Posted on 01/10/2016 3:15:32 PM PST by cotton1706
As we watch the 2016 Republican primaries unfold in often-surprising ways, it is clear that there is a strong desire among Republican primary voters for change within the party. Sick of what Ted Cruz calls "the Washington Cartel" and of the "election conservatives" who managed for so long to convince voters they uphold conservative values and principles, Republican primary voters are taking a stand.
It began before Obama was elected, while President Bush was still in office, and has since only gained in strength and resolve, and the GOP establishment has been slow to notice or grasp what is happening.
They saw glimpses of it in the TEA Party in 2009 and '10 and worked side-by-side with Democrats to diminish its influence, they may have noticed something was changing in the 2010 and 2014 mid-terms, they probably got a more clear picture when Eric Cantor (then House GOP whip) was booted out of office, and they started to pay attention when Speaker Boehner was also forced out. They thought they could handle it, though, so they plowed ahead . . . pushing Jeb Bush as the next in line for the presidency, and that's when things started to go so terribly wrong for the GOP establishment that they are finally sitting up and taking notice.
According to The New York Times, Republican "leaders" are now deeply concerned about a long-term split in the party, one that will not be repaired with the usual smoke, mirrors, promises, and lies. They find this worrying.
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Someone seems to get it.
That would make me very happy. But they would have to leave the party alone - forever.
I love the observation we are not listening to the smoke mirrors and lies.
I remember way back, they tried to fool us by reciting the Constitution on the first day of a new Con-gress. That was the Con... then, next day pretty much, continued the GOPe agenda.
I fear that like I fear oxygen.
That Rinse Penis guy and the rest of the GOPer gophers can KMA and ESAD. I think we’ve had quite enough.
Karl Rove's advice no doubt.
The fear is justified.
The split is inevitable.
Die, GOP, die.
Suffer, suffer more, die, die, die, die, die.
And burn, burn, burn more in hell, slimy traitors.
Just wait till they succeed in forcing Yebbie to be the nominee, they will see war like they have never seen before. Despite the fact Yebbie is loathed and at 3%, I believe the machine still has a 50% chance of forcing him through.
Long-term split, RINOs? No, it’s called you are not in control this cycle. Too freaking bad. We have had to endure losers like RINO McCain, RINO Dole and RINO Romney when you were in control.
We also have had to deal with your ilk capitulating to Obama instead of fighting him. The Reagan wing of the party has risen. Go, sit down and be gracious losers for a change. It’s about your time if you have hold your nose and vote for our guy.
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It still remains to be seen whether or not things will change within the Republican party, but one thing the track record of the Republican establishment suggests is that if they make it through the primary process (i.e. an establishment candidate is nominated), and even if they don't win the White House, it will be business as usual in Washington. This primary season will be chalked up as a minor rebellion of the great unwashed beaten back by their wiser elders . . . who long ago forgot their place.
IOW, they've learned absolutely nothing from McCain's loss. Or Romney's. Or Cantor's. Or Boehner being forced out. Logically then, neither will they get a clue of a GOPe candidate doesn't get the nomination.
Fear it, becuase it is a reality, you had the chance your toast
That would be the optimistic option. Which they certainly don't deserve.
The permanent death of the party is the most likely outcome.
Perhaps a new Conservative party with the energy and deadly seriousness that the Socialist-Progressive Democratic Party relentlessly fight for what they believe.
No more "reaching' across the aisle as an excuse for capitulation and 'principle,' so-called substitute for constant defeat.
And they can forget about the Soros-Obama-Hillary bullshit about "that's not who we are."
I don't care what the new party is called. "Tea Party" has a nice ring to it; or Perhaps "New Minutemen."
Whatever the name, it will represent American Citizens First, the working taxpaying citizens pulling the cart.
Unions and unproductive government employees next to last.
And elected criminals third with a constant threat of jail time for malfeasance or incompetence or graft. Setting their own salaries, benefits and retirement, no more.
Wake up and smell the coffee, ball-less losers. A split is the least of your problems!
Without us they'd have a hard time electing a city dog catcher.
There won’t be a split if the GOP is willing to become conservative, of all things.
I don’t get it. If conservatives like Cruz are destroying the Republican Party, shouldn’t the NY Times and Democrats be applauding? This is what they want, right?
If they were literally capable of doing that, they would have done it 6 years ago, when all the signs of trouble were clear.
My theory at the utter apparent helplessness of most if not all of the elected GOPe in the legislative Department is, and has been, for years, mass real threats of blackmail.
After Reagan, then Newt, the Rinos were pretty much either hiding or gone. I hope it happens again and I hope conservatives keep on top of it to keep the Rinos scared.
I liked the idea I read where someone suggested they be required to pin their pac corporate and Union logos on their jackets. The DNC would have to wear a billboard. If the globalists continue to be the major donors to the GOP and conservative organizations, we will forever be bought out Rinos. The DNC will be happy global marxists.
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