Posted on 03/05/2016 6:44:39 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.—The establishment of the Republican party is playing with fire by seeking to smother Donald Trump. Because the embers of rebellion are crackling in this Florida retirement community.
Trump-supporting seniors here are unfalteringly determined to cross the street in two weeks, enter the local polling station, and vote for the swirly-haired scourge of party elites.
They exude indifference to an anybody-but-Trump strategy, articulated by Mitt Romney and proposed by the party bigshots desperate to wrest the nomination on the convention floor.
The party’s 2012 nominee proposed the following: Voters should rally behind Marco Rubio in the March 15 Florida primary; Ohioans should vote for their governor, John Kasich; and people in other states should back whoever has the best chance to win, between those two and Sen. Ted Cruz.
That kind of co-ordinated attack could deprive Trump of a 50-per-cent-plus-one delegate win at the summer convention, and make it possible to gang up and take him down on the second ballot.
So what’s the response here to Romney?
Well, it can be blunt and salty.
“He can kiss my ass,” says 89-year-old Louis Fuccillo.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...
It’s all about keeping the people pipeline flowing.
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I agree that is largely their motivation. The GOP serves the interests of businesses who want unchecked immigration for cheap labor AND more consumers.
Of course the GOP is too stupid to see that they are letting in legions of people who will not vote for them. Its a self-destructive strategy.
Yes indeed.
He’s a clueless as the rest of the GOPe.
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Clueless it is. In fact, the Trump phenomena is a direct reaction to a situation of their own making.
Their failure gave rise to his candidacy. And now they want to tell us that only they know the path to victory. LOL
“I’ve been mad at Romney since he went AWOL for the entire month prior to the election. He didn’t want to win. Both he and McCain were nothing but the GOPe’s token candidates during Obama’s rise to the throne. A puppet show for the kiddies.”
The last four years were _HIS FAULT_, along with the Republican voters who stayed home and didn’t hold their nose and vote like I did, not Obama’s. I will never forgive him for that.
Nothing he says is of any further importance.
I too, want an end to the Republican Party ever since GWBush, whom I voted for twice was elected. We have a chance, and maybe the last, to elect a NON politician. Why not give him a chance? CRuz is a politician. You can not deny this. Another politican owned by this doners. He is NO different then the rest of them.
We must unite and expand this party OR start another one. The old GOP is finally dead if we band together and give Trump a chance. Give him the delegate vote this election. This will prohibit a brokered conception. A brokered convention will not give Cruz the election. Can we chance a Romney nomination or any candidate the establish gives us. Certainly, it will guarantee a Clinton victory.
As I said before, Trump will serve a one term presidency. His age is the factor. This is our only chance.
I am against Cruz this election. I would certainly vote for him at another time.
The GOP “leaders” are looking forward to fat corporate board memberships after they leave the party—so at the end of the day they don’t care about the future of the GOP or public policy for that matter.
Welcome to the rabbit hole.
There is a lot of interesting stuff down here—when you are ready to take a look.
A most excellent point. Good comment.
You still don't get it. They DO NOT CARE!
So long as the UNI-PARTY remains in power, they will have accomplished their goal.
I'm not sure about lack of conviction. Their plan is to enrich themselves at the expense of the country in the certain knowledge that they will be dead before the foundation turns to dust. Cash is their conviction.
It isn't Trump that threatens that. It's a public that would vote for Trump...or Cruz...that is tired of it. I hope if Trump gets in he becomes a statesman i.e. the country is bigger than he is and it's foundation is worth preserving. I hope Ann Coulter is right.
To get past this culture of defeat we need a new party in my humble opinion.
I don't think that will happen in my life unless people like Romney continue the parade of nitwit sounding aspiring "spokesmen." In the meantime it would be nice to get some new leadership really capable of getting it. Ryan and McConnell probably don't qualify. Same with Romney.
We just need to stay the course in the republican party. We have gone from a side show that the GOPe allowed to stay in the party because we contributed money, to now being on the cusp of taking over. To paraphrase Patten, nobody ever won a political battle by picking up their ball and going home. We win by making the GOP pick up their ball and go home.
I don’t think entailment means what you think it means...
the old, tired, establishment, oneway media is reaching all the way back to the 1964 GOP convention. (or the 1968 convention)
The old media IGNORES the outright lies and hysteria of the 1980 Carter vs Reagan election.
I just switched from Ted Cruz to Trump a couple of days ago, I was at my max on donations any way, so lip service wouldn't have helped him and since I'm in PA I doubt it will matter in the primary.
When the general comes around I will go 100% in for Trump or Cruz {I hope it is the same ticket}. I've been a poll watcher for years and this year I'll go back into Amish country {with at least two of my little friends} and sit from morning until the polls close and the Sheriff comes to pick up the sealed returns.
It's a terrible way to spend 14-16 hours but someone needs to help keep the fraud to a minimum {and believe me, the DemonRATs do cheat and steal votes using every trick in the book}.
To this day, I still believe the 2012 election was stolen in Ohio, Virginia and Florida. The only way to win a national election is by a landslide, so that the fraud that will happen, is overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
Follow the Rmoney, right back to the GOPe.
Novak: "Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign"
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
Romney was lecturing the 47% whose votes he refused to campaign for four years ago. We’re just supposed to lie back and take it.
I think Romney wanted to win, I think he thought it was in the bag. Those big crowds and that mormon prophecy went to his head. He wants Trump out because now he thinks he can beat Hillary.
I think Hillary or whoever the Democrats end up running is going to be a formidable opponent, and nobody but Trump can win, and it is not going to be easy for him even the primary has not been easy.
Uh, that was a quote from the movie. A quote from the little girl who is in the picture. It had nothing to do with anything.
Romney got slammed over his comments on THE DONALD, but, I have yet to read what he exactly SAID was wrong.
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