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The Suicide of the GOP Establishment
Polizette ^ | 2-29-16 (I think) | Laura Ingraham

Posted on 02/29/2016 1:05:10 PM PST by dlt

Despite the Trump juggernaut, they refuse to rethink Bushism in their support for Rubio

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1 posted on 02/29/2016 1:05:10 PM PST by dlt
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Rubio is the perfect empty vessel for the Establishment.
He only ended up Florida Senator because of how much we hated the turncoat Crist.


2 posted on 02/29/2016 1:07:27 PM PST by Gunslingr3
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And many have publicly and privately threatened to bolt the party and support Hillary Clinton if they don't get their way.

Which raises the question; who is really protecting Hillary Clinton and her crime family?

3 posted on 02/29/2016 1:11:01 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: TigersEye

McConnell & Ryan


4 posted on 02/29/2016 1:12:58 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Gunslingr3

“He only ended up Florida Senator because of how much we hated the turncoat Crist.”

Yes, it’s about time people took time to really see for whom they are voting. Rubio is at best a decent used car salesman, but he ended up the “Majority Leader” in the Florida Senate. We are screwed, unless people start paying attention.


5 posted on 02/29/2016 1:16:19 PM PST by vette6387 (Obama can go to hell!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Indeed! 0bama and Lynch can’t really do it without help from across the aisle.


6 posted on 02/29/2016 1:16:28 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: Gunslingr3
And because he portrayed himself as a tea party conservative. He's no conservative. Not one that I want in the office.

7 posted on 02/29/2016 1:16:38 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: TigersEye

She has dirt on Barky....When she ran against he in 08 Bill did everything he could to get the press to take the bait on the dirt behind him. They didn’t take it.

The Clintons didn’t want to release it for fear of being labeled racist so they accepted her role and agreed to the SOS Appointment.

If my suspicion is correct she has told Barky if he turns the DOJ loose after her with an indictment she will go Defcon 5 on him...


8 posted on 02/29/2016 1:16:59 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: dlt

https://twitter.com/xlaurenstephens/status/704408788892160000/photo/1


9 posted on 02/29/2016 1:18:20 PM PST by biggredd1
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She has dirt on Barky...

Which is why they all need cover from pols in the GOPe.

10 posted on 02/29/2016 1:22:23 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: vette6387
We are screwed, unless people start paying attention.

Public education and the teacher's unions have had their desired effect as most people in the US today don't know much, if anything, about anything.

11 posted on 02/29/2016 1:23:39 PM PST by onedoug (took up wit)
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To: dlt
The GOPe still wants to play king-maker.

If they would only get out of our way of selecting our candidate, then they would not have the juggernaut staring them in the face and scaring the bejesus out of them.

12 posted on 02/29/2016 1:23:44 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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So Mc Turdle says GOPe guys are going to abandon the winner of the primaries. Some Oath the GOP made Trump take, the RNC can’t guarantee Trump gets backed even winning almost all the states?

Who needs the RNC and GOPe. Mc Turdle would be wise to look in the mirror. Trump is a lot more popular than the congress is. They couldn’t get 35,000 to show up in Alabama or Oklahoma could they? They couldn’t have record turnout in IA, NH, SC or NV, Romney couldn’t even get McCain’s turnout.

So if they abandon Trump, they are shooting themselves in the foot. Actually Trump is the insurgent outsider who is only in this election because the GOPe is hated totally.

These weak spineless wusses that didn’t stand up to Obama and abandoned their honor and didn’t keep their promises to their voters, they need the Trump coattails don’t they.

Trump doesn’t need the party that is so unpopular, he is self funding and has no problem getting media, internet social media coverage.


13 posted on 02/29/2016 1:28:14 PM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Yep.


14 posted on 02/29/2016 1:28:35 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: vette6387
We are screwed, unless people start paying attention.

Notice how few FReepers (much more activist than average) have knowledge or experience at party politics starting at the local level. Spending a few minutes in a voting booth a few times a decade will never result in restrained government. Neither will endless haranguing on social media sites.

15 posted on 02/29/2016 1:28:36 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Slyfox

They would lose their hold on power either way so they
are going to fight tooth and nail against both of them.


16 posted on 02/29/2016 1:30:19 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: dlt
She makes an excellent case against Rubio.

But the case against Trump is that he's unreliable or a loose cannon or not to be trusted.

The "Establishment" is pretty small and not so much a factor at this point.

What's more of a concern now are all the people thrashing around for a candidate who can beat Donald Trump because they don't believe or trust him.

17 posted on 02/29/2016 1:33:10 PM PST by x
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To: TigersEye
The Good Lord above referred to people like that as white-washed sepulchers.
18 posted on 02/29/2016 1:34:17 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: x
The "Establishment" is pretty small and not so much a factor at this point.

The "Establishment" is all the power in Washington D.C. on both sides of the aisle.

19 posted on 02/29/2016 1:36:04 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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One man one vote. Trump gets the delegates and the RNC breaks their pledge they required all 17 candidates to sign, their sour grapes towards Trump would be the same if it was Cruz who was in the lead like Trump is.

Can any Cruz supporter tell me it would be different if he was the top dog?


20 posted on 02/29/2016 1:39:15 PM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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