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What a Difference a Week Makes and the Unsung HERO of the RNC (vanity)
07/24/2016 | BobL (self)

Posted on 07/24/2016 5:12:25 PM PDT by BobL

Just over a week ago, as the Rules Committee was meeting prior to the Republican National Convention, the last chance for the GOPe to stop Trump came and went. The goal of the NeverTrumpers was to get Trump off the ticket, and by any means. What happened next, with Trump gone, was of no concern to them, for they feared Trump more than they feared Hillary or any other Democrat. And that is nothing new - to them the Democrats are like opponents in football, they mean well, they're just on the other side (perhaps misguided a bit politically). They are simply unable to feel threatened by Democrats. And that is nothing new. In 2008, John McCain was asked if he thought Obama would make a good president - and he literally said: "I admire Senator Obama and his accomplishments, I will respect him...". Has Senator McCain ever said the same about Trump, or even George W. Bush? I haven't found any evidence of it - and needless to say, his character judgment about Obama was TOTALLY WRONG.

And so the Rules Committee thankfully sent the NeverTrumpers packing and the convention went off very well, with only a relatively small distraction from the unhinged guy from Texas. Trump has pretty much pulled the party together for November and is now leading (slightly) in most of the polls. Of course it didn't have to end so well - since Trump being dumped off the ballot would have meant that Trump's 14 million voters would have been dumped off the November election results, and that included all of the down-ballot Republicans (something I posted on 4 different times). It was those down-ballot Republicans (Senators and House members), working behind the scenes that knew 14 million less votes in November meant a huge down-ballot wipe out.

And now the Democrats. Just when they had almost convinced the Bernie voters that the party was unbiased and was not collaborating with Hillary to shut out Bernie, and that any thoughts to that effect were delusional, bordering on paranoid - lo and behold, the WikiLeaks E-Mails come out, and just a day before the opening of the convention. The Bernie voters are madder than hell and Philadelphia better have the National Guard deployed, as that convention will not be a pretty sight and it will be very hard for the Democrats to reel-in the Bernie voters in November, very, very hard.

And so, in 10 days the Republican Party went from split to unified, and the Democrat Party went from unified to split. Unreal - but great to see.

And now to the unsung hero of the RNC, and that would be a Mr. Paul Nehlen, the man giving Paul Ryan the scare of his political life, as Mr. Ryan's primary against Mr. Nehlen is Aug. 9, 2016, just over 2 weeks from now. Had Mr. Ryan tried anything cute regarding Trump, Mr. Ryan would, for certain, be getting a one-way ticket to K-Street, to join Eric Cantor as a disgraced and rejected Republican leader (turned lobbyist). So given that Mr. Ryan's ambition makes even Francis Underwood (from House of Cards) look lethargic, Mr. Ryan was forced to run the convention in a civilized manner and that meant nominating Trump with minimal disturbances.

So we can thank two things. Mr. Nehlen, who is still in striking distance and may yet defeat Mr. Ryan in 2 weeks, and the timing of Mr. Ryan's primary - which prevented him from allowing anything cute to happen at the convention.

So thank you Wisconsin for having such a late Primary, and THANK YOU Mr. Nehlen, the UNSUNG HERO of the RNC!


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2016rncconvention; nehlen; rnc; ryan; speakerryan; wi2016
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To: Lopeover

Do you or anyone how things are with that race? How is Nehlen doing?


21 posted on 07/24/2016 8:25:41 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: wastoute
It is almost as if someone supernatural is affecting the events of men...

Donald Trump?

22 posted on 07/24/2016 8:31:58 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: wastoute

After all the literature, movies, plays, and real-life exposures of religious frauds—going back to Scripture—there are still tens of millions of people who can be taken in by a greasy, smooth-talking, Bush sock puppet who says “to Gawd be the glory!”


23 posted on 07/25/2016 1:46:32 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: BobL
And now to the unsung hero of the RNC, and that would be a Mr. Paul Nehlen, the man giving Paul Ryan the scare of his political life...

Seeing how Ryan is ahead of virtually-unknown Nehlen, who only moved into the congressional district in 2014, by 49 percentage points..."scare" is not a very accurate term.

24 posted on 07/25/2016 5:57:15 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: TEXOKIE
Do you or anyone how things are with that race? How is Nehlen doing?

As a resident of the First Congressional District of Wisconsin, I can tell you Nehlen is down by only 49 percentage points (69% to 20%).

If he keeps the pace going, he should catch up to Ryan sometime in 2018.

25 posted on 07/25/2016 5:59:59 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: JRios1968

*sigh* Oh. Well.... then....

I guess I’ll mark that expectation off the list, and hope that Trump can continue dealing with Ryan as expertly has he already has.

Thanks for the information. I’ve been wanting to know.


26 posted on 07/25/2016 8:32:56 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: wastoute

I know I’ve been praying!


27 posted on 07/25/2016 10:29:02 AM PDT by dps.inspect (quite well)
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To: JRios1968

“Seeing how Ryan is ahead of virtually-unknown Nehlen, who only moved into the congressional district in 2014, by 49 percentage points...”scare” is not a very accurate term.”

As spectators, we all choose the polls we want to believe, but politicians that want to survive do not discount ANY OF THEM, or they very well may end up on K-Street, as Eric Cantor learned the hard way on June 14, 2014.

So, sorry, but this poll from just a week before the RNC had to scare the crap out of Ryan. Not only does it show him only up by 11 points, it also shows him way below the 50% level of support that is considered ‘comfortable’ for an incumbent.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/07/09/paul-ryan-plummets-to-43-percent-in-new-primary-poll/


28 posted on 07/26/2016 4:58:39 AM PDT by BobL (A vote for anyone but Trump is a vote FOR Hillary, or a vote to ENABLE Hillary. Think about it.)
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To: BobL

A poll by Breitbart...which is currently barely more believable than The Onion...


29 posted on 07/26/2016 10:58:18 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: JRios1968

“A poll by Breitbart...which is currently barely more believable than The Onion...”

So where’s your 49 point poll, or is it just in your head - or months before my poll.

...and by the by the way, I wasn’t aware that Breitbart did polling.


30 posted on 07/26/2016 5:44:08 PM PDT by BobL (A vote for anyone but Trump is a vote FOR Hillary, or a vote to ENABLE Hillary. Think about it.)
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