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Mark McKinnon: GOP Establishment ‘Soaked the Place in Kerosene, All Donald Trump Did Was Light a Match’
"...the rise of Donald Trump in the 2016 election reflects the fact that for years, the Republican Party “has had no clear vision of the future.” The GOP establishment, he said, “soaked the place in kerosene. All Donald Trump did was light a match.” In this election, “the Republicans are just going to have to burn the house down and rebuild it.”
My fellow Conservatives may not like this comparison, but here goes anyway.
Conservatives are the foundation on which the GOP 'Plantation' was built and on which it stands. Conservatives wanted their own party and for years optimistically elected 'Conservative' 'servants of the people'. The GOP was a 'big tent', a collective gathering of conservative people for the good of the country. Over the years things changed. The GOP leaders joined their Congressional Brethren in elevating themselves above the Constitution and Rule of law, began exempting themselves from the very laws they passed, and became ensnared in the greed, power, and positions. Keeping all of that became their 1st and foremost priority.
They stopped listening to the people and instead gave them 'orders/ and 'edicts'. Every election year they began telling their base to 'hold your nose and vote' for the Washington Establishment candidate of THEIR choosing. Over time it became impossible to tell the difference between Liberals and the GOP 'Leaders' / Party.
In 2014 AMERICANS sent a message loud and clear to ALL politicians, serving up an historic, record-setting ass kicking to the Liberals. The tone-deaf GOP convinced themselves that it was all about THEM, that they had been given a mandate. No. Obama made the 2014 election about HIM, about HIS policies, and about HIS agenda...and they were definitively rejected. So the GOP took over Congress, but it looked like the Liberals still controlled it by the GOP's actions.
The Trump and Cruz phenomenons were created by the Washington Establishment GOP. Their rise is pretty much a result of a 'F* YOU, GOP Establishment' rebellion. The GOP 'Big Tent' is no longer, replaced by a 'plantation'. Stubborn and defiant, the GOP Leadership have evolved into Plantation Owners determined to keep control of the plantation and to stop the 'slave' up-rising. They are STILL meeting and plotting on how to steal the nomination from the Anti-Establishment candidate, subverting the will of the majority of Americans.
If the GOP Establishment think the party is 'on fire' now.....try to rip the nomination away from the candidate the majority of the people selected and give it to a Washington Establishment drone. All hell will break loose...it will be an inner-party civil war that will be the final blow, the death, of the GOP.
"...the rise of Donald Trump in the 2016 election reflects the fact that for years, the Republican Party “has had no clear vision of the future.” The GOP establishment, he said, “soaked the place in kerosene. All Donald Trump did was light a match.” In this election, “the Republicans are just going to have to burn the house down and rebuild it.”
My fellow Conservatives may not like this comparison, but here goes anyway.
Conservatives are the foundation on which the GOP 'Plantation' was built and on which it stands. Conservatives wanted their own party and for years optimistically elected 'Conservative' 'servants of the people'. The GOP was a 'big tent', a collective gathering of conservative people for the good of the country. Over the years things changed. The GOP leaders joined their Congressional Brethren in elevating themselves above the Constitution and Rule of law, began exempting themselves from the very laws they passed, and became ensnared in the greed, power, and positions. Keeping all of that became their 1st and foremost priority.
They stopped listening to the people and instead gave them 'orders/ and 'edicts'. Every election year they began telling their base to 'hold your nose and vote' for the Washington Establishment candidate of THEIR choosing. Over time it became impossible to tell the difference between Liberals and the GOP 'Leaders' / Party.
In 2014 AMERICANS sent a message loud and clear to ALL politicians, serving up an historic, record-setting ass kicking to the Liberals. The tone-deaf GOP convinced themselves that it was all about THEM, that they had been given a mandate. No. Obama made the 2014 election about HIM, about HIS policies, and about HIS agenda...and they were definitively rejected. So the GOP took over Congress, but it looked like the Liberals still controlled it by the GOP's actions.
The Trump and Cruz phenomenons were created by the Washington Establishment GOP. Their rise is pretty much a result of a 'F* YOU, GOP Establishment' rebellion. The GOP 'Big Tent' is no longer, replaced by a 'plantation'. Stubborn and defiant, the GOP Leadership have evolved into Plantation Owners determined to keep control of the plantation and to stop the 'slave' up-rising. They are STILL meeting and plotting on how to steal the nomination from the Anti-Establishment candidate, subverting the will of the majority of Americans.
If the GOP Establishment think the party is 'on fire' now.....try to rip the nomination away from the candidate the majority of the people selected and give it to a Washington Establishment drone. All hell will break loose...it will be an inner-party civil war that will be the final blow, the death, of the GOP.
