Posted on 03/18/2016 9:29:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Establishment is confident they can stop Trump.
We choose the nominee, not the voters: Senior GOP official
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/16/we-choose-the-nominee-not-the-voters-senior-gop-official.html
The Electoral College, Rehabilitated to Defeat Donald Trump
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/22789-the-electoral-college-rehabilitated
GOP Convention Rulebook May Be Tossed in Favor of Robert’s Rules
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/22783-gop-convention-rulebook-may-be-tossed-in-favor-of-robert-s-rules
>> Jeez, how many times was Cruz bashed for being a Senator? That one still blows my mind.
At least he wasn’t a Governor.
What’s the two greatest lies? “The check is in the mail” and .....oh.......let me think.....what is the other one????????
Oh, it’s that the GOPe will give Trump full support if nominated....I think that’s it.
You better believe it.
They absolutely will not put forth any effort to win the White House.
Instead, they will just not criticize him in the media.
Paul Ryan is running a Presidential campaign, in case anybody didn’t know. Sure, he denies it, but he doesn’t want people reporting it because people would be energized against him and vote Trump.
As they should.
Well, no. 1776 was indeed about liberty and individual rights, etc., but against an oppressive government. The subjects of that government had no choice or voice.
We do. Political parties are not governments. They do not govern us. They are mere options. We can come and go from them as we wish. We empower them or make them irrelevant by our participation, which is really the issue here.
The American Revolution empowered us to chose our form of government. The details are up to us, and we’ve let it become a cluttered mess.
If the political parties have become too powerful, too manipulative (and indeed they have), it’s within the power of the electorate to walk away from them and begin new alliances.
We’re probably seeing this happen. It’s too late for new organizations to arise this election year, so we’re probably in for chaos and upheaval this cycle and, perhaps, new options in the future.
That is, unless everyone forgets once November is past.
Your question probably wasn’t serious, but you got a serious answer anyway. ;-)
Thank you for your thoughtful, reasoned response. I appreciated reading it.
You are right that we have the option to throw out the political parties if their oppression becomes too much. It is oppression if they control it and, by various tactics, shut down the candidates they don’t want. The ability of the masses to organize and come up against a well-funded cabal is an obstacle that may be insurmountable without violence. This is becoming an increasingly frightening reality.
Even if he is the nominee, the word of this clown and this website is worthless.
Priebus is just the spokesboy pajama boy. He isn’t part of some master plan to screw Trump or help Trump.
They need Trump to fundraise for the rino congress not other way round.
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