Why I Cannot Support Donald Trump - I like this a good deal from Collins. Think we're at seven senators now not supporting the party's nominee, which is really effing weird, but so is the nominee. Flake, Cruz and Heller are still persuadable non-endorsers, with Sasse, Graham, Kirk, and now Collins firm noes. Would guess the number is more likely to end up over 7 than under 7.

Edit: That's real dumb. Was going off a pic of #NeverTrump people. Do not know how Flake/Cruz count and Lee, Toomey, Murkowski, and Gardner don't. So 11 noes from the 54.

I can't imagine that Flake or Cruz will ever endorse Trump.

Cruz would certainly endorse Trump if Trump was winning because he's Ted Cruz. Flake seems unlikely. Murkowski has been very quiet. Gardner is a good egg and isn't up for four years, so wouldn't be surprised if he just tries to duck it.

Don't think Toomey can really keep this non-endorsement thing up much longer. If you're up for re-election, the most important issue to voters is the presidential race. You owe it to your constituents whom you are looking to serve to tell them your stance on the biggest issue of the cycle. I say this as someone with a great deal of affection for Toomey. I don't think I'd feel any less warmly toward him if he says "support the nominee because of SCOTUS" or whatever vs. his current neutrality. I would feel more warmly toward him if he wrote the same piece Collins did. I would feel less warmly toward him if he tried to hug Trump. My guess is he can't bring himself to endorse, but knows he cannot come out against him and maintain any hope of re-election, so paralysis is the result. Don't think paralysis is gonna be better in the long run than two middle fingers up to Trump, but I've been wrong a lot more than I've been right recently.

jerseyhoya wrote:Murkowski has been very quiet.

Joanie Ernst auditioned for the position of distaff Pence and was treated like the girl everyone knows is easy. Why would Murkowski be any more eager to date the guy everyone knows has the clap?

Reminds me of 2010 when none of the Democrats would mention Obama's name.

swishnicholson wrote:Reminds me of 2010 when none of the Democrats would mention Obama's name.

That was stupid.

The Dude wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:Schilling is running for POTUS in 2024

if trump wins. 2020 if clinton wins

wants to destroy what's left of the GOP

Prior bankruptcies is becoming a qualification for the nominee of the party of job creators.

Roger Ailes used part of FOX News' budget to spy on competitors and his own employees and compile dirt on them to blackmail them.


Andrea Tantaros came out saying he harassed her and she was taken off the air when she lodged her complaints behind the scene.

JFLNYC wrote:Prior bankruptcies is becoming a qualification for the nominee of the party of job creators.

Schilling is also a welfare queen, having wasted $75 million dollars of Rhode Island's money to make one video game before going bankrupt. The studio was called 38 Studios, but there was a subsidiary called Big Huge Games. He's also a big liar:

The Securities and Exchange Commission became involved in the matter in March 2016 charging both the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. as well as Wells Fargo with fraud, specifically noting that the two companies were aware that the $50 million loan was not enough for 38 Studios to finish work on Project Copernicus but failed to notify bond investors of the risk.

A man after The Donald's heart.

pacino wrote:Roger Ailes used part of FOX News' budget to spy on competitors and his own employees and compile dirt on them to blackmail them.


Andrea Tantaros came out saying he harassed her and she was taken off the air when she lodged her complaints behind the scene.

to be fair, andrea tantaros, when on air openly harasses and mocks people who don't agree with her crazy takes

pacino wrote:Roger Ailes used part of FOX News' budget to spy on competitors and his own employees and compile dirt on them to blackmail them.


Andrea Tantaros came out saying he harassed her and she was taken off the air when she lodged her complaints behind the scene.

Fox claims they were just annoyed she hadn't let them vet her book, and were embarrassed by the cover. They have such delicate sensibilities.

CalvinBall wrote:

pacino wrote:Roger Ailes used part of FOX News' budget to spy on competitors and his own employees and compile dirt on them to blackmail them.


Andrea Tantaros came out saying he harassed her and she was taken off the air when she lodged her complaints behind the scene.

to be fair, andrea tantaros, when on air openly harasses and mocks people who don't agree with her crazy takes

that usually gets you a promotion on FOX News, not taken off the air

Personally, I am a huge fan of that book cover and may buy it just for that.

Orlando shooter's father attends Hillary Clinton rally in Kissimmee

What

PA (!!)

Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton Susquehanna Clinton 47, Trump 37 Clinton +10
Pennsylvania: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein Susquehanna Clinton 46, Trump 37, Johnson 7, Stein 3 Clinton +9
Pennsylvania Senate - Toomey vs. McGinty Susquehanna McGinty 42, Toomey 40 McGinty +2

National (!!!)

General Election: Trump vs. Clinton NBC News/SM Clinton 51, Trump 41 Clinton +10
General Election: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein NBC News/SM Clinton 44, Trump 38, Johnson 10, Stein 4 Clinton +6

If anyone wants to make some kind of bet that Trump does not exit at some point I am game for all offers.

Rubio would have won against Hillary. The raging lunatic even causing doubt shows what kind of people we have running for the leadership of the freeworld.

Doll Is Mine wrote:How about the 50 GOP national security guys coming out and saying they will not be voting for Trump. Yikes.

I don't like a bunch of them but there's a bunch of very serious, sober people in that list. Tom Ridge was one of them.

jerseyhoya wrote:Orlando shooter's father attends Hillary Clinton rally in Kissimmee

What

you'd think he'd be hiding out in the basement in his home since he's part of the reason his son hated himself so much and murdered all those people. The quotes he gave sound like he is really trying to forget that part. it's like he's personally trying to create a conspiracy that Clinton supports him.

over on flakebook the trumpies are just eating up links that prove that the polling is fiction just intended to dissuade potential trump voters