Posted on 11/21/2015 6:01:15 AM PST by Enlightened1
In its incredibly limited wisdom, the D.C.-based Republican Party establishment is declaring war on current GOP voter favorite Donald Trump, and it seems they've enlisted the help of at least a couple of Keystone Cops -- consultants Liz Mair and Rick Wilson -- in an effort to destroy their own front runner.
In the Republican primary race, the newest NBC News/SurveyMonkey online poll shows Donald Trump has the frontrunner spot to himself, with 28% support among Republican and independent voters who lean Republican.
In fact, so arrogant is the establishment, they want to encourage their own voters to stay home. In what political realm, other than the D.C.-based Republican establishment's, which nearly always surrenders presidential elections, as well as to Barack Obama, does that make sense? Make no mistake, what they are saying to their own voters here is, we think you're so dumb you'll still come out to support us in the general, even after we spend millions of dollars insulting you and your presumed candidate of choice during the primary.
The goal, according to the memo, isn't to convert Mr. Trump's supporters into backing other candidates, but to dissuade them from voting altogether, especially in New Hampshire's influential first-in-the-nation primary.
Furthermore, as with many recent GOP establishment presidential campaigns, the latest Republican Keystone Cop-like effort to take down Trump appears to be connected to some real losers who have already been in the news this year for all the wrong reasons.
The most concerted effort is Trump Card LLC, the self-styled guerrilla campaign being launched by Liz Mair, the former online communications director of the Republican National Committee.
"In the absence of our efforts, Trump is exceedingly unlikely to implode or be forced out of the race," according to the Trump Card memo.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Why is the GOP trying to destroy a winner?
Mr. Trump will win, and then because of the GOP,
Republicans will lose BIG.
They deserve it, too.
The GOP created RomneyCARE, gay marriage, and
gladly passed ObamaTRADE, and threw the Elections
of both 2008 and 2012 to Obama and Soros.
The GOP is a backstabbing party,
the GAVE OBAMA POWER (GOP) party.
If they destroy Trump, they’lll guarantee Hillary would be elected.
That’s whom the Uniparty wants.
Trump threatens to upset their hold on power and the Washington gravy train.
The GOP establishment is a case of the blind leading the blind and the stupid acting like the stupid.
No wonder its lashing out.
Who can doubt that if Jeb Bush had Donald Trump’s poll numbers he would considered “the presumptive nominee” by the political/media elites? They would be declaring this thing over.
Because the GOPe are one in the same as the DNC
Because the RNC is owned by the Cheap Labor Express. Their purpose is not to win, it is to prevent us from electing anyone who would stop The Cheap Labor Express.
When Trump wins the election, and he will, two of the jeans he needs to get rid of are these two!
Absolutely no doubt about that.
‘Cheap Labor Express’ being the importation of illegals through our open borders?
The corrupt Uniparty knows who their real enemy is, Donald Trump. The Uniparty owns all the other candidates. Only Trump has the $$$ to self fund his campaign. The rest are beholden to the billionaire donors, Chamber of Commerce, Club for Growth, trial lawyers, Wall Street bankers, etc.
I’d think this could backfire. Many of those tempted to vote for Carson, Cruz, or even Sanders in the dem primary just might “get it” that if Trump doesn’t get the nomination, it’s Jeb (or a plan B) vs hillary, and hillary will win. And the mischief makers will get what they want....all the benefits of owning a political party.
Yes, multi-national corporations paying of multi-natinal politicians to keep the borders open and the laws unenforced.
8 years ago this would surprise me...today, nothing surprises me with this batch of democrat enablers...
Take two
Multi-national politicians paying off multi-national politicians to keep the borders open and the laws unenforced.
I guess a benefit to us is that the Stupid Party really is stupid. They are ensuring the demise of the GOPe.
Rick Wilson is a deranged lunatic.
The Republican party is the only party that eats its own alpha.
All Trump asked for up front was to be treated fairly by the GOP. Clearly, that’s the last thing the RNC intends.
Politics
GOP Operative Plans Guerrilla Campaign Against Donald Trump
Move comes as growing number of Republicans fear damage to party’s image and Hillary Clinton will become president
By Beth Reinhard and
Janet Hook
Updated Nov. 20, 2015 7:03 p.m. ET
700 COMMENTS
The Republican establishment, increasingly alarmed by the enduring strength of Donald Trump’s presidential bid, is ratcheting up efforts to knock him out of the race, including the first attempt to unite donors from rival camps into a single anti-Trump force.
A well-connected GOP operative is planning a “guerrilla campaign†backed by secret donors to “defeat and destroy†the celebrity businessman’s candidacy, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
A super PAC supporting Ohio Gov. John Kasich is airing a series of ads targeting Mr. Trump. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush struck with his bluntest attacks yet on Friday, and the super PAC associated with the Club for Growth, an economic conservative group, is trying to raise money to resume attack ads that it has run in Iowa against Mr. Trump.
Together, the efforts seem to represent a turning point in the GOP contest, in which other campaigns have previously been skittish about taking on Mr. Trump so directly. The sense of urgency has mounted in part because Mr. Trump continues at or near the top of GOP polls, even after many predicted that the Paris terror attacks would lead voters to turn to a more seasoned candidate.
The most concerted effort is Trump Card LLC, the self-styled guerrilla campaign being launched by Liz Mair, the former online communications director of the Republican National Committee.
“In the absence of our efforts, Trump is exceedingly unlikely to implode or be forced out of the race,†according to the Trump Card memo. “The stark reality is that unless something dramatic and unconventional is done, Trump will be the Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton will become president.â€
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