The always perspicacious Daniel Greenfield offers a piece which questions the bona fides of such "Republicans" as Richard Hanna (NY), Sally Bradshaw (the Jeb Bush adviser), and Meg Whitman.

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Fake Republicans have always been easy to spot. Like Whitman, they speak in generalities about our values, but when it comes to the details they lean to the left. They have no conservative program. Their only linkage to the GOP is a weak attachment to fiscal conservatism. But this fiscal conservatism, shared by fake Republicans like Michael Bloomberg and Meg Whitman does not trump their left-wing positions on social issues. The only kind of Republicanism that they are comfortable with is one that adopts the positions of the left on everything except the economy. And that is a doomed proposition.

“The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country,” Thomas Paine wrote. The GOP had more than its share of sunshine patriots and summer candidates who are eager to play Republican when it’s convenient for them, but who have no commitment to a conservative cause. Their defections are not a loss, but a benefit.

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The only kind of Republicanism that they are comfortable with is one that adopts the positions of the left on everything except the economy.

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I don't even give them that. After all, Congressional republicans gave the boy emperor and his regime everything they wanted (and more) on the latest budget.

History may show that Trump's greatest contribution is that he finally exposed the sham that is the establishment republican party.

Wouldn't it be nice if the gop finally went the way of the Whigs and we might then have a real opposition SECOND party?

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Hillary can have Whitman, Bradshaw and Hanna. Conservatives will take the GOP."

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I may be picking at nits, but I hope that in the process we come up with a new name for the new party. It needs to be a clean break.
The republican (gop/whatever) brand has been damaged since the days of FDR (due in a large part to the inability - or worse, unwillingness - of gop'ers to fight back against the smears and lies).

I believe the brand is damaged beyond repair.

What we have is - in the minds(?) of too many LIVs is this: republicans = evil, hate filled, bigoted, homophobic yada yada yada.

So how about the "Freedom & Liberty" Party?

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Hillary can have Whitman, Bradshaw and Hanna. Conservatives will take the GOP."

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I may be picking at nits, but I hope that in the process we come up with a new name for the new party. It needs to be a clean break.
The republican (gop/whatever) brand has been damaged since the days of FDR (due in a large part to the inability - or worse, unwillingness - of gop'ers to fight back against the smears and lies).

I believe the brand is damaged beyond repair.

What we have is - in the minds(?) of too many LIVs is this: republicans = evil, hate filled, bigoted, homophobic yada yada yada.

So how about the "Freedom & Liberty" Party?

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Conservative Union?

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History may show that Trump's greatest contribution is that he finally exposed the sham that is the establishment republican party.

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The always perspicacious Daniel Greenfield offers a piece which questions the bona fides of such "Republicans" as Richard Hanna (NY), Sally Bradshaw (the Jeb Bush adviser), and Meg Whitman.

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Fake Republicans have always been easy to spot. Like Whitman, they speak in generalities about our values, but when it comes to the details they lean to the left. They have no conservative program. Their only linkage to the GOP is a weak attachment to fiscal conservatism. But this fiscal conservatism, shared by fake Republicans like Michael Bloomberg and Meg Whitman does not trump their left-wing positions on social issues. The only kind of Republicanism that they are comfortable with is one that adopts the positions of the left on everything except the economy. And that is a doomed proposition.

“The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country,” Thomas Paine wrote. The GOP had more than its share of sunshine patriots and summer candidates who are eager to play Republican when it’s convenient for them, but who have no commitment to a conservative cause. Their defections are not a loss, but a benefit.

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They are not fake Republicans just Republicans. They are the right wing of the UNIPARTY and the DEMS & LIBS are the left wing. They both share a common ideology of Big Gov't, Open Boarders, Global economy and well Terrorism are just the boys blowing off some steam and they personally do not have to deal with it, America Last. The American Conservative are just the opposite in ideology: Small Gov't, Main Street Economy, Closed borders and make America Safe, America First. There is a major difference between the Republicans and Amercian Conservatives: TRUMP, Sessions,Dave Bradt, 'etc". JMO

Welcome Longiron. Good to "see" you posting!

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A former Republican governor of Michigan is breaking with his party to endorse Hillary Clinton, as both she and Donald Trump head there this week to lay out their economic plans.

Former Gov. William Milliken, who served from 1969 to 1983, cited the need for "tolerance, civility and equality" in his decision.

"We face a critically important choice in this year's presidential election that will define whether we maintain our commitment to those ideals or embark on a path that has doomed other governments and nations throughout history," Milliken said in a statement Monday backing the Democratic nominee.

"I am saddened and dismayed that the Republican Party this year has nominated a candidate who has repeatedly demonstrated that he does not embrace those ideals. Because I feel so strongly about our nation's future, I will be joining the growing list of former and present government officials in casting my vote for Hillary Clinton for president in 2016."

Milliken's endorsement was first reported by the Detroit Free Press.

Milliken, 94, endorsed John McCain for president in 2008 and Rick Snyder for governor two years later. But he has also backed a number of Democrats, including John Kerry for president in 2004 and Gov. Jennifer Granholm for re-election in 2006

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One of Longiron's "Republicans"? How can anyone claiming to be a Republican possibly vote for Hilliary? Sit out the election, yes, but vote for Hilliary?

Backed McCain, Kerry. As the HILLARY camp would say "Nothing here". At 94 surprised he knows who's running?? No offense to anyone 94 or better.