Posted on 04/11/2016 3:53:02 PM PDT by Kaslin
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RUSH: All right, look. It really doesn't matter whether I think Cruz is cheating or not. Some of you do, and that's as far as it goes. You don't... But I'm gonna try to explain this to you because I think it is very important that everybody understand this. Now, I just said closing out the previous hour something, apparently, very provocative. My e-mail is blowing up. I'm thinking ahead down the road. I'm asking myself, what happens here if the establishment succeeds in beating Trump? For this discussion, it doesn't matter whether they do it legitimately or quote/unquote "cheat."
At the end of this, if Trump doesn't get the nomination after all of this, then what's next? Now, Pat Buchanan has written that he thinks it doesn't really matter because Trump has ignited a new nationalistic populist movement which will not be denied, and that if they don't get there this year, this movement now has found out how powerful it is and how many people are in it; that in certain polling senses they are a majority. A number of people oppose immigration, want a wall, and have trade deal opposition. So Buchanan says that...
And, by the way, he's not hoping for this. But if Trump doesn't get the nomination, he says that that doesn't matter because this group of people, the Trumpists -- the people supporting Trump. Buchanan believes they're actually supporting more than Trump. They are supporting a set of ideas and principles that will survive Trump. And that a new movement has been born, that the genie's out of the bottle, that the establishment will not be able to put back in the bottle.
Doug Schoen, who's a Democrat pollster and strategist who also appears on the evil and dreaded Fox News Channel where he does analysis -- usually sitting next to, I think, Monica Crowley or whoever they put him with, just to balance it out. You know, "fair and balanced," you decide. Doug has a piece here. (chuckles) Oh, look! It's at Fox News. And the headline: "Donald Trump Saw What Politicians Ignored. And Then he Disrupted American Politics." And his theme is this.
"In future elections, we may not have someone as outlandish as Trump. But his legacy will surely have paved the way for leaders who may not know anything about governing, but know a lot about how people are feeling." I gather from this... Here the headline: "Donald Trump Saw What Politicians Ignored. And Then he Disrupted American Politics." He quite correctly notes the genuine depth of anger that a majority of Americans feel, and he thinks -- I guess along the line with Buchanan -- that a new movement has begun here.
I don't deny that. I mean, I don't deny that the people who think what they think are gonna stop thinking it, and I don't doubt that there's a lot of them. But my only point is this. This is how serious it is. If the establishment succeeds or if Ted Cruz -- and those are two different entities, by the way. Ted Cruz is not the establishment right now. So you've got two entities working against Trump. You got Cruz from the campaign angle; you've got the establishment from their own angle. If either or both succeed in stopping Trump, where does this movement go?
I have no doubt they might abandon the Republican Party. But my instincts tell me that... What's the objective here? If you're a Trumpist, what's the objective? After winning, besides winning, what's the objective? It's to abolish this insider club, right? It's to abolish the establishment. It's to get rid of it once and for all, realizing you're only gonna be able to do that on the Republican side. (chuckling) The Democrats are not gonna let anybody come in and kick them out of it -- and I don't think the Republicans are, either.
But let's say that that's the ultimate objective is to just get rid of this club, is to get rid of all of this insider stuff, all the favoritism, all the back scratching, all the cronyism, all the unfairness, you know, all the greasing skids for everybody's kids so all they have to do is grow up and they're automatic successes and all this is. Get rid of it, blow it up, and turn it back over to a merit based. I'm here to tell you that if the establishment beats back this effort, nobody's gonna come along and take it away from 'em again. (interruption)
Why are you shaking your head in there? (interruption) You doubt my premise? (interruption) Well, my only point here is that the objective is to... If the problem is perceived to be the establishment, which it is, and Trump is the vehicle for victory overwhelming, overcoming the establishment, what happens if Trump doesn't win? The establishment holds on. If Trump doesn't win, no matter what. If the Trumpists represent one half of the voters of the Republican Party, and then if every one of them stops voting Republican, that is not gonna end the Republican establishment.
And, furthermore, the Republican establishment won't care. That's the problem. They won't care. As long as they hold on to their fiefdom, as long as there is a Republican Party, and as long as the people who run it continue to run it, then beating back this latest insurgency, they will consider to be a victory. Not whether they win the White House or not. Their first order of business right now is to beat back the insurgency, the rabble-rousers, the peasants with the pitchforks.
That's their first objective right now. And if they have to roll up their sleeves and work with Ted Cruz for a couple of months to do it, they'll do it. But then Cruz is gonna be their next target. (interruption) Don't doubt me. (interruption) Don't shake your heads in there. Don't doubt me on this. These are people hanging on for dear life. These are people in a car that has gone over the cliff; it's sinking to the bottom of the lake. They're struggling to get the windows open and swim out of that car, and they're gonna do everything they can to live.
They're not gonna allow Trump to push that car over the cliff with the doors and windows locked, or Cruz, for that matter. So my only point is this: If Trump, as a candidate, ends up being defeated, and if he doesn't get to 1,237, do you see him winning on a second or third ballot, given what you've seen happen this weekend? Well, some people don't, but even though you've gotta realize something. If everybody's out there buying delegates, don't forget Trump has Mar-a-Lago.
I mean, if you're gonna wine and dine delegates, Trump's got Trump Force One. I mean, Trump's... There you go once again: Insulting delegates, thinking they can be bought off with... (interruption) Well, can I give you some names? (chuckling) No, folks, I'm just kidding. Look, the anti-establishment movement is real. It's a lot of people. But if it doesn't succeed in making great, great inroads in the establishment this time around, it's gonna be a long time before it happens again. The establishment's gonna be well girded, well protected -- and this is for keeps. That's why...
I'm sorry. All of this is precisely why the focus on Hillary and Obama and the Democrats hasbeen lost, because right now people are in a life-and-death struggle over their identity, their self-worth and any number of other things.
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There would be a lot of whining. A lot.
That is quite a good point. And quite possible. This is certainly a fascinating election.
Not only happy, but a respectful and articulate democrat.
Wow.
Gnashing of teeth, exploding heads, and false accusations of cheating galore.
Ditto
Constitution Party is my plan if Trump doesn't go 3rd party.
I'll continue to vote for downticket GOP that aren't RINOs.
My vote will also go constitution party!! Hillary will end up as POTUS but frankly at this point she will end up as POTUS ANYWAY!!! Cruz CANNOT win a general and I am quite furious with him for jumping into bed with the establishment !!! This election is SO important to blow up DC but with ALL I am learning about these rules that favor NO ONE but the BASTARDS entrenched there already I now believe the nation is DONE, status quo I will vote down ticket constitution party also, maybe down ticket libratarian !!
If the GOPe steals the nomination from Trump then I will write in Trump and go third party down ballet. No more voting GOP ever.
Shame on the lying piece of s**t Ted Cruz. He is a stooge for the anti-American globalist uniparty. He represents everything I hate about D.C. FUTC.
I keep telling the Cruzers the same thing, they have their heads buried in the sand and will not listen.
Pat is might be right but if Trump is not elected the Rats will legalized tens of millions of new Marsist voters giving them a super majority that will last forever. So our only hope is to elect Trump, anything else and we lose the country.
4 am ... we can take out the GOPe - its time. ;-)
I’m a Trump supporter. That said in November, no matter what, no matter the Republican nominee, I cannot vote directly, or indirectly for the traitor(s) that left our men to die. What ever I dislike about said nominee I will never let my vote help her. And shame on anyone that would. May all of you rot in hell if you do.
How quickly you all have forgotten who and what Hillary is.
Might I suggest a review of the Benghazi ping list by Republicanprofessor. No one expected this primary to be fun or exactly fair by their measure. No one expected it to immaculate or without black eyes or hurt egos. No matter what you think is bad about Cruz or Trump she is much worse. For God’s sake grow up. Professor all apologies if my reference to you and your work for such a reason is offensive.
http://www.freerepublic.com/~republicanprofessor/
I am voting for Trump, I could never for Ted Cruz he is an anti-American globalist, just like Hillary. Go ahead and vote for the uniparty candidate, but understand, you are voting to turn our country into a third world hell hole.
I’m in the Trump club too. I’m mad as hell at the RNC/GopE too. I don’t like Cruz much at all. To say Cruz is as bad as Hillary is either a huge misunderstanding, huge exaggeration or a huge lie. Read my post again. Repeat as needed to come to your senses. Ted Cruz didn’t leave Americans for dead or give away top secret info. Comparing him to that is childish. Again dig through my posts. I have been with Trump since the get go.
Ted Cruz is a globalist. With Cruz or Hillary we get over run by third world migrants and we continue to lose jobs and manufacturing to low wage countries. Cruz and Hillary are just different sides of the same uniparty coin. Unless we solve our problem with illegals invading the USA this cycle we are toast. Neither Cruz nor Hillary is going to do anything meaningful about the illegals so I really don’t see any reason to vote for either one of them. So for me it is Trump. If Trump is not the nominee I’ll write in Trump and vote 3rd party down ticket.
You think if I put “GO TRUMP! BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF CRUZ!” in the message part of my quarterly donation, I will get zotted? Cruz people keep saying and insinuating that Trump supporters should be zotted off of here. Personally, I have never gotten the impression that Mr. Robinson is that unreasonable or wants to shut down people’s free speech and opinions even if they don’t exactly agree with him point by point.
If they steal this from Trump, I hope he goes third party. If not, I’ll write his name in.
Why Hillary or Bernie would send the storm troopers after all of us and make sure the 'effect' didn't last until the next election. People forget who the real enemy is.
SOMEone had to do it!
After all; at this point in time; they still own the football!
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