
- Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania congresswoman
- Vin Weber, former congresswoman, current GOP lobbyist

- 50 Republican national security experts including:

• - Michael Hayden, former CIA director (Republican)
• John Negroponte, first director of national intelligence and later deputy secretary of state
• Robert B Zoellick, former deputy secretary of state
• Tom Ridge, former secretary of homeland security
• Michael Chertoff, former secretary of homeland security

- Wadi Gaitan, prominent Latino official and chief spokesman for the Republican party in Florida

Republicans voting for Hillary Clinton
- Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state
- Hank Paulson, former treasury secretary
- Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser
- Richard Hanna, New York congressman
- Meg Whitman, Republican finance official
- Adam Kinzinger, Illinois congressman
- Sally Bradshaw, GOP strategist
- Maria Comella, Chris Christie staffer
- Some of the 50 Republican national security experts above
- Lezlee Westine, former aide to President George W Bush
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Barack Obama
- Joe Biden
- Any WV Democrat
- Hillary Clinton

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Still, I've stopped calling it the Trump campaign. Republicans have spoken: Trump is their choice to lead the country, the issue settled even before it got to the convention. Trump got 70% of the delegate votes, compared to less than 20% for his nearest competitor.

It's the Republican campaign.

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Republicans not voting for Donald Trump
- Maine Senator Susan Collins (adjacent NH is a swing state)

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Update:

Source: BBC: Republican security experts rail against Trump in open letter

Republicans not voting for Donald Trump
- 50 Republican national security experts ...

Former McCain adviser: Trump is 'much more reckless than Sarah Palin — and that's quite a standard'

Ouch.

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Former McCain adviser: Trump is 'much more reckless than Sarah Palin — and that's quite a standard'

Ouch.

First the Republican Party declared Dubya to be White House material. Then Sarah Palin. Now Trump, with Ted Cruz a distant second.

Follow that trend line. Who will it be in 2020? Ammon Bundy? Sherriff Arpaio? A rabid skunk? Seth Milner?

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... Seth Milner?

C'mon, rstrong, even the GOP has limits.

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Former McCain adviser: Trump is 'much more reckless than Sarah Palin — and that's quite a standard'

Ouch.

First the Republican Party declared Dubya to be White House material. Then Sarah Palin. Now Trump, with Ted Cruz a distant second.

Follow that trend line. Who will it be in 2020? Ammon Bundy? Sherriff Arpaio? A rabid skunk? Seth Milner?

I thought thumper should have picked Kim Kardashian for vp. Maybe she'll run in 2020.