Posted on 08/14/2016 5:22:00 PM PDT by fluorescence
Denver — Some 500 conservative activists convened here over the weekend for the annual RedState Gathering, an event that traditionally functions as a pep rally for the Republican grassroots.
This year, though, it felt like a funeral.
The mood was decidedly dour as attendees spoke — from the main stage, at their tables, and over adult beverages — in disbelieving tones about the state of the presidential race and the inadequacies of their party’s nominee, Donald Trump.
The event offered a unique window into how conservative activists are coping with 2016, and how they might hope to pick up the pieces after November 8. There were telling moments. At one point, the hosts aired a video message from Speaker Paul Ryan in which he spoke about the future of conservatism. When it ended, only a handful of people in the ballroom applauded.
Here are five observations from the event:
1. There Was Tension over Trump
RedState.com, the popular conservative blog, has earned a reputation for being passionately anti-Trump. This largely owes to former editor Erick Erickson and current editor Leon Wolf, both of whom have been outspoken critics of the Republican nominee. One might have assumed, then, that most — if not all — attendees at their conference would share their opposition to Trump. But that assumption was proven wrong.
In a reminder that the conservative movement is far from monolithic, there was a respectable contingent of Trump supporters in the crowd, at least one of them wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, to the chagrin of his neighbors. The clear majority in attendance were Trump detractors, however, and some of them were not shy about voicing their displeasure with his loyalists in the room.
At one point Saturday afternoon, Wolf, who emceed the event, opened the floor for…
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1. duh
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There. Five observations.
Ha, not important enough for Ryan to attend, he phoned it in ;-)
Wait - Colorado is not in play?
are we sure about that - because that is scary
Absolutely.
Farewell Trotskyites.
IMHO if Hillary wins there will NO picking up the pieces. The Republican party will be DEAD.
Border Collies are brilliant and loyal dogs. Don’t degrade them.
the ONLY good they could have done was boost Darryl Glenn and get money to him.
Sounds like they failed, the greedy sissies.
National Review is the epicenter of the anti America Never Trump bsers!
NR lied so much during the primaries, it has the same value on Free Republic as used toilet tissue.
Manafort: Anti-Trump Republicans connected to Clinton
washington examiner ^ | 8/14/16 | Gabby Morrongiello
Posted on 8/14/2016, 6:06:12 PM by Nachum
Donald Trump’s campaign chairman accused a group of Republican national security officials on Sunday of having close ties to Hillary Clinton after they declared their party’s presidential nominee “unfit” to be commander-in-chief in an open letter earlier this week.
“A lot of them have connections to the Clinton Foundation and have gotten contracts over the last several years to do work for the Clinton Foundation or some of its subsidiaries,” Paul Manafort told New York-based radio host John Catsimatidis.
“So it is far from an objective group, it is far from a Republican group and it is part of the establishment that Donald Trump is running against,” he claimed.”
The letter, released on Monday, was signed by more than 50 former aides and cabinet members of Republican administrations, including former CIA Director Michael Hayden and former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3459573/posts
This is the POS they are supporting:
http://www.clashdaily.com/2016/08/watch-must-send-damning-hillary-video-hillary-voters-brutal/
Suck it up cupcakes
Great! Please post it, whenever any Never Trumper posts the National Review’s Never Trump BS on Free Republic.
Thanks
#NEVERREDSTATE
RED STATE = ASS-WIPE
Did they wrap anybody in plastic and shoot them in the top of the head?
Calling themselves "Red State" indicates a philosophical Dhimmi attitude wrt the LSM and 'Rats....
... not only that ...
Flashback to exactly one year ago when the putzes at Red State lost their tiny minds. They went full retard ( full Stalin actually ) commencing a jihad purge on anyone sympathetic to Trump. All they have left are Erickson and moderator sycophants. It is pathetic. Perhaps only the RightPooperScoopers are worse.
Was the fat boy Eric there?
Did they serve food :-)
I just noticed that National Review article has no comments. Does anybody if they shut them off sitewide? Wouldn't surprise me. It's what most of the leftists are doing. The Let them eat cake crowd is so insulated that they won't know what is going on until their heads are looking up from a wicker basket.
LOL conservatives - ha ! They’re with her and are wrecking the election for absurd trade, open borders and endless war. Frig ‘em all. The deleterious effect of the holier than though crowd will set os on the Venezuela highway. Frig ‘em all.
The Republican Party IS ALREADY DEAD!!!! These VERY FEW bastards are NOW the so called Republican Party they are ALL LOSERS the MSM is giving a mouthpiece to just to create a LIE that these few MATTER in any way what so ever!!!! I DESPISE the MSM!!!
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