Posted on 03/02/2016 6:19:48 AM PST by shortstop
You're not fighting Trump.
You're fighting the people who are voting for him.
The anti-Trump effort being waged by the Republican Party is essentially a fight against democracy.
It's not that this monster has raised himself up to threaten the ivory castles of the blue bloods, it's that millions of people have stood up and said, “Enough is enough.”
It is they against whom the GOP establishment is fighting.
And that fight never turns out well.
Donald Trump isn't Barry Goldwater in 1964, he is Andrew Jackson in 1828. He is going to storm the White House, and he is going to bring his unwashed hordes with him. The Trump campaign is built on the uniquely American premise that the people are sovereign, and that does not jibe with cozy arrangements of the country-club Republicans. For too long, the Republican Party has exploited its constituencies, instead of served them, and the beaten dog is about to bite.
Some have gone off after Ted Cruz, but most have gone off after Donald Trump. Together, something approaching 80 percent of Republican voters thus far this primary season have told the party establishment to pound salt. You have the clueless elite, and then you have the voters who actually care about America.
And they have picked up a baseball bat to drive the money changers from the temple.
It might be Trump who is being slammed upside the GOP head, but it is not Trump doing the slamming. It is the American people. Veterans and taxpayers, moms and dads, young and old. They are tired of being screwed, they are tired of being ignored, they are tired of being played.
And Trump is their tool.
And the Republican Party can resist them at its peril.
Because the people will be heard. In this party, or the other party, or in a new party. In this election, or a future election, but certainly someday they will be heard. What Donald Trump has done is crack open the door of opportunity, he has given the voters a choice other than Party Hack A versus Party Hack B. When you give the people a chance to order something that's not on the menu, they do it.
Bernie tried on the Democrat side, and has failed.
Trump is trying on the Republican side, and is succeeding.
And the party is losing.
Every time you stand up and tell the voters that they are wrong, every time you disavow the results of your own party's primaries, every time you pledge to disqualify the candidate backed by the people, you unleash a firestorm of pent-up electoral rage. Traditional Republican voters have been punked by their party in election after election, with promises unkept and problems unsolved for generations on end. They are now joined by new voters who are unaccustomed to docility and disrespect.
And it's payback time.
While the Republican bosses go on the evening news to say, “Let them eat cake,” Republican voters go to the ballot box and say, “Let them eat lead.” This is one of those elections where they dip their finger in ink and hold it aloft as a sign they've voted. Except in this case it's the middle finger.
And, yes, the goal is the White House, the objective is the federal government. But right now the Republican establishment stands in the way, and it can either be part of the solution or it can be part of the roadkill.
Thus far it seems intent on self-destruction.
And that's fine by me.
Last night the people spoke, and the Republican bigwigs went into the backrooms to debate brokered conventions and third-party candidacies. Little did they realize that they were writing the last details of their own political obituaries.
Because this isn't about Trump.
It's about the people who vote for him, in record numbers. People who have flocked to the Republican ballot box in numbers unknown since the days of Reagan. The pigs at the trough of Republican power are condemning their party in the name of self-interest. They've got theirs, and they'll be damned if anyone else is going to get any.
But they fight the unbeatable foe.
The American people.
The Republican Party is not trying to steal this election from Donald Trump, it is trying to steal it from the American people. It is trying to deny the franchise to those who fail to kiss its arse. It is declaring Trump voters second-class citizens.
And that never ends well.
A fish rots from the head, and all the Republican Party needs is a good decapitation.
Which every party attack on Donald Trump and his voters makes ever more certain.
Very true. once in a while i send some back with RED Market answers to their begging! It Ain’t always nice.
How about getting off the Political Correctness boat. I’ll use the word HATE and HATERS anytime I wish. Nobody is going to take power over MY choice of what I say. Trump is bringing Freedom of Speech back to the American people Being “Thin skinned” isn’t and never has been, the American Way.
I DID point out the similarities in the national situations between the USA and Germany in 1933, right down to the temperament of a large part of the populace. If his supporters remain so intent on 'sticking it to the GOPe that they aren't watching where they are going, yes, things could go badly.
Hitler wasn't just one evil guy, what made Hitler possible was a mesmerized population who in their anger at the world, in their frustration with a bad economy, anger at the politicians in power, and their humiliation at the terms of the Armistice were ripe for being directed and focused by a relatively small group of determined people, slick speeches, and the lust to be "winners" again, and who believed "Gott mit uns!", which was common on their regalia.
Conservatives are (rightfully) angry, at the GOP who has betrayed them, at the economy, at the Government, at specific groups of people who are hurting our country or invading it, at our general loss of prestige in the world, at mismanagement at the highest levels. Our economy generally sucks, especially now that oil jobs are down some 70%, and even more manufacturing is shuttered or leaving, leaving Government as the main growth sector. The ripples of that drop are still going through the economy.
We're pissed that the ROE for our troops stink on ice, and that despite the tremendous effort and sacrifice they have heroically made, little progress is apparent. We're tired of being lied to, taxed into oblivion, and being treated like crap--especially after years of GOP kicking Conservatives under the bus. The Government has been involved in criminal activity and one Party smugly runs one of the perpetrators for President. Damned right, we're angry.
But that anger should bring some modicum of caution as well. There is a reason vengeance is best served cold--because angry people screw up.
Good people elect bad people because they are angry at other bad people.
Anyone who doesn't have a strong moral compass and serious dedication to a set of principles (like the Constitution) has the potential to be another Hitler, and I pointed out that this country is fertile ground for such to arise.
In their anger, people who support Trump are willingly ignoring his actions and stances of the relatively recent past in their desperation for a saviour. That the support has taken on a pseudoreligious fervor should be sounding klaxons of alarm in the heads of those who are rational, but for the most part, that does not seem to be the case.
Remember, Hitler wasn't a monster until later. There were numerous prominent Americans who thought he was great for Germany, at least until he invaded Poland (and later when some of the horrors of that regime came out).
When asked for specifics we are told people "believe", and they "hope", but there are no solid plans to accomplish the things they 'believe' and 'hope' in, and when people point out that the nuts and bolts don't have the same threads, they are shouted down and bombarded with nonsense.
Slogans are cheap.
Now, nowhere in there do I say I hate anyone, and I am as angry at the GOP as anyone, especially considering the crap pulled with our caucuses this year in ND.
I support Cruz because I have been following his actions for a couple of years. I don't agree with everything he has done over those years, but I agree with far more of it than not. Don't bother to pick out the latest alleged "lies" and throw them at me, I'm referring to SCOTUS cases and Senate actions. He's been bucking the GOPe all along and consistent in his support for the Constitution. I can't say the same for Trump's positions over the same time period, except to say that Trump has consistently supported Trump.
Lovely. You left the ‘r’ out of your screen name.
Re: post 83 - good post.
Trump is just a battering ram, it’s the Americans that are holding him up. Eventually, you will be with us, or against us. I no longer care which side they chose.
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Bang on post, thank you and I will be using that.
Stuff it.
Then the Republican Party needs to die and we will create a new party. It’s been done before.
Very well said. I agree!
“I’d rather have a good plan today, than a perfect plan three weeks from now.” General George Patton
You forgot the slimey, sleazy, scum-ball Rubio.
Thank you for that nice, rational and well worded response. It is about what I have come to expect from Trump supporters. Bless your little heart.
sarcasm alert:
Yeah cause Cruz is clearly unpopular in Texas so he will never want to be embarrassed by seeking re-election .
Yeah, the crap Cruz pulled was disgusting. Every time I see him, Hillary, or Sanders, I want to take another shower.
Don’t kid yourself, we have the same crowd here making up crap about Trump. And to think I was a strong Cruz supporter for VP... Not anymore. He’s creepy, and a liar.
<><> Hillary Clinton is not the enemy, Donald Trump is.
<><> Cruz attacked Trump and preached that he must be stopped at all costs.
With every bitter and spiteful sentence that came out of his mouth, Cruz showed he is the establishment. He is not what we need in the Oval Office.
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Donald swept the race...but to hear Cruz speak, HE is the winner.....we should be concerned this man is mentally deluded. His motives for running seem to differ sharply by what he feeds people on his campaign stops.
Maybe it/s the Canadian/latino lack of self-esteem. He seems driven to win despite the facts.
NOTE TO CRUZ: The Oval Office is not the place to find your human potential.
Can't wait for the Zot hammer to come down the TDS sufferers.
Angry people can do stupid things. People in America are angry today for pretty much the same reasons people in Germany were angry then, and they are just as damned angry.
To top it off they are voting against the Communists, too.
But go ahead, kill the messenger. Like I said, angry people do stupid things.
Did they sign a pledge to be loyal to Trump if he wins the nomination?
“No, it’s a fight against useful idiot Democrats who are coming over and voting for Trump in open primaries.”
So, you are against the Regan coalition? To win the general we need a broad base of support. You need to get real.
I am not a Trump supporter. But if the party plays a game to cut him out of the nomination, the part will ending.
If the GOPe has to have their own candidate lose all the time, then they will go away.
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