Posted on 03/18/2016 12:55:22 PM PDT by Kaslin
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RUSH: It's confusing as heck today. Snerdley, by the way, did you know that there was a secret confab right here in Palm Beach last night? Of establishment people and donors. (interruption) Yes. It was huge. It's a two-day thing. Paul Ryan was there. It was yesterday and today. It consists of many donors, like this guy Paul Singer and the Ricketts family that owns the Chicago Cubs. And it's all about, "What can we do to stop Trump?" And what's confusing is... (interruption) No, I was not invited. I didn't know it was happening 'til I read about it in The Politico today. If I've got the...
They don't name "a pricey French restaurant." The dinner last night took place at "a pricey French restaurant." So it's I gotta one of two. It's either Chez Jean-Pierre or Cafe Boulud. And if I'm leaving one out, I don't mean to be offensive, if it's another pricey French restaurant in town. They're all "pricey," are they not? (interruption) No, it was in Palm Beach. It was in Palm Beach. It's going on even now. The dinner ended last night, but the two-day confab. Anyway, what's confusing here..
Here, let me just give you the headlines before we get into in great detail. "Ryan Huddles with anti-Trump Donors -- Big-money givers convene in Palm Beach, weighing what to do about Trump." Well, here's the first 'graf: "House Speaker Paul Ryan met Thursday night at a pricey French restaurant here with some of the party’s biggest donors to assess a political landscape dominated by one vexing question: What to do about Donald Trump[?]" And then the next headline: "GOP Operatives, Conservative Leaders Meet to Thwart Trump."
This is a different group. This is the group that is headed up by Erick Erickson, occasional guest host here. He has a new website called The Resurgent, and then there's this headline: "RNC spokesman: The Party will Rally Around Trump if He's the Nominee '100%.'" And then there's this: "Contested Convention Looking More Likely, Says Speaker Ryan." Now, wait 'til you hear the next one, though. "Ryan Says, 'We'll Make it Work' with Trump." What are we supposed to believe here? This story from TheHill.com: "Contested Convention Looking More Likely, Says Speaker Ryan."
It's by somebody named Scott Wong. "For the first time, however, Ryan acknowledged the increasing likelihood that the GOP nominee will be decided in Cleveland at what’s known as a contested or open convention." Next story.
"With his youthful earnestness, genial personality and devotion to conservative policy, Paul Ryan enjoyed a special stature within GOP even before he became House speaker late last year." Has interviewed by John Harwood at MSNBC. He said, "We'll make it work if it happens. I'm going to speak my mind. I'm going to defend conservatism as I understand it. I'm going to defend our ideas as the Republican Party. But we're going to have to work with whoever our nominee is." Now, what are we plebes supposed to make out of all this? I mean, two contradictory stories. (summarized)
Ryan: "Yeah, no question a contested convention is looking more likely," and, "We'll make Trump work." Maybe they go together. "Maybe we'll do the contested convention and if Trump wins it, we'll get behind Trump." Maybe that's what it means.
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No confusion. Stupidity, maybe. False flag ops, definitely.
Ryan pushing himself on donors is inappropriate.
This is RNC work.
Unless Ryan is trying to present himself as a candidate.
Which he clearly is.
Couple that w/ Romney Goodhair announcing he endorses Ted Cruz for the rest of the primaries.
Yeah, that was my thought too. Ryan keeps saying he’s not a candidate, but then he keeps inserting himself into the conversation.
I think REAL panic has set in for the GOP-e - they have no idea which way to go .. and their statements really reflect that.
Herman Munster and Eddie do not deserve that comparison to those bad boys.
Agree.
It is self induced.
If the GOPe had kept their mouths closed and let the process run as planned there would be little or no confusion or controversy.
But not only did they decide to bad mouth their leading candidate, when the democrats started pulling their usual dirty tricks against Trump, the republicans sided publicly with the democrats.
I see much confusion from the GOPe.
They’re confused about which side they’re on.
They’re confused about why so many people are enraged at them.
They’re confused about how slick they thought they were in getting away with being knee-crawling, thumb-sucking, degenerate moral cowards in kowtowing to the domestic destructionist party.
And most sadly, they’re confused about how much longer we’re willing to live with their over priced shoes on our necks without chewing their legs off.
Ryan would never become Speaker until he became Speaker.
He's as phony as John Kasich and Ted Cruz.
They need to be exposed for what they are.
Trump supporters aren’t confused, the Establishment is confused because they are losing.
Dear Paul,
Just so we’re clear, the sun will implode, hell will freeze over,and I’ll have sex with hillary before I vote for you, Milton, or anyone supported by GOPE, and I mean for ANY office, including commode cleaner.
With all due respect, FF
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