Posted on 09/01/2015 3:49:31 PM PDT by EveningStar
... While 26 percent of Republicans say they would never vote for Trump, only 11 percent of Democrats say they would never vote for Clinton. Democrats dont have the same kind of ideologically pure wing that has hurt GOP presidential candidates in the past. Democrats, it seems, are more practical. They may prefer Bernie Sanders, or one of the others, but when push comes to shove, almost all of them will vote for Clinton. Why? They want to win.
I recently received an e-mail from someone named Carl who described himself as a conservative Christian, and he wrote, "I have voted Republican since Eisenhower beat Stevenson, and if Jeb, Christie, Kasich, or Graham are nominated, I WILL STAY HOME!" ...
These purists have told me that there's little or no difference between a moderate Republican and a liberal Democrat. They're delusional, of course, blinded by their hard-right ideology, but that's what they believe nonetheless. And depending on who the GOP nominee is, they could represent big trouble for the party ...
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
publish both at same time..
two article...both with the overall objective (aka the true agenda) to bash Conservatives for not supporting the GOPe party line.... but instead supporting Trump
but one takes states.. Conservatives are in the wrong for being purist... and the other..Conservatives are in the wrong for abandoning Conservatives ideas (..in other words not being purist)
So polar opposite reason to justify the bashing... so the point is not “reason” as all... it to just an excuse for NR GOPe to bash Conservatives /Trump support....
it like being attack for being too tall and also too short at the same time...
.its really party line... just telling the base sit down, shut up...at Do what WE tell you...your not allowed to think.. ....
...Yours is not to reason yours is just to do or die.....(We are the leaders.. and you are a stupid "grunt"...a pawn in our chess game)....
That the reason for Trump rise.. the base..the grunts..the pawns...know the GOPe has used them as fodder for years... it not 100 % Trump.. its that he is Not part of GOPe that has spit on it base for years.......
the base is in mutiny and ready for a cold blood purge of all GOPe leaders.....
The GOPe "Capt Bligh's"..are seeing that day of reckoning by the Bounty crew (the Conservative base)
New tag line
I hope you forgot your /sarc tag because cutting off your nose to spite your face is just plain loony. :)
Hillary can’t do worse than McConnell did. Or didn’t you notice that Obama now has the votes for his alliance with Persia, thanks to Mitch?
I'm thinking of the timing of Trump's campaign announcement (right after the conversation) and that old saying about Slick and Beastwoman: “You can say one thing about the Clintons: When they need something from you, they're there for you.”
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