The Situation of The Republican Party (US of A)

[Jack Davenport]

There was plenty of ******** and would be ******** yesterday and there is plenty of video of assholes acting the fool and a few bloodied cops.

 

[sean miguel]

I could be wrong but I haven't seen any video of the protestors being violent at Trump's rallies.

Have you watched anything today? The secret service had to scramble and if it were a sirhan sirhan, it would've been too late.

And the idea of shutting down an opposing viewpoint is a purview of the ______.

Chicago is a "safe zone" apparently.

If they could get away with it, today's rabid, brain-washed left would be the khmer rouge of our day, except their enemies are well armed. God bless the 2nd amendment.


Orwell's 1984 was a commentary. Which side of the political spectrum today most resembles INGSOC?

 

[sean miguel]

which side wants to shut down opposing views?

 

[MrBootySlapper]

The state of the Republican party is a shambolic mess brought on by the fact that they believe in policies that the majority of Americans simply don't believe in. So, since people don't like their policies, all elected Republicans do the same thing: vote NO on everything, refuse to compromise, cast votes only if they make government worse, then run out to the streets and in front of cameras and proclaim government is broken and must be shut down.

Government is not broken, will not be shutdown. We have too many people in this country and our economy is too big. Plus, corporations are in bed with the Government. They'll never let any group of politicians actually change government.

Democrats need to be given filibuster proof majorities Congress, and we need to give the next democratic president the power to actually lead change and fix things in the country.

Since an complete asshat like Trump is so easily able to take over the Republican party by himself, luckily, most Americans share my views, and the Republican party is going to be tossed out in the streets in Nov 2016, and we can get back to having mature people fix this country.

 

[Jack Davenport]

The state of the Republican party is a shambolic mess brought on by the fact that they believe in policies that the majority of Americans simply don't believe in. So, since people don't like their policies, all elected Republicans do the same thing: vote NO on everything, refuse to compromise, cast votes only if they make government worse, then run out to the streets and in front of cameras and proclaim government is broken and must be shut down.

Government is not broken, will not be shutdown. We have too many people in this country and our economy is too big. Plus, corporations are in bed with the Government. They'll never let any group of politicians actually change government.

Democrats need to be given filibuster proof majorities Congress, and we need to give the next democratic president the power to actually lead change and fix things in the country.

Since an complete asshat like Trump is so easily able to take over the Republican party by himself, luckily, most Americans share my views, and the Republican party is going to be tossed out in the streets in Nov 2016, and we can get back to having mature people fix this country.

Somebody's worried. Worried enough to slap dat booty.

 

[Supafly]

It is getting more and more obvious. And the rules get discussed in the open so much - it is pretty clear how things will go:

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With Trump's victories on Tuesday night, the xenophobic tycoon poses an ever more pressing and profound test to the Republican Party. He still has not grabbed the nomination. But among the remaining candidates, he's in the best position to snatch it—or to come damn close by claiming a strong plurality of the delegates. This means that a moment of truth is nearing when every Republican—including every elected official, every candidate, and every voter—will be ****** to confront a simple and basic question: Are you with Trump or against him?

In the weeks and months ahead, this question will dominate American politics. At-risk incumbent Republican senators will be compelled to provide a clear answer—and how they reply could determine whether their party maintains control of the upper chamber. From dog-catcher wannabes on up, every Republican office-seeker will have to say whether he or she is standing with the wall-building, Muslim-banning, woman-deriding, Mexican-bashing, ********-encouraging Trump or not. Forget about immigration reform, what to do about ISIS, tax cuts, the debt ceiling, or Obamacare. This will become the fundamental fault line in the party, as Rs—be they conservatives or RINOs—end up on different sides of this irreconcilable issue.

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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/03/trump-moment-of-reckoning-has-arrived

Here is the exact end:

Doomsday Savior? How Paul Ryan Will Pick the Next President

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So they run a moderate establishment Republican as a third-party candidate — 100 percent as a spoiler candidate. Worst case scenario oh, they prevent Donald Trump from winning the White House. Best case scenario they pull enough votes away from Hillary Clinton to prevent her from securing the necessary majority of 270 electoral votes.

Then the election goes to a House of Representatives ballot presided over Speaker Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s former running mate in 2012.

If neither candidate gets 270 electoral college votes, Congress picks the president. And he will be called President Mitt, the one who is laying the groundwork for this doomsday electoral scenario.

It’s right there, hidden in plain sight in the 12th Amendment of the US Constitution:

The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice.

And Congress can pick whomever they damn well please.

A moderate conservative third-party would definitely pull enough votes away from Trump to tank his candidacy, but the right candidate could also spoil it for Clinton.

If you remember, in the 1992 election, Bill Clinton was unable to secure a simple majority of the popular vote, with Ross Perot serving as a third party spoiler — not only taking votes away from the Republican incumbent George H.W. Bush, but pinching off the odd moderate vote from the Democrats as well.

But Ross Perot was never able to win a state, thus, he was never awarded any electoral college votes.

In this cycle, however, a third party spoiler candidate could in fact carry a handful of states. Bloomberg recognized it and realized the grave implications of that type of candidacy — taking the highest elected office in the free world out of the hands of the people and into the hands of a Tea Party-influenced, yet establishment-Republican Congress.

If you are an establishment Republican right now, this is actually an even better outcome than a brokered convention: Because you have even greater control over, not only the conservative nominee, but the ability to handpick the next president.

And Speaker Ryan will ensure that Mitt Romney will be handpicked. Why else would you fly out for dinner in Utah?

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-nicholas-phillips/doomsday-savior-how-paul-ryan_b_9474788.html

 

[Jack Davenport]

*lol*