Many Top Republicans are not going to the convention. Afraid of being tarred by association. CNN

[applegrove]

[Warpy]

1. They're afraid of being caught in the many brawls

there will undoubtedly be on the convention floor.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. I told my husband to buy extra popcorn it is going to be a mess.

Normally we watch Bullwinkle cartoons during the Republican convention, but this year I'd rather watch them explode than Rocky or the Roadrunner .

[COLGATE4]

2. For any of them who value whatever reputation they

may have it's a smart move. No matter who they wind up picking it's set to be a walloping of biblical proportions for the Rethugs, and the smart ones don't want to wind up in the circular firing squad that's sure to follow.

[global1]

4. Not Only Are Top Repubs Embarrassed - But Many Rank & File Repubs Are Ashamed To Say....

or admit that they are a Repub. They are lying low. Some are changing their official affiliation to Independent. Some are even coming over to the Dems.

Bottom line - many think it is not cool to be a Repub anymore as the Party has deteriorated into chaos as it has pissed off most every interest group on the planet.

Those that are clinging to the Party are so far out there that they aren't even recognizable as Repubs.

Basically - we are having a ringside seat to the destruction of the Repub Party.

They thought that they would re-invent themselves after losing to Pres. Obama - but they've dug themselves a deeper hole.

This has even gravitated over to the Dem Party as well - because the Dem Party has been pulled further and further to the Right and has been corrupted by the 1%'ers, money in politics (aka Citizens United) and greed. Establishment politics are being called in question and the 99%'ers are fed up.

We're coming to a crossroads in 2016 and the future of our Country is at risk.

I'm personally at the end of my career and the downside of my life - but I worry for our children and their children's future.

I'm thinking that is why so many millennials have gotten involved in politics as of late and I'm hoping that they are going to be the saviors of our Country. Too much at risk. Time is running out. We need to act fast and soon or we'll go the way of empires before us.

[malaise]

5. Great News

They allowed it so that they could publicly diss the first African-American President.

Fuck them every which way.



Now give me my chocolates and popcorn!!