Posted on 04/03/2016 8:34:32 AM PDT by Hojczyk
As Capitol Hill aides have explained, amongst Washington’s GOP political class Ryan is regarded as the “Republican Jesus.”
Indeed, National Review, which helped put the third world migration enthusiast Paul Ryan into the Speaker’s office, seemed to embrace the idea of nudging him into the Oval Office. National Review’s deputy managing editor penned a piece entitled,
“Paul Ryan for President!” writing: “One can imagine a case where Trump and Cruz control 60 to 70 percent of the vote between them, and neither one will budge, and no other candidate or boss will consider helping either one. Then it will be time for a respected and inoffensive candidate to offer a contrast to all the strong personalities in the Republican race, and Ryan is nothing if not Mr. Acceptable.”
“Speaker Paul Ryan is emerging as the Republican’s biggest counterweight to Donald Trump,” The Hill wrote in January.
Since Trump’s philosophy is so opposite of Ryan’s, if Trump were to win Wisconsin, it would be seen as a wholesale rejection of Ryan Republicanism. Losing Wisconsin would be politically devastating for Ryan and would make it exceedingly difficult for him to emerge out of the contested convention. As such, Wisconsin is a must-win for Ryan via a proxy of his policy viewpoints, Ted Cruz.
Paul Ryan and corporate media have sought to frame the GOP Civil War of voters versus donors and donor proxies (i.e. Fox News, Republican publications, and various corporate-owned radio networks) as a battle waged over something as frivolous as candidates’ “tone” rather than the substantive policy divisions between the electorate and the Party’s corporate funders.
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Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. If that's the case, Ryan, Priebus, the Bushes and Romney and their crazy supporters are certifiably insane.
Notice we haven't heard a peep from Loser Romney and the Bush family. Maybe they didn't like being called out for trying to back door Ryan, and cannot handle the public humiliation and how their behind the scenes effort to take out Trump is hurting their so call brand.
I do. I will wait and see what their platform and candidate say
Maybe that is why Romney has gone into hiding… he doesn't want to be reminded about how he or Ryan couldn't even win their home states in 2012, so where do they get off lecturing Americans on who to vote for? LOL
Ain't That the TRUTH !
Blaming Cruz is beyond nonsensical. Even as one voting for Trump, I can see this.
Keep the division going guys, doing a great job.
Sorry, but the winner of the "primary election" is the candidate who wins a majority of the delegates. You can't re-define winning as "leading at the 3/4 mark".
Most Americans understand this rather elemental fact.
I'm prepared to vote for Trump if he's the winner. Are you prepared to support Cruz if he's the winner?
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You are presently assuming things not in evidence.
Not likely that they will choose anyone that was not on a ballot.
More likely this time that they will choose the most competent candidate. (the only one that can beat Hildabeast)
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Ryan is not participating.
He likes the job he has now.
It is Cruz’s fault.
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Cruz is the sole candidate in this election that has Made his career defeating NWO tricks.
Due to his effort, we are not subject to the World Court.
Due to his effort the Heller decision survived the SCOTUS.
Due to his skillful work in congress, the Gang’s “Immigration Reform” bill failed.
He is the only non-establishment candidate in the race.
That is why he is attacked from every direction.
Please stop attacking our only realistic chance.
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>> “If trump had enough votes it wouldn’t be an issue.” <<
A very uncomfortable fact for the fact-challenged among us.
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“Not likely that they will choose anyone that was not on a ballot. More likely this time that they will choose the most competent candidate. (the only one that can beat Hildabeast)”
The fundamental question here is, who should choose - the people, or the party insiders?
I understand that we’re talking about a certain political party’s nominee, in which case, of course the party members have certain rights bestowed upon them by their party apparatus. However, they’re not merely choosing their own representative, but a representative of ALL the people.
It’s a sticky issue, as the Constitution doesn’t recognize, nor does it even mention political parties, so what real standing do they have, where it comes to choosing a president for ALL the people? None, really, except for what standing and recognition we the people give them.
By all rights, and per the Constitution, any qualified individual should be able to run for the office, regardless of affiliation with any political party.
It was the original intent of the Framers that our federal officers should be elected by the people, not political parties. I believe that’s still how most Americans believe it works - at least at its most basic level.
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The intent of the framers is shown clearly in their creation of the electoral college.
The electoral college is free to choose whomever they wish.
Scary, isn’t it!
“Sorry, but the winner of the “primary election” is the candidate who wins a majority of the delegates. You can’t re-define winning as “leading at the 3/4 mark”. Most Americans understand this rather elemental fact.”
You’re sadly mistaken if you think that most Americans believe that it’s the party insiders who choose the two parties’ nominees.
If that were truly the case, few Americans would bother to vote in the primaries. What earthly difference would their votes make, if the entire choice will simply be given over to a group of faceless insiders?
But the people do vote in the primaries, and with vigor, hence there’s a fundamental expectation on the part of the people that their votes count toward choosing their man as their party’s nominee.
If either party chooses a nominee who hasn’t already won at least a plurality of the people’s votes, that party can expect an internal revolt they may not survive.
Nope. The delegates, democratically elected, have always selected the two parties' nominees. The American people are smart enough to know this -- you do them a disservice to suggest otherwise.
Further, the candidate this year will be either Trump or Cruz -- a repudiation of the "party insiders" regardless of who might win.
You failed to answer my question: I pledge to support Trump if he emerges Irom the conventio as the winner. Do you pledge to support Cruz if he should be the winner?
If Ryan comes out of the convention as the nominee, they’ll see in November just how stupid their plan was.
The GOPe’s are betting we like our district reps, and will keep sending
them back, as we always do.
The good, the bad and the ugly must go to send a message.
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