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Quite to the contrary. Trump is directly a product of the tea party know nothings and reeks of their stench. Without them - Trump never would have gained the ground that he has.
I have a brother-in-law who has spent his life blaming everybody in the world for his own failures and lack of success. He has been tea party from the start and he loves Trump and so do his buddies. Trumps ride to the top of the GOP would not have been possible without the tea party faction.
Where do you get the idea I love establishment republicans?
good idea, in addition the democrats should split into the; green, loon, neolithist, and gibsmedat, parties.
This is the equivalent of a gnat and a mosquito combining forces to attack a rhino.
Only irrational hubris would lead a Ted Cruz to think he's Presidential material and more acceptable to the majority of Americans than Donald Trump would be. Donald Trump may not be taken seriously by a lot of Americans, but Ted Cruz is absolutely loathed by far more.
Donald Trump, for all his buffoonery, will actually draw support from Democrats who don't like Hillary Clinton. I don't think there's a single Democrat, no matter how much they dislike Clinton, who will vote for a thoroughly abhorrent individual like Cruz.
The Republican Party, for all its recent stupidity, will not nominate Ted Cruz over Donald Trump. They want to win the White House and deny Bill and Hillary another minute's stay in the people's house. There best chance to do that, regrettably, is by nominating Trump.
good idea, in addition the democrats should split into the; green, loon, neolithist, and gibsmedat, parties.
Just because your brother-in-law is a moron doesn't mean everyone else is. There is nothing Tea Party about Trump and almost nothing libertarian about Trump. You just hate all three so you dishonestly lump them together because you have no intellectual argument to make against them.
Kasich has been pencilled in on the schedule as the VP candidate for a long time now going way back to Rubio. That is what he really wants and why he is staying in.
The problem now is that even Kasich can see being second in command on the Titanic is not the kind of promotion one really wants.
Just because your brother-in-law is a moron doesn't mean everyone else is. There is nothing Tea Party about Trump and almost nothing libertarian about Trump. You just hate all three so you dishonestly lump them together because you have no intellectual argument to make against them.
agreed. The question now is no longer who wins in November - bet the ranch on Clinton - the question is does the GOP survive in its current form or do they have to seriously rebuild forming a new party by purging themselves of right libertarians and tea party know nothings who led them to this precipice?
Christy has dropped his pants for trump in a wild card attempt to be VP
Libertarians need their own party and right libertarians especially need their own party and it is NOT the Republicans. Same with tea party folk.
Both groups did NOT want to do the work of building a new party so they tried to hijack the existing GOP and we see the results today.
The republicans have become a joke and the tea party faction and the right libertarians only make it a more hilarious punchline.
Please look at this
About Us - Tea Party
15 Non-negotiable Core Beliefs
1. Illegal aliens are here illegally. 2. Pro-domestic employment is indispensable. 3. A strong military is essential. 4. Special interests must be eliminated. 5. Gun ownership is sacred. 6. Government must be downsized. 7. The national budget must be balanced. 8. Deficit spending must end. 9. Bailout and stimulus plans are illegal. 10. Reducing personal income taxes is a must. 11. Reducing business income taxes is mandatory. 12. Political offices must be available to average citizens. 13. Intrusive government must be stopped. 14. English as our core language is required. 15. Traditional family values are encouraged. -
Lots of those are Trump principles as well. And he knows enough to give lip service to them at most of his rallies.
Please look at this
About Us - Tea Party
15 Non-negotiable Core Beliefs
1. Illegal aliens are here illegally. 2. Pro-domestic employment is indispensable. 3. A strong military is essential. 4. Special interests must be eliminated. 5. Gun ownership is sacred. 6. Government must be downsized. 7. The national budget must be balanced. 8. Deficit spending must end. 9. Bailout and stimulus plans are illegal. 10. Reducing personal income taxes is a must. 11. Reducing business income taxes is mandatory. 12. Political offices must be available to average citizens. 13. Intrusive government must be stopped. 14. English as our core language is required. 15. Traditional family values are encouraged. -
Lots of those are Trump principles as well. And he knows enough to give lip service to them at most of his rallies.
That's what Trump says, and I think it's correct. It is a last-ditch desperation tactic.This is a last ditch effort that reeks of desperation - not to mention perhaps the worst timing ever. Both of these guys have tickets in their hands to a voyage on the Titanic and they are arguing about who gets the room with the best view. This only makes Trump look stronger.
Kasich has not really been running a campaign for a while now so he has precious little to suspend in those states. And Cruz no longer has any real states to be competitive in so he concentrates on internal ground operation in states where he can steal delegates from Trump and counter the voters wishes. Some principled guy you have there. Cruz is a slimy scumbag who reeks of full blown creepiness on a level that you have to go back to Joe McCarthy to see.
In the end this probably matters little as Trump has boxed the GOP into such a corner that they only outcome is for them to lose big in November and lose the Senate as well.
If this story and strategy had appeared last December - things might have been different. But now its far too little and far too late to change the destiny of the Republicans which is to be the biggest losers since 1972.
I agree it will severely damage the GOP, but I don't think it will last a generation.It's a lose lose situation for GOP. If trump earns the nomination, huge loss in November and likely his rhetoric set back party politics and influence for a generation. Steal it from him and give it to Cruz, they disenfranchise republican voters who voted for Trump and lose big in general election. Cruz just becomes a run of the mill losing presidential candidate. Some chance the party could recover within an election cycle. Kasich would be nice in the general, but he hasn't earned the nomination by any stretch.
Please look at this
About Us - Tea Party
15 Non-negotiable Core Beliefs
1. Illegal aliens are here illegally. 2. Pro-domestic employment is indispensable. 3. A strong military is essential. 4. Special interests must be eliminated. 5. Gun ownership is sacred. 6. Government must be downsized. 7. The national budget must be balanced. 8. Deficit spending must end. 9. Bailout and stimulus plans are illegal. 10. Reducing personal income taxes is a must. 11. Reducing business income taxes is mandatory. 12. Political offices must be available to average citizens. 13. Intrusive government must be stopped. 14. English as our core language is required. 15. Traditional family values are encouraged. -
Lots of those are Trump principles as well. And he knows enough to give lip service to them at most of his rallies.
Sounds wonderful, but practical reality is that #s 6, 7, & 8 are mutually exclusive to #s 10 & 11.
#1: Duh!
#4: Put up, or shut up. I don't believe they are sincere. They depend on special interests as much as anyone else.
#12: Same comment as #4, they participate in discouraging newcomers as much as anyone else. I don't see them submitting bills to tear down the barriers to fair competition.
When Kasich shakes hands with Lyin Ted it would be highly advised he count his fingers to make certain he still has 5.
nominating trump is the only way the GOP survives, trump voters are not right wingers, we're centrists like you CLAIM to be.
Ted Cruz, John Kasich join forces to stop Donald Trump - CNNPolitics.com
Well, just when you think you have seen everything this election season, something new comes along...
I doubt it, no one ever talks about the supposedly stolen election of 2000.
Good advice - and if I shook hands with Cruz the second thing I would do is smell them.
This is an obvious admission by Kasich and Cruz that they are worried that Trump is going to wrap up the nomination before the convention. It reeks of desperation and makes both of them look incredibly weak.
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