Posted on 03/17/2016 9:08:38 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
A group of conservative activists huddled behind closed doors Thursday at a Washington hotel to plot strategy to stop Republican front-runner Donald Trump , including calling for a unity ticket to oppose him and a floor fight at the GOP convention to deny him the nomination.
The meeting was led by conservative talk radio host Erick Erickson, a longtime outspoken critic of Mr. Trump .
We believe that the issue of Donald Trump is greater than an issue of party. It is an issue of morals and character that all Americans, not just those of us in the conservative movement, must confront, the group said in a statement posted on Mr. Ericksons website.
The only member of the group identified was Mr. Erickson. The other attendees were described as grass-roots conservative activists from across the country.
The meeting underscored the increasing dismay within the Republican establishment as Mr. Trump moves closer to capturing the nomination, either by winning the requisite 1,237 delegates or at a brokered convention in July in Cleveland.
We call for a unity ticket that unites the Republican Party . If that unity ticket is unable to get 1,237 delegates prior to the convention, we recognize that it took Abraham Lincoln three ballots at the Republican convention in 1860 to become the party s nominee and if it is good enough for Lincoln, that process should be good enough for all the candidates without threats of riots, the statement said.
We encourage all former Republican candidates not currently supporting Trump to unite against him and encourage all candidates to hold their delegates on the first ballot, it continued. Lastly, we intend to keep our options open as to other avenues to oppose Donald Trump."
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Those same issues of morals and character are what we despise in you and yours.
How diabolical, closing the door and all that.
Did any of them participate in the meeting of GOP leaders with major Dem_donor tech CEOs, where the main topic was how to stop Trump?
Unity ticket my a$$.
The republican party and the country would be torn apart by their so-called “unity ticket.”
I, for one, would never vote for another republican again, not even for dog catcher.
Like you said, Lincoln’s election led to a bloody civil war.
Maybe another one is coming down the pike. Bring it.
Erick Erickson....who once in a blue moon fills in for Rush Limbaugh....both GOPe.
Link to article I referenced in my above post:
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/08/tech-ceos-meet-secretly-with-gop-leaders-to-stop-trump/
Just look at the map and you will see the divide in the country, politically.
Note, too, that Breckinridge took Maryland, which demonstrates the politics of the State were more in line with the deep South than even Virginia or Tennessee.
Local news led with this propaganda as a push for a Kasich-Cruz ticket.
(With Kasich highlighted shown speaking against Trump’s Convention riot scenario.)
That pretty much sums it up.
Conservative activists plot on how to capitalize on the manufactured perception of Trump. The don’t care if the advance guard of this personal destruction is on the opposite page of their conservatism. They only see it as an opportunity to raise money for their operation. The enemy of their enemy is their friend.
Remarkable. These guys live in Bizarro world.
“Put the weakest candidate at the top of the ticket! That’s how you beat Hillary!”
Kasich-Cruz!
Not Trump-Cruz.
Not even Cruz-Kasich.
They want Kasich-Cruz!
Very good summary of the so called (PHONY) conservatives.
But those “conservative” pundits are just the small fry who love the goodies and fringe benefits. The real push comes from the ultra-rich donor class who make bigger profits by importing cheap labor and exporting manufacturing.
Bullshit
This is about Trump
Not Ted who doesn’t have a snowballs chance in hell to win 87% of remaining delegates
Plenty of GOPe are now behind Ted
Why not just be honest about it Rush?
1860 was a four way race and the winner got 39.6% of the vote in a weird ballot mix where Lincoln was off some southern ballots and the southern sympathizing candidates were off some northern ballots
Average freeper doesn’t know that
This is not that by any stretch
Why do you think they are resorting to third party
Lindsey Graham and Rick Perry are campaigning for Ted as we speak
Democrats sound alarm against Trump
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3410682/posts
They want to stop Trump — just like some who are claiming to be conservatives.
Makes one wonder — or not.
Shouldn’t this tell all you Trump haters something?
Why anyone would want a Cuban Canadian who has always been disliked by his associates, is not an American by birth and is weak on immigration/border security as president is beyond me.
That duo would be swirling down the drain by late August.
Erickson is a poltical eunuch..
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