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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Is there anyone left still in denial that the liberal Republican establishment would MUCH rather see Hillary Milhous Clinton win -- and will do whatever it takes to make that happen -- than an actual Republican who isn't under their thumb?
If the "neos" can't "con" or fraud their way into getting one of their puppets (Rubio, Kasich) the nomination, then they will go Full Goldwater against the nominee (Trump) as I have been saying for many months, long before it became as patently obvious as it is now.
In the unlikely event that Cruz gets the nod, it's a tossup as to whether he'll get the Goldwater '64 treatment or whether the Establishment will at least feign support since Pinocchio Cruz has been doing their bidding lately as regards Trump, and so might get a little doggie treat in the form of lukewarm support ("but we'd still really prefer Hillary") as a reward for that.
I can see a 3rd world war happening in this country if that felon is elected....and these DC politicians will be looking over their shoulders as well.....
When does the shooting start?
“Trump will run 3rd party.”
Which will result in...Hillary becoming President.
I truly wonder if that’s been his objective all along.
Any way you look at it, his candidacy has been disastrous.
The problem with this “plan” is that the establishment would also lose their majorities in the house and senate. I don’t think they want that.
Kristol is a fool. He has no followers.
If you ever had ANY doubts about how TRULY EVIL the es tablishment GOP is... doubt no more.
This vile snarling pos reminds me of the snarling possums we have in our area. All they both have is snarling and hissing.
What a contemptuous little weasel Kristol is.
I don’t like Trump much either, but REALLY??
They are desperate and it shows.
They are willing to give the country to Hillary rather than let Trump upset their apple cart.
IF they succeed with their brokered convention plan I certainly hope Trump has contingency plans already in place that will enable him to run third party.
At that point there would be nothing to lose for America. If he doesn't run Hillary wins.
If he runs third party and wins, he saves America from Hillary, and we at least have a fighting chance to save the country.
If he runs third party and loses at least we have a chance to set up a viable third party alternative to the corrupt and vile Republican Party.
So the way I see it, there is no downside to Trump running third party if the GOPe steal the nomination.
Especially when they hypocritically demand that conservatives support Bushes, Doles, McCains, and Romneys in the general election when these establishment candidates of choice get nominated.
The system is not broken, it is FIXED.
And the ‘unmasking’ continues...
Isn’t he married to John McCain?
Hillary Clinton is, beyond a reasonable doubt, guilty of espionage against the United States.
Anyone who supports her now is an accessory to espionage.
This country has hung Americans for committing espionage.
Good job, Bill!
This conspiracy theorist takes a bow.
This year is like the movie ending where the bad guy finally stops pretending to be the nice guy and starts shooting wildly at anything that moves.
The powers that be want us to fight a perpetual war against drugs, poverty, terrorism etal while they line their pockets.
Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face!
This guy Kristol is willing to finish destroying what’s left of our country by letting Killary win? Complete Looney Tunes.
GO TRUMP!
...and another mask gets dropped.
(On the bright side, I’m feeling smarter every time this stuff happens....validates every little nagging doubt I’ve had about the basic honor of those of Our Nobel Leadership Class ever since ‘Nam.)
I am fully 100% against taking the nomination away from Trump if he has over 50% and would fight with anyone who suggested in doing so...
However, there is a reason they put in the >50% rule and didn’t simply award the nomination to whoever had the most delegates.
If it turns out to be Trump - 40% Cruz - 35% Rubio - 25%, I fully expect a full out floor fight for the nomination and I would not consider it “dirty” or “cheating” if it goes to someone other than Trump.
Of course, as a conservative, I hope that Cruz would get it and would be extremely disappointed if Rubio got it (more than if Trump got it) but I wouldn’t consider it underhanded in any way. That is the way the system was designed and everyone knew it going in.
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