Posted on 05/11/2016 2:10:31 PM PDT by DanMiller
In 2012, after Mitt Romney lost the presidential election, Bill Whittle delivered an address on Republican principles. The Timid Republican Party has substantially ignored those principles and is not guided by them. Party candidates nevertheless continue to mouth them at election time. Perhaps they understand what the voters want and recite their fealty to get their votes. Once safely in office, they revert to ignoring those same principles.
During the current Republican nomination process, the Establishment has chastised Donald Trump for not being a "real" Republican and not adhering to Republican principles -- the principles which they themselves ignore, by which he abides and by which as our President he will continue to abide. As they cringe at his refusal to mince words and to be politically correct, they seem uncomfortable with his wealth and his decision to finance his own primary campaign. Trump is very comfortable with being rich and is rightfully proud of what he has been able to do because of it -- including not being subservient to wealthy donors and donor collectives to which Establishment members are themselves subservient.
While watching the video, please ponder what Trump would say -- and do -- as our candidate and then as our President.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgxlp2UJI5I
It strikes me that Trump and Whittle care more about "Republican principles" than do members of the Republican Establishment. Trump is substantially more likely to support and adhere to those principles than the Party Establishment has, and than any candidate it would prefer has or would. In recent months, the "unwashed vulgarian" Republican masses have shown that they do as well. They are right.
The first principle should be to conserve the country and the rule of law.
The Republcan establishment has steadfastly refused to do that.
Exactly!
Bill Whittle would make a great Press Secretary for President Trump.
Was everyone on this site excited about and rooting for Romney at this stage in the game?
No, because Romney was recognized as the Democrat in an R jersey that he was/is.
Romney is one of the Republican establishment that has been preventing the citizens from stopping the invasion of their country.
If I’m not mistaken, Whittle was a little lukewarm towards Trump a few months back. Not totally TDS, but had a few snarky smug comments about Trump, which disappointed me a little, because I have a lot of respect for Bill Whittle. Maybe he’s come around. His colleague at PJTV, Scott Ott, on the other hand, has turned into a complete sniveling TDS’er. I have lost all respect for that guy.
OK so it is not hypocrisy then? The support for Trump is not just because he is the only alternative, as Romney was?
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