[Hoot Gibson]

I made a vow to stay out of this, but I'm going to step up.

I look up to both of you. Deeply. I hate to see you all tearing into teach other like this. I've watched myself turn from somebody who feared jumping into political debates, who couldn't articulate very well to somebody who has been very well-rounded. In large part because of what you guys have done on this board.

Let's start from here. A truce. Hoot, I guess it's your response now so go ahead and make your argument against Trump. Let's all hit a reset button and start this over.

No need for a truce, Wide. If TRT wants to stop his petty insults, then we have no problem. As for making an argument against Trump, I am not trying to convince anybody to vote against him. I think nominating Trump has sealed the Republican Party's fate in November. Either Hillary will win the election, or some ringer like Booker will.

A candidate cannot insult as many people in his own party as often as Trump has and unite his opponents' supporters behind him. Enough conservatives will vote third party to make it impossible for Trump to win, IMO.

If voters really believe that Trump is the lesser of two evils, then they should vote for him this fall. I had a very difficult time casting a vote for McCain, so I cannot imagine any circumstance that I would vote for somebody with Trump's "attributes." It is amazing to me that my classmates and I learned how to pronounce Tanzania in an Ohio elementary school, and we may have a president in a few months who could not pronounce Tanzania while reading a teleprompter at the ripe old age of 69, in what was billed as a "major foreign policy speach."