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Abraham wrote:talltex,

So you're saying you'll vote for Trump?

Hip hip Hooray!

Yes, I will vote for Trump, with the hope that as a businessman, he is smart enough to realize that he is not qualified to do everything, and will surround himself with competent staff and department heads in defense, state, health, etc...to make it all work. I hope the Republican party hierarchy doesn't instruct the Senate and House to shut him down and block anything they don't agree with. If they do that, nothing will change for the better and it will only get worse, and they will ensure that the democratic party will be in total control in the future.

ScottDLS wrote:

The ONLY reason to vote for Trump is to beat Hillary. We're stuck with a big government, Democrat supporting, blow hard, buffoon as the Republican nominee. This crud sandwich was forced on us by a plurality of primary voters and by a compliant media who knew he was the one "Republican" that could probably lose to Hillary.

I have to disagree ...only with the last part of the statement. The media, along with the rest of the country, have no reason to believe that any Republican candidate can beat Hillary. In the last election, a middle of the road, well respected and qualified Mitt Romney couldn't get 48% of the vote against Barack Hussein Obama, who at that time had the lowest Presidential approval rating in history. I didn't see anyone on the vast stage of Republican candidates during the primaries that I was sure could have beat her....and that is sad. As long as the Republican party continues to alienate "single issue voters" they cannot win a national election. it is that 4 to 7% of the voters who absolutely will not vote for a candidate who does not support their viewpoint on one issue that have been costing them elections. Romney was correct in his unfortunate statement that no matter what they do, there are 47% of the voters that would vote for Obama no matter what the Republicans did. The Republican party needs to stick to governmental issues on their platform and stay silent on issues of morality, and their candidates need to remain silent on their personal beliefs concerning societal moral issues such as abortion and same sex marriage. Those issues have been decided already by the SCOTUS. The candidates should answer questions by stating "my personal beliefs about that issue are just that, my personal beliefs. The law of the land is clear and as President I am duty bound to abide by those rulings, whatever they may be, now or in the future." That small percentage who are not pledged to either party can decide the election over one issue. There are many in that group that are fiscally conservative but socially more liberal who simply will not support a candidate they think will support repeal one of those rulings.