Ain't gonna happen. Have you read the Republican Party Platform?

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At least he confessed it which is a start.

who was to blame for getting us into war in the Middle East!

and there's some question as to whether he believes in democracy:

Peter Thiel, Radical Libertarian Futurist, Thinks Donald Trump Can Rebuild America
http://reason.com/blog/2016/07/21/peter-thiel-radical-libertarian-futurist

Peter, WTF are you doing over on that side?

right to vote he can't join the Democrats. Especially with a woman on the ticket.

This foolishness is similar to the interview with the younger Falwell today. First, he says all the things he "believes in." You know, the same Elmer Gantry shit they all peddle while they squirrel away millions of dollars they steal from pensioners. Then, the interviewer asks him how he squares his support for Trump with the fact that Trump has already stated his position is the opposite of most of his drivel. His comeback was that, even though he disagrees, he knows "Donald" has a "good heart" and he supports him.

Good luck with that let us know how it works out for you.

economically conservative, near authoritarian with a Libertarian streak. As he wrote in 2009.“Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” Many of his views are - at best- eccentric.

A floating island for richies to escape all taxes and government. Crazy guy.

outing him.

He would financially benefit him just as much if there is a Democratic administration. I remember reading a story about how over time, the market goes up more when there is a Democratic president.

Peace

nope

Not because I like anything about Thiel or the GOP, but because Thiel's statements (and later Trump's own) in favor of being gay certainly confused the shit out of idiot conservatives in the exact same way that W. Bush's smear of John McCain in 1999/2000 guaranteed that McCain couldn't win in 2008.

Karl Rove and the Republican Party specifically singled out gay people as a demographic that Republicans could safely hate, and got close enough to steal it in '04 by planting anti-gay-marriage proposals on the ballots of at least six important states.

Not all of those moron voters are dead, twelve years later. But the leader they're supposed to trust now just completely betrayed them on an issue that was more important to them than Bush crashing the economy, lying to start a war and then turning it into a debacle, $4 a gallon gasoline, letting the 9/11 attacks happen, and ratting out a CIA officer.

Now they'll do to Trump exactly what they did for McCain in '08: split their votes or just stay home. If one out of ten Republicans bow out entirely, and we can ensure average turnout, we bag the House, the Senate, the White House, and the Supreme Court.

It astonishes me to think that a person who has staked his entire political career on bigotry, racism, hatred, and fear would willingly toss away the one divisive issue that could have kept them in this. It's not going to win him a single vote, but it might lose some, because rednecks don't forgive, and gay people won't forget.

Thank you, Donald Trump!

down to the level of the Chinese or Vietnamese worker which explains why our 2.3% economic growth isn't at China's 6%.

"Fake culture wars-" That kind of says a lot about him.

Enjoy the miserable company you keep you self-hating sell out. They hate you even more today than they did yesterday.

He agreed and said yep, we need to get past these petty issues and move on to bigger things-

The blonde haired male and female douchebags were sitting there with stupid looks on their faces and didn't know how to respond. Like, Fucker, come on, that is our RED MEAT we have to give our low IQ watchers! What would we talk about

The debate about bathrooms is because bigots you praised last night are discriminating against people...take you worthless Ayn rand worldview and stick it up your worthless ass.

i am from cleaveland too

You don't speak for me as a gay American. Take your authoritarian kissassery and shove it. And next time drink some water before you step up to a podium. You look too much like the thirsty lizard that you are.

Eventually. Especially with Trump who only really cares about what money tells him.

Here in Canada, the rightwing self-identified born again Christian PM Harper, when he became PM dropped his obsession with gay marriage, and even said nothing when our courts declared gay marriage as a right under our constitution. And the same went for abortion access under our public medical insurance.

He realized that even though he himself had strong religious views against those issues, money and power were more important. Business was more important. As more incidents like the NBA withdrawing from NC hosting the All Star game, eventually it will sink in.

I thought that was progress. I never would have bet on that yesterday. I get that the platform sucks. And there are plenty of anti-lgbt republicans. But the republicans who are ok with this should be supported (with cheers, not votes). That's how platforms and opposition will improve over time - not by having the supporters say "it's not worth it" when they're hated by every side.

I don't care if the whole thing is a political stunt. Or Thiel has some disgusting motive. Or if the national discussion doesn't change. How many R voters saw this who have no explanation for being anti-lgbt other than being an R? I'd bet (hope) more than a few saw this and rethought their opinions of co-workers and neighbors and strangers who they disliked for reasons even they didn't understand (e.g. R is the reason).