And what happened? Republican elitist "leaders" backstabbed us, AGAIN, and caved even faster and more thoroughly to Obama's agenda. So what is the point of putting one of their faves in office? The best thing we can do is destroy the beast that the Republican Party has become.
Dems feel the same way. Their primary system is even more worse, as it doesn't even take slick underhanded maneuvers to deprive voters of the choice.
So, yeah, we have core principles. Only problem is the insider pols can no longer say with a straight face that they're the "lesser of two evils". They're just the other side of the coin.
How many times does this has to be spelled out? The insiders? A whole lot of us don't trust you at all. After these attempts to steal the nomination, we don't even like you any more.
I agree with your post about the failure of the GOP, they have been despicable under Boehner and McConnell’s leadership. Shouldn’t we ask ourselves who was funding McConnell keep him from losing to Bevin in his last primary? Shouldn’t we acknowledge that empowered McConnell’s actions in Mississippi to keep Cochran in office?
I believe that we should understand that Trump played a very big role at the time. His donations to McConnell during the primary fight with Bevin empowered the same GOP that you described in your post.