ShaklesOfBigGov
Restore the Republic
Oh, bull shit. The founders and leaders in the new state governments were scared shitless of the people. The voice of the people was window dressing. They excluded most people from voting, blacks, women, non-property owners, those under 21, and often those that were not church members of the predominate church in the community. They wouldn't even allow the people a direct vote for their president.Cleveland (CNN)Former President George W. Bush fretted to a group of former aides and advisers in April that he was worried he could be the "last Republican president."
The 43rd president's remark, at a gathering in Dallas of his administration's staffers, reflected a dim view of the party's prospects at a time when the primary contest was realistically down to Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
"I'm worried that I will be the last Republican president," Bush told a clutch of former aides and advisers.
The comment was reported by Politico. Bush's office declined to comment to CNN.
Bush -- as well as his father, former President George H.W. Bush, and his brother, 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush -- are skipping this year's Republican National Convention in Cleveland. So are the party's last two presidential nominees, 2012's Mitt Romney and 2008's Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Bob Dole, the 1996 GOP nominee and the only living Republican presidential choice who is attending the convention, has criticized Republicans who are skipping it.
George W. Bush: 'I'm worried that I will be the last Republican president' - CNNPolitics.com
... and planet Earth throws a party. :0)
Since the Reich wing of the party has taken over, Bush may have a good point.
It looks like Republicans are headed back into the 40's & 50's where Democrats own everything. Republicans will be voting for blue dog Democrats--and the Republican party itself will dwindle down to a super minority party, that is inclusive only of angry, ignorant, racist white voters.
The republicans should have listened to their constituents. After all the Constitution makes it very clear that it's the voice of the people that's in charge of their respective government, the establishment doesn't assert their authority over the people. If the Republicans don't like their party's presidential nominee, they should have voted. Obviously we have a lot of angry republicans that either had chosen to stay home, or are simply upset their preferred choice didn't make it. The primary election from among the states is over, the republican votes HAVE selected their nominee. Whether the party has learned to listen to those votes and begin to accept the will of the people we will soon see.
The primaries of both parties today are rigged. The Democrats have their super delegates to guarantee control of the party by the elite. Republicans accomplish the same thing by allowing each state party to write distinct delegate allocation rules plus an intricate and complex set of convention rules.
Never read the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, have you? Nothing I posted stands in contrast to what the Founders believed for their nation. The people are in charge of their respective government, the government establishment was not given the position nor power to assert their will over the will of the people. This is why the people have been given the authority by the Founders to abolish and establish a new form of government should it become detrimental to those rights of the people. It is the government that need to listen to their respective constituents, not the other way around. If the people chose a candidate that is not part of the establishment, it's the people's constitutional right and the government was never given the authority to subvert their preferred will over the voice of the people. If you feel this view of the role of government is bullshit, I'd suggest you take the time to actually read what the Founder's wrote and how much power was really given to the role of government with respect to the people.