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Trump’s New PACs
So after winning the nomination Donald Trump has announced that he’s going to form Super PACs with the intention of defeating fellow Republicans Ted Cruz, John Kasich, and a third person, unnamed but widely believed to be Ben Sasse.
This is what I love about Trump. He is what is known as a mensch. You have to admire the mentality of a man who — while running for president — announces an effort to defeat his fellow Republicans because they didn’t support him, and yet says he’s mostly focused on defeating Hillary Clinton.
I for one, applaud Trump for his deeply felt commitment to the Constitution (which he knows better than anybody), to conservatism, (as he is more conservative than anyone), and to the Republican party (from which he intends to purge personally disloyal to him).
What a country.
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It was not sufficient to solving the problem as — sadly — our fellow countrymen re-elected President Obama.
There is a difference between being tough and being foolish. Trump won with a plurality, but not a majority of Republican voters. He doesn’t have the luxury to indulge in this pettiness. Cruz and Kashich had strong supporters and they’re likely to be harder to win over by this childish indulgence. Poor Donald, he just can’t help himself.
She could run as either after the Trumps move the party leftward.
You have really, really been very serious here, over what amounted to a joke about reading Mona out of the conservative movement based on her not liking Cruz. I was trying to make the point that someone could be against Cruz and Sasse and still be conservative, but clearly, I missed the mark big time.
May I now chew off my arm to get away from this failed joke trap?
Yeah. That part sux.
Thought, I think that Romney ran a lousy campaign and did not attack Obama enough. He was my last choice in that election. As was McCain.
Indeed, and they are welcome to do so as they see fit. If their standard is “refuses to endorse Donald Trump,” then I think they need better standards.
The House Majority Leader was one of the weak?
He really ought to get elected first. After that, if Trump wants to spend money and can come up with candidates who are more solidly and reliably conservative than Cruz, Kasich, or Sasse, he’s more than welcome to make the attempt. (Good luck candidate-shopping.)
Or is he just #NeverCruz #NeverKasich #NeverSasse?
Somehow I have a feeling they will all three be just fine, unless they take themselves down in other ways. After all, Texas and Ohio Republicans already made it pretty clear they prefer Cruz and Kasich respectively to Trump.
Also, I wonder how serious Trump really is.
Bryan, I appear to have missed a joke, which I now see. Apologies.
Your response to the OP was a presumably sarcastic, “Go Clinton.” How are we to interpret that as anything other than a defense of Trump?
Based on the several posts and comments I have made pointing out the effect of Trump losing is Clinton winning. You may not have read them.
The OP was designed to get people not to vote for Trump. Ergo, it helps Clinton win.
My post was not a defense of Trump, but shorthand commentary that this attack on Trump helps Clinton.
I hope that helps explain.
Why, Bryan, you tell jokes just like I do. I hear @docjay can do a humorectomy and surgically remove your sense of humor so you won’t get yourself in trouble anymore.
Shorter Trump: I don’t want the support of conservatives like Ted Cruz or Ben Sasse, but Bernie supporters come on down!
Better than Clinton my giddy aunt.
Did Trump make his announcement of his plans to subvert Republicans who opposed him because he wants to impose party discipline, as some have said, or because he is vindictive, as others have said?
I’ll admit to entertaining the idea of Ron Paul or Newt Gingrich as the nominee, but thought Romney was clearly better than Santorum or Huckabee. I could see someone preferring those two but thinking Romney was better than Paul or Gingrich. Thinking all four of those superior to Romney is a position I’m having trouble understanding.
Does it matter?
So, you’re not defending Trump, you’re just telling those of us who find his actions indefensible to shut up.
You’ve explained a lot, actually.
Maybe. But it could also be taken as a strong suggestion that Trump start trying to unify the GOP rather than trying to tear it apart.
If you thought House Leadership was a vision of strength, I wonder.
I think it does. Presidents attract a lot of flak – it’s the nature of the job. Any action they take, or don’t take, is going to make someone unhappy. And some of those people are going to launch some nasty criticism at him or her – especially in this age of instant, text-before-you-think, messaging. I think that it would be desirable to have a President who is in enough control of himself to not let such things constantly distract him.
Moreover, I don’t want a President who will use the power of his office to go after personal enemies. Trump has already made some noises in this direction. Yes, Obama did it, but it needs to stop.
Does anyone really believe that Trump would part with one nickel to avenge himself on Cruz and Kasich? The man hasn’t put a cent into his own campaign that he hasn’t reimbursed himself for. He loves to talk about all of his money, but he has all of the characteristics that used to ascribed to the Scotch. This is just one more lie from a man who loves to blow his own horn so long as someone else pays for it.
Yes.
Remember him saying that he thought he’d get along great with Paul Ryan — but if not it would be bad for Ryan? That was before Ryan made a question of his endorsement, too. I wanted someone to ask exactly what he meant by that.
Trump is very easy to get along once you accept that he is right about everything.
But Ryan’s politely declining to do that, as you might have noticed. Could make for some interesting times.
I don’t think Trump will invest any public effort in trying to challenge anyone unless he’s pretty sure he’s going win. When Ryan held off on his endorsement Sarah Palin went all-in for Ryan’s primary challenger, but Trump steered clear of Nehlen. Considering the things he did say I suspected that was less in the interest of party unity and more because he didn’t need another embarrassing foray into Wisconsin politics.
An unsuccessful attempt to topple Cruz could be still worse. It could set Cruz up to challenge him for the nomination in 2020.
So a guy, Mr. Trump, that has complained about the deleterious effect of big money, the influence of the rich and powerful and big business on our politics is planning on using his big money and influence to bring down certain politicians? The irony here is a little much and once again clearly illustrates the insecurity, hypocrisy and pettiness of Mr. Trump.
Yes it does if, by chance, he is interested in more rather than fewer people voting for him.
Ummm no its not.
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See its party discipline when its Romney, he of the of the proper ruling class, because hair and chin.
At what point after his nomination did Mitt Romney advocate purging the party of anyone who had slighted him?
Please provide links.