Posted on 07/13/2015 2:02:50 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: Now, there are other factors, too, in presidential races that are impossible to account for. You never know how somebody's gonna come off to others on TV, for example, which is a big deal.
You don't know what's gonna happen in debates. I don't know if there's gonna be a dark horse. Nobody knows what's really gonna become of Trump, how long Trump's gonna hang in. The media's obsessed with Trump right now. They're obsessed. They're convinced that Trump's destroying the Republican Party -- which they want, by the way. They would love nothing better than for that to happen.
You've got some Republican establishment types now getting very, very worried that all these assaults on Trump are gonna lead to him going third party. And if he goes third party, you can say hello to Hildebeast, because that's what's gonna happen. If any of these guys goes third party, it's hello Hildebeast. But here's one thing, folks. Those of you who are for the Trumpster, this is something I need you to hear me say. I need you to actually hear this.
We're told that in a standard, ordinary, everyday campaign, it's fair game for all the Republicans to go for the grand prize. And, in the process of a primary, it's impossible not to attack your opponents. You have to. You have to beat your opponents. Sometimes the attacks, even within the party, get pretty vicious. But they're never so vicious that, when it's all over, they can't unify. It's a very fine line. It's a very close line everybody has to watch. You can't go so overboard in criticizing anybody that, if they get the nomination, you can't walk it back with credibility.
Well, I'm here to tell you that is happening with Trump.
You've got people on Fox, you have Republican Party establishment types, you've got Republican consultants who are out there now saying things about Trump that will be impossible to walk back. Meaning they're going so overboard in their criticism of Trump right now that if Trump happens to stay in this, and if Trump wins this, these people are not going to be able to just automatically rally, which is what everybody says after the nominee is chosen.
"We rally around the nominee! We unify and we go forward." Some of these people have said such over-the-top things that it's gonna be very hard for them to walk it back. Not saying that people wouldn't try to. (interruption) Examples? (interruption) Well, uh... I don't know. I'm reluctant to mention names here 'cause it's not my point to focus on individuals. But let's just pick a name. Let's just say... I don't know.
Well, since he doesn't do it, let's just use Bret Baier. Since he never does this anyway, everybody knows I'm not talking about him. I'm just using him as an example. Let's say Bret Baier for 10 nights in a row on Fox just goes after Trump in ways that make it obvious that he would never support Trump. "Trump's a danger here. Trump's this, Trump's that," whatever it is he says. And then Trump wins.
How does Bret Baier all of a sudden unite behind Trump? Don't anybody call Bret Baier and say I'm accusing him of this. I'm using the most objective guy I can here as an example so as not to tie anybody to it. But it's really a fine line everybody has to walk within the party during a primary. That is why, when these things all go up -- I'll give you a better example. You remember when Huckabee got together with McCain and basically pulled the rug out from Romney in 2008. This happened in West Virginia.
Romney was on the way and then all of a sudden Huckabee decided to get out and throw all of his delegates at the time, happened in West Virginia, I think, to McCain, which put McCain over the top. At that point Romney could have just launched on those two guys, and he could have told everybody what a bunch of reprobates he thought they were. But he didn't. He didn't go personal. He didn't go overboard. He didn't go over the top, because he knew he was gonna seek the nomination again, and he couldn't say things in the heat of that moment that it would be impossible to walk back at a later date, such as, "Mr. Romney, you said that John McCain would be the absolute worst thing that ever happened to this country if he got elected. How can you support him now?" That's something they won't do.
Well, they are doing it with Trump is my point. A lot of Republicans are doing it to the point that they can't walk it back. And if Trump is ultimately serious about this, that just gives him maybe even more desire, energy to go third party. If Trump is aware that all of these other Republicans, or enough of them, are saying such outrageous things that they can't walk 'em back and eventually support him if he becomes the nominee, if they're making it clear they won't support him if he becomes the nominee, which is the same thing as saying outrageous things you can't walk back, then that just further might push somebody to third party.
So, look, again, just for clarification, I used Bret Baier as an example precisely because he's not the kind of guy doing any of this. It was just as an illustration.
You must get out more. Cruz has been taking hits for years.
Murdoch says nothing good about him through Fox and Wall Street Journal.
Trump, on the other hand, is according to Rush, entirely welcome to bash the other candidates. Why should any of the other candidatess’ supporters help Trump should he be the nominee?
Well, Trump stepped in it when he said he would “kick El Chapo’s ass”
Now, Chapo has threatened him back. So trump calls for the FBI.
Wow
You’re like a democrat. Can’t keep to the subject at hand.
I know all about Cruz. I’m on his ping list.
DUH!
Yes! Let’s start a war with Mexico now and get this resolved once and for all.
That’s like telling the foxes, “Don’t be too hard on those chickens in the hen house...”
“George P. Bush in Las Vegas: ‘The Hispanic agenda is the American agenda’”
A better choice would have been Hannity. He has brown lips as a result of all his ass kissing of the GOPE. #2 Would be Dana Perino.
What, from Jebby? His supporters are reprobates anyhow.
Mexico is already at war with us.
“Yes! Let’s start a war with Mexico now and get this resolved once and for all.”
We should have invaded Mexico thirty or forty years ago. That way all of them would already be “in the US” and not have to move in on the rest of us to get all the freebees.(s)
The political drift I’m seeing indicates Trump could very easily win from a third party vantage point.
That needs to be verified, but it’s not just Republicans who think Trump may be a good choice. I’m seeing Democrat drift in his direction.
I can’t believe there aren’t a incredible number of Democrats who are unhappy with things in their party these days.
I don’t think he will go third party. I think he has an excellent change to win the GOP nomination.
I do to. It remains to be seen what the GOPe / RNC will do in response to Trump’s success though.
The party that found no problem with McCain being it’s leader, may have a massive objection to Trump being it’s leader.
We’re seeing evidence of that already. What comes of it?
I don’t know.
Lets take out Trump and insert Bush into this equation now what would Rush have to say about that.
Nobody but Rino’s will vote for Bush... in such a scenario I want somebody to go 3rd party which would really be a second party to oppose the current republicrat uniparty.
After the Bush's, Clinton's and now Obama?
Absolutely.
WEll as usual Rush is right. Trump has just as good a chance as anybody else to win the nomination.
“The Republican party destroyed itself Rush.”
This.
+1
I’ll promise not to go overboard on “Trump bashing” if his supporters will promise to stop going overboard on claims he is some kind of life-long staunch über-conservative.
Trump/Webb 600 ship Navy it’s over.
I’m not confident about Cruz’ mechanics, and I think the wife is a big problem.
No, if Trump is nominated they’ll just sabotage and snark to the press about him, “high placed GOP sources” and all that. so he loses. And if he isn’t the nominee, all the party hacks will bitch about how Trump ruined their brand, and Jeb’s (or whoever) eventual defeat was all Trump’s fault, just like McCain’s loser crew did with Palin.
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