Posted on 06/11/2016 5:22:02 PM PDT by McGruff
Because a Trump win is far from guaranteed. Any Dem with a pulse is a mortal lock for about 240 (out of 270) electoral votes, no matter how corrupt, etc.
But if you only care about having people who agree with you 100% voting for Trump, fine. Enjoy Hillary. Had you tried to persuade those who are currently acting all #NeverTrump-ey, you might have persuaded enough of them to win. If you don't try, you won't, and Hillary is much more likely to win. (Note that in betting circles, which are right the huge majority of the time, a Democrat win is now 75% favored. But never mind.)
Why would you even care to convert someone who is so outrageously stupid that they would equate Trump with someone like Hitler who was responsible for the murder of thousands and thousands? Frankly that is offensive to those who were persecuted by the Nazi’s and makes light of the atrocities.
Piss on Whitman and the rest of those worthless POSs. I don’t want to be in a party where idiots like that are considered leaders.
You're missing the bigger picture. These guys *want* Hillary, or someone similar, to be president next. Doesn't matter if they're a D or a R... as long as they're part of the in-crowd.
Trump's not part of their club... they will never go for that. Hillary will do just fine for them, because she can be bought.
Trump should not bend to these people... if he does, then we're no better off than before. We need to beat the establishment people head on... no BS this time around.
You nailed it
I don’t agree with any comparison by Whitman or anyone else between Trump and Hitler, and Whitman is no better than a conservative Democrat. But her judicial picks would be miles to the right of Moonbeam’s, and they will sit for 30 plus years. It matters. Anyone who says “yay, Whitman lost” is venting at best and a mucking foron leftist at worst.
He wasn't my first choice, but I supported him in the end. I was dismayed during his campaign because it seemed to me like he was trying to lose. There were several things he did that completely baffled me... it was like the plan all along was for him to lose. Perhaps it was.
I could care less about Whitman or any other liberal...Republican or Democrat. There are no differences. They are just fighting over power.
In stew? Where are the Bay leaves, and basil? I’m hungry for GOOD stew.
It does not matter whether the Anti-Trumpist of the day emanates from Washington DC (congress), from media (punditry), or from the special interest groups doing the bidding of Wall Street (US CoC), the ultimate thread which connects them all is money. Lots, and lots, of money. These are financial interests.
Not meaning to be so simplistic, but it’s always about the money. Behind every globalist word, behind every globalist ideology, behind the convenient use of pop culture – you find the motives of power interests all circle around money.
Corporate media does an effective job promoting opinion that serves their interests. Admitting this is not cynicism, it is our reality. Controversies are used as tools, simply intended to sway opinion and applied when needed to serve those interests.
That is what they do. That’s what this is. That’s all this is.
Think about the current pearl clutching class of DC congress critters, in conjunction with the recently rolled out Mitt Romney approach, aghast with what they call Trump’s racism; or more recently with Romney’s new talking point: “trickle down racism“…
Contrast the accusation against the reality of the GOPe behavior in the Mississippi 2014 primary where race was specifically used BY THEM to retain Thad Cochran’s seat in the Senate. Was mittens concerned about McConnell’s use of race to advance the GOPe objectives?
Nah, not so much. Funny that.
It is not hypocrisy either. Simple hypocrisy would require the contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations. These guys don’t hide their character or inclinations. Their behaviors are well beyond the practice of engaging in conduct or activity for which they criticize another.
These GOPe behaviors are a pretense, a specific sham intended to advance a proposition that is more favorable to their retention of power and financial position.
Mitch McConnell:
“it’s time for Trump to stop attacking various minority groups”.
A preposterous presentation poured from the pontificating puss of a politician who previously paid his pussified Proletarian parliamentarians to attack Chris McDaniel.
Mitt Romney yesterday:
“trickle down racism is extraordinarily dangerous to the heart and character of America”.
Romney is a condescending clout who couldn’t contemplate constructing a counter charge, contrary to the convoluted 2012 clap-trap contrived against his own clown candidacy. Now Romney prefers chastising a champion with chicken-shit charges like the chump-faced choker he is.
Why, because he’s $cared.
You know who scares the heck out of him and them?
The nomination of Donald Trump represents an existential threat to the Uniparty apparatus within DC, and the professional leadership who gain personal wealth and influence by retaining the status quo.
In general terms Trump is opposed by both of the power structures, Democrats and Republicans, who are charged with carrying out the legislative agenda provided by Wall Street and the financial class.
More specifically, the GOPe leadership of Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell were always going to be in opposition to Donald Trump. Indeed, the entire architecture of the republican presidential race was structurally intended to advance the ‘establishment’ candidacy of next-in-line Jeb. This was the grand design since October of 2014 which we previously outlined in great detail.
As we presented mid-2015, if Trump bested their globalist/Wall St efforts -which seemed almost insurmountable at the time- the GOPe would have no reasonable alternative other than to support the alternate side of the UniParty coin, Hillary Clinton.
However, supporting Clinton is ideologically favorable but optically challenging.
Everything would have to be carefully constructed to avoid the appearance of their support for an candidate they are supposed to oppose.
Predictably 2016 endorsements would not be actual endorsements per se’. Support in-name-only is the best way to think of it. What followed (post Indiana) was essentially the visibility of this approach.
The corporate media have skin in this game, and consequently sell the arms length approach around the manufactured vulgarian or controversial nature of candidate Trump.
However, that narrative is factually false.
The GOPe do not support the nationalist candidacy of Donald Trump because the America-First principles espoused by Trump are antithetical to their legislative agenda.
Their opposition has nothing to do with Trump’s personality; their motives only use the behavioral excuse as a shield to hide the reality of their UniParty affiliation.
As an example last week House Speaker Paul Ryan says candidate Trump’s remarks about Judge Curiel are “the literal definition of racism“, most of the Trump supporters and most of the Anti-Trump advocates, point out how Ryan’s remarks are going to be in Hillary Clinton campaign ads.
Yes, indeed Ryan’s words will be in Hillary Clinton campaign ads; but that is not accidental – it is by Machiavellian design.
The GOPe is going to do everything within their power to undermine the candidacy of their own nominee because that nominee is an existential threat to their own grip on power.
Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and by extension Mitt Roney et al, cannot openly appear to be throwing the 2016 Presidential race because that would expose the UniParty to full electoral sunlight.
No, instead their efforts must be more covert, more subtle, more designed to provide benefit while retaining appearances.
What the GOPe are doing, on behalf of their legislative agenda, is politically strategic. Remember this is the same crew behind Omnibus, behind TPP, behind the Corker/Cardin amendment, behind the attempted passage of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
Just like in June of 2014 when they were trying to pass the Gang of Eight bill in the House (derailed by the primary of Eric Cantor), the GOPe is one side of the UniParty apparatus strategically trying to give the viewing electorate the appearance of opposition while simultaneously working to deliver an identical outcome.
How did that fiscal year budget 2017 work out?… with the GOPe in control of the House and Senate?…. or funding for DAPA (Obama’s executive amnesty)… See the real picture here?
♦ POINT #2 – The GOPe have some VERY WEAK candidates at risk of defeat in 2016, and that has nothing to do with presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Rob Portman (Ohio), Kelly Ayotte (NH), Mark Kirk (IL) and Ron Johnson (WI), are a few of the vulnerable republican senate incumbents not because of Donald Trump, but rather because they are quislings to the GOPe side of the UniParty apparatus and their flawed and unprincipled character is transparent to their own state electorate. You can easily add Senator John McCain (AZ) to this list.
Leader Mitch McConnell is a snake of the highest order. He knows the limp-wristed, big government, progressive republican, Wall Street cause could most certainly mean Portman, Ayotte, Kirk, Johnson and McCain may lose. [*note* Hopefully McCain loses in the primary] Hence, McConnell now trying to weaken Trump’s candidacy by positioning their potential loss as Trump’s burden.
The exact opposite of McConnell’s narrative is true.
If the aforementioned vulnerables would show some independent spine and support the majority will of their electorate, meaning actually do what America-First is about, they would probably win.
However, if the weak quislings embraced the Trump objectives they might actually benefit from their state constituents seeing them stand up for their best interests. They might win – and that weakens Mitch McConnell’s standing.
♦ The best political play for both Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell is to sell the concern narrative that Trump is toxic and then work earnestly to deliver a self fulfilling prophecy. This keeps them in power, allows obfuscation by blaming the White House for another 4 years, and retains their influence on the legislative agenda. Win/Win
Notice in all of the visits to Capitol Hill you have never seen one picture of Donald Trump standing with Paul Ryan. Despite the large scale media interest there’s never been a single photo op? That is 100% intentionally by design – Speaker ‘Omnibus’ Ryan, having been in Washington DC for over 18 years, is working the political angles furiously.
There are trillions of dollars at stake.
Trillions.
TRILLIONS !
Why are they freaking out?
Consider this:
Here’s the reality folks. The DC Beltway and their entire institutional system of crony politics and financial graft is at risk. In order to protect their own interests, financial interests, every single effort is being exhausted to keep you from recognizing the scope of our united beliefs as America-First Americans.
Part of that effort is the use of the corporate media to initiate concern and construct a fundamentally false reality.
Yet despite their efforts, despite everything including the kitchen sink being thrown at us, at our candidate, and at anyone who openly supports that candidate, WE ARE STILL WINNING.
They have to manufacture controversy in an effort to create a ruse.
Hey, Meg. How is Niki the Maid? Because of you we got stuck with moonbeam for 8 years.
Even if the backstabbers don't agree with Trump 100%, the largest number EVER of Republican primary voters have spoken. The vanquished need to respect that.
I have a hunch we're better off without them. We can all convince a whole lot of Bernie supporters, and even some who thought they could tolerate hillary, to choose between the Green Party or Trump. Why? They need to be reminded that Romney, the Bushes, Ryan, and all the other 'pubs they hate want hillary to win! Their being in bed with her, to use the cliché (yuck....not a pretty image) will make her a lot less electable!
Romnutts had no intention of becoming president.The proof is right in front of you with what romnutts is saying now.
Your response is unresponsive: Whitman’s picks, although not conservative, would be miles to the right of Moonbeam’s. That you don’t care makes you complicit.
No offense; it’s a cute pre-produced post. But once I realized it was one, I quit reading. About two lines in.
Cute, though.
It’s not “backing down.” It’s trying to persuade the current, avowed #NeverTrump conservatives (or whatever label you like) to vote for Trump.
You don’t care. You don’t care about winning over even one such voter.
What does that make you? You’d dislike it less if Hillary won than if Trump won after you reluctantly wooed these voters.
Says a lot.
These people are the problem.
Purge!
So, now that we know Trump won't fund his own general election, he needs their cooperation. They may be losers, but Trump needs them.
If I was Trump, I would want to control my own get the vote out effort, since it is crucial. Trump seems ok to turn it over to the GOPe, but that would not make me feel too comfortable about that.
Yeah, purge those not-yet-Trump voters!
Trump is down by 5 and is likely to fall further behind when most of the Bernie socialists (not all, to be sure) fall in line behind the Bitch.
But sure, alienate all the votes you can.
What an insane and stupid comment. Trump needs these people more than they need Trump. Trump needs them to raise money for him and since they get a lot of ink, they need to act like they are going along even if they aren’t.
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