Establishment Giving Up? Top Republicans to Skip Convention

Conservative Review ^ | 04/12/16 | CR Wire/Phil Silver

[writer33]

Several top Republicans are planning to skip the party's national convention in July in fear a chaotic convention will damage the party, according to a CNN report.

Apparently many House and Senate Republicans think it smarter to spend time with voters in their home-states than to be associated with the drama of the presidential nomination.

An anonymous top GOP party leader even told CNN that he and others have advised rank-and-file members to avoid the convention and instead hold events in their home districts during that time.

[writer33]

This saddens me deeply.

[lodi90]

These useless beltway GOP piggies have got a 12% approval rating. That they are playing hookey is another great endorsement for Trump.

[johniegrad]

Didn’t the author of this piece play Sgt. Bilko?

[pfflier]

Maybe the top guys don’t want the rank and file to see who’s changing the rules.

[Parley Baer]

This whole election process has turned out to be a farce. I would not want to be associated with it either. However I am sure they had other reasons.

[dragonblustar]

[angelcindy]

LOLOLOL OH THEY ARE RUNNING SCARED

[Billthedrill]

Long time between now and July. And let’s face it, however it comes out, it’s going to be the best show in town. Every politician knows that to be seen near power confers power. We’ll see how it works out.

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Ted has perfected his system for gathering delegates quite well now. He has assured the honchos he no longer needs them in Cleveland.

http://www.drbongo.com/play/vbA

coonCruz

[irishjuggler]

I see bad moon rising... I see trouble on the way...

Say what you want kids, but this convention is shaping up to be a real donnybrook... one for the ages. Not necessarily the best thing for the GOP's fortunes in November, but it should be entertaining as hell from a spectator's standpoint.

[TigerLikesRooster]

They are running to their shelter for cover, wait until dust settles, and then come out to see who is on top. Then they will do usual wheeling and dealing, currying favors. We have rebellion in progress. For them, it is so d*mn risky and unpredictable to take side at this point. Typical pols.

[TMSuchman]

An open letter to America from the Pennsylvania Veterans Party of America Chair Gary Garvine: This is why to vote for Third Party: The biggest objection to voting for a Third Party is the “wasted vote” argument — the idea that if you vote for someone who will not win, then the vote does not count. Voting for a third party, contrary to popular belief, is not a wasted vote. It’s a chance to tell the country — and perhaps even the world — what your vision of government and society really is. But how do most of us vote? Most of us vote the “lesser of two evils” — a defensive vote, rather than an offensive one. So what happens after you vote the defensive vote? Well, then you have sold out your personal beliefs. You have become a political prostitute. You aren’t standing up for what you believe in by voting “the lesser of two evils.” I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of being a political hooker. If you think the Republican or the Democrat really does best mirror your beliefs, by all means, vote for that candidate. But if you don’t, and you still vote for them, you’re helping to preserve the status quo you probably despise. So What’s the Point of Voting? We vote to tell everyone else which choice best represents the direction which we want the country to go. When you vote, you gain a certain power that a non-voter doesn’t have; the power to change America. Hence voting lesser evil sends the wrong message; it’s sending a message of compromise. In effect, a defensive vote says “I will settle for a good America, not the best America possible.” I urge you not to settle. In other words, if you want change, then create change. The history of third parties in America is that they serve as the vanguard for new ideas. It is these ideas that make the world go round. If a Third Party begins to draw votes, one or both of the two big parties steal their ideas. The most successful third party in the 20th Century was the Socialist Party. While never winning any significant elections, their small but growing vote totals were a threat to the Democrats. Thus the Democrats, and then later the Republicans, adopted piecemeal every major tenet of the 1916 Socialist Party platform. So rather than waste your vote on Democrats or Republicans, cast a meaningful ballot that clearly says what you believe. ‪#‎VPA‬ ‪#‎VPPA‬ ‪#‎VPofA‬ @VetsPA www.vpofa.org www.veteranspartyofamerica.org www.chriskeniston2016.com

[combat_boots]

They’ll Skype it in.

and phone it in...

[kvanbrunt2]

guess we will have to spread out. i cancelled my hotel res and am getting an RV to go where the show goes.

[kvanbrunt2]

ooohh get a ghetto blaster wifi disabler.

[conservativeimage]

Instruction to GOP: SWALLOW

[Ozark Tom]

And in other news, there’s been an economic upturn in the farm supplies market. The pitchforks, rope and sundry items (tar, rails, burlap, kerosene) are flying off the shelves!