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  • Posted by KevinSchwinkendorf 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think your analysis is spot on. I am a conservative Republican who is sick and tired of both democrats and RINOs, and the GOP establishment just doesn't get it. The only thing I want LESS than a "Bush III" presidency is a "Clinton II" presidency. We don't do royal dynasties here in the USA. England can have their "Henry VIII"s and their "Edward VII"s, but we broke away from them over two centuries ago. The more Trump says something the media elites don't like, the higher his polling goes, and I'm not the least surprised.
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  • Posted by ewv 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He believes it because he knows that pre-primary polls do not determine an election. The establishment money is still behind him because they believe he can win, too. They know how to manipulate elections with organization. The latest techniques, no longer new, are to generate votes with targeted negative media buys based on private polling and focus group research, and door to door solicitations based on profiling -- the solicitors know when they walk up to your door what your personal likes and dislikes are from data bases accessible over the internet as they prowl: they know what to say to you to get sympathy and support. All these cynical techniques fill the intellectual vacuum.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Fiorina with Jindal as the Democrats sleeper agent candidate which she is anyway. Reason? Wasserman gets to stay at DNC which is improbable if Hillary wins. DNC establishment doesn't really want to deal with Hillary. That gets Fiorino the RINO Vote and quietly much of the Dino vote. They still fear indictments and they can't use Presidential Pardons as a cover. Jindal as VP brings in the quasi republicans and the independents or splinter party people a huge chunk of votes IF they are thinking as i do long term 4-8 years and he has a fiscal responsibility track record.I see that as a viable way of camel nosing a possible non-Rino and my objective is to destroy the one party rigged vote system.

    Any Republican candidate minus the Rinos which includes Trump with Jindal for the same reason. Which means Carson or Rubio the rest are Rinos. (luke warm tepid)

    None of the Above or Vote of No confidence which means don't vote for any of the candidates keeping in mind a write in IS a vote for the left under winner take all rules. This raises the unregistered and registered but not voting 'under vote' and serves to continue destroying credibility in terms of representation. That's going to happen anyway. So far only this last choice wills satisfy my standards of decency but I see no other possibility other than one.

    Trump is a National Socialist RINO and Hillary is an International Socialist DINO. If you are into Seig Heil-ing Trumps the best choice otherwise he has no useful purpose.

    Failing all of that my top choice in practical terms is the US Military upholds it's oath of office. 50-50 they will or they won't because of careerists who cannot be trusted.

    Still there are signs and movements in the right direction.

    I have no interest in that lesser evil crap. People who follow that are already evil and they know it.

    So only that Carly Bobby plan is worth looking at for reasons stated.

    My goal as responsible system is return the country to a two plus party system with honest and open elections under the Constitution and any changes through the amendment system and quit pretending the center of the left is the center and quit sucking up to the right wing OF the left the RINOs. For the true left it's Trump and National Socialism or Hillary/Bernie and International Socialism. Which leaves you status quo people to come up with a better plan of action or just stay on the couch.
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  • Posted by IndianaGary 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Boy, did you get a wrong number! Trump is a demagogue and I don't see much available in the R field except, perhaps, Fiorina. I like Carly. Oh, and I'm still waiting to hear your options.
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  • Posted by bassboat 9 years, 4 months ago
    We talk about how out of touch that the GOP is in regard to how the base feels. My question is, Why has it taken the base so long to wake up? We have suffered through countless Rinos and allowed ourselves to be led around like a pig with a ring in his nose. I say hurrah for Rick Santelli who asked that day in March of 2009, Where is today's Tea Party? He was the catalyst for the taking back of the Republican Party.
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  • Posted by ProfChuck 9 years, 4 months ago
    Political office draws toadies and sycophants as surely as horse manure draws flies. (and for some of the same reasons) If you have even a small amount of political power you can expect to be courted by every manner of lobbyist and similar scoundrel seeking political patronage and access to the tax payers purse. Many people are affected by this kind of fawning and soon come to believe that it is justified and that they really as wonderful as the camp followers say they are. This is one of the reasons that political power is more addictive than cocaine. Megalomania needs fuel. After a few years of this politicians gain a world view that is defined by a distorted image of reality. They no longer see the world as it is but only as it "should" be in accordance with a cloistered ideology. It is for this reason that the founders wanted the country to be run by citizens that would take a few years out of an otherwise productive life and devote their energies to managing the affairs of state. The notion of a professional politician was abhorrent to them. Political parties, like all living things, become ossified with age. Republicans are no exception.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That's because people like you turn down every suggestion, every idea and every thing that requires getting off your couch potato ass, stop whining and DO something. So take your rant and shove it. I'm voting for the military to uphold their oath of office since the only suggestion I've seen so far is vote for the right wing of the left. You are the status quo. If all you have to offer is Trump or one of those other RINO left wingers you should go back in the closet.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 9 years, 4 months ago
    Maybe the deals already been made?

    I'm not sure that, those vested in small government and maximum freedom will swallow that.
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  • Posted by IndianaGary 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    [begin rant] I hate it when people like you do nothing but bitch about the status quo but have nothing positive to add to the conversation. No suggestions, no alternatives, nothing. [end rant]
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  • Posted by MagicDog 9 years, 4 months ago
    Watch out!!! The RNC will put everything it has into Jeb in New Hampshire. Do not forget that the RNC is owned and run by the Bush Family. They will not give up easily and may force someone to take Jeb as a running mate.
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  • Posted by Flootus5 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think they had an inkling where things were headed. Many did. Ayn Rand certainly did rather prophetically. The John Birch Society was founded in 1958 because of these concerns.

    But the degree of collectivization would probably shock these people. I ponder the same in regards to my Dad. After his WWII years in North Africa with the USAAF, he had a very "low opinion" (being polite) of muslims. He passed away a year before 9/11 and didn't have to witness the last 15 years.
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  • Posted by livefree-NH 9 years, 4 months ago
    By the time it is over, any losing candidate has probably made a significant amount of money that he can take home and live comfortably with. And if you believe this site, that's the whole idea: http://j.mp/1OsnppX (Their bias is obvious and apparent, but some facts do seem to be present)
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I wonder what John F. Kennedy would think of his party today. And the same for Barry Goldwater.
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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Trump has my vote, for whatever thats worth these days. He is a non-politician, speaks his mind without worrying about being politically correct, and isnt up there to be bought. We need him to shake things up a big and run the country a bit more like a business.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 4 months ago
    There once was a movie in which the Bond-like hero was given a gun that looks like a semi automatic pistol, only instead of the bullet coming out the front of the barrel it comes out the back. (I think it was Our Man Flint). The hero gets caught and hands the gun to his captor who promptly shoots him. But instead of killing the hero, the bullet hits the villain. The villain looks at the gun in wonder, can't believe what just happened and shoots himself again. A perfect analogy to what is happening to poor Jeb. He can't believe the gun is shooting him and not those he's pointing it at. He's not stupid, just 10 years behind the latest innovations in elections.....and guns.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 4 months ago
    Anyone who votes for either major party candidate is voting to to trash the Bill of Rights. Unwitting traitors.
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  • Posted by nelly1611 9 years, 4 months ago
    Maybe he is or maybe he isn't. But that is my opinion. I suppose we will see what happens.
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  • Posted by bsmith51 9 years, 4 months ago
    The establishment candidates can't get their heads around the concept of Trump being either qualified or electable, since the donor class is not on board with him.
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 9 years, 4 months ago
    Of course he's incredibly out of touch. He and the Republicans in the senate and the house are part of the political elite. If they were in touch with their electorate, they would never have voted for this budget deal. I won't go so far as to say, I won't vote for a Republican elitist against Hillary, but it is tempting.
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  • Posted by jabuttrick 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Trump can't utter three sentences without telling an outright falsehood or passing on some unverified rumor. Why do you think he is a man of "truth"?
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