But its okay because Trump supporters believe that lying is his great strength
Interesting choice of words:
” the Republican Party, and the conservative principles for which it stands.”
So, not only is this just a fancy piece of paper with no real teeth anyway, but now all Trump has to do is point out that the Republican party is not standing for conservative principles and he’s free to tear it up and do whatever he wants.
As he has pointed out many times, the government negotiators are stupid, and clearly Rinse Preibus isn’t even up to that level. A win for Trump!
I think it’s a mistake.
He makes one recall that a President really should be someone with a lot of talent, a lot on the ball.
In recent decades, we've been taught that talent is a disqualifier.
Except in the case of Bill Clinton, who was the most astonishingly talented liar I have ever witnessed in my life. Bill Clinton was to the art of lying what Chopin or Brahms was to the art of music.
That talent, the MSM admired.
Do they actually think that will stop him if he wants/needs too?
"...will endorse the 2016 Republican presidential nominee regardless of who it is,"
Trump supporters determine he is an idiot for doing so. They drop their support. Now that they don’t support him they don’t have to back off their statement that he would be an idiot to sign the pledge. Signing the pledge was done this morning, so it is just something that was done in the past. Now they can re-support him.
If they (the Republican establishment) reneges, he can renege too.
If the Geriatric Old Plotters screw him, perhaps he can run as VP on a third party ticket.
Meaning he can run as the democrat he actually is. I understand they may be looking for a candidate.
Yeah...but we didn’t pledge to not do a write-in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGL_fTV5MZ0
First three minutes 50 secs of this afternoon’s press conference by Donald Trump about the pledge.
Saw the entire 20+ minute plus press conference, which was outstanding.
So, he's pledged allegiance to a party that everyone knows does not stand for conservative principles.
Well, that's a good thing for him and the GOPe, I guess.
For the country and for conservatism, not so much.
Irrelevant. If the GOP picks a RINO nominee, regardless of whether Trump is a third party candidate or not, the RINO nominee will lose.
And when the G(iving) O(bama) P(ower) party swings Left (as predictable as the tides), Trump can claim breach of faith, breach of contract, and flip Reince the bird.
Anyone know where to find the exact wording of the pledge?
Wouldn’t it be something, if Trump really did turn on his own kind, and with a Republican Congress, radically cut government spending? Imagine the tantrum that the unemployed bureaucrat zombies would throw.