Posted on 08/03/2016 2:09:56 PM PDT by Kaslin
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RUSH: Now, back to Bill Hemmer's question earlier today on Fox. He was talking to Karl Rove, and he said (summarized), "Karl, what if everything we think we know and understand about politics is wrong this year? What if every way we look at it is not at all correct? What if what's going on out there," meaning in America, "is so foreign, and so different, and so unique that the ways we...?" He really meant Rove and the whole Washington establishment political apparatus.
"What if the way you look and analyze things, you can't possibly predict or poll it because you don't know what is animating people. You don't know what's driving them. You don't know..." In other words, the normal things that you would think would make a candidate stronger don't even apply. That was the essence of the question. Look at this. There were a couple of primary election days yesterday. One was in Missouri, and there was one in Kansas, and a Never Trumpist -- an ardent Never Trumpist -- lost.
Tim Huelskamp, who was a rabidly anti-Trump incumbent (many thought of him as a Tea Party Republican) got skunked in the primary. He was defeated by somebody named Roger Marshall. And it wasn't even close. It was a 12-point landslide defeat for an incumbent Republican who went big on being a Never Trumper. Tim Huelskamp, Republican incumbent, got 44% of the vote. Roger Marshall -- and this was with all the votes counted, 100% of the precincts reporting -- got 56% of the vote.
Now, I wouldn't say that this is along the lines of Eric Cantor losing, but I will venture to say that this has stunned and shocked a lot of people in the Republican Party in Washington.
Nothing against Huelskamp here. That's not my point here. I'm just pointing out that a relative unknown in a Republican primary ran against somebody on the basis that he loved Trump. He liked Trump, he wants Trump, and he's running against an incumbent who's making a big deal out of being a Never Trumper. And the Never Trumper lost in a landslide. It's just one state. Could be an outlier; we don't know. There haven't enough of these primaries to know so we can't draw any conclusions from it, but it does raise eyebrows out there within the elite circles of the elite.
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Suck on that, Huelskamp.
So glad this scumbag lost. Anyone who is against Trump needs to leave. They would just be a headache in 2017. Good riddance. Hopefully Wisconsin sends Paul Ryan packing next week.
Depressing. Although they were done in May and Ryan’s competitor has gotten a lot of attention. If there is one person I want out of politics, it is Ryan. He hates the military, veterans, taxpayers, Americans. His love is TPP and illegal aliens.
Also what gets me is that so many in here couldn't praise Ryan enough when he was Mitt Romney's running mate in the 2012 election, many said they hit the button for Ryan, but not Romney.
Now they want to throw him in the ditch.
Watched some Huelskamp videos last night, Scum a La King.
If Ryan loses, it will be a watershed moment for the campaign. Stores will run out of popcorn and Depends.
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/wisconsin-gop-circles-wagons-ryan/
Proof that Trump doesn’t need conservatives to win. He should focus on the moderates, who are fed up with the excesses of Obama.
re: this:
Huelskamp, who was a rabidly anti-Trump incumbent (many thought of him as a Tea Party Republican)
Tea Party, we can now safely say, was a HOAX. A CON. A SCAM. A PLOY. A RUSE. MARKETING.
TRUMP 2016 WIN WIN WIN
I'll follow his downfall
By the pale of the moon,
And I'll google his vote count
Til I'm sure that he's doomed!
Was Huelskamp’s position on ethanol a factor in this race ?
This creep deserved to lose.
The anti Hueslskamp ads consisted of:
He’s ineffective (sponsored 45 bills and only got 1 passed)
He’s a ‘20 year Washington politician’
He can’t work with others - got kicked off Ag committee.
Farmers don’t like him, and Farm Bureau didn’t endorse him.
I didn’t see a single ad against him based on policy, of any sort...but I think the Farm Bureau opposition to him was based in his ethanol opposition.
Bottom line - outside money flooded in for smear ads, and Hueslkamp never had a chance.
Karl Rove is part of the ESTABLISHMENT, we no longer hang on to every word he says, we listen to see how far off track he is. He is on the back row now, Trump and Party will not share with Rove.
What you wrote sounds like bullshit to me.
If Dems cross over to vote in the Ryan/ Nehlan primary, they’re more likely to vote against Ryan to make it easier to win the seat for the Dems in the general election.
Watch the vote totals for intensity and break. That will show us which model is more correct. I would love to be wrong...
Note ot the establishment elitist snobs. We have been told so many times in recent elections to suck it up and just vote for your guy, well guess what, it is your time to suck it up and stop your baby tantrums.
The people have voted so get used to it.
“Now they want to throw him in the ditch.”
Ryan has earned our contempt for many reasons: voting for Obama’s budget, crying about how “mean” Trump is, etc. I hope he is beaten badly Tuesday.
Vote Trump 2016
People learn Kas, try it some time.
A few more of these and the raised eyebrows will advance to some soiled underwear.
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