Posted on 09/07/2016 4:12:47 PM PDT by The_Harlequin
Never mind the Bushes. Forget about McCain and Romney. And while you’re at it, ignore for a moment the GOP politicians and conservative media pundits who consider it necessary to inform you that they don’t support Donald Trump. Let’s instead try and figure out what’s driving this phenomenon. Even though he’s the undisputed GOP nominee, there remain conservatives who consider it their political duty to inform us that Trump is a flawed candidate. OK, NeverTrumpers, thanks for the insight. Just one question about all of the grumbling. What is the point?
Perhaps it’s an effort to assuage the guilt of increasing the chances of a Clinton presidency. Maybe some are holding out hope that there still might be a worthy GOP candidate out there who can rise to victory. Or perhaps it’s just that neverTrumpers want to sleep better at night, knowing that as the country crumbles, they’re at least holding on to their principles.
Personal ideals are all well and good. But if your house is on fire, you don’t care if the fire department sends you a response unit of strict constitutionalists or judicial activists. If you’re huddled in a foxhole while the bullets fly and the bombs explode, survival is foremost on your mind. Personal integrity is of little consolation when standing knee-deep in rubble.
Considering the potential havoc from what will essentially be an extension of another Obama administration, the results won’t be pretty. Only the most naïve and gullible among us could believe that there won’t be a maximum-effort political war against those who oppose this new Democrat administration. And it’s foolish to assume that the damage will be something from which we can recover as a nation intact. We should at least consider the possibility that the harm done could be permanent.
Which brings us to the bigger picture. There are some rank and file conservatives who are stubbornly holding on to the belief that they can live to fight another day. By odd coincidence, establishment Republican strategists and their donor-class power brokers think so too. These political Pollyannas apparently think that a Hillary Clinton presidency won’t be so bad. May as well bide your time until 2020. Never mind that there’s a lot than can go wrong in four years. By that time the political landscape may have drastically changed beyond recognition.
There should be no question as to what a Hillary Clinton administration will bring. We should expect legislation from the Supreme Court bench, executive orders that bypass Congress, and federal agencies passing laws that we can’t yet imagine. And that’s just for starters. U.S. borders will likely continue to deteriorate, leaving only quaint memories of a time when there was such a thing as national security.
As bleak as the possibilities might be, there could be an even darker vision lurking within some conservatives. We could be seeing an emerging nihilism seeping into the mindset of some frustrated voters. In the face of impending defeat, a scorched earth approach may be on the minds of conservatives who consider they have no other option but to oppose Trump, and disavow the GOP.
Regardless of what the November election portends, why expend the effort towards what so many have predicted will be a Clinton victory? The Democrats and their allies in the media are already leading the offensive to ensure that Trump will lose. Why contribute to something that’s already in full force? What is there to gain by piling on?
No doubt there will be disgruntled Republicans and forsaken conservatives who will abstain from voting for Trump. But it will be a pointless and hollow gesture. Public grousing and stubborn abstention only gives Democrats and the media more to gloat about. Don’t vote for Trump if you must. But don’t pretend that some higher purpose is being served. And even if there is some noble impulse behind the self-righteous indignation, no one needs to hear about it. Tell it to the chaplain. Better to focus on something practical. Like figuring out how we’re getting out of this alive.
A lot of it is just plain old-fashioned Bushism, which Reagan could have put a stop to in 1980.
There is no end game for the Bushes. Just a little yellow puddle at their feet.
The NeverTrumpers belief that there is no long-term harm to having Hilary getting elected. They think that Congress will form enough opposition through 2020 to keep Hilary from getting anything done, to which they can turn around and chatter about how the hicks should not have voted for Trump and will continue to offer substandard and insincere conservative Republicans.
I have told them repeatedly that, if Hilary wins, many conservatives will just simply retire from the fight so they can attend to their families. They may not be there in 2018 or 2020 to fight the good fight.
Should H->! win, the GOPee is over as a National Force. They don’t see it though.
Are they really CONSERVATIVES? I don’t think so! They are hangers-on that have benefitted from calling themselves conservatives.
They’re all gambling on being relevant if Trump loses, but they’re already irrelevant so... bub-by nevertrump losers.
There are ‘conservatives’ and then there are ‘conservatives’....
There are some ‘conservatives’ that are willing to get down in the mud, and roll around to get what they want...case in point: Trump Movement and the Trump Supporters and Trump and Pence themselves....
Then there are the ‘conservatives’ that want to talk, but not get a speck of dust on them, hold their noses in the air like they are important, want someone else to dirty themselves, but not them, but want all the glory for what the ‘muddruckers’ have done...
There’s your difference...the never trumpers are pink laced panties wearers that hold their pinky finger out when they pick up their coffee cup, and dab their lips when they take a bite...
Trump, Pence and the Trump Supporters are in the mud, down in the ditches fighting the battle, you say something about Trump your going to get your butt kicked, you stand for Trump and support him to Make America Great Again and your our friend...got it???
GO.TRUMP/PENCE.GO!!! ALL THE WAY TO THE OVAL OFFICE!!!
One World “Democracy”
Or, they want to at least be one of the people invited to the cocktail parties of the puppet masters.
Ball-less self promoters trying to hold on to their revenue stream. Nothing more, nothing less.
Conservative is as conservative does.
The globalist scum at work. If Trump loses, their next willardbushmccain clone will fail miserably as well. There are just too many who will walk away from the stinking corpse of the gop.
This is my last election. I think voting is a sham and for the most part a waste of time. If Trump wins, then we’re on the road to recovery. If he loses, voting in 2020 won’t matter anyway.
I can understand the Washington “professional politicians” and insiders being NeverTrump because they don’t want any interference to their taxpayer funded and corporate “gravy train”...
But how the h*ll can everyday regular people be that way knowing what shape the country is in???
It boggles the mind......
It will be more than a political war. Not only are these people Communists and Moslems, they are Clintons. The individual disappearances and arkancides will likely start, or restart shortly after the election, should the Clintons "win" it. That won't seem to be a problem to most of us as we know that only the ones who directly crossed the Clintons or who became inconvenient will be affected. But the killings won't stop there. They will become methodical and ripple out and more prolific and finally semi open. You can't really hide 10,000 killings, even if you mostly control the internet and have shut down talk radio. The pogrom will reach Free Republic posters after a little while. Perhaps the crashed economy will provide the "necessity" of drafting able bodied citizens and some not so able bodied into work battalions to continue to feed the ruling class. It will come. we can't avoid it all by ceasing to post and staying henceforth quiet. The NSA has everything that has ever been on FR and every Federal agency has its armed wing.
Delusion runs deep with this group
IKR! As much as I loved Ronaldus Magnus; one of the greatest mistakes of his presidency was choosing Bush ‘41 as his running mate.
If Trump wins (and I think ge will), these ‘never-Trumpers’ will not be welcomed back at all. They might as well join the imploding democrat party.
Never mind the Bushes. Forget about McCain and Romney. And while you’re at it, ignore for a moment the GOP politicians and conservative media pundits
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They all work for the Cheap Labor Express. Keeping it running is what it is all about.
They are working to protect 30 years of bipartisan policy of non-enforcement of immigration laws.
The Bushes have quite a lot of responsibilty for why we have 30 million illegal aliens in our country.
If the wicked witch of Chappaqua starts losing badly the entire Bush family, Poppy, W. and Yeb! will endorse her.
this is pretty easy,
With Mr Trump, the PARTY IS OVER, All the BRIBE MONEY dries up or has NO VALUE anymore because Mr Trump Squashes everything the Ruling Class tries to do.
With Hillary, it’s GAME ON, the Bribe Money flows like water, the peasant serfs become more enslaved in taxes and debt, and the Ruling CLass grows Stronger. The DEATH of America.
LOL! The RINO NeverTrumpers assume that we'll all just fall into line and vote for "their" candidate in 2020 - when they just got done showing us that they're cryptoDemocrats.
Good luck with that.
They'll be fortunate if we don't work AGAINST the phony "Republican" party. :)
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