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Inside the Republican Party’s Desperate Mission to Stop Donald Trump
New York Times ^ | FEBRUARY 27, 2016 | ALEXANDER BURNS, MAGGIE HABERMAN and JONATHAN MARTIN

Posted on 02/27/2016 6:39:31 AM PST by goldstategop

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To: boycott
-- Cruz is not part of the GOPe. --

I didn't say he was. I said he was in the same camp as the GOPe, in a specific fight. I also said that he benefits from the association with the party, in general. If he was not "in the party," he would not be in the Senate.

21 posted on 02/27/2016 7:03:12 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: goldstategop
"Mr. Trump responded only with casual derision, dismissing Mr. Romney on Twitter as “one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics.”

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22 posted on 02/27/2016 7:10:14 AM PST by Graybeard58
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To: DaveinOK54
Yes, he did. And it was mentioned in the last couple of paragraphs of the article.

The governors meeting was on February 20th I believe; LePage didn't endorse until the 26th. And he didn't endorse until Christie did. Maybe he sees the handwriting on the wall? Or maybe LePage thinks his unpopularity will help take Trump down.

23 posted on 02/27/2016 7:11:14 AM PST by Spirit of Liberty (Time to go Galt!)
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To: Spirit of Liberty

“Maybe he sees the handwriting on the wall?” or he is trying to get inside Trump’s campaign to figure out a way to sabotage it. I wonder how well Donald knows him?


24 posted on 02/27/2016 7:15:31 AM PST by DaveinOK54 (Freedom is not Free and I'll never quit defending it.)
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To: boycott

The only thing these BASTARDS are accomplishing is pushing people like you to Trump!!! Most Trump supporters started out supporting him for PAYBACK, myself included!!! I wanted these SOBs heads to EXPLODE!!!! They have BETRAYED us in every way!!!! Then I got to know and watch the Trump kids and I started to support Trump wholeheartedly!!! I believe that these GREAT kids are a TRUE mirror of the man!!! He spent his lifetime raising them!!! Now I am just FURIOUS with the GOPe and their complete betrayal of their base, we have ALL held our noses and voted for the weak, slimy, politicians THEY have crammed down our throats and LOST every damn time!!!! This time for me I want the DAMN WALL, and to start to rid the country of all of the PC crap being shoved down our throats! I want to BLOW UP DC!!!!!!


25 posted on 02/27/2016 7:18:33 AM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: boycott

As Vice-Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Cruz was in a position to act when McConnell pulled the trigger on the attacks against Ken Cuccinelli (Virginia governor race ’14), Chris McDaniel (Mississippi Senate), and Matt Bevin (Kentucky Senate), yet he stood by and did nothing. He didn’t resign the NSRC until Jan. 2015. Cruz may have regretted it but by going along with McConnell’s dirty tricks he made a defacto deal with the devil.


26 posted on 02/27/2016 7:22:13 AM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: DaveinOK54
I did notice that Trump hasn't thanked LePage for his endorsement on twitter. Kinda odd, that.
27 posted on 02/27/2016 7:22:23 AM PST by Spirit of Liberty (Time to go Galt!)
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To: boycott
Cruz is not part of the GOPe.

How do you know that he isn't just playing a role in their schemes? Maybe he's just there to throw some red meat to the conservatives to make them believe their concerns are being paid attention to, all while nothing really gets accomplished. The big money globalists can make good use of a politician who says all the right things, while still staying under the control of Goldman Sachs , et al. He'll campaign saying he'll get a border wall, and then do nothing about it once elected. Everybody wins. The open borders crowd still has the open borders, and the closed borders crowd is happy because they have someone they think is fighting for them in the Senate. As long as they know the numbers in Congress aren't there to actually get a wall built, the globalists are thrilled to allow there to be an ineffective voice shouting in opposition to it.

28 posted on 02/27/2016 7:23:18 AM PST by Wissa (Gone Galt)
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To: Kit cat
I want to BLOW UP DC!!!!!!

Dittoes, and I'm a Cruz guy.

The peasants are busy rounding up their pitchforks and torches and will soon be heading for that wicked town.

29 posted on 02/27/2016 7:23:31 AM PST by Gritty (Syrians aren't Jews fleeing Nazi Holocaust but Nazis relocating from a bombed out Berlin-DGreenfield)
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To: DaveinOK54
More on LePage - Trump - Bush: LePage endorses Donald Trump for president - Portland Press Herald

... LePage didn't say if he was considering endorsing Bush, but [Boston-area radio talk show host Howie] Carr repeatedly pointed out that the Bush family had supported him, with Barbara Bush filming an ad for LePage late in the 2014 election.

Read the article, lots of juicy stuff, including LePage suggesting that he would run for US Senate if Trump is president.

30 posted on 02/27/2016 7:25:23 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Kit cat
So you're tired of holding your nose voting for lying scumbags like this guy? I know the feeling. some_text
31 posted on 02/27/2016 7:26:30 AM PST by boycott (--)
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To: Spirit of Liberty

There is a Bush family - LePage connection. Also, Christie was an opponent in the presidential race, so having him “flip over” is a much bigger deal, carries more publicity (not necessarily all good!) by far.


32 posted on 02/27/2016 7:27:09 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Wissa

How do you know that he isn’t just playing a role in their schemes? Maybe he’s just there to throw some red meat to the conservatives to make them believe their concerns are being paid attention to, all while nothing really gets accomplished.


I don’t believe that for one second. Cruz is a good Christian man and a brilliant man. He is a true conservative. He’s not the type that would sell out is values to the establishment.

Cruz is not part of the establishment. In fact, the establishment really dislike him.

Again, I like Cruz but I just don’t believe he can be elected (at least not this cycle).


33 posted on 02/27/2016 7:32:23 AM PST by boycott (--)
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OH GREAT now I have a picture of this huge slime ball to piss me off even more!!! THANKS boycott!!!!


34 posted on 02/27/2016 7:32:42 AM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: SubMareener
Ted Cruz is a line jumper inside the NWO club. That is the only difference.

Not only does the hammer meet the nail, it drives it all the way in with a single stroke.

35 posted on 02/27/2016 7:33:10 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: bigbob

Curz supported McDaniel.

Matt Bevin made more than enough mistakes in the campaign to make it difficult to stand with him. I believe he is a good man and I much preferred him to Mitch but there were just too many mistakes. My guess is that Cruz has regretted not helping Bevin more since.

I really don’t recall much about the VA governor’s race.


36 posted on 02/27/2016 7:36:39 AM PST by boycott (--)
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To: Kit cat

This is why we’re mad. GOPe clowns like McLame run as a conservative but forget all about us after the votes come in.

It’s past time we send the GOPe the message about how mad we are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0lwusMxiHc


37 posted on 02/27/2016 7:39:18 AM PST by boycott (--)
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To: goldstategop
The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has laid out a plan that would have lawmakers break with Mr. Trump in a general election. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times

Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2541
Fax: (202) 224-2499

Call this "servant of the people" remind him who he works for....If you are voting for Trump tell him....if you aren't let him know that also, but to refrain from such tyrannical methods.

38 posted on 02/27/2016 7:39:20 AM PST by yoe
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To: goldstategop

In the NYT article, there is not a single mention of what the voters want. It’s all about saving the establishment. As usual, Rove is helping to guide the failing strategy.

I’m, getting sick of the headline from Fox and others: “How Can Trump be Stopped?”


39 posted on 02/27/2016 7:42:04 AM PST by fision
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To: Cboldt
I had forgotten about the Bush/Maine connection, since the current crop is either Texas or Florida.

Yep, LePage’s endorsement is smelling more like GOPe set-up.

40 posted on 02/27/2016 7:44:04 AM PST by Spirit of Liberty (Time to go Galt!)
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