Do You Think Speaker Ryan's Speech at the RNC Convention will unite the GOP?

Sgt Tom Cunnally — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 07:56:21 -0400

1. Yes
2. No
3. Maybe
4. Don't know
5. Don't give a damn

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 12 at 2016 7:58 AM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 07:58:16 -0400

4/.

Response by Sgt Tom Cunnally made Jul 12 at 2016 8:01 AM

Sgt Tom Cunnally — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:01:26 -0400

3. Maybe?? But not being a Republican I have really not been following their campaign all that much since the Red Sox are doing much better this year.

Response by SSG Stephan Pendarvis made Jul 12 at 2016 8:16 AM

SSG Stephan Pendarvis — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:16:52 -0400

DOn't know

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Jul 12 at 2016 8:56 AM

MCPO Roger Collins — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:56:52 -0400

If he doesn't and Trump wins, his Speakership will be at risk. For some reason he has no learned that the President outranks him. For someone that got beaten at every turn by Obama, he sure is a slow learner,

Response by SMSgt Thor Merich made Jul 12 at 2016 8:58 AM

SMSgt Thor Merich — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:58:39 -0400

I don't know. I wish I did though. I am not so much a Trump supporter as I am anti-Hillary. If the Republicans cant get their act together, it will be a long miserable four years.

Response by Col Rebecca Lorraine made Jul 12 at 2016 9:06 AM

Col Rebecca Lorraine — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:06:03 -0400

2 It would have to be that trump won't be the nominee. Otherwise, I've turned it all off.

Response by Col Rebecca Lorraine made Jul 12 at 2016 9:06 AM

Col Rebecca Lorraine — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:06:07 -0400

2 It would have to be that trump won't be the nominee. Otherwise, I've turned it all off.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jul 12 at 2016 9:07 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:07:31 -0400

No, the divisions run deep and are based upon principle. A fancy speech can never fix that.
It is possible that the prospect of Hillary in the White House might drive them together for now, though.

Response by SP5 Mark Kuzinski made Jul 12 at 2016 9:07 AM

SP5 Mark Kuzinski — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:07:39 -0400

His speech had better unite the party or were in for a long long bumpy road

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Jul 12 at 2016 9:25 AM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:25:38 -0400

Number 3.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Jul 12 at 2016 9:33 AM

CPT Jack Durish — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:33:15 -0400

I used to think that the GOP stood for something, something based on principles. I couldn't be a Democrat after the introduction of the Rainbow Coalition, when they abandoned all principles to pander to everyone and anyone, even opposing ideologies. Sadly, the GOP after decades of sitting in the minority, didn't know what to do when they won a majority, and no one exemplifies this more than Ryan. He caves into the President on the budget. Why? He knows better. We saw him eviscerate Biden in the VP debates on the budget. So why should I now expect him to unite the GOP?

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 12 at 2016 9:54 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:54:17 -0400

How about 6: I hope not.

I used to be a Republican ands pushed out of what was once a fiscally right-of-center and socially moderate party by the arrival of the religious right. That was in 1992, and since then the white supremacists, the no-tax loonies and the screw-the-poor fringes have been let out of the crazy tent and further torn-apart the party.

I really think that everything we see today with a bombastic racist buffoon as the nominee and senate and house majorities that would rather shut down the government than engage in principled compromise with the other side has made the party fully dysfunctional.

Our system, our government and yes, our country works best when one of our parties is not fully off the deep-end, so I really hope 2016 does what the 2012 Autopsy report was supposed to do, which is give such a shock that the party wakes up, returns from the extremist fringes of recent elections back to the near center of Reagan, Bush 41, Nixon and Ford.

The sooner they take the party out of the church and bring it back to the boardroom the better. All of this social-conservative religious bullshit will keep them out of the White House. Women won't stand for a party trying to restrict their reproductive rights. LGBT community won't stand for a party trying to strip of their right to not be discriminated against, and Hispanics, the FASTEST GROWING VOTING BLOCK, won't stand for a party that wants to deport mom, dad, grandma and grandpa.

The 2012 Autopsy report said all of this. It recommended moderating positions on abortion, gay rights, immigration and so on, but the hyper-partisans doubled down on the anti-immigrant rhetoric and Christianizing of the party. They should have listened to their own report in 2012, but instead they have damaged their party far more, and hopefully they will listen to the more scathing autopsy report that is certain to come from 2016.

Response by LCpl Cody Collins made Jul 12 at 2016 10:12 AM

LCpl Cody Collins — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:12:39 -0400

Maybe

Response by PO2 Kevin LaCroix made Jul 12 at 2016 10:22 AM

PO2 Kevin LaCroix — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:22:53 -0400

I do not think it will matter much. Paul Ryan is not that great of a leader.

Response by PO2 Peter Klein made Jul 12 at 2016 10:25 AM

PO2 Peter Klein — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:25:37 -0400

GOP is broken. Great for the Democrats!

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Jul 12 at 2016 10:44 AM

PO3 Steven Sherrill — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:44:42 -0400

Sgt Tom Cunnally I don't honestly think that anything is going to unite the GOP. I don't care either. I truly hope for the fall of both parties. I would love to see our nation moved to the point that we no longer have political parties, only candidates for our representatives in DC.

Response by 1SG Antonio Blount made Jul 12 at 2016 10:46 AM

1SG Antonio Blount — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:46:53 -0400

No! The party has too many parties and in fighting within that have too many separate agenda’s. Ideas are great but agenda’s that are fuel by greed, power struggle, and own personal self-gratification is getting them nowhere and the same goes on the other side. God bless us all

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 12 at 2016 11:12 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:12:31 -0400

2. No

The RNC is going to be MUST SEE TV. Will Mr. Trump continue his digression in which most the GOP and pundits are saying. Will someone find a loophole in the rules and nominate someone else, ultimately humiliating Mr. Trump to the utmost degree. Will Speaker Ryan have a change of heart and throw his hat into the race? That's just a few of the questions that is swirling around the GOP right now. But to answer your question, his speech is not going to unite the party. Unless he's speaking on the first day then maybe, but my guess he'll probably speak on day 3 and it'll be too late, because the mud slinging within the party will be full frontal

Response by SPC Michael S. made Jul 12 at 2016 11:14 AM

SPC Michael S. — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:14:54 -0400

2. He is probably part of reason for the division.

Response by 1SG Dennis Hicks made Jul 12 at 2016 11:20 AM

1SG Dennis Hicks — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:20:16 -0400

No, The Republican party has failed, they have not represented the people in years. The only thing they do is work to stay in power and make back door deals, they are no better than the Democratic party. The corruption in DC has turned our political system into the worlds largest open sewage plant. The turds keep floating by, while telling us they are here for us, we need to do a massive courtesy flush soon before it overflows. The puppet masters are laughing at us while we still cling to the illusion that we have a choice.

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SSG Carlos Madden — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:26:08 -0400

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Response by SGT Robert Hawks made Jul 12 at 2016 12:15 PM

SGT Robert Hawks — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:15:05 -0400

No I believe Ryan has his own agenda and it is not to see Mr Trump elected

Response by PO2 David Hagwood made Jul 12 at 2016 12:23 PM

PO2 David Hagwood — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:23:27 -0400

Right now, the only thing I'm concerned about is the establishment trying to pull some underhanded crap with the nominee. A great majority of the people have chosen Trump; so they need to respect that and, yes, unite around this candidate. This election can change the direction our country is going for decades. To be honest, the balance of our government has become off balance as it is; but that goes into a whole other conversion. Anyway, that's my opinion on the matter.

Response by CW5 Andrew J. Foreman made Jul 12 at 2016 1:48 PM

CW5 Andrew J. Foreman — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:48:50 -0400

The option I want is not there.
6. IT BETTER

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 12 at 2016 5:16 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:16:24 -0400

i hope so even thou i do not consider myself a republican , they need to get their shit straight

Response by SGM Mikel Dawson made Jul 12 at 2016 8:47 PM

SGM Mikel Dawson — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:47:48 -0400

Looking at Congress, there is no difference between Dems and Reps, so who really cares. I've never really voted one way or the other, I've always been for the best person. This year I'm not voting for Clinton!!!
The Republicans are pissed because Trump got it and the main stream politicians and all their money backers are running scared because he's an unknown factor. Ryan won't make any difference. Right now the big factor is will the delegates vote the way their states sent them to vote or can they vote the way they want to?