Posted on 03/18/2016 5:37:44 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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The Republican party is not a direct democracy. It crafts its own rules, and it can change them. Here are questions that Republican delegates should be asking themselves: Is it worth upsetting a bunch of angry, marginally conservative voters who often have a minor fidelity to the doctrines of your party? Or are you prepared to put your political infrastructure and full weight behind a cartoonish George Wallacelike character wholl probably inflict more damage than you could ever hope to repair?
RNC chairman Reince Priebus says that he expects every GOP presidential candidate to uphold a pledge to support the eventual nominee. Considering what we heard in Senator Marco Rubios concession speech, I find this difficult to believe. At best, Priebus is going to have a bunch of politicians tiptoeing around Trump in tacit nonsupport. And if enough big-name Republicans end up supporting Trump, it only accentuates the need for a new party.
An ABC exit poll with all the usual caveats about the unreliability of exit polls said that six in ten non-Trump-supporters say they would seriously consider a third party if he became the GOPs nominee. The more disgust his big-government positioning and ugly rhetoric generate, the higher that number rises. And there are a number of rational reasons to support such a run.
For starters, Trump supporters are already very angry about everything. Its not as if they could be any angrier with the establishment. Once Trump is gone (and hell leave with no coherent movement), these voters will either have to come back and look for alternative candidates with compelling messages, or leave the party altogether.
In the short run, a third-party candidate might insulate down-ballot candidates from Trumpism. You do remember Todd Akin, Im sure?
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Have you gone over to NRO to post what you just posted here? If not, why not?
Believe it or not, the author probably isnt coming over here to see what we think.
Im urging all the Trump supporters to go post your thoughts on these sites publishing these articles. If you dont, you truly are just preaching to the choir.
WND, Takimag, AT, Breitbart, NRO, gateway pundit, dilbertblog and many other sites we post articles from all use Disqus to post comments and Ive never gotten any kind of spam from them.
Your Disqus account is good over any site that uses it so theres no need for multiple accounts.
Don’t let your voice get lost in an echo chamber. If it’s worthy of your post here, let the authors know what you think at the site where it’s published.
I'm no fan of Trump (just in case I hadn't made it abundantly clear), but to his credit he has won his victories fairly and above board. If all trends hold he'll hit the 1,237 threshold. By all means, let all the remaining states have their say... but this bullsh*t talk of screwing him over at the convention and/or running a third-party is destructive.
The task of defeating Her Infernal Malevolence in November is going to be daunting enough without meddling GOPe sore losers f***ing up the effort yet more.
National Review and Townhall.com are on my permanent FU lists.
Great point!!
Will do just that.
Thanks.
I'm not even a Trump supporter and did just that.. calling BS to the idea of gaming the nominating process. If, after all the delegates are counted, Trump is the last man standing, cutting his knees out from under him accomplishes nothing but eases the path to the White House for the she-devil.
That's like the house stealing the pot after everyone antes up.
Why would anyone want to spend tens of millions of dollars on a campaign if the rules change after you cross the finish line? They might as well just pick Trump's pocket and take the money.
-PJ
FR is all about keeping an eye on the enemy.
To not allow the NRO to be published here would not be a positive action.
Keep your friends close, your enemies closer.
Even HuffPost is sometimes allowed to be posted here when they write something that is good for us to see.
After all they are now considered part of the MSM being as the MSM has become more like them
Blocking the NRO from FR is like letting them sucker punch conservatism.
Trump won't run.
Trump isn't a serious candidate.
People shouldn't vote for Trump.
Massive media/spending campaign to keep people from voting Trump.
He won't be get the most delegates.
He won't get the required delegates.
We'll contest the convention.
We'll just outright steal the nomination.
They are pretty far out on the ledge now. I think they're in shock that nobody appears to give a crap about what they say.
The check is in the mail...
Is that still true today? Or rather, was that still true before they decided to commit suicide with the Trump issue?
Do any of you have the time to track down who is funding them?
Am I detecting a little bit of “ Animal Farm” here?
My understanding, from conversations with R. Emmett Tyrrell many years ago, was that not ONE of these magazines can make it without a heavy donor base.
My understanding, from conversations with R. Emmett Tyrrell many years ago, was that not ONE of these magazines can make it without a heavy donor base.
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