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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,270
    The end of the Republican Party if Romney goes through with it ...

    The Republicans would be better served to understand what it is in Trump that is exciting people and figure out how to embrace that going forward ...

    The "silent" majority is clearly more vocal than many thought.
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club
    If Romney's plan is really to sway the floor of the convention....... Good luck.

    To quote Senator Bannon, "winners win."
  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457
    Tequilla said:

    The end of the Republican Party if Romney goes through with it ...

    The Republicans would be better served to understand what it is in Trump that is exciting people and figure out how to embrace that going forward ...

    The "silent" majority is clearly more vocal than many thought.

    I've been thinking about this. Really the Republican party is split. About one third of the voters want something not in the establishment. About one third want a constitutionalist. And about one third want an establishment candidate.

    Democrats, about half want a tax and spend liberal and about half want an establishment moderate (fuck you, look at Hilary's actual positions, they are fairly middle of the road on most subjects, only because she knows she needs to win the moderates).
  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,573
    It was pretty obvious by the fact he didn't endorse anybody.

    If Romney gets the establishment's backing and does this, it will destroy the Republican Party for decades. Here's the problem they have:

    The establishment will have to sell the American people that their chosen candidate (Romney) is better suited than any of the candidates that were voted. In essence, you are telling your voters, that your votes don't count.

    Trump would run a third party nomination, and he won't run it to win, he'll run it to destroy Romney. to a point that he'll have Romney suffocating in a giant pile of shit. I'm willing to bet Trump actually would get more votes than Romney in this case.

    It would be a giant embarrassment for the GOP, and their image would be that of a joke for years to come.

    If they just got on board with Trump, and lose the election, they'd get ridiculed by some, as the party that brought up Trump. But in Romney's case, he'll turn the GOP into the party that was defeated by Trump. Imagine the stories Trump will be able to tell. He can brag until his dying day that he single handedly took down an entire party.
  • doogsinparadise
    doogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    2001400ex said:

    Tequilla said:

    The end of the Republican Party if Romney goes through with it ...

    The Republicans would be better served to understand what it is in Trump that is exciting people and figure out how to embrace that going forward ...

    The "silent" majority is clearly more vocal than many thought.

    I've been thinking about this. Really the Republican party is split. About one third of the voters want something not in the establishment. About one third want a constitutionalist. And about one third want an establishment candidate.

    Democrats, about half want a tax and spend liberal and about half want an establishment moderate (fuck you, look at Hilary's actual positions, they are fairly middle of the road on most subjects, only because she knows she needs to win the moderates).
    You still don't get Bernie, stupid Doog.
  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457

    2001400ex said:

    Tequilla said:

    The end of the Republican Party if Romney goes through with it ...

    The Republicans would be better served to understand what it is in Trump that is exciting people and figure out how to embrace that going forward ...

    The "silent" majority is clearly more vocal than many thought.

    I've been thinking about this. Really the Republican party is split. About one third of the voters want something not in the establishment. About one third want a constitutionalist. And about one third want an establishment candidate.

    Democrats, about half want a tax and spend liberal and about half want an establishment moderate (fuck you, look at Hilary's actual positions, they are fairly middle of the road on most subjects, only because she knows she needs to win the moderates).
    You still don't get Bernie, stupid Doog.
    I'm talking voters perception. You still don't get reality.
  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,778

    2001400ex said:

    Tequilla said:

    The end of the Republican Party if Romney goes through with it ...

    The Republicans would be better served to understand what it is in Trump that is exciting people and figure out how to embrace that going forward ...

    The "silent" majority is clearly more vocal than many thought.

    I've been thinking about this. Really the Republican party is split. About one third of the voters want something not in the establishment. About one third want a constitutionalist. And about one third want an establishment candidate.

    Democrats, about half want a tax and spend liberal and about half want an establishment moderate (fuck you, look at Hilary's actual positions, they are fairly middle of the road on most subjects, only because she knows she needs to win the moderates).
    You still don't get Bernie, stupid Doog.
    What's old, rich, white, and red all over?
  • UWhuskytskeet
    UWhuskytskeet Member Posts: 7,113

    It was pretty obvious by the fact he didn't endorse anybody.

    If Romney gets the establishment's backing and does this, it will destroy the Republican Party for decades. Here's the problem they have:

    The establishment will have to sell the American people that their chosen candidate (Romney) is better suited than any of the candidates that were voted. In essence, you are telling your voters, that your votes don't count.

    Trump would run a third party nomination, and he won't run it to win, he'll run it to destroy Romney. to a point that he'll have Romney suffocating in a giant pile of shit. I'm willing to bet Trump actually would get more votes than Romney in this case.

    It would be a giant embarrassment for the GOP, and their image would be that of a joke for years to come.

    If they just got on board with Trump, and lose the election, they'd get ridiculed by some, as the party that brought up Trump. But in Romney's case, he'll turn the GOP into the party that was defeated by Trump. Imagine the stories Trump will be able to tell. He can brag until his dying day that he single handedly took down an entire party.

    I'd love to see Romney get the nomination, Trump run third party, and see Bernie jump in after it's clear Hillary would moonwalk into the White House going against a fractured republican party alone. Burn the whole fucking thing down.

    What really needs to happen is for the US to drop winner take all and switch to First-past-the-post voting.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,270
    GOP party trying to destroy itself in the last 24 hours
  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457
    Tequilla said:

    GOP party trying to destroy itself in the last 24 hours years.

    Crisped.