[winner3000]

Another anti-Trump tirade by the tired tittering class. After the inspiration provided by our British counterpart, here's a tired pro-establishment figure trying to convince us to disregard the actual votes of regular Republican primary voters and let the political class ("the convention") chose our candidate for us! Of all the sleazy, disgusting filth, that's pretty low. Sorry Mr. Paulson, your highness, but though Trump is not my first choice, he has earned the respect of many people I respect a heck of a lot more than you and the rest of the GOP wimp class. I have never seen the passion you have displayed against the person who has followed the rules and collected more than the required number of delegates. Where was this passion when it was time to fight Obama? Close the border, defund Obama's priorities, fight his executive orders? Were you guys too busy? I am about to stop reading Townhall till at least after the election. Oh, and of course, there was no way to respond to the article online. Another dirty trick learned from the Democrat media. You guys are still jerks.

[LostPassword]

For the last few years, principle #1 has been “voters don’t matter”. Why change now?

[ConservativeWarrior]

“Freeing the delegates to vote their conscience...”

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Delegates must vote the will of their state’s citizens. It has nothing to do with “conscience”.

Paulson can go pound sand. We’re over the GOPe. Deal with it.

[ManHunter]

his sentence sums it up rather nicely: “Will the party choose established Republican principles or their “presumptive” candidate who has the necessary delegates but wants to do this campaign his way?”

We’ve been doing it “their” way for a long time; Dole, McCain, Romney anyone? Now it’s time to do it “our” way.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The Cheap Labor Express has not given up trying to block the citizens from stopping them.

[Fantasywriter]

To quote Ted Cruz:

“The voters have spoken.”

[digger48]

We’ve seen the current “core principles of the party” and we don’t like it.

[Iron Munro]

Ryan “supports” conservative principles in his speeches.

Then he goes out to support and enable the establishment Uniparty in the real world.

How many times has he used Congress’s “power of the purse” to stop Obama’s globalist, socialist, racist, Islamic agenda?

[Gaffer]

...We don’t need subservient, “quiet” party delegates; we need principled, assertive delegates willing to exercise their will in preserving liberty, preventing tyranny, promoting effective government leaders, and protecting the reputation of the party.

My my. Paulsen, motivational dipshit he is, actually has the b@lls to write that Federalist Papers reference and compare it to our elected Republican Leadership and its acolytes of today? Principled? Preventing Tyranny? Really?

The rest of his article can be disregarded purely because of this one glaring lie. I'll their damned house of cards fall to the and burn right down to the foundation I countenance what this traitor and other "principled" Republicans are spewing.

[Russ]

I’m confused... What ARE the core beliefs of the GOP?

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Let Convention Choose Principles over “Presumptive” Candidate

Thus taking away the votes of the majority of Republican voters in the country and paving the way for a Marxist lesbian to become our President.

No thanks.

[jacknhoo]

You gotta remember Townhall is Salem Media Group - the anti-American anti-voter GOPe establishment hack group who owns Erick Erickson, Michael Graham, Hot Air, and on and on and on...they’re full blown open borders.

[stockpirate]

Paul Ryan doesn’t support conservatives principles, nor does Cruz, Bush, Romney or the other hacks in leadership positions.

[null and void]

Republican principles? They have principles?
Who knew???

[headstamp 2]

“The Wisconsin Republican reminded Trump that presidents and congressional leaders represent separate but equal branches of government.”

Could have fooled me these past 8 years.

[JimRed]

What about the Democrat convention, with its choice between a thoroughly nasty criminal and an aging avowed socialist? Won’t THEY be pushing for some new blood? < /sarc >

[DugwayDuke]

winner3000 wrote: “... here’s a tired pro-establishment figure trying to convince us to disregard the actual votes of regular Republican primary voters and let the political class (”the convention”) chose our candidate for us!”

We are truly fortunate to have a political class which is so inspired to devote their energy and intellect to saving we, the benighted ones, from ourselves.

[TakebackGOP]

“If Republican voters knew that Donald Trump did not support some core Republican principles, it’s not clear he would’ve ever become the party’s candidate. “

Like diverting a Supreme Court case to Mexico?

[jpsb]

Conservative GOP principles?

Open borders allowing millions of unvetted people into the nation to murder, rape and rob. To compete for jobs with native American at a time record real unemployment.

Export American industry and American jobs to low wage nations.

Endless useless wars that destabilize large chucks of the World.

One way trade deals that NEVER benefit the American people.

High taxes to support a welfare state, federal take over of public education, abortion on demand, 20 trillion in debt.

No Thanks, I am done with GOP principles and values, give me Trump!

[Nifster]

I was getting both barrels loaded to just blast you.....then you have the nerve to post an insightful comment and I have to pull the ammonia

Nicely done

[Shanghai Dan]

In response to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s continued call for Trump to support conservative principles in the party plank, Donald Trump suggests that the GOP leaders “have to get a lot tougher and be quiet. Just please be quiet, don’t talk…. We have to have our Republicans either stick together or let me just do it by myself. I’ll do very well.”

If Ryan actually took action according to those conservative principles he is so fond of talking about then maybe he'd have a point. Otherwise...