Republican strategists thought the rise of Donald Trump and Ben Carson wouldn’t last. They called summer the “silly season,” and figured as fall came, and we got closer to the Iowa caucuses, the GOP race would settle down and the “serious” contenders would emerge. Instead, it’s looking like Carson and Trump are the serious contenders, and the GOP is panicking over that.
The primary worry, according to the Washington Post, is that nominating either of these clowns would essentially hand both the White House and the Senate to the Democrats (and then the Republicans are done, right? Ha!). Jeb Bush or John Kasich may have been the best options, of all the members of the GOP clown car, but neither of them is doing well, and Trump and Carson have too much staying power.
Oddly enough, some are floating around the idea of drafting Mitt Romney to try and scoop up the nomination, because he worked out so well in 2012 that he’ll do spectacularly against either Hillary or Bernie Sanders, right? Right. That is sheer desperation talking, and it probably wouldn’t work. Trump appeals to the “everyman” that hates political correctness and the establishment, and Carson appeals heavily to the evangelical theocrats that think we’re a Christian nation. Neither of these groups wants a moderate establishment conservative to get the nomination.
But to some of the establishment, there’s something even worse about having someone win the nomination who can’t beat Hillary (and probably can’t beat Bernie, either), and it’s this:
We’re potentially careening down this road of nominating somebody who frankly isn’t fit to be president in terms of the basic ability and temperament to do the job. It’s not just that it could be somebody Hillary could destroy electorally, but what if Hillary hits a banana peel and this person becomes president?
That came from a strategist who didn’t want to be named, and they make a good point. They’re not just worried about nominating someone who can’t win. They worried about the direction this country will take if one of those two morons does somehow get elected because both will do their level best to run this country into the ground.
It’s hilarious, in a sad kind of way, to watch them panic because of who’s in their clown car. They helped create this mess, and now they don’t know what to do about it. The wingnuts of the party were allowed to take control, and now the establishment is having trouble wresting control back. The GOP civil war continues, so stay tuned.
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I’ve been saying this since Trump climbed into the clown car. They will drag Mittens back out and dust him off and run him again. If there ARE any sane and reasonable republicans left, I would think that they would be aghast at the current field of candidates. Mitt will look good after this hot mess.
Watching the Republicans destroy themselves would be SO much more fun and entertaining if it weren’t for the fact that they are dragging the rest of the country down with them. If only there were a way to inflict Republican policies ONLY on those voters to vote Republican.
Exactly what policies would those be? You have no idea. Most crippling policies are done by Democrats. That’s why you have most democratic states in the hole. With a deficit.
You might consider a more intellectually honest research; eight of the top ten states in terms of receiving public assistance are red states. Now why would that be, given that sterling Republican (cough, cough) leadership?
I would like for you to post a link of that.
do you know the difference between a district and a state?
Do you know the difference between red and blue states? You count NJ as a blue state, yet it’s been led led by a Republican for the past two terms. So how does it count as blue? Because most people are Democrats? That makes no sense. You don’t judge a state by the presidential election. Look at the senators that are elected, because they are the ones with the power of the purse. They control the federal money. So districts is a more accurate calculation. I bet you didn’t even know that NJ IS #1 Non dependent state, yet led by Republicans, but counted as blue. Makes no sense.
I’ve also done research on this, and it’s true that the poorest states that get the most federal assistance are deep red-not just in national elections, but governed and represented by republicans. So stop spewing bullshit.
You obviously haven’t. If you average the top ten, 51% of the past 5 terms have been held by Democrats. Apart from that, the poorest cities on those states are all Democrat. Just like the top 36 districts in the country.
Your “source” is a deceptively named far right hatchet job of a website. I am not going to spend my precious time confirming or disproving their “stats”. However, Politifact confirms that 9 of the 10 poorest states are Red states. So far, you have failed to prove your claims. So, no, you haven’t done your “research”, as far as I’m concerned. Try again.
Lol politifacts? That’s a leftwing source so if course they won’t show anything like the truth. Also if you look at the list of finding for those states , must is military and DHS.
Sigh. You just proved beyond a reasonable doubt that you are a right wing hack. Politifact is as non-partisan as it gets. I’m sorry that reality has a liberal bias, but there is zero reason for anyone here to believe your “facts”. Go crawl back under your rock.
If you think politifacts is non partisan, you’re an idiot. Just look up where they get they’re funding you ignorant libtard. Nice try though
I realize that I’m trying to disprove Santa to a child, but nobody else here lives in your fantasy world. The very fact that you consider Politifact to be partisan proves that you belong in a mental institution. The rest of the world will pray that you take your meds on time, or as an alternative, don’t happen to be in your way when you completely lose it and go shoot up a church or something.
Not to mention that 87% of the highest criminal cities in the US are run by Democrats.
Did you get this “stat” from your favorite far right website, too?
36 out of 39 poorest districts led by Democrats.
I’ve made numerous attempts at posting links, but this particular site, (If You Only News) has not or will not approve any link that I attempt to post. You managed to do so, but every time I try, I get this message: Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by If You Only News.
I know that most people, left or right, are loathe to research articles that do not support their opinion, but Google “which states receive the most public assistance, red or blue?” You will see that most of these sites indicate that the red states receive more in food stamps, etc, than do the blue states. The only dissension I see is a link to The Blaze, and I know a few hard core conservatives that will even reject that.
I’ve done research on this,but they are rating states by states that voted Republican on the 2012 presidential election. What I’m saying is, that presidential elections don’t signify what state is red or blue. The state Representatives, senators and state governors is what makes a state blue or red and the top ten most dependent states have been led by Democrats more than by Republicans. Example Kentucky has been led by Democrats for decades until this year when a Republican won as governor of the state. Plus states flip flop almost every election, with the exception of like 27 which are always either Red or Blue.
luckily, if the DNC candidate slips on a banana peel, we have many more competent people to replace. There is no need to care about the GOP any more; they’re getting their Dukakis election.