Posted on 03/02/2016 7:36:25 AM PST by lodi90
In order to defeat Donald Trump, The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol admits he is prepared to hand Hillary Clinton the Oval Office. On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe,” the Republican Establishment leader laid out his plot to deprive Trump of the 50% of delegates necessary to secure the nomination. From there, the idea is to go into a brokered convention and cut a kamikaze deal that awards enough delegates to an “acceptable” candidate (who will have won far fewer votes, states, and delegates than Trump).
The problem with the Establishment brokering a behind-closed-door deal that hands the nomination to a Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)79% , is that the backlash against the Republican Party is almost certain to hand Hillary Clinton the presidency.
If a bunch of rich, angry GOP elites rob Trump supporters of their victory, the blowback will result in so many voters staying home in November, Hillary wins. As NBC’s Chuck Todd pointed out last night, at this point the delegate math is such that the only way to stop Trump is through this scheme at the convention.
As you’ll see below, that outcome is preferable to Kristol, and by extension it is safe to assume that outcome is also fine with the rest of the Republican Establishment.
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I’m sad to see Cruz supporters just fine with the GOP dirty tricks against Trump as long as it helps their candidate. I thought his whole campaign was based on “principled conservatism”.
We can’t wait to the convention. We need to shut down this crapola ASAP before the GOPe have time to outflank us.
Oh puhlease.....
Nothing but reverse psy-ops by the brilliant GOPe going on here....
Make the people think Trump is hated by the leadership, which makes him more popular and more likely to win in November....
You’re all dupes....
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Would that be the same Schumer that Trump funds? You don’t mind that little piece of hypocrisy. Rally round Trump; he funds Democrats. Good grief why can’t you see through the con.
Now you guys love Rush again? Which is it?
Bill Krisco has been predicting Trump’s demise every day for the last 6 months. The guy is a dope.
GOPe would not mind having Hitlerly as their globalist president. They would take great pleasure in her persecuting the GOP voters they hate. It’s the uniparty and Trump is not a part of the party.
The cockroaches have been exposed. How disgustingly unbelievable. I’m sure the GOPe is conspiring with the Dems as we type. I pray the people rise up. God, protect Donald Trump and everyone associated with him.
Funny, you could say the same thing about Trump. The difference is that Kristol has been a conservative for quite awhile now, something like 30 years. Whereas with Trump, we have an impostor who hasn’t been a conservative in anything but name and for less than Bruce Jenner has been a woman.
Is Trump saying he prefers Hillary and her SCOTUS picks over the GOP nominee? No. Kristol & a sitting GOP U. S. Senator are. The rebellion is on, FRiend. It’s once again a time for choosing.
Kristol is an idiot, but everybody knew that.
Can/would the libertarians and/or Constitutional party name Trump as their standard barrier?
Can you imagine all the secret meetings with white boards and desperate action plans going on now all over DC?
The catering and alcohol businesses must be skyrocketing.
I have no illusions about Trump. I just think he's less of a sleaze than Empty Suit Rubio or whoever else party hacks like Kristol think we should vote for.
Nailed it! The elites, who have been exposed, can leave the Republican Party and join their Democrat buddies or go third party. (Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.)
Get the heck on board. Cruz isn’t going to have the number of delegates needed to win. He’s just not going to. Further more, he’s not going to win in the general. He doesn’t appeal to a broad enough base (Doesn’t mean he won’t win some states here and there but he hasn’t shown broad support). They aren’t going to give this to Cruz in a brokered convention and they damn sure won’t give it to Trump or Carson. Who does that leave? Rubio, Bush, Kasich. This is a joke! We don’t defeat these pukes divided!
Might just be a repeat of "the shot heard around the world"
Like or hate Trump, you have to admit he has illustrated just how corrupt our government is and who the shadow players are.
Go for it GOPE. GO the route of the Whigs.
Hey stranger, how nice to see you here....it’s been a while!
Hope you are well!
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“If Trump has majority, even if not 1237, at convention he will be nominated for POTUS. But he will have to allow establishment to choose his VP.”
If Trump falls short of 1237, and is denied the nomination even though he is overwhelmingly the people’s choice he may be able to splinter the party. If Trump, Cruz, Christie, Gingrich, Sessions, Lee, 10-15 other Senators, 30-40 house members, and 10-15 conservative Republican governors bolted to form a third party, they might lose in 2016 (as would what is left of the GOP) but would be positioned to run a strong national campaign in 2020. In a three party system - socialist Democrats, liberal statist globalist Republicans, and conservative nationalists - the conservative party could be competitive in presidential races and would be the swing power block in the House and Senate. A three party system could be the best way to preserve the Republic in the face of demographic shifts the Democrats hope to take advantage of, through ethnic block voting, to create a one party state.
Oh puhlease.....
Nothing but reverse psy-ops by the brilliant GOPe going on here....
Ha! Good one. :) You had me catfished right there until the end. LOL.
Go for it GOPE. GO the route of the Whigs.
This is real, IMO. If the GOP steal the nom Trump will dynamite the GOP and take half their base to start his new party. RIP GOP.
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