Posted on 12/09/2015 5:38:14 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
A new poll indicates that 68% of my supporters would vote for me if I departed the GOP & ran as an independent. https://t.co/ztP5d2ctZl â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2015
(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...
Look around people. The Republican Party left you years ago.
The Republican establishment is more concerned with keeping their power and position, whether majority or minority, than they are in representing the American people. They would vote and support Hillary because they are comforted that she would help maintain the status quo.
The same Republican voices hinting (loudly) that they would not support Trump as the nominee would also not support Cruz. Most of the remaining wannabes are complaint enough to fit in with maintaining the status quo.
Battered Conservatives Syndrome is alive as the conservatives hang on to the Republican Party as it veers leftward at full speed.
If Trump or Cruz do start winning primaries, will the Republican establishment go along or will they sabotage their own potential nominee? Chances are, it will be the latter.
There is no constitutional right for migrants to come to America. The USA can and should impose immigration restrictions based on civilizational/cultural compatibilities.
Trump 2016 - Molon Labe
He GETS MY VOTE for the simple reason he is the only one standing up to the Gelding Old Party.
greene66 wrote:
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Yes, Iâd go Trump over some GOP-E doofus. In a bloominâ heartbeat.
And Iâd savor the vote. Been backstabbed by the GOP for too long. Only a few reasons I had left to vote GOP, and they either caved, capitulated, or joined with the left. To stop amnesty, stop Obamacare, stop homo-marriage. The GOP choked on all three. I no longer have any reason to ever support the Republican Party again.
Doesnât even mean Iâm all that invested in Trump. I just want to stomp on the skulls of the GOP. Thereâs no longer even a country left for me to care about preserving, so all that part of politics is moot to me. I just want the people who destroyed my country and turned it into this sick, depraved, faggoty third-world sewer to suffer and die.
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I wish there was a “Like” button I could click over and over again for your eloquent post because I completely agree with every frickin’ word of it! Eight years ago, I would’ve NEVER imagined in a million years this is how I would someday feel about my beloved country and the GOP. But after witnessing the sinister transformation of America under Hussein Obama and the Dem’s unfettered, unchecked, tyrannical, statist, radical left-wing Marxist rule, all accomplished with the GOP-E’s blessing, I believe you now speak for tens of millions of Americans like myself!
The only Republican candidate that I would support over Trump as a Independent.
Ted Cruz.
Another way of looking at it is that he is daring the GOPe to show its true colors by exhibiting a willingness to throw the whole deal in order to stop him....it is the GOPe that is attacking what appears to be our side's "favorite son" for now....
Now for a short public service announcement to all on FR:
We need to ensure we don't get another Obama-like America Hater as the next President.
The best way to ensure that is to actively support a candidate as the next President.
I prefer Cruz and my money goes to his campaign, hence the Cruz link. If you like someone else, donate to him/her (find your own link to do it) and if you use FR and don't donate, then please don't complain about the welfare leeches or those who have Obama Phones because, functionally, you are no different than any other FReeloader
PS - If you are one of those who cannot afford even a small donation to FR or a candidate, God Bless and happy FReeping!.....
GO CRUZ!! Keep it up Trump!!
>>Push Trump to a third party and Hillary is elected. (Maybe that’s the Uniparty’s plan)
If that is the plan, then there isn’t a damn thing we can do until it has played out and Hillary is crowned (or more likely, Obama is serving an unlawful third term in her place).
If the party bosses and vote counters conspire to take this election out of the hands of the voters, then our path will be clearly marked. Until then, we just carry on and hope that our trust in Trump or Cruz is not a mistake.
Well, we now are painfully aware of the unbelievable downside to following that "professional" advice ... the Republican Party run by the GOPEs and RINOs (please forgive the redundancy) will take a poison-pill and destroy the Party rather than embrace conservative/Constitutional principles.
Despite their best efforts so far, this election doesn't look like it will be the usual shark jumping competition we've come to expect from the GOPe.
God Bless you, Donald Trump! What you've brought is long overdue.
Nothing's too big to fail, especially not a political party that switches sides and then plays its base.
Trump can win as a IND, you are totally off base
If he has the nomination he is the leader of the party.
Why would you leave a party you control?
Cruz does not have a prayer of winning a general election. If he were the nominee he would be hit with his eligibility. No matter what he says or the courts say, the average American would believe he is not eligible.
His supporters may believe he can magically sail past that obstacle but I don’t think he can.
If the GOPe embraced the overwhelming frontrunner this wouldn’t be a problem. They opposed Reagan, too.
But was it the plan of the GOP or of Trump?
Clinton is Bush’s family friend.
Isn’t it obvious that if the GOP politicos wanted to, they could win this in a landslide? Trump is golden. He appeals to the widest group of voters the party has seen in a long time. Pair him with the right running mate, and it’s a juggernaut. An American juggernaut. Trump is a huge asset.
But the fact is, they have fought and resisted and naysayed, and even declared for the democrat, such is their fear and loathing of Trump.
It truly is the statist uniparty, republican and democrat combined against us, at all cost, to defeat anyone who may interfere with the ongoing subversion of our country, our freedom, our liberty, our independence, our sovereignty.
They don’t want us to win.
FWIW I’m a Cruz supporter.
Denial - The first reaction is denial. In this stage individuals believe the diagnosis is somehow mistaken, and cling to a false, preferable reality.
Anger - When the individual recognizes that denial cannot continue, it becomes frustrated, especially at proximate individuals. Certain psychological responses of a person undergoing this phase would be: "Why me? It's not fair!"; "How can this happen to me?"; '"Who is to blame?"; "Why would this happen?".
Bargaining - The third stage involves the hope that the individual can avoid a cause of grief. Usually, the negotiation for an extended life is made in exchange for a reformed lifestyle. People facing less serious trauma can bargain or seek compromise.
Depression - "I'm so sad, why bother with anything?"; "I'm going to die soon so what's the point?"; "I miss my loved one, why go on?" During the fourth stage, the individual becomes saddened by the mathematical probability of death. In this state, the individual may become silent, refuse visitors and spend much of the time mournful and sullen.
Acceptance - "It's going to be okay."; "I can't fight it, I may as well prepare for it."; "Nothing is impossible." In this last stage, individuals embrace mortality or inevitable future, or that of a loved one, or other tragic event. People dying may precede the survivors in this state, which typically comes with a calm, retrospective view for the individual, and a stable condition of emotions.
Unfortunately, they're still somewhere between Denial and Anger.
And if someone like Cruz is the nominee? GOP runs a conservative candidate since Regan and you stand in line behind Trump? What the heck...?
Trump is not part of a conspiracy with Hellary, he could not have planned the YUGE movement of American patriots that support him. That cannot be “planned” for even by a great genious. He started this movement by giving a voice to frustrated folks who love this country like he does. He has put himself in the bullseye for every nutcase and jihadi that wants to take him out. Why would he lay his life on the line unless he cares for America more than he cares for his life? Who would do that for Hellary, for goodness sakes??
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