the gop/AKA/trumphans, though.

most on the reprehensible right will say he was never a ‘real’ Republican to begin with.

And be a Democrat to retake both the House and the Senate, and Senators should think about switching party now to oust McConnell now.

I hope Schmidt takes a huge number of Trump voters with him.

was finally too much for Schmidt to deal with. We need to bring that feeling of embarassment to all Repugs now. We need to hang this inhumanity handle on everyone that is affiliated with the Repug Party. Do they really want to be tagged with this? Can they look their children, their parents, their friends, their extended family, their colleagues in the face and not be embarassed for what they stand for? Can they look in the mirror and feel good about themselves for being responsible for voting these bullies and cowards into office?

29 years and nine months ago I registered to vote and became a member of The Republican Party which was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery and stand for the dignity of human life. Today I renounce my membership in the Republican Party. It is fully the party of Trump.

It is corrupt, indecent and immoral. With the exception of a few Governors like Baker, Hogan and Kasich it is filled with feckless cowards who disgrace and dishonor the legacies of the party’s greatest leaders. This child separation policy is connected to the worst abuses of Humanity in our history. It is connected by the same evil that separated families during slavery and dislocated tribes and broke up Native American families. It is immoral and must be repudiated.

Our country is in trouble. Our politics are badly broken. The first step to a Season of renewal in our land is the absolute and utter repudiation of Trump and his vile enablers in the 2018 election by electing Democratic majorities. I do not say this as an advocate of a progressive agenda. I say it as someone who retains belief in DEMOCRACY and decency.

On Ronald Reagan’s grave are these words. “ I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.” He would be ashamed of McConnell and Ryan and all the rest while this corrupt government

Establishes internment camps for babies. Everyone of these complicit leaders will carry this shame through history. There legacies will be ones of well earned ignominy. They have disgraced their country and brought dishonor to the Party of Lincoln.

I have spent much of my life working in GOP politics. I have always believed that both parties were two of the most important institutions to the advancement of human freedom and dignity in the history of the world. Today the GOP has become a danger to our democracy and values.

This Independent voter will be aligned with the only party left in America that stands for what is right and decent and remains fidelitous to our Republic, objective truth, the rule of law and our Allies. That party is the Democratic Party.


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He can join with the reagan democrats and all will be right with the world.

do not make or believe statements like this: "It is connected by the same evil that separated families during slavery and dislocated tribes and broke up Native American families."

I emphasize the part about Native Americans only because a denunciation of literal slavery is standard fare for anyone who does not want to be seen as a full blown racist. Very few typical "Reagan Democrats" feel any need to address (let alone be aware of) how the United States ripped apart Native American families. Steve is an honorable man whose policy proscriptions for America IMO have often been misguided, but I do not question his respect for what truly is most great about the American experiment in democracy.

Which should have been clear from my post.

Also, take a look at Reagan's record on Native Americans.

Maybe Schmidt is a "good man" but that's not enough.

I hope this is the first of many, many repudiations of the party of tRump.

"The first step to a Season of renewal in our land is the absolute and utter repudiation of Trump and his vile enablers in the 2018 election by electing Democratic majorities..."

"This Independent voter will be aligned with the only party left in America that stands for what is right and decent and remains fidelitous to our Republic, objective truth, the rule of law and our Allies. That party is the Democratic Party."

..side.

Enjoy your stay.

(McGovern in '72), and Reagan in '84 and HW in '88 (Clinton in '96). President Obama really made it clear to me after eight miserable years of W and the neo-cons who really made me regret my Reagan vote, that the GOP was morally bankrupt and weren't about issues as much as they were about featherbedding.

he's is doing the right thing, the republican party is no more but a cult.

Does anyone think a third party might emerge out of this?

go through a period of self examination find a winning demographic and market to it. The system is rigged for two parties right down to to the polling stations. As long as its a winner take all election a third party will never stand a chance nationally.

third parties are not conducive to the two party system.

The Republicans can and should go the way of the Federalists and the Whigs. After some reshuffling, the Democrats will fission into "Third Way" and "Progressive" factions, and American politics can return to a contest between two sets of grownups who disagree about issues rather than a constant struggle by the grownups to control the spoiled willful toddlers.

of the parties as mid 19th century history. My third great grandfather was the last Whig/Know Nothing Party Governor of Kentucky, also one of the first victims of Lincoln's suspension of Habeas Corpus. He was pro-slavery, anti-session. And was imprisoned for a year without any due process.

I've become of a mind that we need a more Parliamentary type of system where the elections are runoffs if no candidate has an absolute majority. Third parties need to be more than spoilers in national elections.

Ana Navarro. Save yourself, Ana!!!

and what about Richard Painter? Is he running as a Republican in Minn.?

He needs to call them out on their other bad policies.
Beginning with tax cuts generate more revenue.
The list is so exhausting.

the guy that brought us sarah failin leaves the gop because it's too crazy now? WTF? by him pushing for that fucked up caribu barbie, it ushered in the very bullshit we are experiencing now!

He has taken responsibility and has admitted he was stupid and failed the country by failing to properly vet Palin.

that's like saying, "I didn't build the bomb, only the explosive part".

he was part and parcel of this mess.

Also, it feels better not to hold a grudge.

and he's complicit.

it's not about revenge, it's about what is right.

redemption is fine when it is something someone can be redeemed for, but he has been part of the crew that has lead this nation down this road. there is no redemption for that.

unforgiveness sometime when it matters to you -- and you'll remember this. Such an attitude does NO ONE any good, especially you, whether you want to recognize that or not.

sounds if you have a bit of revenge bubbling below the surface yourself. the CAPS gave you away.

perhaps you should aim it at the very people who are screwing us over each and every day.

thank you for your holier than thou response.

you will now be blocked.

Ta!

I use caps for emphasis. I'm an emphatic person. One could think of it as lazy italics. I don't much care what you or anyone else think of them.

he's not gonna help us..

he ushered in Trump with the Palin pick in 2008.. so, he has a lot of repentance to get into ANY good graces - is he pushing single payer?? Is he advocating to repeal Citizens United decision??

so let's not scoff at that. We need every vote we can get to take back at least the House and ultimately the WH.

he has a lot to make up for..