All of us, every single man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth were born with the same unalienable rights; to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And, if the governments of the world can't get that through their thick skulls, then, regime change will be necessary.
America has both allies and enemies. France is not America and America is not France but we still hold very similar basic principles. We are allies.
Newt Gingrich said a very interesting thing on Hannity's radio show today that got me thinking.
He said that Trump may not be a pure conservative but he's an ally to them. He's definitely not an ally of the Left that which the Democratic Socialist Party adheres to.
Most interesting thought. Does that make him worth voting for by the Right?
More recently, at a South Carolina campaign
event, Mr. Trump touched on the smoky theory that the identity of those
who funded the attacks was still not publicly known. If he wins, he
said, “you will find out who really knocked down the World Trade
Center.”
Shmuley Boteach wrote about the double standard in European countries on the case of the Islamic invaders now being pushed by the regimes they came from to interlope in the next continent, yet at the same time, they see nothing wrong with Israel suffering the same problem.
Trump is happening. The reactions today are HALF A YEAR TOO LATE at the least, Sen Sasse. So GROW THE EFF UP.
OBSERVATION, not preference.
I’m too disgusted to have a preference.
So what is the next step? What do you do now if you think Goldwater and Reagan actually had a clue?
What do you do if you abhor the evangelical stranglehold of ‘values’ dictating what can be called conservative?
Use the next 4 years or 8 years to make yourself rational, whether Trump wins or not.
Figure
out why the ideology of Free Trade DOES NOT WORK, and find the
practical solution set so that people who are not going to be coding PHP
or MYSQL or Ruby on Rails, or using the Android SDK, or ending MS or
Cancer, and have a high school education can ONCE AGAIN have meaningful
and challenging careers.
Figure out how to have a foreign policy and a military to match that which can be sustained OVER THE LONGER TERM
Figure out how to make risk in the financial world manageable without TBTF
Find the correct place for God.
It’s
clear if nothing changes there will be no GOP in about 5 months except
some shell pretending to campaign under a false flag.
A Donald
Trump cannot ‘take over’ the GOP. He can ride a wave of frustration
caused by deafness, inaction and elitism to a nomination, but THAT’S ALL
IT CAN BE.
Grow up, put away the Toquemada purity tests and grow up.
It is time for Republicans to seriously consider an exit strategy as they grapple with the rise of Trump. It may be necessary for men and women of principle within the party to set the self-detonation sequence as they escape the ship to a new party. Trump and his angry band of supporters are starting to board and the GOP, as an entity, will be a terrible place to stay for many elected officials.
Already in Arizona the Democrats are attacking John McCain for saying he would support Donald Trump as the nominee. It is only going to get worse.
An independent bid would be difficult because of the signature requirements in places like Texas, but Rick Perry could potentially mount a successful bid.
However, it may be possible to launch a bid to adopt the Constitution Party as a new party of Republican resistance. The Constitution Party is in every state and would be an easier way to proceed than creating a new third party or launching an independent bid.
One thing is certain, however. Plans must be put forward now. Randy Barnett is right. The problem for the GOP is that Trump will be deeply destructive to down ballot races and could lead to a huge Republican vote staying home. Those Republicans not voting could cause devastation only a few years after the GOP saw its biggest gains since the late 1800’s.
Controlling so many state legislatures and Governors mansions could be advantageous in access for a Republican third party bid. Many of those incumbents understand that their survival depends on an alternative to Donald Trump.
If Trump wins the GOP nomination, Hillary Clinton is going to win the Presidency. But the GOP still has the potential to build a firewall of support for Republicans nationwide through a third party.
Planning needs to get underway immediately and the GOP needs to release that they waited too late on Trump, they should not wait so long that they cannot save themselves.
These are observations, and they can apply to BOTH PARTIES (because
BERNIE) ..I have not cast a vote for Trump and at present have no plans
to IN ANY PRIMARY
Every Passover, with family around the table,
and in observation that every generation there arises those who wish to
wipe out the Jews there is a song we sing.
Dayyenu - It would have been enough for us
So
on this Tuesday as #NEVERTRUMP forces are coating their door posts with
the blood of their pure conservative lambs here is a lyric:
If you had only just really reduced the rate of growth of spending
It would have been enough for us
If you had only just made realistic plans to replace Obamacare
It would have been enough for us
If you had only made a single REAL effort to secure the border since the subject came up in 1986
It would have been enough for us
If you had only made realistic plans for military victory in Iraq
It would have been enough for us
If you had only planned for the real result of not acting on the ‘red line’
It would have been enough for us
If you had just recognized what the Chinese economy meant MILITARILY
It would have been enough for us
If you had ONLY just found Lois Lerner in contempt and pushed the effort to jail her to the absolute maximum, and I mean MAXIMUM
It would have been enough for us
If you had only made realistic plans for the results of free trade for our workers
It would have been enough for us
If you had only reacted to the real results of free trade instead of doubling down on it, and denying
It would have been enough for us
If you had dealt realistically with Iran, and with the TREATY in the Senate
It would have been enough for us
If you had not had those pictures taken with Al Nusra think alikes in Syria demonstrating you understood the issue and realities
It would have been enough for us
If
you had asked WHY Russia felt the need for SEVERAL new classes of
ICBM’s, SLBMs, and missile submarines while we kept ours from the 1970′s
and 80′s
It would have been enough for us
But you didn’t.
And
now as you see the angel of death (Trump) descend among you rather than
recognize your errors, you plan on ensuring HRC (OBAMA III) becomes
president?
Rather than plan for the long march through ideology to
practicality during an unfortunate and unpleasant Trump INTERREGNUM,
you are planning and you are seen to be planning a coronation march for
an amoral, entitled, Hillary.
We will say of the GOP in the coming years:
If they had only REFORMED when Trump beat them with a stick
It would have been enough for us
UPDATES BELOWSo what have I learned?
I wish I could post the entire twitterfestungamerica, because it was really humorous and aggravating at the same time.
The
Trumpers seem to want to call me a neocon Cruzite, and the non Trumpers
want to tell me I am not a conservative thus I must report to the
inquisition.
The problem REMAINS that every SINGLE candidate is
odious to one degree or another over CRITICAL issues, except for the
inexperienced Dr. Carson who thinks Joseph actually built Khufu’s
construction projects and they are grain silos. But he has no shot
anyway except on the 34th ballot
Review ..
Trump - no way
out of the KKK fiasco, mishandled at best, pandering to asshole hidden
white supremacist votes today at worst. His eminent domain ideas are
frightening and he wants to have English libel laws (which formed a part
of the BASIC difference between the madre nation and us in 1789). He is
RIGHT about the border, and RIGHT about trade which ARE his main
issues, but jeeeez. And all this is, of course, providing this is not a
pure selling job
Cruz - good on Constitution, pissed off everyone
he works with, ok on FP, and so in love with evangelical ideas (i think
he’s probably sincere on this-and maybe that’s somewhat frightening)
he’d be with Falwell and against Goldwater. Against TPP
Rubio - Right on many FP issues, knows who the bad guys are, and took the Free Trade elevator straight to hell - voted for TPP
These are facts, and the Trumpers and non Trumpers BOTH hate them.
They
hate them so much that we have BOTH the #NEVERTRUMP movement which
wants a third party, or a second Republican party or some other take the
ball and go home movement, and the ‘if Trump’s nomination is stolen’
movement which is basically a stereoisomer of that former group.
Each apparently hates the other more than HRC or Bernie.
I’m writing in HANS GRUBER
Yippee kay yay
HYSTERIA GROWING
THE HILL:
Republican senator: 'I’m out’ if GOP becomes party of David Duke, Donald Trump
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Tuesday vowed to give up on the GOP if Donald Trump wins the party’s presidential nomination.
“Let’s first recognize that the Republican Party is just a tool, as all political parties are,” he told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe."
“I signed up for the party of [former President] Abraham Lincoln, not the party of David Duke, Donald Trump,” Sasse continued, linking the white nationalist with Trump’s White House run.
“I hope it happens over the course of the next 30 to 60 days that the Republican Party again becomes the party of Abraham Lincoln, limited government and great human potential. I want to celebrate what’s great about America in the Republican Party, but if the Republican Party becomes the party of David Duke [and] Donald Trump, I’m out.”
Sasse then rejected the notion that Trump could evolve into a stronger conservative.
“I don’t that this guy has any more core principles than a Kardashian marriage,” he said. "Do any of you think Donald Trump has any core values? I don’t think it’s conceivable."
