Not a proper analogy...The proper analogy would be: Can a Methodist church pick a Baptist preacher to lead it's congregation...
The question then is: who is the Methodist church or the Republican Party??? Is it the leadership or the members???
In our time the Republican Party is/are those who have the wealth to buy power...It is the globalists who own the politicians who of course create policy for the Country...It is a little kingdom of wealthy, powerful people...Most constituents including FReepers don't even know what they are up to...
We the people/constituents like to think we are actually a part of the Party and this Party works for our best interest when in fact they work for themselves...We the constituents are outsiders...
So when you say it's their Party they can do what they want, make up their own rules you are correct...
That's where the Trump 'movement' comes in...We are determined to remove those rich, powerful anti-American globalists and return the Party back to the people and OUR chosen Representatives in Congress...We are determined to eliminate their rules that only benefits those who control the 'Party'...
So while you want to go along and get along with those elites and their rules when they don't represent you at all we will carry the torch for a Candidate who can lead a change and actually represent you and us and everyone...
The Republican Party should be a Party of the people, not the rich elite...
You incorrectly infer that I’m in league with “those elites.” No. I’m merely seeing the situation as it is. The nominating process, as currently practiced in both parties, is vastly different than the general election. The former is not an open game, but rather one that is subject to its own rules and rulers. The general, however, should be where everyone has an equal voice.
To gripe about the internal workings of a party machine when you haven’t ( like I haven’t) earned a position of influence in the party apparatus is silly. Do stockholders demand to sit in the boardroom and pout if their wish isn’t granted?
Take the party over from the inside. I would argue that is what happened post-Vietnam, leaving the Ddms saddled with the likes of Anderson, McCarthy, McGovern.
Or start a new party that more accurately reflects your beliefs and whose rules you can make. It has been done before. With the level of dissatisfaction so high right now, it is likely to succeed.
But not 7 months before an election; rather a month post-election. This cycle, you must either dance to the music offered or stay at home and be a party pooper (and, I would argue, forfeit the right to gripe about the outcome). Time to form new band before the next shindig.