What are you doing, GOP?

[ptbw forever]

Perhaps the death of the party will bring a rebirth devoid of the establishment...............Their long hold on it is finally being attacked properly................If nothing else............it may be a wake up call to elected officials that they can be taken on with minimal money and put in their place by We the People.

Revolution is needed from time to time to fix the problem..............and America is absolutely in revolution against the establishment.............The ANGER is there in SPADES.............and the establishment sees a challenge to their power..........They will get Hillary elected before giving up their throne...............

They are the problem.............not the Insurgent candidates.............the problem is the uniformed voters as well........

No, guy, the thing is, we have about 140 million Americans who will participate in the General Election, but only about 10 million who will end up picking the GOP nominee.

The thing is, of the 9 million or so who've voted in GOP Primaries so far, 60% of them have voted against Trump. There is not a Trump surge, Trump has just manipulated a broken system.

The GOP has no one to blame but themselves. They've spent 8 years stoking the anger that created Trump, and now they are going to find themselves in the position of probably having to support Hillary to avoid a disaster.

There are more than 10 million people who have voted Republican already...

 

[leftwinger]

Remember way back when Bush announced? Soon after went on "overseas trip"? Like he was a lock or guarantee. Don't think we voters don't watch Jeb. Most problems are here, in DC created by DC.

 

[playtime]

Okay... So the Jeb candidacy idea tanked before it ever got started... Christie tanked... Rubio and Kasich are tanking... the Establishment is fresh out of Goobs to run against one Donald J. Trump and the proverbial fat lady is warming up her vocal chords... what do they do? Trot out MITTENS!

So now, apparently... Mitt Romney is going to jump in this thing, not to WIN the nomination, but just to siphon enough delegates off to keep Trump from winning on the first ballot and causing a brokered convention... Something Reince Priebus intimated several weeks ago, would not happen.

I really did hope the Establishment GOP would get the message when Jeb got lukewarm support. Especially when the Top 3 candidates at one time, were all "anti-establishment" candidates... Trump, Cruz and Carson... but nope... They actively sabotaged Carson and Cruz and have been trying to damage Trump to no avail. Rubio was their last hope and it's slowly going down the tubes as they watch in disbelief.

If they don't want Trump, it seems the logical choice would be to back Ted Cruz.. but they want Cruz even less than they want Trump. Folks, I'll be honest... I think we're watching history happen here... the DEATH of a political party in all it's ugliness. They are simply too stuck on stupid to see what is happening out there. Mired in some kind of delusion that they can manipulate the will of the people and install their chosen candidate over the legitimate winner.

Boss, did Mittens say he was getting in? I didn't see it, yet anyway.

The GOP narrative has broken down, thanks to the GOP. The Democrats are heaving a sigh of relief at the moment, and unless they get it together, what was promising, now looks questionable.

Do we remember when all of us were thrilled to have such a deep bench? Why, any one of these people would bring down the Democrats.

Now look, the whole narrative has changed thanks to the MSM, the left, and the GOP itself. How strong could these people actually be, if the MSM, the Democrats, and the GOP keep proclaiming that Trump is an idiot, and they can't even beat him!

Oh, what a terrible web we weave, when we practice, to deceive! By making Trump an idiot for their own gain, they have in essence lowered the value of the rest of the candidates, and the party as a whole. This would NOT have happened if the GOP wasn't so damn greedy. In their eyes, for them to succeed, they have to not only sink Trump, but bypass Cruz and elevate Rubio. That is exactly why this is such a clusterf***! How does ANYONE do that, then claim with a straight face that doing so is brilliant?

To believe you have one crazy is a stretch, but to believe that the top 2 guys are crazy is almost mathematically impossible; and yet that is EXACTLY what the GOP is trying to convince everyone of.

And the Democrats and MSM? Well, they have grabbed onto the GOP narrative, and here we are. They have made all their candidates look weaker than wet paper with their narrative, almost to the point that the only one who now may be able to pull this off IS TRUMP. And the only reason he may be able to, is he steals so many Democratic votes.

Good job GOP, you are really stinking it up on political strategy on your total insistence on getting rid of both, Trump and Cruz. Anybody with 1/2 a brain can see this is about YOUR power, and NOT the will of your voters., or stopping the Democrats.

Unless you change course, YOU.........the establishment GOP...........will insure that the Democrat wins the general election.

Mittens said in an interview HE IS NOT GETTING IN to this race.

NEVER underestimate the etchy sketchy flippy floppy one. there's always a brokered convention to look fwd to & Willard might try to swoop in & save the day...

 

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[leftwinger]

Look at Kasich trying to keep his chop hands quiet. And little Marco up on heels covering nutsack. sigh.

 

[playtime]

Look at Kasich trying to keep his chop hands quiet. And little Marco up on heels covering nutsack. sigh.

I feel slightly bad for Kasich because he is taking the high road- but he is by no means moderate. he defunded planned parenthood in ohio. he's needs to go with the rest of them.

 

[JoeB131]

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There are more than 10 million people who have voted Republican already...

But most of them have voted for someone who WON'T be the nominee.

 

[Borillar]

Wow.... And all this time I was totally expecting liberal democrat socialists to support the GOP nominee and party! No really... I thought you'd all be up in this thread cheering for Cruz or Trump... or maybe even praising Romney and the Establishment for their brilliant plan! Because you all come across as such upstanding and intelligent minds when it comes to politics and the pulse of America.

I guess all us "Republicans" should just go find an oven and stick our heads in it?

Yes. Yes you should. But first, take turns flushing each other's heads down the toilet.

 

[my2¢]

Let's take time to remember it isn't over until the fat lady sings

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Okay... So the Jeb candidacy idea tanked before it ever got started... Christie tanked... Rubio and Kasich are tanking...

I would hardly say that winning Ohio, the rest of the Rust Belt and California (the West) is "tanking it". The GOP primaries are still ongoing. Why do you refer to it in the past tense?

Kasich will do good to win Ohio. That's ALL Kasich will win.

As much as I like the Trump entertainment, I will have to vote for Kasich since he is our governor. He's not a great governor, but one of the best ones we've had in the last 20 years or so.

 

[Never3ndr]

Okay... So the Jeb candidacy idea tanked before it ever got started... Christie tanked... Rubio and Kasich are tanking... the Establishment is fresh out of Goobs to run against one Donald J. Trump and the proverbial fat lady is warming up her vocal chords... what do they do? Trot out MITTENS!

So now, apparently... Mitt Romney is going to jump in this thing, not to WIN the nomination, but just to siphon enough delegates off to keep Trump from winning on the first ballot and causing a brokered convention... Something Reince Priebus intimated several weeks ago, would not happen.

I really did hope the Establishment GOP would get the message when Jeb got lukewarm support. Especially when the Top 3 candidates at one time, were all "anti-establishment" candidates... Trump, Cruz and Carson... but nope... They actively sabotaged Carson and Cruz and have been trying to damage Trump to no avail. Rubio was their last hope and it's slowly going down the tubes as they watch in disbelief.

If they don't want Trump, it seems the logical choice would be to back Ted Cruz.. but they want Cruz even less than they want Trump. Folks, I'll be honest... I think we're watching history happen here... the DEATH of a political party in all it's ugliness. They are simply too stuck on stupid to see what is happening out there. Mired in some kind of delusion that they can manipulate the will of the people and install their chosen candidate over the legitimate winner.

I'm not even a Republican and I hope that isn't the case. Why? Well the last time we saw a major change in the party system (and US History isn't my forte, so correct me if I'm wrong), was when the Republican party was created and Lincoln became president. Why is that a bad thing? Well, the civil war was a thing.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Perhaps the death of the party will bring a rebirth devoid of the establishment...............Their long hold on it is finally being attacked properly................If nothing else............it may be a wake up call to elected officials that they can be taken on with minimal money and put in their place by We the People.

Revolution is needed from time to time to fix the problem..............and America is absolutely in revolution against the establishment.............The ANGER is there in SPADES.............and the establishment sees a challenge to their power..........They will get Hillary elected before giving up their throne...............

They are the problem.............not the Insurgent candidates.............the problem is the uniformed voters as well........

No, guy, the thing is, we have about 140 million Americans who will participate in the General Election, but only about 10 million who will end up picking the GOP nominee.

The thing is, of the 9 million or so who've voted in GOP Primaries so far, 60% of them have voted against Trump. There is not a Trump surge, Trump has just manipulated a broken system.

The GOP has no one to blame but themselves. They've spent 8 years stoking the anger that created Trump, and now they are going to find themselves in the position of probably having to support Hillary to avoid a disaster.

Wrong.

Trump came to prominence because the GOP wouldn't listen to their constituents. They told us they would advance our concerns before getting elected, and after we put them back in power, they stabbed us in the back.

In the last few years, immigration became a huge problem for GOP voters. They are lowering our wages, they are turning our country into a bilingual one, they are bringing criminals here that we don't need.

Once again, the GOP presented us with immigration reform. We don't want reform of anything, we want you to throw these people out of the country!

Because this was Trump's priority, he gave us the leadership we wanted so GOP voters are giving him full support. Can he actually do it? We don't know, but at least we finally have somebody amplifying our concerns.

 

[EriktheRed]

...they are turning our country into a bilingual one....

How horrible for you.

 

[jillian]

Okay... So the Jeb candidacy idea tanked before it ever got started... Christie tanked... Rubio and Kasich are tanking... the Establishment is fresh out of Goobs to run against one Donald J. Trump and the proverbial fat lady is warming up her vocal chords... what do they do? Trot out MITTENS!

So now, apparently... Mitt Romney is going to jump in this thing, not to WIN the nomination, but just to siphon enough delegates off to keep Trump from winning on the first ballot and causing a brokered convention... Something Reince Priebus intimated several weeks ago, would not happen.

I really did hope the Establishment GOP would get the message when Jeb got lukewarm support. Especially when the Top 3 candidates at one time, were all "anti-establishment" candidates... Trump, Cruz and Carson... but nope... They actively sabotaged Carson and Cruz and have been trying to damage Trump to no avail. Rubio was their last hope and it's slowly going down the tubes as they watch in disbelief.

If they don't want Trump, it seems the logical choice would be to back Ted Cruz.. but they want Cruz even less than they want Trump. Folks, I'll be honest... I think we're watching history happen here... the DEATH of a political party in all it's ugliness. They are simply too stuck on stupid to see what is happening out there. Mired in some kind of delusion that they can manipulate the will of the people and install their chosen candidate over the legitimate winner.

there isn't a person in the GOP who doesn't dislike ted cruz.

lindsey graham said "if ted cruz were murdered on the floor of the senate and the trial were held in the senate, there is no one who would convict".

 

[jillian]

Perhaps the death of the party will bring a rebirth devoid of the establishment...............Their long hold on it is finally being attacked properly................If nothing else............it may be a wake up call to elected officials that they can be taken on with minimal money and put in their place by We the People.

Revolution is needed from time to time to fix the problem..............and America is absolutely in revolution against the establishment.............The ANGER is there in SPADES.............and the establishment sees a challenge to their power..........They will get Hillary elected before giving up their throne...............

They are the problem.............not the Insurgent candidates.............the problem is the uniformed voters as well........

No, guy, the thing is, we have about 140 million Americans who will participate in the General Election, but only about 10 million who will end up picking the GOP nominee.

The thing is, of the 9 million or so who've voted in GOP Primaries so far, 60% of them have voted against Trump. There is not a Trump surge, Trump has just manipulated a broken system.

The GOP has no one to blame but themselves. They've spent 8 years stoking the anger that created Trump, and now they are going to find themselves in the position of probably having to support Hillary to avoid a disaster.

Wrong.

Trump came to prominence because the GOP wouldn't listen to their constituents. They told us they would advance our concerns before getting elected, and after we put them back in power, they stabbed us in the back.

In the last few years, immigration became a huge problem for GOP voters. They are lowering our wages, they are turning our country into a bilingual one, they are bringing criminals here that we don't need.

Once again, the GOP presented us with immigration reform. We don't want reform of anything, we want you to throw these people out of the country!

Because this was Trump's priority, he gave us the leadership we wanted so GOP voters are giving him full support. Can he actually do it? We don't know, but at least we finally have somebody amplifying our concerns.

trump came to prominence because people with less than a high school education, who feel marginalized and economically insecure liked the hate message

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Perhaps the death of the party will bring a rebirth devoid of the establishment...............Their long hold on it is finally being attacked properly................If nothing else............it may be a wake up call to elected officials that they can be taken on with minimal money and put in their place by We the People.

Revolution is needed from time to time to fix the problem..............and America is absolutely in revolution against the establishment.............The ANGER is there in SPADES.............and the establishment sees a challenge to their power..........They will get Hillary elected before giving up their throne...............

They are the problem.............not the Insurgent candidates.............the problem is the uniformed voters as well........

No, guy, the thing is, we have about 140 million Americans who will participate in the General Election, but only about 10 million who will end up picking the GOP nominee.

The thing is, of the 9 million or so who've voted in GOP Primaries so far, 60% of them have voted against Trump. There is not a Trump surge, Trump has just manipulated a broken system.

The GOP has no one to blame but themselves. They've spent 8 years stoking the anger that created Trump, and now they are going to find themselves in the position of probably having to support Hillary to avoid a disaster.

Wrong.

Trump came to prominence because the GOP wouldn't listen to their constituents. They told us they would advance our concerns before getting elected, and after we put them back in power, they stabbed us in the back.

In the last few years, immigration became a huge problem for GOP voters. They are lowering our wages, they are turning our country into a bilingual one, they are bringing criminals here that we don't need.

Once again, the GOP presented us with immigration reform. We don't want reform of anything, we want you to throw these people out of the country!

Because this was Trump's priority, he gave us the leadership we wanted so GOP voters are giving him full support. Can he actually do it? We don't know, but at least we finally have somebody amplifying our concerns.

trump came to prominence because people with less than a high school education, who feel marginalized and economically insecure liked the hate message

The only "hate message" is in your own mind. Anybody that is against liberal policies is hate mongering in the eyes of Cradle-to-Gravers.

 

[Never3ndr]

trump came to prominence because people with less than a high school education, who feel marginalized and economically insecure liked the hate message

If you could actually back that up with recent statistics I'd be pretty interested in those (because, let's be honest, it would be a good laugh).

On the other hand, those recent statistics don't exist. You literally just made a judgement formed solely upon your biased view of his supporters.

"That is why you fail" - Yoda.

 

[OKTexas]

Wow.... And all this time I was totally expecting liberal democrat socialists to support the GOP nominee and party! No really... I thought you'd all be up in this thread cheering for Cruz or Trump... or maybe even praising Romney and the Establishment for their brilliant plan! Because you all come across as such upstanding and intelligent minds when it comes to politics and the pulse of America.

I guess all us "Republicans" should just go find an oven and stick our heads in it?

They know their participation numbers are way down while republican numbers are way up, pair that up with the inevitable hildabitch indictment and all they can do is try to keep a stiff upper lip, cause most of them aren't feel'n the Bern.

 

[jillian]

trump came to prominence because people with less than a high school education, who feel marginalized and economically insecure liked the hate message

If you could actually back that up with recent statistics I'd be pretty interested in those (because, let's be honest, it would be a good laugh).

On the other hand, those recent statistics don't exist. You literally just made a judgement formed solely upon your biased view of his supporters.

"That is why you fail" - Yoda.

I don't have to "back that up" in any way that satisfies you. It is clear to everyone watching that he has tapped into the ugly bottom of the right. There is a reason whore supremacists love him. There is a reason trump re-tweets a new-nazi who has as his avatar a swastika. There is a reason that the southern strategy has manifested in this fashion.

And there is a reason that his base "base" loves it when he tells them to beat up black protesters.

And if that isn't sufficient for you, frankly you're the problem and you're either one of them or you're in denial.

 

[Never3ndr]

trump came to prominence because people with less than a high school education, who feel marginalized and economically insecure liked the hate message

If you could actually back that up with recent statistics I'd be pretty interested in those (because, let's be honest, it would be a good laugh).

On the other hand, those recent statistics don't exist. You literally just made a judgement formed solely upon your biased view of his supporters.

"That is why you fail" - Yoda.

I don't have to "back that up" in any way that satisfies you. It is clear to everyone watching that he has tapped into the ugly bottom of the right. There is a reason whore supremacists love him. There is a reason trump re-tweets a new-nazi who has as his avatar a swastika. There is a reason that the southern strategy has manifested in this fashion.

And there is a reason that his base "base" loves it when he tells them to beat up black protesters.

And if that isn't sufficient for you, frankly you're the problem and you're either one of them or you're in denial.

Let's all be honest here, if we assume that your depiction of Trump's followers is correct (not saying it is, but let us assume), and we take into consideration that you flagrantly mis-characterize them without an ounce of actual evidence to support yourself while resorting to name calling and general extremist "us vs. them" mentality...

You are trying to tell us that you ARE a Trump supporter (or at least your definition of one)

Welcome to the party!