I agree with janbb in the first post of the thread. The Republicans would like to insert a little sanity into the campaign. I think they are in shock. If the Party is split in two, with the Conservatives center right and the Rednecks on a dimensional plane of their own, the Democrats—if they themselves can remain united—could win the next few presidential elections. This is what scares the Party, I think. There is an uncontrollable madman usurper at the helm backed by popular demand and the Party leaders are impotent to stop him. This has to be the most interesting presidential election in American history. I can’t think of anything weirder in the past. I just hope it doesn’t end in tragedy for the nation. But I, um, have faith that our checks and balances will compensate for our poor selection process.
We and the World have survived Grant (great general, notoriously alcoholic political dumbass), Harding (dumbass, empty-headed prettyboy), Buchanan (politically astute devious sonuvabitch), Hoover (Corporate Whore) and Bush II (Corporate Whore, dumbass with no character to boot). In that respect, the system has worked pretty good and kept the exceptionally looser cannons and numbskulls in check when they go too far.
We can get through a Trump presidency, if necessary. Well, you guys can. I’ll be down here in the islands, behind you all the way.