So this A.M. "insanity" and "intervention" are being used discussing a nominee for Prez/psstDRUMPF

[UTUSN]

(I had to be pedestrian in naming him just in case anybody chose to be confused.)


Well, if they succeed in ditching him "by early September," I wish this would set off a total re-do of the election apparatus: Six months max for a total campaign; four or five regional primaries, NO caucuses, proportional outcomes NOT winner-takes-all; no Citizens United.

I can dream.

[Loki Liesmith]

1. They can't ditch him

Only he can quit.

[KittyWampus]

3. There is another option which I personally don't have the guts to type...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. That's what they say, but surely there's some kind of provision if nominee

gets sick or dies before general election. Someone hypothesized that Pence would just move up to the nominee slot.

[northoftheborder]

2. It's too late.

They should have ditched him at the convention.

[Initech]

4. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

[gratuitous]

5. The Republican are stuck

They've shit their own bed, and they can just lie in it. I'm also highly disinclined to listen to any post-election "reset" talk. You don't get to do what the Republicans have done to the United States for the past 50 years and then say, "Okay, here's $20 that says let's forget all that unpleasantness." Penance must be done.

[gwheezie]

6. They might be able to do a 72 hour hold

He has said some things that would warrant getting him off the street.

[Gabi Hayes]

8. yes! do a Frances Farmer on him

ever see that movie?

they could turn it into a madcap comedy

[librechik]

9. I suggested this earlier. It would give Priebus a great excuse

if they can get the family to go along.

[Gabi Hayes]

11. I wonder if he has blue pee pee

speaking of movies.....

love this stuff:

http://oneminutehistory.blogspot.com/2011/10/madness-of-king-george-misunderstood.html

really interesting read

[librechik]

12. right--I often think about George III and his madness--couldn't keep his mouth shut

and had zero social filters. Sounds like my ex, lol.

[Gabi Hayes]

13. I just added a link to my post above, dealing with his many physical infirmities, including

the porphyria

as Spock will say someday.....

FASSScinating!

[napkinz]

7. ...

[PatSeg]

10. An intervention on someone like Trump

wouldn't work. I think it could possibly make him worse. I think they are just going to have to accept this as a loss and put as much distance between themselves and the nominee.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Obviously. And obviously he can't control himself. Surely they tried

at the end of the primary. If he had switched to half-way normal at that point - he might have had a better shot for sure.

[PatSeg]

16. Yes, I'm sure they tried

but Trump never listens to anyone unless they are lavishing him with praise and adoration.

The republican party has created this mess. Years of catering to the extreme and ignorant has produced a candidate like Trump. The party even gave into the crazy Tea Party candidates, who should have been contained and marginalized from the very beginning. It is the very republican trait that they want to win at any cost. Now the bill has come due.