The Merciful End of the Corrupt GOP?

RobertRinger.com ^ | March 15, 2016 | Robert Ringer

[all the best]

The Republican Party appears to be thrashing about like a wild beast in the final stages of its death throes. For those of us who are repulsed by politicians, political parties, and the odious political process, it’s quite entertaining to watch.

(Before proceeding, it’s important to point out that what people think of as the Republican Party is really just a wing of what I have been referring to since 1979 as the Demopublican Party — an oligarchy with two wings, the Democratic wing that sets the agenda and the Republican wing whose main function is to help implement that agenda.)

Of course, such a fraud would not be possible were it not for the fact that our rulers put a great deal of time and effort into providing great theater that diverts the public’s attention from the truth. And the most important aspect of this theater is that the two factions of the Demopublican oligarchy gratuitously pretend to be at odds with one another.

But make no mistake about it — all members in both wings of the party fully understand the importance of the theater aspect of the political game, never losing sight of the fact that their overarching, joint objective is to stay in power. Everything else about the game is secondary. The unspoken understanding among Demopublicans is, “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. And if you refuse to play the game, you can be sure that you won’t be around long.”

Nevertheless, the Republican wing of the party has been dying a slow death since the end of the Calvin Coolidge era. Coolidge was the last great U.S. president, a fervent believer that the government’s role was to stay the hell out of the way, hence his slogan: “The business of America is business.”

[all the best]

I have always voted Republican and always because they're not quite as bad as the Democrats.

[Aleya2Fairlie]

Ah yes.....Republicans are the “good cops”.

[CMB_polarization]

Inbred as well. Instead of the Romanov dynasty we have the Bush dynasty. Hopefully the Clinton dynasty will be redirected into other venues, like used-auto sales, as a result of Trumpification. Your vote counts.

[COBOL2Java]

I’d gladly vote for a Republican - if I could ever find one.

[Pikachu_Dad]

That is a long, long slow death... /sarc

Honey, who left the door to the looney bin open?

Is there a reason you posted this article from a crazy here?

[Safrguns]

I have not heard Trump talk about how he is going to “end” the GOP elite.

Not sure how he can.

I hope Trump really does understand what he is getting into, and what to do about it.

[Savage Beast]

Yes! Fire the bastards!

Qu'ils jettent du hamburger.
(Let them sling burgers.)

[Menthops]

After the GOPe is crushed in November, I hope the Hillary Clinton DOJ sets its sights on whatever corrupt GOPe’ers still remain.

[TMSuchman]

To All of you disappointed Sen. Rubio supporters out there [and I know that there are a lot of you out there] We here at the Veterans Party of America & Missouri welcome you with open arms. We remember our Oath of Service has NO expatriation date & our candidates have a real plan to restore our Nation, for the follies of some of our previous “leaders”.
Mike Suchman’s photo.

[Liz]

Lordy, looks lie Donald means business.

Those other people don/t know they/re dead....yet.

[Joe Boucher]

Hard to get enthusiastically behind Dole, McCain, Mitt, Jeb, etc knowing the reason i voted for each was because they just weren’t quite as bad as the other guy.
Hope EVERY go along get along politician is quaking in their boots after ignoring the last two big elections and rubber stamping Obamma’s agenda.

[PapaBear3625]

“It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."
"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"
"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"
"What?"
"I said," said Ford, with an increasing air of urgency creeping into his voice, "have you got any gin?"
"I'll look. Tell me about the lizards."
Ford shrugged again.
"Some people say that the lizards are the best thing that ever happenned to them," he said. "They're completely wrong of course, completely and utterly wrong, but someone's got to say it."
"But that's terrible," said Arthur.
"Listen, bud," said Ford, "if I had one Altairian dollar for every time I heard one bit of the Universe look at another bit of the Universe and say 'That's terrible' I wouldn't be sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.”
― Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

[central_va]

NWO Bush I killed the Republican Party when he supported NAFTA and turned the reins over to Wall Street and the International Corporate cabal. It was the beginning Cheap Labor Express and the replacement of the USA’s middle class.

[Gaffer]

Trump isn’t going to ‘end’ them. WE! WE! will end them. We will do this because they’ve shown us over and over and over again they are, in fact, worse enemies to us than Democrats. Lying liar, backstabber, featherbedding politicians only interested in themselves and their feathered bed. WE will end them. Trump is along for the ride on that point.

[MaxFlint]

Honey, who left the door to the looney bin open?

Ringer equates the GOPe with the Republican party. Which considering the party insiders reaction to the Goldwater, Reagan and Trump campaigns is not without factual basis.

The only times conservatives have got anything out of the GOP is after a long, bitter struggle, and even then it's been a temporary reprieve from business as usual.

[marktwain]

Trump is “ending” the GOPe by existing and winning.

He has changed the game by bringing up most of the policies that large majorities of the voters want, but were “off the table” by political correctness, media agenda, and elite social engineering.

The ability to support those policies mean that candidates that support them will now have a chance at federal power.

Voters could already elect them to state office; fairly often as federal members of the House; occasionally as members of the Senate; only once since FDR as president (Reagan).

Now the state level officials will have decent shots at the House, the Senate, and the Presidency.

And, they may be able to keep from being corrupted once they get there.

We will see.

Policies that were “off the table”:

Stopping illegal immigration and deportation of existing illegals.

Supporting the Second Amendment in reality instead of merely lip service

Ensuring that so-called “free trade” is not a one-way street that gives enormous advantages to our competitors

Unabashedly putting American interests first

Getting the budget actually under control instead of simply continuing to pile up debt

Removing the insane power of the EPA and the department of Education

Actively fighting the media, instead of accepting their agenda and their information flow.

Of course, a restoration of American military power never was “off the table”, but it is vitally important to the country, and brings a fair number of the GOPe to his side.

[mulligan]

Hope so. It will not be missed.

[1Old Pro]

Let it end and let’s roll.

[LaMudBug]

Carroll Quigley quotes (showing 1-19 of 19) “The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies... is a foolish idea. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.” ― Carroll Quigley Google Charles Quigley for the other 18 quotes...

[Hoodat]

The Republican Party appears to be thrashing about like a wild beast in the final stages of its death throes.

With Donald Trump as the nominee, deals will be cut, and the status quo will be maintained. With Ted Cruz as the nominee, Reince Priebus will be looking for another job.