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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But...but...but...
Control of the Federal Treasury is near 100 trillion dollars. That kind of money will buy an awful lot of votes.
the only way out of this mess is for Carson and Trump and or Cruz to drop out quickly and fight the establishment. Unfortunately I think Cruz is now pass making that choice as he has been carrying the water for the rabid establishment over the past week and last nights speech did nothing to support that notion.
Flash message for the GOPe, if we don’t get the people’s choice whomever that may be, I will vote for every dem on the ticket. When Rev IIcomes, you guys will be first ones up the street lamps followed by the dems.
And we’re the mark.
We win a crumb every once in awhile, but we’ve lost so much that we’ll be serfs shortly, while they live like the raj they think they are.
Kristol is a fool.....
No Kristol is a rich fool and wants to keep it that way.
Therein lies the problem.
Bring it A-holes.
I am not a Trump guy....yet. But Kcuf with the voter intention and let some small moronity screw over the average joe and it will be game on for years.
What an elitist scumbag. I am going to have to change my party affiliation from R to I if they insist on this dictatorial behavior. I’m sure many others will follow suit and the RNC will be as influential as Libertarians going forward.
Control of the Federal Treasury is near 100 trillion dollars. That kind of money will buy an awful lot of votes.
And sex. Which is what makes the world go round for these gluttonous beltway careerists.
And...exactly how does that work?
One man decides he will 'hand' the Oval Office to Hillary and...ickitty, ackitty, ook...it's done?
Let’s be succinct.. They are TRAITORS.
If Trump pledges to support the Republican candidate, shouldn’t the Republican establishment do the same?
Cruz supporters, if Trump goes down Bill Kristol and his ilk will do the same to Ted.
“What third party? We need a second party first.”
Call yourself the Conservative Party, get the backing of the “conservatives” that rallied around Trump and force the GOP to come to grips with it.
The 2015 Congress “should have” done what the people elected them to do. If they had, Trump may not be in the lead.
We can say “should’ve/would’ve/could’ve” all we want. But congress “didn’t” and the people decide what “should” happen next.
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yep...people want some one to stand up to the democrats. I don’t think Trump is that guy but a lot of people do. They voted and we lost and the insiders lost.
Kristol is a fool.....
No Kristol is a rich fool and wants to keep it that way.
The political and chattering classes have gotten wealthy/rich off our backs. This is cold, dead hands stuff. They won’t go without a political nuclear war.
Kristol = 100% Quisling Establishment/Globalist Rat
Good time to catchup on my reading list till the convention.
I didn’t vote for Trump, but this attempt to undercut his legitimate success is disgusting. These politicians and pundits do not have any core principles other than they believe and worship government and its control over anyone outside of their incestuous beltway.
They truly spit upon the concepts of freedom and liberty. Is the electorate making a mistake with Trump? Perhaps. But it is the electorate’s choice to make!
Republicans, Democrats, Uniparty, Government Party, all the same. Anything other than freeing the citizenry from the shackles of taxation and regulation.
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100% ditto
Trump is running 3P. Inside the GOP tent. LOL.
Buchanan hates jews. Kristol is a jew.
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