The Suicide of the GOP Establishment

[kahless]

http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/the-suicide-of-the-gop-establishment/

If Marco Rubio becomes president, we can expect:

1.) That he will work with Democrats and the GOP leadership in Congress to pass something that looks like the Gang of Eight amnesty bill.

2.) That he will urge Congress to pass any trade agreements that Obama has signed.

3.) That he will send significant numbers of U.S. troops to the Middle East.

4.) That his foreign policy will be developed by many of the same people who advised George W. Bush.

5.) That his economic policy will reflect the views of those who were in power when the United States was hit by the economic crisis of 2008.
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Establishment GOP types have not even pretended to engage in a serious debate. Their offer is simple: You do as we say, or we will throw the election to Hillary.
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In the end, they have left the opponents of the status quo no choice — they must either defeat Rubio, and radically change the power structure of the GOP, or they must watch Obama's immigration policy, Obama's trade policy, Bush’s foreign policy, and Bush’s economic policy, be implemented.

 

[acptulsa]

The same could have been said of Bush, and the same could be said of either Cruz or Trump. Why are they singling any of them out?

 

[AZJoe]

The was a pretty decent article.

 

[Dianne]

Blow the entire GOP to kingdom come. F'k those assholes who screwed both the Paul's. I would love nothing more than to see 95% of them living in a box on Times Square.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

TARP was the straw that broke the camel's back. Everything else since then has just been heaping insult on injury. The establishment GOP has heard the voters, and their reply is a big FU...

Time and time again, grassroots and movement conservatives have expressed their opposition to all five of the key planks in Rubio’s platform. These Republicans do not support the Gang of Eight bill. They do not support Obama’s trade deals. They do not want to spend huge amounts of blood and treasure again in the Middle East. And they most certainly do not want the economy to look like it did in the fall of 2008.

These voters have tried, through every means available, to make their opposition felt. They are the reason that Eric Cantor is no longer in the House. They are the reason that the Gang of Eight bill didn't pass. They are the reason that John Boehner is no longer speaker. And they are the reason that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have dominated the polls for months.