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“Right now the Republican Party’s number one objective is to save itself from Donald Trump and his supporters. It’s not to embrace them. It’s not to grow the party using Trump as the magnet. That’s the worst thing. They don’t want Trump to be the one that grows the party. That puts Trump in control of the party. They’re never gonna give that up. That’s gonna have to be taken from them.”

Rush seems to feel that Trump will not be the Republican Party nominee. He feels that the party insiders will never let it happen.

Rush may be right.

1 posted on 04/13/2016 6:28:46 AM PDT by detective
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I read another Freeper comment this morning about how we have to cut Rush some slack. It’s hard work for him doing double duty talking out of both sides of his mouth.


2 posted on 04/13/2016 6:31:24 AM PDT by Gaffer
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Even Rush is drinking the Cruz-aide.


3 posted on 04/13/2016 6:31:37 AM PDT by dartuser
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I guess one of Rush’s rules that has worked so well for him is to pretend he is one of “us,” patriotic conservatives. And I would still be believing it if the NYT hadn’t come out with a story that behind our backs Rush kowtowed to Chuck U Schumer et al, never told us he changed his show content to please the libs, and when caught doubled down on his lie by omission, , defended himself angrily, and called the rest of us “haters.”


4 posted on 04/13/2016 6:32:52 AM PDT by Yaelle
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Learn the Rules! Did You Really Think the Establishment Would Let an Outsider Take Their Party Away Without a Fight?

I'm Not Saying There's No Political Solution; I'm Saying Pick Up the Owner's Manual for Politics and Know How to Use It!


5 posted on 04/13/2016 6:33:09 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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If Russia could shed the Communist Party, we can damn sure shed both the Republican and Democrat parties and it’s about time we did.


6 posted on 04/13/2016 6:34:30 AM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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no no, I listened to the entire thing. He quite properly used Reagan as an example. Reagan was the ultimate usurper. Here was a guy primarying a sitting president. They hate Reagan to a degree that Ted Cruz and Trump could only dream of.

The first time around in 1976 Reagan had more delegates but the establishment used the rules to win a contested convention. The next time around Reagan came prepared and used those same rules to smash the establishment’s control and seize the party. But seize it he had to, make no mistake about it.

What Rush was saying is that nothing has changed since the days of Reagan and if you want to grab this party from the establishment you need to use their rules against them.


7 posted on 04/13/2016 6:34:44 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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The curtain is being pulled back to reveal the true nature of the infotainment industry.

THINK FOR YOURSELVES!


9 posted on 04/13/2016 6:36:06 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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“The Rules” are made by the rulers, and designed to keep the rulers in power.

They are not designed to be understandable to the common man.

They exist to keep people like Trump OUT.

Yes he should learn the field he is playing in- but only so it can BE EXPOSED AND THEN RIPPED TO SHREDS


11 posted on 04/13/2016 6:37:05 AM PDT by Mr. K
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Not so sure about this. The GOPe hates Cruz and right wing ideologs worse than Trump. They are going to use Cruz to inoculate themselves against the conservative wing.


15 posted on 04/13/2016 6:40:14 AM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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America is no longer free to play the political kabuki of the past. That is how we got here. The nation will never again be a shining beacon to the world if the establishment from either party remains intact. I hope that before it’s too late, the people who have the ear of the people come to understand that we are at a cross roads, not unlike that of our founders.


16 posted on 04/13/2016 6:40:26 AM PDT by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects; starve the bastards)
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Court cases won by technicalities is much like winning the nomination by rules. Both leave bad tastes in the mouths of everyone except the winners. But both are pyrrhic victories in the end.


17 posted on 04/13/2016 6:40:52 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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The Insiders, Uniparty globalists, Crony capitalists, Goldman Sachs whores, want a rigged system. They are not really conservative and they are definitely not nationalist or patriotic.


20 posted on 04/13/2016 6:42:22 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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Rush doesn’t think people need to vote as long as the GOP says so.


24 posted on 04/13/2016 6:47:19 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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The second order of business is to make sure the people who run it continue to run it
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No Rush, you are wrong. The first order of business to stay open often dictates that the old owners must go and new ones come in in order for said business to continue.

25 posted on 04/13/2016 6:48:37 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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Spoken like an insider.


28 posted on 04/13/2016 6:52:16 AM PDT by grumpygresh (We don't have Democrats and Republicans, we have the Faustian uni-party)
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“Right now the Republican Party’s number one objective is to save itself from Donald Trump and his supporters.

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The objective is to prevent the citizens from electimg a President who will enforce the laws and borders.

The GOP is owned by The Cheap Labor Express.


35 posted on 04/13/2016 6:58:25 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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I asked several times a few months ago how much of this primary was governed by law and how much by party rules. Judging from the crickets, few of us who try to stay informed really understood it. Well, we do now!

Priebus is done either way. If Trump wins, he’s fired by Trump. If Trump loses, he’s fired by the GOP for losing the presidency. But there are many vested interests in keeping the party and system intact.


38 posted on 04/13/2016 6:59:51 AM PDT by bigbob
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Trump supporters don’t want any rules. They don’t want any system.

They want what THEY want or they are gonna burn it all down.


39 posted on 04/13/2016 7:01:17 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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This is what Curly Haugland (RNC Committeeman from North Dakota) said:

You can even hear him say it in the video at the link, starting at about the 3:15 mark.

GOP official: The party chooses the nominee, not the voters

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If you listened to Rush Limbaugh's rant yesterday, especially hour #2, you learned that the Republican Party is a private entity controlled by a small group called the GOPestablishment. Thus, they can do whatever they want.

It looks like Limbaugh is back carrying the bucket-loads of water (or other substance) for the GOPestablishment.

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[That is scary, when you think about it. Actual 'voters' are being pushed out in favor of procedures. Establishment have been drooling for that for a long time, but they just didn't know how to make it happen. Now, they seem to be finding ways. This is similar to Romney and JBush getting advice from McCain on how to circumvent the Republican base and still get the nomination.]
40 posted on 04/13/2016 7:01:18 AM PDT by TomGuy
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Rush, the whole objective is not to learn how to play the game.

It’s to BLOW THE DAMNED GAME TO SMITHEREENS!!!!!!!


42 posted on 04/13/2016 7:01:50 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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