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Trump and the Surrender Caucus of the GOP
American Thinker ^ | October 10, 2016 | Jared E. Peterson

Posted on 10/11/2016 2:12:20 PM PDT by Kaslin

Right now we are witnessing one of the reasons the Left is winning and the Right losing America.

No Democratic Party president or presidential candidate in history has ever been subjected to, or will be subjected to, the kind of savage attempted assassination by his own party’s leaders that Donald Trump is now enduring from the great and the good among Republicans and “respectable” conservatives.

All for a locker room crudity that he thought he spoke in private.

Without the active, enthusiastic support of Republican office holders, present and former, this distraction from the real issues would have dried up and blown away in two days. But the ugly truth is Trump’s own party’s leaders are leading the pack of baying hounds.

Contrast this with the Left’s reaction to indiscretions by its presidents or presidential candidates: No matter the infraction, the moral failing or the actual crime, the Left stands by its main man. Always.

Of course, the band of Never Trumps now trying to destroy their voters’ choice for the presidency were already looking for an excuse to commit this coup against the party base well before the current opportunity arose.

But the reality is that in similar circumstances the feckless Republican Party, along with much of the “respectable” American Right, would be administering the same slashing to a candidate they liked.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; gop
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To: bk1000

Yes, they can continue to pretend to “fight or us” but the big difference is that now, Trump has flushed out and proven what so many of us have known in our hearts — and that is the Rep leaders/establishment/RHINOs/”conservatives” were doing nothing but lying to us over the last 10 to 20 years; and, that they had no intent to push back on Clinton or Obama and were in it for themselves, not us, not the Constitution and not the country.


41 posted on 10/11/2016 3:15:31 PM PDT by falcon99
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

“The Tea Party is dead.”

Your Tea Party is dead.
Ours is doing fine, including electing patriots to local and state offices.


42 posted on 10/11/2016 3:21:41 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Trump will give us 80% of what we want, while hillary will take 100% of what we have)
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To: Kaslin

I find interesting that article this was posted. The author is in essence suggesting that theres a gop faction that’s in active collusion with the ‘rats. Something that I’ve often termed a “uniparty.”

How perspectives change.


43 posted on 10/11/2016 3:26:18 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (The left has the "Vagina Monologues" and calls it art. But we on the right can't say "pussy?")
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To: Kaslin
That Steve guy from National Review got his backside handed to him by Tammy Bruce. Bruce called Ryan (my words) a do nothing coward. Steve went ballistic claiming that Ryan got everything passed (again my words). Tammy Bruce said (my words) yeah, everything Obama wanted passed. Wimpy Steve cried and said, “That is not fair.”
44 posted on 10/11/2016 3:26:39 PM PDT by Chgogal (A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Well there are. It’s those who abandoned Donald Trump. The loyal are staying with Trump. My rep is one of them.


45 posted on 10/11/2016 3:33:40 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Chgogal

Although I have National Review bookmarked, I don’t read it. Refresh my mind who that Steve guy is. I just tried to find him but was unable to.


46 posted on 10/11/2016 3:40:10 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: noah

And that is factual


47 posted on 10/11/2016 3:41:58 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: txrefugee
That he would aid a Saul Alinsky radical Leftist in wing this election because he doesn’t like the p-word makes absolutely no sense in the real world.

You are right, it makes no sense. What does make sense is that Ryan has been looking for any little excuse to sabotage Trump because Ryan really is a leftist water-carrier.

48 posted on 10/11/2016 3:57:55 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be defeated.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

I don’t think he will either.


49 posted on 10/11/2016 4:34:18 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
Steven Hayes a proud member of the Uniparty.
50 posted on 10/11/2016 4:46:15 PM PDT by Chgogal (A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
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To: Kaslin
"Of course, the band of Never Trumps now trying to
destroy their voters’ choice for the presidency were already
looking for an excuse to commit this coup against
the party base well before the current opportunity arose."

If the RINOs (really wannabe Democrats in Republican disguise)
succeed in there coup attempt they won't have a party
base after Nov. 8th! I certainly will not tolerate this
kind of betrayal and treachery.

51 posted on 10/11/2016 4:47:43 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: WashingtonFire

I think Trump is willing to sacrifice his campaign, sacrifice his life, to open the eyes of American’s to the true intention of the Globalists.

For that he will go down as one of the greatest American heroes in the history of the Republic


Yep. Win, lose or draw Trump will go down in history as an American Horatius at the Bridge. For that we owe him our gratitude.


52 posted on 10/11/2016 4:55:12 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: txrefugee

Let’s all send Ryan an email with the subject line:

“You are a Pussy! “

This way they don’t even have to open it to get the message.


53 posted on 10/11/2016 4:55:30 PM PDT by Terry Mross (This country will fail to exist in my lifetime. And I'm gettin' up there in age.)
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To: Kaslin

Well there are. It’s those who abandoned Donald Trump. The loyal are staying with Trump. My rep is one of them.


They didn’t abandon Trump. They abandoned the GOP voters who voted in record numbers in the GOP primary.


54 posted on 10/11/2016 5:00:32 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Chgogal

Steven Hayes a proud member of the Uniparty.


I saw that moron on Fox before the debate. No joke, I don’t know his face and from what he was saying I thought he was a liberal WaPoo reporter. The Vichy Republicans are just pathetic beyond words.


55 posted on 10/11/2016 5:01:53 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Kaslin

Another great article by this guy. I recommend anybody to go to the site and read through his articles.

56 posted on 10/11/2016 5:36:06 PM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: lodi90

Democrats are LAW-LESS because Republicans Are BALL-LESS!!!


57 posted on 10/12/2016 3:21:28 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.S...... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Ryan and the GOP are now dead. If Trump loses there will not be a GOP with power for another 50 years (should our country still be standing).


58 posted on 10/12/2016 3:39:01 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Kaslin

Presidential elections are like the Olympics... A politician spends a life time greasing the skids to win the ultimate gold. These of the GOP are insane with rage that a private citizen did NOT pay their pipers. I look at it like this, Trump is ‘we the people’, and these of the political class view ‘we the people’ the same as they view Trump. Shut up and pay your taxes...


59 posted on 10/12/2016 3:50:16 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: Just mythoughts

Excellent analysis.


60 posted on 10/12/2016 4:14:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
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