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| Pro-Romney forces given reins to GOP convention rules, positioned to launch anti-Trump coup |
| 2016-06-22 |
| [WASHINGTONTIMES] The specter of Donald Trump’s presidential nomination being ripped from under him in a nastily contested Republican National Convention next month is alive -- again. Anti-Trump forces appeared to have been defeated after he ousted his remaining opponents from the race in early May and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus all signaled that Mr. Trump had sewn things up. But weeks of bad press stemming from Mr. Trump’s criticism of a federal judge and uneven handling in the aftermath of the Orlando, Florida, terrorist shooting have kick-started efforts to deny Mr. Trump the nomination on the convention floor. The dump-Trump forces may have received another opening last week when Mr. Priebus tapped Utah RNC member Enid Greene Mickelsen and Massachusetts RNC member Ron Kaufman as Republican National Convention Rules Committee chairwoman and co-chairman, respectively. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #38 Actually Trump had a great speech today. Listen to it. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-06-22 22:50 |
| #37 I have been voting since 1974. I can't recall my first choice ever winning. WTF is the problem with these elites? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-06-22 22:50 |
| #36 LOL Whiskey Mike. :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-06-22 21:06 |
| #35 I detest Trump. I detest Clinton more. I expect to vote 'for' Trump as a result. (I would probably vote for Sanders out of the three of them, even though I totally disagree with him politically - he's almost honest, as politicians go.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2016-06-22 19:33 |
| #34 Agree with CF. Dale, I sincerely hope you are right. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2016-06-22 19:00 |
| #33 As someone mentioned I think the two party system has been on life-support for awhile now. Mcconnell and Reid are almost carbon copies of each other except Reid is a little slimier. After what the Republican leadershi{p|t} did for that TPA (or TTP) trade legislation where they went out and surrendered the Senate's role in ratifying treaties - it's been quite evident. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-06-22 18:20 |
| #32 No not the end of the two party system. All the Dems had to do is field a candidate of the people. They self destructed. Walked away from the heart of America. Catered to every fringe group they could find or invent. The silent majority is silent no longer. Trump could be any party and win. This guy is solid as a rock. He has a lifetime of challenges he has faced. The groupies always follow the power so they can be seen with him. No, the difference with Trump is America comes first. In office he will shake and bake. Be on the same page or move along. The media will continue their useless twaddle losing readership as they are coupled lost relevancy. |
| Posted by: Dale 2016-06-22 18:13 |
| #31 comment #32; I am going to regret that. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2016-06-22 17:58 |
| #30 Dang, even Ship gets it right. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2016-06-22 17:56 |
| #29 jvalentour speaks truth. Suck it up or die under HRC. Even OS knows the facts. I was not a Trump booster, but anyone but Hilarity. Someone famous said "I don't always agree with Republicans. I never agree with Democrats." He/she has the right of it. Ebbang Uluque6305, poster number 23 said " I voted for Romney in 2012. I liked Perry better. I liked Newt better. But when Romney was the nominee I voted for him. What was I supposed to do? Vote for Obama? Now it's 2016 and Trump is the nominee. You can't get everything you want but if you vote for Hillary you will most certainly get everything that you do not want." Well said sir/madam. I hated Romney when he was gov. of my state (Mass. god help me. I remain here only because of my family.) He is/was never right, just not as left as some. Mostly. A traitorous dog desirous of power only. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2016-06-22 17:55 |
| #28 You can at least tell your kids or grandkids as the case may be that you saw the end of the 2 party system. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-06-22 17:47 |
| #27 It always boils down to a straightforward question - who's gonna fuck me the least? 99% of the time, it's a Republican. I don't always agree with Republicans. I never agree with Democrats. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-06-22 16:00 |
| #26 Romney and McCain are the fok'n enemy ! McCain is stark raving mad. Romney, it would seem, loves his money more than us. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-06-22 15:59 |
| #25 It always boils down to a straightforward question - who's gonna fuck me the least? 99% of the time, it's a Republican. |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-06-22 15:30 |
| #24 That is not necessarily true. See how Romney and McCain pretty much refusing to engage the enemy. Posted by CrazyFool Romney and McCain are the fok'n enemy ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-22 15:02 |
| #23 Many Folks, one party, CF? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-22 15:01 |
| #22 Your making the assumption that the Republican Establishment want to win the election. That is not necessarily true. See how Romney and McCain pretty much refusing to engage the enemy. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-06-22 14:50 |
| #21 I voted for Romney in 2012. I liked Perry better. I liked Newt better. But when Romney was the nominee I voted for him. What was I supposed to do? Vote for Obama? Now it's 2016 and Trump is the nominee. You can't get everything you want but if you vote for Hillary you will most certainly get everything that you do not want. Now, if Jeb was the nominee, I could understand people not voting for him because there is not a dime's worth of difference between him and Clinton. Is that what Romney wants? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-06-22 14:48 |
| #20 What I cannot understand is how anyone can support him other than in fear of President Hillary. "If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.”" |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-22 14:47 |
| #19 Or...and here's a crazy thought...nominate someone the base is happy to support. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-06-22 14:12 |
| #18 What got us here was a bunch of Republicans sitting home in 2012 because their guy didn't win nomination. By all means, continue that strategy - it was so successful the first time. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2016-06-22 13:58 |
| #17 All within the Party, nothing outside the Party, nothing against the Party -- Benito Romney |
| Posted by: regular joe 2016-06-22 13:58 |
| #16 At the end of the day, no one can come up with a better reason to support Trump than they could for Romney and McCain. Sorry, but 'better than the alternative' just isn't good enough anymore. It is, in fact, what got us here. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-06-22 13:50 |
| #15 Maybe in a perverse way this is the GOP attempt to sure up Trump's base. I would prefer they either support Trump or just keep their mouth shut and hold their nose and vote Trump just like most of the conservatives did in 2012 for Romney. Any establishment candidate will get their clocks cleaned in the election just like in the Primary. |
| Posted by: airandee 2016-06-22 13:32 |
| #14 What we are watching is not just the self destruction of the GOP, we are bearing witness to the collapse of democracy in America. This is bigger than Trump. This is corruption trying to defend itself inside the GOP. This is total corruption controlling the Dems. All popular opposition to the incumbent leaders on both sides are coming from the middle of America. The middle democrats are so desperate to fix their party they are willing to support Sanders, a true threat to democracy. This election has the potential to send our democracy into another revolution. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-06-22 13:20 |
| #13 The status quo ain't getting it. Unless we take a chance, the entire current corrupt mess may become impossible to dislodge. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-06-22 12:40 |
| #12 Daily media attacks. Everyone knows better what to do. Trump will survive and be the true leader this country needs. My support has never wavered. Trump will go the distance. Massive support among all demographics. The media and politicians will wring their hands and say what has happened. Lovin every minute of it. |
| Posted by: Dale 2016-06-22 12:39 |
| #11 You want globalism? You want corruption? ObamaCare? You want our industrial and strategic interests sold to Russians, Chinese and Soddies? You want mass immigration from the Middle East and Mexico? Then go ahead and vote for Hillary. But Romney had his chance and he blew it, badly. Now he needs to shut the fuck up and go home. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-06-22 12:21 |
| #10 What I cannot understand is how anyone can support him other than in fear of President Hillary. 'Fear'... is an undisputed survival enabler. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-22 12:06 |
| #9 Spook has the truth if it. |
| Posted by: Thravimp Lover of the Antelope7006 2016-06-22 12:05 |
| #8 What I cannot understand is how anyone can support him other than in fear of President Hillary. Read the book "Trump:The Art of the Deal" Authored and Published in 1987 and was Number 1 on the New York Times best seller list for 51 weeks. One book by a successful young business man at the time (Trump) that I will never forget. |
| Posted by: Percy McCoy7690 2016-06-22 11:52 |
| #7 I remember the days when many of the burg posters would write any of the R candidates would be better than Clinton. Now that their guy has lost and ONE of the candidates has won writers can't deal with it. Suck it up and vote for the best candidate. Do you think Dole, McCain, Romney were any different than Trump? They all have flaws. Get over it. |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2016-06-22 11:50 |
| #6 Maybe because the republic is long over and people are looking for their patron for their interests, that have been long ignored? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-06-22 11:48 |
| #5 The nomination of McCain and Romney resulted in this self-destructive revolt. The Republican Party was dead the minute Trump starting winning primaries with a plurality. IMHO Perry was our best chance and at the end, Cruz was the only small government constitutionalist left. Now we see the slow motion train wreck this set in motion. The elites are scrambling to stab Trump in the back before he goes down in flames and takes the remaining power structure and piggy trough with him, and Trump doing what he does best, promoting Trump no matter how liberal and elitist he himself is. Before you ask, yes I worked against Trump and I still believe he is a huge mistake. So you know where I stand. What I cannot understand is how anyone can support him other than in fear of President Hillary. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2016-06-22 10:50 |
| #4 Romney and the GOP blew their chances in 2012. Romney did not take part in the 2016 primaries. He has no skin in the game this time around. I voted for him in 2012 but I'm thinking a lot less of him and the other turncoat RINOs lately. They have a loser mentality. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-06-22 10:03 |
| #3 Maybe Trump will be floundering so badly by then that the majority will thank the GOP for doing this. I can hope. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2016-06-22 09:47 |
| #2 Our troll again? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-06-22 08:52 |
| #1 Obama wannabees. Failure all over this. Difference is they don't have the lefts psychotic mindset or perhaps not enough bodies placed in key positions of bait and switch. Openly visible con game. |
| Posted by: Dale 2016-06-22 06:39 |