Posted on 09/22/2015 3:50:43 AM PDT by cotton1706
Here’s the Nonsense: When the GOP leadership had the candidates sign loyalty pledges it was a way to guarantee that all Republicans would work together to win in 2016.
Here’s the Horse Sense: The GOP leadership hoped the loyalty pledge would run Trump out of the race. When it didn’t work, and nothing else is working, they are starting to panic. They are considering desperate measures if they can’t get their candidate nominated.
With GOPe (GOP establishment) candidates having a hard time getting traction against the likes of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson, the GOPe leadership that control the party have tried everything they can think of to stop their support. This is especially true of Trump because he’s in the lead and tearing down the establishment and political correctness at every turn.
While this is not unusual for the GOPe, one has to wonder just how far they’ll go to stop non-establishment candidates from winning in 2016. Are they so against the candidates supported by the grassroots voting base that they would actually prefer a Democrat win if a GOPe candidate can’t get the nomination?
Garth Kant at WND is reporting that the GOPe is so concerned that it’s being suggested that if Donald Trump were to get the nomination they should run a 3rd party candidate like Mitt Romney to kill Trump’s chances of winning the White House.
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If the GOP is faced with a Trump nomination or a Cruz nomination, there is no question they’d rather lose to a Democrat because it would allow them to continue blaming Democrats for their own cowardice in doing what they’ve been promising us all for decades.
Probably. A Democrat doesn’t pose the threat to them that a non-establishment Republican nominee does.
We already have the answer to that question... just look at the nominees our party gave us in the last two presidential elections. Democrat-lite if you ask me.
They have done this in the past with Barry Goldwater and in local races all over the Country.
One word: YES.
Called it. The only reason mittwit is staying out of the GOPe primary is precisely to serve as a 3rd party spoiler.
At that time in 2008, and still even today, I believe it was John McCain’s and the GOPe’s unified intention to lose to whatever Democrat ran, giving us 0.
No doubt the GOPe is allied with the Democrats against true Conservatives. Republican leadership always manages to defend its “good friends” across the aisle, and instinctively attacks the GOP’s Conservative base.
Yes. They always say we have to support them for the greater good. But they never support us.
Of course they would prefer a democrap. Anyone from “the club” they can control is fine, just not a true representative elected by the people. That would blow the whole scam like Ronald Reagan did.
They wouldn’t be worried about a Carson or Cruz actually winning—their fear would be if Trump were the nominee.
Absolutely. The establishment has ruled without interruption since January 20, 1989.
Duh.
This is what it boils down to.
America we have this election, to get back control over our own country.
We need to be for American jobs and America growth. The person for these things appears to be Donald Trump.
He seems to be 100% for America. That is what counts.
Yes. Why else would they put out lackluster candidates like Dole, McCain, and Romney as the Establishment favorites. They prefer to remain in "opposition". If the Republicans actually controlled House, Senate, and Presidency, they would be held to account to actually accomplish things.
There are plenty of non- establishment Republicans (including a lot of Freepers) who have openly stated they’d rather see a Democrat than an establishment Republican win.
They rationalize that with a claim that a moderate republican would be “just as bad” as any democrat and/or a theory that electing a democrat will pave the way for a “true conservative” next time.
Both types who do this-GOPes and conservatives-are basically just sour graping.
-PJ
Which is why I ceased being a Republican YEARS ago. I’m an independent Conservative, in a state that doesn’t HAVE party registration. . .
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