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Posted on 07/12/2016 8:17:26 PM PDT by BobL
Given the rumors that are flying around about 'changing the rules' at the GOP convention so as to prevent Donald Trump from being the Republican nominee, I think some thought should be given to the potential collateral damage to the Republican Party's efforts in November.
First, I'll state the obvious - if Trump is denied his position on the ballot in 2016, I simply will not vote for president - and I suspect that holds for many, probably a majority of Trump supporters.
So Romney, Ryan, or whoever replaces him will simply have to find another pool of millions of voters to push them over the top, and I'll give them a hit - IT DOESN'T EXIST. The only pool of voters they'll find is the 10,000 or so GOP insiders that can't stand Trump crashing their little conclave. The millions of us that took the time and made the effort to go out and vote, we'll simply will NOT VOTE for this new candidate.
Now I assume the above is already obvious to the GOP Leaders, so it's time to add a bit more to the mix. Do not, for a minute, think that us Trump voters have some great love for the GOP. WE DO NOT. We've been asking for a candidate to secure our borders (and that includes terrorist immigration) for over a decade, and all we get are Open Borders types and back-room scheming to try to get Amnesty through - the same Amnesty that is even opposed by a (albeit slim) majority of Democrats. The only people 'extreme' on this issue are the ones (in both parties) that will not let go of this push.
So here's what happens if we do not see Trump on the ticket - you Republican SENATORS, CONGRESSMEN, and CANDIDATES are going down with him. We will not vote for a party that denies its own voters their choice of a candidate...THAT SIMPLE.
So you guys, if you want, can continue your scheming to try to figure out a way to keep Trump off the November ballot - but if you do, be prepared to LOSE YOUR SEATS too, and watch the GOP end up with as much power nationally as it now has in California...a fate deserving of them if they try this stunt.
And you cannot say you weren't warned, for this is YOUR WARNING.
And here is the latest - just posted here:
“GOP National Committeeman: Romney Heading Up ‘National Movement’ Against Trump”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3448840/posts
Today Rush Limbaugh said in his programme, #neverTrump should not try anything during Convention.
The GOPe WANT to lose .
No doubt many will stay home if they deny the primary voters will.
They do not care if Hillary wins, it is about Trump ending their good old thing.
They do that and we have to vote for all the primary opposition to offenders until the cancer is gone.
I will never vote again. Period.
But I suppose that is what the GOPe is hoping for anyway.
They won’t be successful at the convention. People like Bill Kristol stand to lose money if Trump is elected. That is why they keep saying Romney or Kasich should challenge Trump.
Romney.... the Morman weinie
It has occurred to me that these stories may be planted to unify the party behind trump.
Even most people who didn’t like Trump have some sense of fairness and what is right. A cabal to overthrow the primaries wouldn’t sit well with most of the grass roots, IMO.
Could this all be strategy to infuriate and coalesce the base? Then when the convention starts people actually pay attention. Furthermore, the press looks like trolling fools when nothing happens. Meanwhile, Trump got a lot of free air time.
I think yesterday, Kasich had a meeting with Trump. Trump mentioned this during today’s rally without mentioning name.
“They do not care if Hillary wins, it is about Trump ending their good old thing.”
The ELECTED REPUBLICANS sure as heck do care, or they wouldn’t even be running again for their seats.
It is they who will PAY THE PRICE if Romney succeeds. Trump has his billions, he’ll go back to being a civilian, although I’m sure he’ll not let the GOPe forget.
My only point here is that the ELECTED REPUBLICANS have the power to stop Romney - and if they do not, they will only have themselves to blame when they’re packing their offices in December and updating their resume’s.
I will never vote another republican...PERIOD.....Or democrat...
This is really all about trying to get leverage on Trump to pick a VP...to the GOPE liking...
which will probably happen...
I think the convention will go off well, at least on the inside...
“It has occurred to me that these stories may be planted to unify the party behind trump.”
Sorry, no. Romney simply doesn’t have the mental facilities to do something that strategic. He’s a doofus.
It’s not going to happen. Trump is the nominee. There is no way they can deny him. They don’t have the clout to change the rules. No way, no how. This stuff has been circulating for months on end. Curly Haughand just got his ass handed to him by a federal judge who called his arguments nonsense, and contrary the GOP rules. Everybody needs to relax. This “coup” attempt will be on the scale of your local pee wee team playing the New England patriots, or your t-ball playing 8 year old facing Nolan Ryan.
The GOPe gave in a long time ago. THEY are the only ones that ever had the clout to try to wire this thing. They did they damnedest, and they failed.
This remnant of losers has zero chance. Watch and see.
The retribution has to be more severe than that. What we do at the ballot box, or even IF we go to the ballot box at all means nothing to them.
It’s all about the gravy train.
No, according to Rush Limbaugh, RINO/#nevertrump crowd were hoping that Trump’s poll numbers will tank this week, because Hillary is spending big chunk of money on ads and media is supporting her. But reverse is happening, Trump is gaining without spending penny on ads.
Now #nevertrump crowd don’t know what to do with Trump.
I don't like it that Romney, Kristol, Ryan and Jeb Bush are not fully supporting Trump.
If they try to disrupt the convention and work to get someone else nominated,
I WILL LEAVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOREVER.
It will not be the Republican Party anymore.
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