Posted on 03/07/2016 3:34:24 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Mitt Romney's speech against Donald Trump is not likely to win many converts. Romney's remarks will just further vindicate and entrench Trump supporters.
Romney, though a good man, is quintessentially GOP establishment and has shown, by his speech, that he still doesn't understand the role he and his colleagues have played in bringing about the Trump surge.
During campaign season, these guys always seem to get it. They profess to understand how destructive President Obama's agenda is, but once they're elected, they lose their will to fight, which makes many conservatives believe they didn't believe their own rhetoric in the first place.
I know, Republicans tell us that the GOP leadership has done all it can to stop Obama but there's only so much a congressional majority can do. That's also what they said about congressional minorities when they were a minority.
Regardless, they haven't presented their case to the American people with conviction during the past seven years, except in the runup to elections. They didn't point out Obama's evil intentions and often denounced those who did. They didn't rally around Ted Cruz, Mike Lee or a handful of others who tried to stymie Obama. Instead, they chose to ridicule and marginalize these fighters.
Even to this day, the establishment fails to understand the legitimate concerns millions of Americans have over illegal immigration.
Establishment types arrogantly and unfairly slander border hawks as nativists, suggesting their opposition to open borders is race-based.
It's not about race; it's about our national sovereignty, the rule of law, protecting jobs, protecting Americans against criminal elements and jihadis, and stanching an invasion of people who will further burden our welfare state -- not assimilate, not embrace the American idea -- and vote almost solely Democratic.
A sovereign nation must control its borders and encourage immigrants to assimilate and embrace the unique American experiment. But Democrats are for flooding the borders for all the wrong reasons, and large swaths of the Republican establishment have affirmatively aided and abetted them.
We've watched as Republicans have allowed many of Obama's budgets to sail through under the radar, on the pretense of just waiting for the next election. Our guys don't even talk about entitlement reform anymore, though they were telling us just a few years ago that we were about to go bankrupt.
The Republican Party has been so tone-deaf to these real concerns that some Republican voters are furious enough to have chosen a wildly flawed solution in Donald Trump. One person on Twitter said she is so disgusted she is going to vote Democratic for the first time in 40 years.
It is tragic that true conservatives, however, are being lumped in and punished for the betrayals of centrist Republicans. Trump supporters are adamant that no elected official escape the blame. Their solution is to burn the house down and rebuild it around Trump, even though they can't be sure what he'd do when elected.
People wonder why they would turn to someone like Trump. The GOP, after all, has stood for moral principles, manners and adult behavior, and Trump seems to exhibit none of those things. In many ways, he is the opposite of conservative principles, in demeanor, lifestyle and his personal conduct in the campaign.
But in their disgust at the Republican establishment, they are throwing out true conservatives and also certain conservative principles and values, as if all of conservatism has been tainted by a party that betrayed its base.
How else does it make sense that even valid, troubling criticisms of Trump seem to help him more than hurt him?
I think it's because this disaffected class of voters wants someone unorthodox enough to break the rules, someone brash enough not to be deterred by the niceties that have prevented establishment Republicans from distinguishing themselves from Obama in bold colors rather than pale pastels. They're seem not only not offended but invigorated by someone who'll hurl profanities and refuse to apologize even when he owes an apology, because they think it's going to take someone like that to resist pressure to betray them once he's elected.
And though the establishment has finally awakened to the intensity of the discontentment among the party rank and file, it still doesn't believe the angst is legitimate. The establishment is still in bitter denial and wouldn't support a person advocating many of Trump's ideas even if he were a paragon of moral rectitude.
If establishment Republicans were the least bit repentant about their betrayals, truly believed in the conservative principles embodied in their party's platform and were realistic about stopping Trump, they'd quit posturing and unite behind Ted Cruz.
For the way to defeat Donald Trump is not to deny him a majority and steal the nomination from him at the convention; that really would be the end of the party. It is to embrace the closest thing to a Reagan conservative since Ronald Reagan, before it's too late. But truth be told, they probably hate Cruz worse than they hate Trump.
I wish Trump supporters would consider this when they wrongly lump Cruz in with the establishment, and I wish they'd simmer down long enough to recognize that Cruz represents the answer to their complaints far more than Trump -- and with none of the baggage.
You heard it here first, that is what they are saying.
First of all I don’t believe the establishment has awakened to anything other than fear they may get kicked off the gravy train. Secondly, at this point in time I will not and cannot support Sen Cruz. Period.
I know of absolutely NO Cruz supporters who said they will vote for Hillary if Cruz does not get the nomination. I bet if there was a poll it would be 0%, as well. Cruz supporters see Hillary Clinton as the ultimate evil.
“It’s because they are in love with their maids. Like Swartzineger.”
Hey, banging out a kid with his maid is the only “positive” thing he did while he was our “governator.”
What a complete waste of skin he was!
Stick to Theology, David, or your law practice. We know Romney, now more than ever.
Both PA and Ohio have been republican presidential wins before. Obama lost them but that election in 2008, we could have put up Jesus Christ himself and lose. This time we are coming off 8 years of Obama and if trump is the nominee, those voters who are coming out for the primaries that haven’t voted since the 80’s could put them in play.
The Secret Service will have their hands full confiscating overripe produce from little old people bent on pelting this guy Babushka-style!
Cruz might be a bright, but he is quite possibly the only candidate in the field less capable than Clinton from an interpersonal standpoint!
Because they see the writing on the wall. If they do a contested/brokered convention.....they loose a good part of their base.
Rubio/Kasich CANNOT win the nomination. The anger against the party is too great.
Trump is too far out there to connect with Rubio/Kasich voters. Cruz is "milder" and could win them over....and no matter what Trump supporters like to think, Cruz can win the "anger votes" because he IS part of the early revolt against the GOPe. He's been fighting them for years....while Trump was still supporting Democrats.
Oh, please.
Harry Reid runs the Senate whether the DIMS are in the majority or the minority.
My reasoning is simple: I support the most conservative candidate running. Right now that is Ted Cruz. Next in line is Donald Trump.
Yeah, that’s why he went from 2% in the polls to winning the Texas Senate seat. Do you people even hear yourselves talk?
Trump can and shall beat her in N.Y.; Cruz would NOT! Trump can turn Blue and Purple states RED; Cruz can NOT!
How many jobs has Ted created?
Oh, yeah, he wanted to create lots of them by increasing H1-b visas by 500%.
Go, Ted Go, back to the test of your big donors.
Go, Ted, Go, back to to Canada.
Take all the Limbaughs with you.
Yeh that’ll happen. LOL!
And still he beats Hillary in the national polls.
[BTW...Trump loses to her. And BTW...Trump loses to Cruz in a two-man race]
But you knew all of that already, right?
In a word, no!
Very True, and Cruz understands that very well. That is why his answer to all of the moral issues we face is that those are state issues. Islamic jihadists should be killed, both Trump and Cruz are addement on this fact, Terrorists die. The difference Trump is okay with also killing their camels, their family, their neighbors, and the man they bought subs at from subway. Some of that list was sarcasm.
Illegal Immigrants, both talk a very good game in opinion, however for Trump that is where it ends. When the Amnesty Bill was going through the Senate, Cruz was in committee putting in things to make the bill better or kill it. Where was donald, giving money to the gang of eight. The Government not listening to the American citizens again both men are very strong in words. Trump was Bribing government officials, don’t believe me look him up, he says so in the first debate. Cruz went to McConnell and said I will not vote for the bill with a renewal on the IMP-EXP bank, is there a deal in place to renew it. He was told no, found out it was a lie, and exposed that lie to the white hot light of day. So tell me who is willing to Protect us from terrorists, while maintaining our constitutional freedoms. Who is willing to follow the laws, while protecting our freedoms. Who is willing to take on the corruption in Washington?
If you can prove to me that Trump is that man, and Cruz is not I will gladly hold my nose and vote Trump in november. I warn you though I have read Cruz’s book, investigated his story and believe that he is telling the truth.
Cruz is a Canaxican.
Thanks for the laugh!
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