Posted on 08/10/2023 3:29:28 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Reagan didn’t lose Iowa because he didn’t debate. He lost because the Iowa Party apparatus was controlled by Bushies. The caucuses were run pretty loosely back in the day and allowed for plenty of party shenanigans. They may still be ala the Iowa democrat debacle last time around.
My first caucus in ‘76 was Ford vs. Reagan and after being told to “go make your voice heard at the caucus” they weren’t even going to take a vote in my precinct. I asked what was going on and a show of hands was made for the candidates. I doubt the information wasn’t even conveyed to the State party. I felt cheated and mislead and the GOP got a fifty year pain in the butt. The party is just reaping what they’ve sowed for decades with Trump: embrace him. He’s good for what ailes us.
Why didn't the Republican career politician lawyers, DeSantis etc, get behind the Trump, the #1 candidate with 75 million supporters?
Why do you people not want to divide the party?
Why do you people WANT to divide the party?
Trump is the most popular, respected president in modern U.S. history, with 75 million supporters. Why didn't the Republican party unite behind Trump?
And Harriet Hageman is one of my favorite congresspeople.
The RNC just needs to pass a rule that anyone not participating in the debates will receive no money from the RNC if they become the nominee. Or even better, if they don’t participate in the debates, none of their delegates will be seated at the convention. The GOP is a private organization, they can do what they want…
Trump and Noem should be the ticket; none of the also-ran Republican candidates would be better than Noem.
How can Christie, Hutchinson, and Pence all sign such a loyalty pledge, when all three are truly disloyal?
The first vaccine to emerge from stage 3 clinical trials was Pfizer & they held their results until after the 2020 election.
Pfizer got EUA on Dec 10th & Moderna on Dec 17th, only a month before Trump left office. Trump never mandated vaccines, that came under Joe first around July 2021 and then he used OSHA to require vaccination or regular testing in Sept 2021. SCOTUS blocked this in January 2022. Covid killed far more Americans in Biden's 1st year with vaccines than in Trump's last year when the virus was new.
I had my Moderna shots. No complaints here.
Biden with the help of the media (esp. Chris Wallace) got under Trump's skin at the 2020 debates. It also didn't help Trump had been exposed to Covid most likely by Chris Christie during debate prep.
No idea who this "untested Dictator wannabe" is since Trump clearly resisted power during Covid-19 by putting the states in the hot seat.
I've been very vocal about my concerns whether Trump can win in the general if he's the GOP nominee but there's also no strong Trump alternative emerging.
HH does seem to be more than capable of kicking rhetorical ass.
A good pick by Wyo. and a big improvement in Congress.
Last time around, members of the RNC were nevertrumpers. Why sign a paper swearing allegiance to your enemy?
The RNC needs new blood, new youthful leadership, and to drop from the rosters anybody 70 years of age and older.
LOL what?
Trump endorsing Romney for PRESIDENT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmwzGMmGcJw
Trump endorsing Romney for the SENATE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsQ1TihXrhI
How old are you?
Trump is a jerk who demands loyalty from people who don’t owe it to him. It’s an open primary, but he treats it like it’s his flipping birthright.
This election more than any other should be the one where he says he’s going to support the GOP nominee considering that if the D’s retain the White House, he’s going to prison for the rest of his life. It’s as simple as that. Is that what you want? I don’t want it, but if this dumbass is so unbothered by that possibility that he’d actually help that scenario come to pass, then he can F right off and I’ll enjoy the laugh when they put him away for good.
I bet you can answer that question by checking to see what other nominees have signed the pledge that Trump has chosen not to sign.
The other day you said signing this pledge is a positive thing. I wonder how you view it now that Trump is refusing to sign.
That’s a pathetic attempt...even by your standards. Trump was a businessman who Romney was BEGGING to be endorsed by. Romney is the slime ball here. Thanks for pointing that out....not that most of us here didn’t already know that.
Old to enough to appreciate the humor of watching Trump and his supporters live by rules that are special to Trump. Rules that others are not allowed to use.
In this way, he and Biden are alike.
That old.. I think getting a state legislature to protect governor’s travel as state secret is a remarkable feat…. President Trump was forced by you all to make his taxes public..
Bunch of spoiled brats..playing fast and loose with the rules they make up. Make no mistake your holy man is one and the same in the law business. He has demonstrated he will use the law to enrich himself.
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