I and many Freepers have known for years under Obama the acquiescence and duplicity of GOP leaders inside Congress and outside Congress such as Romney.
I was so pleased to see Boehner forced out but so disappointed to see Ryan replace him. I was so looking for Ryan to be Cantorized by Nehlen and before that McConnell by Bevin.
I became Independent because the republican party was dead to me.
And when Cruz came along I thought as many here thought that we indeed had an outside voice willing to defend and fight for our conservative values inside Congress. But he turned out to lack a full set of presidential timber and much of that lack was by his own poor design.
Along came Trump and I was deeply skeptical. Continuing to defend and support Cruz I delved into a background study of Trump and to my astonishment, I found a man who was the answer to nearly all that we faced. I could not believe it and so I continued to look for the scheme, the con and I could not find it, Instead I found more and more to admire. I grew to understand that God may very well have chosen this man to lead our country now. That for all his flaws, God is using him.
And so, when I saw the republican party leaders turn their backs on republican voters and even attempt to sabotage the people’s choice, I was not surprised at all.
But although I was not surprised, their actions and behavior still make my blood boil and seethe with rage because they are supposed to carry the banner of our conservative values, our history and instead they act like democrats in republican clothing. At least with democrats, we know what we got but with this group of republicans we see deception and betrayal.
Need we wonder how many years Boehner, Ryan, McCain, McConnell, the two Bush presidents and other “leaders” of the GOP knew about former Speaker Hastert being a predatory pedophile? How about GOP Congressman Mark Foley’s relationships with male pages? Or former GOP Senator Larry Craig’s lewd behavior in public restrooms? They don’t seem to be troubled by the behavior of former GOP South Carolina Governor, and now GOP Congressman from South Carolina. GOP Senator David Bitter from Louisiana denied and later admitted using prostitutes. Not only did the GOP leaders professing outrage at McCain not discipline him, he ran and the GOP candidate for governor after the outing.
The history of the GOP has been to cover up for, or give its members passes, for behavior much worse than Trump’s locker room talk. The outrage rings hollow.