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The Republican Party Must Defeat Trump Now
Politico ^ | December 16, 2015 | Christine Todd Whitman

Posted on 12/17/2015 5:25:01 AM PST by detective

Every few generations a political party has to define itself. Now is that moment for the Republican Party. Until recently the GOP has been seen in Washington as the "party of no." Now it is being defined as the party of extreme. While the U.S. may be yearning for definitive leadership from a president, the use of hate and fear tactics by so many of the GOP presidential candidates is not the answer.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: assistantdemocrat; assistantdemocrats; chickenneck; christiewhitman; christinetoddwhitman; democrat; elections; hitler; immigration; rino; rinos; trump; trumpwasright; whitman
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To: detective

“Leading Republican moderate Christine Todd Whitman emerges in this forceful book as a voice for her party’s disenfranchised—those she calls “radical moderates”—and an ardent, thoughtful opponent of the GOP’s kowtowing to far-right “social fundamentalists.” In addition to offering a behind-the-scenes look at her own experience as New Jersey governor, and as a Bush administration insider, she calls upon Republicans—indeed, all Americans—to oppose the far right’s “bullying” and to reestablish the centrist dialogue that has all but vanished in recent years.”

She’s a Bushbot moderate..


21 posted on 12/17/2015 5:39:25 AM PST by Helicondelta
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To: detective
Bush Campaign

GOPe Domination

The heavenly trump city on the hill


22 posted on 12/17/2015 5:40:24 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPyes but now I must concentratc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trumping.)
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To: detective
Until recently the GOP has been seen in Washington as the "party of no."

Not after that budget deal, sweetie. The people we voted for just gave Obama a full tank of gas, without getting anything in return.

23 posted on 12/17/2015 5:40:42 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: detective

This pos vetoed a law abaning partial birth abortion after promising she would not to fool enough Americans to win election..


24 posted on 12/17/2015 5:41:05 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: detective

Doc says, “Strawberries, ball bearings, stat!”


25 posted on 12/17/2015 5:41:15 AM PST by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Altura Ct.

They, the Dems and GOPe, move further and further left. We remain solid but the further left they go, from their perspective, we look more and more extreme.

But it’s not us that’s changed. It’s them. So when someone comes along and represents many of our views (build the wall, for example) to them, it sounds extreme.

This does not excuse their behavior, just helps explain it.


26 posted on 12/17/2015 5:42:42 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: detective

Christine - FOAD


27 posted on 12/17/2015 5:42:51 AM PST by tgusa (gun control: hitting your target.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Exactly right. Excellent comment!


28 posted on 12/17/2015 5:43:46 AM PST by Starboard
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To: detective

Man, they’re getting desperate. I thought Whitman had been buried long ago never to be heard from again.

The fear in the GOPe is palpable.


29 posted on 12/17/2015 5:44:15 AM PST by bereanway
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To: Dr. Sivana

LOL! She sounds like one of those “I own a gun” second amendment folks who want more restrictions on “hunters” and “target shooters”. But she supports your rights. Kinda. When I read the header I thought gopE again.


30 posted on 12/17/2015 5:45:01 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: ManHunter

Both sides fear him. They are afraid he will dismantle the status quo and their comfortable cronyism. They view him as a threat to their power and that’s exactly what we need.


31 posted on 12/17/2015 5:46:46 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Personal Responsibility
They, the Dems and GOPe, move further and further left. We remain solid but the further left they go, from their perspective, we look more and more extreme.

Excellent observation.

32 posted on 12/17/2015 5:47:17 AM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: detective

“I think Christine Todd Whitman and other Republicans will support Hillary Clinton in the presidential elections.”

Agreed, and so will the RINOs. Social issues, i.e., gay rights, abortion, have been used for decades as a smokescreen to deflect the voters from realizing both parties are in accord on the important issues hidden from view by the government media.

Neither the GOP nor the Democrats bother to hide their disdain for American citizens.

I’m not a Trump supporter. I think he’s “full of sound and fury signifying nothing.” But the choice of those in power and it is their choice, not yours that matters, will signal a continuation of policies designed to harmonize America with the rest of the world at our expense.

Why bother with citizens when subjects will do?


33 posted on 12/17/2015 5:48:06 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: detective

...why? So we can lose her state of NJ by only 18 points instead of 20?


34 posted on 12/17/2015 5:48:25 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: Dr. Sivana

It IS her party too.....if you’re talking the Dem Party.


35 posted on 12/17/2015 5:49:57 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: detective

“Leading Republican moderate Christine Todd Whitman. . ..”

I love how the left uses words.

Oldplayer


36 posted on 12/17/2015 5:51:33 AM PST by oldplayer
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To: detective

Politico - FU


37 posted on 12/17/2015 5:52:38 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: detective
The Republican Party Must Defeat Trump Now

Wake up fool! (Whitman, not you detective)

Any attempt by the party to do so in defiance of the base will be the end of the GOP.

38 posted on 12/17/2015 5:52:56 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: detective

Party of “no” my ass ... it’s the party of knee pads.


39 posted on 12/17/2015 5:54:33 AM PST by glock rocks (I don't always talk to liberals, but when I do, I order the large fries.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
It IS her party too.....if you’re talking the Dem Party.

Christine Todd Whitman, of the Summit Todds, prefers a more patrician political establishment, with more stability and better breeding.
40 posted on 12/17/2015 5:55:00 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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