Posted on 04/25/2016 2:30:18 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
I could probably make more money . . .
Cruz will not even be at the convention. He’s going to be forced out soon. Its disgraceful that Kasich is still in. If anybody else was leading the party would have forced both of these losers out already.
I can accept your opinion as reasonable, but I do not share it.
I think Rush is very canny, and does not want to seem partial, so he uses indirect methods. With Trump, he tends to focus on what makes him click with the fed-up electorate; with Cruz, he focuses on what makes him (supposedly) truly conservative. In so doing, he subtly signals whom he prefers.
I can no longer tolerate him or Levin - not after the way they have pandered to Marco Rubio (whom I took to be a con artist from Day One). I stopped listening to Rush two weeks ago, after many years of following him.
I do not require him to endorse Trump; I require him to not lie about people like Rubio (I could have screamed when he called Rubio a “full-throated conservative”), and to not always try to lead us back into the GOP-E fold come election time after giving us some on-air venting time.
I view them all as safety valves for the establishment, so that we do not really revolt (e.g., form a third party).
That's a very interesting observation and we may very well be undergoing a similar change. Back then, they discovered that slavery was the kind of issue that did not lend itself to compromise - some were for it and some were against it, but it was hard to cut that baby in half. They tried to make geographical compromises, but no one was really satisfied because those compromises did not address the fundamental question of the institution's basic legitimacy and its compatibility with values like personal freedom and liberty.
I am not sure that we have a single, divisive issue like slavery today. There are a lot of people who are unhappy about things, but they are not necessarily unhappy about the same things. Constructing a new party made up of people who might not agree with one another about a lot of things might not be so easy.
Good post. You have raised an interesting issue.
I don’t think Trump’s side cares about the GOP and I don’t think Cruz’s side cares about the GOP. And the democrats certainly don’t care about the GOP. It looks like a vast majority does not care about the GOP.
I suggest Trump voters care more since They have cast more votes for their candidate, than any other supporters have for their candidates
I just responded to someone else, mentioning “full-throated conservative” in the process. Hearing that sickened me.
I stopped two weeks ago.
I have never entirely trusted Rush as a true conservative since he extolled NAFTA, and thereby characterized someone like me who opposed it as a radical leftist.
I consider all of them, with the possible, partial exception of Savage, as neo-con, establishment surrogates, whose job ultimately is to keep us pacified by allowing us to vent, thus preventing us from abandoning the RNC (there is no Grand Old Party any more) in favor of a third party.
I think overall Rush has been very fair to both candidates
I don’t disagree with you, but no one has won anywhere close to the majority of votes.
When no one hits the majority of delegates in the general election, you send it to the house.
When this happens in a primary, you send it to the delegates.
It’s how the system is designed to work.
It’s a divided party. FR is evidence of that, and we are at least supposed to be the conservative, grass roots, side of the party.
I’m surprised Rush admitted it.
Truth ^^^^^
Sounds as close to an endorsement as Rush has ever done.
And Trump’s policies are more conservative than any other candidate - Cruz has copied them several times, in fact.
He’s already exposing the bribes to delegates.
Trump is exposing the corruption before even being elected.
the Grande Ole O’prey...
Tead is a manipulator of gigantic proportions.
I will take that under advisement / S
Trump beat the pants suit off of Shitlery in a 50 state landslide.
Trump is a strong Nationalist and is not Free Traitor™ so that right their makes him an old school Conservative. Neo conservatism has been corrupted by the gloBULList corporate cabal. Rush is their biggest cheerleader.
He couldn't have said that because all the Trumpsters say he's been supporting Cruz.
But then again, he also couldn't have said that because all the Cruzers say he's been supporting Trump.....
And yet again, the Rubiosters and haystack-Kasichs say Rush is supporting both Cruz and Trump.........
Then there are the purists here who say Rush is in the pocket of the GOP elitists..........WTF????
I'm so confused..........
When all that happens, that’s when the Second Amendment really kicks in.
I ceased to believe in Rush’s, Hannity’s, and Levin’s integrity when it became clear they would never report on or discuss the crudely-forged “birth certificate.” I continued to listen to Levin because, unlike the other two, he was entertaining. No more.
“...it’s likely that Hillary will be sending law enforcement personnel to take our weapons.”
If you choose to obey an order from any government agent, to turn over your weapons - even though you’ve committed no crime, and are merely exercising your 2nd Amendment RIGHT to keep and bear arms - then you never understood the purpose of the 2nd Amendment anyway.
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