Yes, the Republican party breaks the rules in picking their presidential candidates as well. That’s surely what happened in 2008 with the Ron Paul campaign, and I also believe that it happened in 1996 with the Pat Buchanan campaign. Delegates duly elected were simply ignored in the former case, in multiple states. Not saying that Paul or Buchanan would have received the nomination, but rules were broken. And some people here supported the cheating.
The GOP nominated the WRONG man in 1952. Should’ve been Sen. Taft and Gen. MacArthur.
He certainly knew politics. What he didn't know too well was his Bible. He ascribed a quote to the apostle Paul that's actually found in the book of Isaiah.
I only remember the Sen. Dirksen with the frog croak of a voice so it was a treat to listen to him with a full voice. Now I understand the esteem he had as a speaker.
To be honest, this reminded me of the 2016 convention. Gen. Eisenhower was the outsider who had no political experience, just as Trump was in 2016 whereas Robert Taft was the establishment politician with all the Washington connections.
The difference is that the Republicans had become more populist by 2016 and less able to control an outsider candidacy than they would have in 1952. Further, Ted Cruz was not a favorite of the Washington establishment much more than was Trump. Be thankful that Trump won the party’s nomination so convincingly such that a person like Bush or Rubio had no chance to own enough delegates to secure the nomination.
It was stolen from Taft.