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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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To: dlt

Of course they have to bolt and support Hillary. The President HAS to be someone the oligarchy can CONTROL. Hillary wants to be President so badly that she doesn’t care who will be holding her strings. She has so many crimes; they own her as$.

The establishment media has to support an establishment candidate. If Trump is the R nominee, then the only establishment, certified pre-owned candidate is Hillary. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone but the fools who think elections are about choosing the best conservative.


21 posted on 02/29/2016 1:41:40 PM PST by Yaelle (We finally have a strong, courageous leader who likes US, the People!)
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To: vette6387
Rubio would be stealing watches from Tourists in Times Square if it were not for a few remarkable coincidences in his life.

I have encountered many sleazy punks in my life who are quite similar in personality.

This POS has a long term date with obscurity, and the sooner that it commences, the better off our nation and the political process shall ever be.

22 posted on 02/29/2016 1:43:30 PM PST by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents.)
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To: Zenjitsuman

Whomever wins most of the delegates and has an overwhelming lead should be the nominee.

In this outsider year where most voters are angry with the job of GOP pols in congress for breaking their promises and doing nothing, the RNC will dare the people to stick with the GOPe after ignoring their choice in 50 elections nationwide.

If they do this there will be another new party formed instead of the GOP. And Trump has the money along with his billionaire friends and supporter to fund a new party.


23 posted on 02/29/2016 1:45:20 PM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: Radix
This POS has a long term date with obscurity, and the sooner that it commences, the better off our nation and the political process shall ever be.

Frankly I think it's a short term date with obscurity - tomorrow. and unlike his trite message to Christie, Rubio does NOT have a promising future in politics, his career is over.

24 posted on 02/29/2016 1:46:10 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: TigersEye
The "Establishment" is all the power in Washington D.C. on both sides of the aisle.

Bush and his millions had no effect on the primaries.

Right now it's not a matter of what "the Establishment" does, but of what voters do.

What Trump and Ingraham are really up against in the fight for the nomination isn't the Washington power structure, it's all those Republican primary voters who say they don't want Trump (and may not vote for him in November even if he is the nominee).

25 posted on 02/29/2016 1:52:49 PM PST by x
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To: x

Are the voters really saying that or is that just coming from the wealthy donor class of power brokers?


26 posted on 02/29/2016 1:55:01 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: dlt

All by their own design!!


27 posted on 02/29/2016 2:04:52 PM PST by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: TigersEye
Are the voters really saying that or is that just coming from the wealthy donor class of power brokers?

A quarter of Republicans polled last year said they would never vote for Trump.

That may change if he's the nominee, but those people can't just be ignored.

28 posted on 02/29/2016 2:05:22 PM PST by x
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At my primary caucus, a closed caucus by the way with only registered Republicans allowed to vote, we stood in line for quite a while and talked; I did not hear one single person say they would not vote for Trump. In fact, I heard the opposite, that if Trump were the nominee, they would vote for him. I really doubt the number of Republicans, outside of the “elites” who won’t vote for Trump is significant at all. Of course, this is only an observation, not backed up by any stats. But still, I can’t help but think that what I experienced is pretty typical.


29 posted on 02/29/2016 2:18:18 PM PST by erkelly
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To: TigersEye
Which raises the question; who is really protecting Hillary Clinton and her crime family?

Every one that holds hearings, sees blatant evidence of crimes and corruption, and does nothing.

30 posted on 02/29/2016 2:24:23 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Yaelle
The establishment media has to support an establishment candidate. If Trump is the R nominee, then the only establishment, certified pre-owned candidate is Hillary.

Bingo, taking a step back and looking at Dole, Bush II, McCain and Romney, you can see that these are the guys that would keep the status quo. Bush II did. I think McCain went off the reservation by choosing Palin, but other than that, the VP choices were cut from the same cloth. Cheney is an enigma to me.

Stated before, Trump has the potential to be another Reagan, even greater, indeed. He also has the potential of making Benedict Arnold look like a cub scout. But, no one, really, no one, can control Trump. That scares the status quo crowd.

31 posted on 02/29/2016 2:44:18 PM PST by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers.)
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To: x

OK. I guess time will tell.


32 posted on 02/29/2016 2:53:02 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: VRW Conspirator
I think McCain went off the reservation by choosing Palin, ...

McCain didn't really pick her his campaign staff talked him into it. His personal choice was Joe Lieberman.

33 posted on 02/29/2016 3:00:28 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: dlt

As I see it, the numbers are something like this (with the undecideds allocated among these guys):

Trump - 45%

Rubio - 30%

Cruz - 25%

If Rubio drops out, then Cruz gets most of his votes, so you end up 55/45 Trump.

If Cruz drops out, then Trump gets the vast majority of his votes, so you end up 65/35 Trump.

The GOPe wants to defeat Trump. Which approach do you think this TOTAL BUNCH OF IDIOTS is taking?


34 posted on 02/29/2016 4:35:17 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: x
But the case against Trump is that he's unreliable or a loose cannon or not to be trusted.

I think "loose cannon" plays the media to keep his name a constant in front of the voters.

35 posted on 03/01/2016 5:57:36 AM PST by Does so (Europeans had better start "overstaying their visas" in the USA. ==8-O)
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