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Reader comment on item: Why I Just Quit the Republican Party
Submitted by dan e (United States), Jul 22, 2016 at 15:09
As a leftist I'm just as disappointed with Hillary. And since Trump looks to me like a clone of Benito Mussolini, I too, could vote for Gary Johnson. This might be the election where a third party becomes viable...
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| 1 | Well what do the Democrats have to offer us? They all speak with forked tongues.. Socialism [509 words] | Anne- USA | Jul 30, 2019 14:52 | 252096 | |
| 1 | Would Trump be telling us: Islam is the religion of peace? [344 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | dhimmi no more | Aug 27, 2017 11:46 | 240612 | |
| Trump description [43 words] | Kamath | Oct 21, 2016 12:51 | 233509 | ||
 Trump Entourage V Clinton II Masses [31 words] | M Tovey | Oct 24, 2016 11:25 | 233509 | ||
| Hillary or Trump: Lesser of two evils. [560 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Brutus Balan | Oct 8, 2016 20:59 | 233226 | ||
| It is a comment by Robert A J Gagnon [58 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 12, 2016 19:23 | 233226 | ||
| 1 | Why a Predeliction of current American Politics Bodes Ill for America's Tragedy [327 words] | M Tovey | Oct 20, 2016 16:17 | 233226 | |
| "What have you got to lose?" [72 words] | Brutus Balan | Oct 22, 2016 02:09 | 233226 | ||
| 3 | Next two weeks in the campaign might be very productive and pleasant [334 words] | Prashant | Oct 23, 2016 01:34 | 233226 | |
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| However... [87 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Kepha Hor | Oct 3, 2016 21:27 | 233146 | ||
| Please Rethink [222 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alana Ronald | Sep 28, 2016 10:11 | 233057 | ||
| Please reconsider [222 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alana Ronald | Sep 28, 2016 10:07 | 233054 | ||
| Margaret will not help. Thinking is a matter of brains, not pictures. [16 words] | Joe | Sep 7, 2016 01:46 | 232374 | ||
| Your timing is horrible [72 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | ziggrl | Aug 28, 2016 14:54 | 231890 | ||
| Lessons for the future [109 words] | PezDispenser | Aug 20, 2016 15:34 | 231537 | ||
| Constitution Party [18 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mike Patton | Aug 20, 2016 15:01 | 231536 | ||
| 1 | agree and disagree [39 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Vincent Scopa | Aug 15, 2016 12:10 | 231401 | |
| Amen. [29 words] | Peter Ahern | Aug 14, 2016 11:28 | 231378 | ||
| hobson's choice is a bitter one [92 words] | walter R | Aug 10, 2016 13:55 | 231278 | ||
| Bravo, Daniel Pipes! [58 words] | T. S | Aug 10, 2016 13:53 | 231277 | ||
| You are dead wrong [42 words] | Floyd Green | Aug 3, 2016 15:17 | 231173 | ||
| 2 | A democratic win will do irreparable harm to Israel and the world [127 words] | Prashant | Aug 6, 2016 23:29 | 231173 | |
| 3 | Leaving the Republican Party [205 words] | Ilbert Phillips | Aug 1, 2016 12:16 | 231127 | |
| 5 | The Elite Oligarchy, and the New World Order [424 words] | MIchael S | Aug 6, 2016 00:10 | 231127 | |
| If Timing is Everything -Then Now is the Hour of Salvation from the New World Order [175 words] | M Tovey | Aug 10, 2016 18:45 | 231127 | ||
| No burials in the Millennium [261 words] | Michael S | Aug 15, 2016 03:11 | 231127 | ||
| Ezekiel on the Move..... [130 words] | M Tovey | Aug 18, 2016 10:45 | 231127 | ||
| Election of the Beast [648 words] | Michael S | Aug 20, 2016 03:04 | 231127 | ||
| 1 | Could not agree more [27 words] | Theofilo | Aug 24, 2016 16:42 | 231127 | |
| The Poor [550 words] | Michael S | Aug 26, 2016 06:19 | 231127 | ||
| Why you quit the GOP [215 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Michail Kalman | Aug 1, 2016 02:30 | 231115 | ||
| Americans are Brainwashed [50 words] | DENNIS DURKOP | Jul 31, 2016 02:36 | 231080 | ||
| No Thanks [38 words] | LAMJr. | Aug 7, 2016 18:04 | 231080 | ||
| If a More Credible Republican Candidate Were Available... [59 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 17:19 | 231053 | ||
| Sometimes Compromise is the Prudent Course [133 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 31, 2016 14:59 | 231053 | ||
| 1 | Now is Time for a Unified GOP, Starting With you [956 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 17:13 | 231052 | |
| 2 | Response to Trump being chosen [55 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | A. Chequer | Jul 27, 2016 18:27 | 230980 | |
| 2 | Irrational fears? [219 words] | Stein | Jul 27, 2016 17:21 | 230978 | |
| 1 | Our is not time for classical conservatism. [86 words] | Phil Mond | Jul 27, 2016 05:35 | 230964 | |
| Trump or the Clintons [101 words] | antoni | Jul 26, 2016 18:55 | 230937 | ||
| Dropping out of the GOP [23 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | C.Cannon | Jul 26, 2016 13:31 | 230904 | ||
| Why I just quit the Republican Party. response to Daniel Pipes. [139 words] | Anne- USA | Jul 26, 2016 12:00 | 230898 | ||
| The Royal Family Trump [52 words] | Billy Dunbar | Jul 25, 2016 17:05 | 230864 | ||
| Go Rogue [65 words] | Tony M Robinson | Jul 25, 2016 08:27 | 230846 | ||
| A compliment. [24 words] | stevenl | Jul 24, 2016 18:49 | 230831 | ||
| Huge Respect and Admiration to Daniel Pipes [21 words] | Danusha Goska | Jul 24, 2016 17:07 | 230829 | ||
| easy to point out the negatives [84 words] | apikorus | Jul 27, 2016 16:06 | 230829 | ||
| 3 | How about... [91 words] | Anon | Jul 23, 2016 22:06 | 230795 | |
| 4 | Vanity, vanity, all is vanity [194 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jul 23, 2016 10:07 | 230779 | |
| Fascism [148 words] | Tom Campbell | Jul 24, 2016 11:00 | 230779 | ||
| 12 | No one should ignore Mr Trump [256 words] | Prashant | Jul 23, 2016 07:58 | 230775 | |
| Trumpian Views [68 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alan Glazman | Jul 23, 2016 06:01 | 230773 | ||
| 9 | Wrong to quite the Republican Party - Better to Overthrow the Elite [419 words] | Alan H Blair | Jul 23, 2016 03:12 | 230772 | |
| 3 | Mr Pipes Please Help Trump [119 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Jerry | Jul 23, 2016 01:08 | 230771 | |
| okay [3 words] | Mark Zabel | Jul 23, 2016 00:21 | 230767 | ||
| 2 | Free speech [565 words] | Joe | Jul 22, 2016 23:17 | 230766 | |
| 2 | Liberal Republicans [68 words] | Hal Briggs | Jul 22, 2016 23:04 | 230765 | |
| 5 | GOP wrongly supported Trump? [138 words] | Raul Marks | Jul 22, 2016 22:34 | 230764 | |
| AMEN! [23 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 17:35 | 230764 | ||
| Please rethink your position [90 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Kal Silverberg | Jul 22, 2016 18:54 | 230757 | ||
| 5 | Trump is a risk worth taking [189 words] | Prashant | Jul 23, 2016 16:24 | 230757 | |
| Well, Then, Mr. Pipes... [30 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 17:37 | 230757 | ||
| 1 | A little late ... [74 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | David Koral | Jul 22, 2016 17:36 | 230750 | |
| Couldn't agree more [42 words] | Tom Campbell | Jul 22, 2016 17:34 | 230749 | ||
| Donald Trump and the rise of populism [284 words] | ANN FARMER | Jul 22, 2016 17:16 | 230748 | ||
| 2 | Solution for the Trump Issue [43 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Liz Marsh | Jul 22, 2016 16:22 | 230743 | |
| 6 | Quiting the Republican Party [109 words] | Herb Yellin | Jul 22, 2016 16:00 | 230741 | |
| THANK YOU! Your Reasons 1, 2, 3, & 5 Are a Perfect Compilation of Reasons for Our Concern [38 words] | Allan Elverson | Jul 22, 2016 15:53 | 230737 | ||
 resemblance to Italian dictator [40 words] | dan e | Jul 22, 2016 15:09 | 230732 | ||
| Congratulations---Welcome to the Club [124 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mitchell Langbert | Jul 22, 2016 14:09 | 230727 | ||
| 1 | Quiting Might Have Been An Option - Had the Republican Party Not been Neutralized Already [262 words] | M Tovey | Jul 22, 2016 13:40 | 230723 | |
| 4 | Sorry to see you join the others ... [688 words] | BJ Trahan | Jul 22, 2016 13:27 | 230721 | |
| 4 | This is a mistake [178 words] | alberto | Jul 22, 2016 13:23 | 230720 | |
| 1 | Personal accountability [105 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Trevor Kidd | Jul 22, 2016 12:42 | 230714 | |
| Republican party [33 words] | marvin winick | Jul 22, 2016 12:16 | 230709 | ||
| 1 | Better to Keep Hillary Out [29 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 17:59 | 230709 | |
| 1 | Pipes is the only one I follow religiously but now.... [63 words] | Shoshanna | Jul 22, 2016 12:14 | 230708 | |
| 2 | Why I'm voting for Trump [115 words] | Ruth Siegman | Jul 22, 2016 11:39 | 230699 | |
| 1 | Trump [79 words] | John Bowman | Jul 22, 2016 11:31 | 230697 | |
| 1 | Anything Else?! [16 words] | Barry Black | Jul 22, 2016 11:28 | 230696 | |
| 1 | this is a hold your nose election [163 words] | Ghilemini | Jul 22, 2016 11:03 | 230695 | |
| 2 | Fanciful [103 words] | Keith McLennan | Jul 22, 2016 11:02 | 230694 | |
| 1 | Future [97 words] | Ramblequist | Jul 22, 2016 09:24 | 230680 | |
| 1 | Russia looms and Hillary croons [22 words] | judy | Jul 22, 2016 08:47 | 230674 | |
| 2 | You can't run a dictatorship from the bottom up...it is called a revolution. [172 words] | judy | Jul 22, 2016 08:42 | 230672 | |
| 2 | Trump LOVES America! & NOT vested interests. He WILL Unite us! [19 words] | BREE DANIELS! | Jul 22, 2016 08:12 | 230669 | |
| Political Ecumenism, Progressivism, and the Neo-Con Betrayal; Cultural Marxism in Full Bloom [538 words] | David Sauls | Jul 22, 2016 08:07 | 230667 | |
| For All That "Intellectual" Blather... [112 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 18:09 | 230667 | ||
| 1 | relationship with theTrump supporters [34 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | myth | Jul 22, 2016 07:18 | 230663 | |
| Response to "Why I Quit the Republican Party" [316 words] | Vickie Harrell | Aug 3, 2016 16:11 | 230663 | ||
| 2 | I'm staying.. [47 words] | Eydie Weichselbaum | Jul 22, 2016 06:14 | 230659 | |
| 2 | In the Land of the Blind [237 words] | Boris Gorbis | Jul 22, 2016 05:27 | 230657 | |
| Lockstep is the Way to Go [83 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 18:18 | 230657 | ||
| 2 | Pragmatism 'trumps' principle [117 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Joel Scott | Jul 22, 2016 03:51 | 230650 | |
| Revolutionary Era? [175 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | PezDispenser | Jul 22, 2016 03:50 | 230649 | ||
| 2 | Mr Pipes [53 words] | madrigal | Jul 22, 2016 03:10 | 230644 | |
| 5 | Mr [13 words] | Beno | Jul 22, 2016 02:21 | 230639 | |
| Bailing was good; now, reorientation [103 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Larry Behrens | Jul 22, 2016 02:13 | 230638 | ||
| Where to go from here [167 words] | David H Spence | Jul 22, 2016 01:37 | 230636 | ||
| 1 | The Conservative Mind: vs GOP: Republican party [149 words] | jules | Jul 21, 2016 23:38 | 230629 | |
| 2 | Conserve Conservatism. [130 words] | Alan M Bevin | Jul 21, 2016 22:56 | 230625 | |
| 1 | I don't think that word means what you think it means [126 words] | Trevor Kidd | Jul 22, 2016 12:52 | 230625 | |
| 7 | Disappointed [110 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Brutus Balan | Jul 21, 2016 21:31 | 230623 | |
| 1 | Trump's no Saint [43 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 21:03 | 230623 | |
| 1 | Succinct point in raw terms [99 words] | Brutus Balan | Jul 31, 2016 20:27 | 230623 | |
| 1 | Et tu, Brute...? [13 words] | LAMJr. | Aug 5, 2016 19:19 | 230623 | |
| Trump is no conservative [461 words] | Robert M Werdine | Jul 21, 2016 20:38 | 230622 | ||
| 3 | Still Going for Trump [42 words] | Jim Austin | Jul 21, 2016 20:22 | 230620 | |
| 11 | ad hominem over substance [517 words] | Keith | Jul 21, 2016 20:18 | 230619 | |
| 3 | Substituting a Cage Fighter for a Sissy [97 words] | waljay | Jul 21, 2016 20:04 | 230618 | |
| Agree [34 words] | Ephraim | Jul 21, 2016 19:53 | 230617 | ||
| 2 | Lest we forget [156 words] | Marla Hughes | Jul 21, 2016 19:39 | 230616 | |
| 10 | Unpersuasive Argument by Pipes [129 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Desmond Dwyer | Jul 21, 2016 19:25 | 230615 | |
| Trump [6 words] | Verne Dagenais | Jul 21, 2016 18:44 | 230613 | ||
| Congratulations on quitting what's left of the Republican Party [40 words] | John Robson | Jul 21, 2016 18:31 | 230611 | ||
| 7 | Your remarks about Mr. Trump [391 words] | Margaret L. | Jul 21, 2016 18:24 | 230610 | |
| a response to Your remarks about Mr. Trump by Margaret L [132 words] | Rick Ross | Jul 22, 2016 16:55 | 230610 | ||
| You don't get it [94 words] | Margaret L | Jul 24, 2016 10:33 | 230610 | ||
| 4 | Disappointed [60 words] | Roger Froikin | Jul 21, 2016 18:13 | 230609 | |
| Please [101 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Harriet Wallen | Jul 21, 2016 18:12 | 230608 | ||
| 7 | Letting Hillary Clinton win is a big mistake [581 words] | John Meyer | Jul 21, 2016 18:08 | 230607 | |
| 1 | Comment on Trump [56 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Michael jonak md | Jul 21, 2016 17:51 | 230606 | |
| 1 | I Quit Too! [43 words] | SAKOVKT | Jul 21, 2016 17:47 | 230605 | |
| Quitting the Party is over reacting [444 words] | Saul Stein | Jul 21, 2016 17:45 | 230604 | ||
| I'm With You [132 words] | Susan Hunsinger | Jul 21, 2016 17:27 | 230600 | ||
| 1 | Actions speak louder [24 words] | Joel Scott | Jul 22, 2016 04:20 | 230600 | |
| thank you so much [151 words] | Anne Julienne | Jul 21, 2016 17:18 | 230596 | ||
| 1 | Ozzie time zone [10 words] | Joel Scott | Jul 22, 2016 04:17 | 230596 | |
| 3 | Sour grapes [62 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | John Nicholson | Jul 21, 2016 17:03 | 230595 | |
| Too late to prefer anyone else, Mr. Pipes [17 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 21:21 | 230595 | ||
| 2 | and so... [26 words] | josil | Jul 21, 2016 17:00 | 230594 | |
| 4 | Bravo - no Trump, however, this election terribly crucial - No next one. [197 words] | kman | Jul 21, 2016 16:59 | 230593 | |
| 4 | Fixed That For You [31 words] | Mike MacMurray | Jul 21, 2016 16:41 | 230592 | |
| 7 | Hillary is the greater danger by a factor of a hundred [252 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alec Rawls | Jul 21, 2016 16:20 | 230591 | |
| 1 | Fear is no excuse to elect a lifelong criminal [17 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jul 23, 2016 10:10 | 230591 | |
| 5 | Really? [317 words] | Jordan Montgomery Lewis | Jul 21, 2016 16:18 | 230590 | |
| 3 | The failure of intellectual conservative movement [158 words] | Vadim Anshelevich | Jul 21, 2016 16:09 | 230588 | |
| kudos [101 words] | Gideon Remez | Jul 21, 2016 15:52 | 230585 | ||
| 3 | I get it [244 words] | George O'Har | Jul 21, 2016 15:46 | 230584 | |
| Thank you, Mr. Pipes [85 words] | Michael Caplan | Jul 21, 2016 15:24 | 230583 | ||
| Where is John Galt [165 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Richard Benkin | Jul 21, 2016 15:21 | 230582 | ||
| 3 | You are dead wrong [42 words] | Floyd Green | Jul 21, 2016 15:17 | 230581 | |
| 8 | Big mistake [130 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Jul 21, 2016 15:08 | 230579 | |
| I regret I have but one chance to bail on the GOP -- because I did it already [3 words] | Chip Joyce | Jul 21, 2016 14:44 | 230576 | ||
| 6 | Here is why I am staying with the GOP. [474 words] | Stuart Fagin | Jul 21, 2016 14:32 | 230575 | |
| 1 | Well said, Stuart Fagin [1 words] | Will Scott | Jul 22, 2016 04:05 | 230575 | |
| Must choose [83 words] | Terry Hogan | Aug 4, 2016 16:47 | 230575 | ||
| 6 | Trump's boorishness [195 words] | Ann Wiggins | Jul 21, 2016 14:27 | 230574 | |
| 6 | DISAPPOINTING ARTICLE [141 words] | Jacques Koolen | Jul 21, 2016 14:22 | 230572 | |
| Hopeful? [24 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | H Fragman | Jul 21, 2016 14:16 | 230571 | ||
| Protest vote = Hillary vote [21 words] | LAMJr. | Jul 30, 2016 21:12 | 230571 | ||
| 5 | disagree [39 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | richard | Jul 21, 2016 14:11 | 230569 |
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