re: #342 Shiplord Kirel

The view from down under (ABC-Australia)

Donald Trump faces battle to win presidency after drama-plagued Republican National Convention

The unfortunate part is that he will still have party unity. In the end, it doesn’t matter how bitter the words and how much internal backstabbing there is. Because Republicans always vote, and they always vote for the Republican candidate.

None of them will vote Hillary. None of them will miss a chance to vote against Hillary. Not one. Can you imagine, for even a second, any of these random talking head wingnuts passing up that chance? Can you imagine Ben Shapiro, or Erick Erickson, or Ted Cruz, or any of your wingnut friends or relatives, doing anything other than voting against Hillary? They will find a reason, they will justify a Trump vote any way they can, because the underlying principle of the American Conservative is hate. And they have been conditioned for a generation to hate Hillary Clinton, hate, hate, hate.

There is no gaffe, no crime, no foulness that Trump can commit that will turn them from this hate. Hate is the very essence of their being, reinforced a thousand times a day with every click of their mouse and every glance at a TV or word on the radio.

As sad as it makes me, I unfortunately think that Trump’s current poll numbers represent his floor. There will be no mass defection of Republicans. It is simply unthinkable.