It Is Time For Us To Say No

By William McRight

None of this makes any sense. We have to draw a line in the sand and say No.

For years, the Republican Party has been driven into the wall by establishment types who tell us one thing on the stump and do other far more insidious things once they get to DC.  They claim to be stalwart smaller government champions, conservative to their core and then they capitulate and make deals with the McCains, Grahams, Collins, Flake and Cornyn types. They sell out our agenda for Washington’s agenda.

To listen to the media, we only have two choices. An oafish, unqualified, poorly spoken, authoritarian “businessman” or a man who ran for the Senate as a Tea Party Darling who promptly made a deal with squish Republicans and Democrats to sponsor immigration legislation that he knew would and then he knew wouldn’t pass. What a great set of options. Choose the guy who is a life long Democrat who still talks like one or a guy with bafflingly poor judgment.

Meanwhile, the Senator who has actually beaten said oafish “businessman” is marginalized as mean, nasty and a liar. The Senator is lauded as as “the closest we have seen to Reagan in our lifetimes.” Yet we are supposed to simply look past him to the choices that the “establishment” tells us are acceptable. The same establishment who gave us McCain, Graham, Flake, Dole, the Bushes, McConnell, Kirk, Collins, Ayotte and all of the other hacks who tell us they know what is best for us. While screwing us and passing every whim and caprice of Barack Obama in the interest of “getting things done” for the American people.

It is time for us to say No.

We do not want a man who when pressed ALWAYS reverts back to a liberal position. Healthcare, Guns, Taxes, Planned Parenthood always seem to find the liberal low water mark with the current frontrunner.  We do not want a man who cannot be bothered to have a modicum of grace when an opponent fires a longtime friend and advisor. We do not want a man who calls himself a “common sense conservative” but cannot define what that is by any measure. We do not want a man who is not bold enough to pick a fight with a faux conservative frontrunner but insists on hurling invective and half truths at a man who has spent his life defending conservative principles. We do not want a man who says in the Israeli Palestinian conflict, he will remain “neutral.”

It is time for us to say No.

Remembering history is hard. With a true conservative, the Constitution is valued. With a true conservative, the size and scope of government decreases. With a true conservative, we stand up a strong military, honor our commitments, mean what we say and say what we mean. With a true conservative, the economy booms as the private sector understands the value of the government getting out of the way.  With a true conservative, liberty is valued above all else and all decisions are filtered through the Constitution.

It is time for us to say No

Saying No is not easy. We need to consider this tactically and strategically. As conservative Republicans, we need to elect the same. This space has featured hearty endorsement of Senator Ted Cruz. To that end, the tactic must be to create a conservative debate that doesn’t feature a liberal in Republican clothing. Senator Cruz and Senator Rubio MUST form a Team of Rivals and dispatch Trump. We simply cannot endure an administration that again, says one thing and does another. Two capable litigators like Cruz and Rubio could quickly undo Trump as the fraud he is if they train their fire on him. That is the first No. No Trump.  Should they accomplish this, all of us as students and fans of political theater would enjoy a Cruz – Rubio Battle Royale. If we get that, we America wins. We can go into the voting booth and say Yes. Yes to conservatism, Yes to smaller, more responsible government. Yes to young, forward looking leadership.

But first, we have to say No.

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by Mouser The King Cat

A few days ago, the venerable business newspaper Barron’s ran pictures of Trump and Sanders on its cover with this headline: Are They Killing the Market?  The article was the usual claptrap from market observers, hastily assembled. The intent was obvious, to influence South Carolina voters, with orders coming from the executive suite at News Corporation. (With weightier matters on his mind, Mr. Market responded by lurching to the upside; the influence of Barron’s may be fading.)

But the stock prices of certain companies needed killin’, to paraphrase a murder defense from the Old West. Case in point: Twitter (symbol TWTR), which traded over $70 shortly after its initial public offering and remains under $20 despite a recent spurt.      User growth is stagnant and likely to decline as censorship issues gain traction. The company recently instituted a “Trust and Safety Council,” ostensibly to protect tweeters from spam and abuse. Of course, every loon leftist group has a seat; un-PC types and free speech advocates are not welcome. That is Twitter’s privilege.

Examples of the council’s handiwork have popped up. Brietbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos (@nero) was stripped of his verification status (the blue checkmark) before he broke new ground on the subject, citing sources:

 “Twitter maintains a ‘whitelist’ of favored Twitter accounts and a ‘blacklist’ of unfavored accounts. Accounts on the whitelist are prioritized in search results, even if they’re not the most popular among users. Meanwhile, accounts on the blacklist have their posts hidden from both search results and other users’ timelines.”

Late last week, Twitter suspended the account of conservative journalist and blogger Robert Stacy McCain, who disdains feminists. Other liberal groups will be eager to attack opinion-makers because they can’t win any argument on a level playing field. Listen to Mr. Market: Support alternative platforms and short Twitter to $0.00.

Has Trump stalled in his voter percentage?

By Rob Janicki

I've previously posited that there will have to be a winnowing of Republican presidential candidates before the real odds can be determined in the GOP presidential nomination process.  We have now had our first serious campaign suspension as Jeb Bush withdrew his withering and failing candidacy shortly after the South Carolina polls closed on Saturday night.

Bush's withdrawal can only help Cruz and Rubio.  It's difficult, practically impossible, to believe that any Bush supporters would migrate to Trump after what Trump has done to Jeb.  That said, many of Jeb's supporters may well jump to either Rubio or Cruz in an act of defiance for Trump's shameless treatment and denigration of Bush.

As it stands now, the combined Cruz/Rubio voter percentage numbers are greater than Trump's numbers.  The question than becomes one of where Trump will get the necessary votes in subsequent primary elections to break through the voter percentage ceiling we have seen so far.  The only thing that the South Carolina primary has really demonstrated is that Trump's floor has dropped in comparison to the cumulative numbers of the other candidates.  Trump has not increased the ceiling number in his voting support.

The next primary in Nevada, without Jeb Bush, may be an indicator of which direction Trump's voter base percentage is moving in relation to the combined Cruz/Rubio percentage of voters.  If the combined Cruz/Rubio percentage of voters continues to grow, this could be a serious blow to Trump's chances of garnering a majority of delegates prior to the GOP convention. 

All that said, the longer the other two GOP candidates, Carson and Kasich, continue their very questionable candidacies, the advantage, if there is much, goes to Trump, especially as the GOP campaign moves to those states with winner take all rules in place by each state GOP organization.  This has to be Trump's plan to play off the other four GOP candidates against each other as he racks up larger numbers of delegates through the winner take all primaries.

It remains to be seen if Carson and Kasich will see the light and suspend their candidacies before the important "winner take all" primaries.  Failure to do so will only enhance Donald Trump's strength in delegate numbers and could actually push him over the magic number of 1237 delegates necessary to win the GOP nomination outright before the Republican convention in July. 

Will the Republicans coalesce around one candidate to meet Trump head to head?  Only time will tell, but the longer that Trump can string out the infighting among the remaining four Republicans, the greater his chances to win the GOP nomination.

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GOP SC Primary: What Fresh Hell Is This?

By William McRight

OK, everyone. Just breathe. Let’s take a minute.  The results that we saw last night were not what we expected. Or dreamt of. In fact, it is probably what many of us nightmared about.  Let’s look at a few key points and try to avoid vomiting.

An Open Request to Ted and Marco.
First the two of you need to knock it off. Team Up. Form a ticket now with either one of you at the top. We don’t really care. While the two most “real” Republican candidates tear each other to shreds, a lifelong Democrat who spent his whole life and millions of dollars fighting AGAINST what we stand for now has an inside track to the GOP nomination.  Both of you need to train your fire on the liberal who will get us another Romney, McCain, Dole, Bush 41 style loss. Get it together. You are running out of time.

Ben. Ben, Ben, Ben and John and thanks to Jeb!.
Get out. Now. We appreciate your patriotism. And your effort. You are causing a problem within the party. A full 70% plus of the GOP does not want Trump. You are now an impediment to that happening. Get out. Now.  Same thing for you Governor. You are in the way and are going to ruin any chance of us having some semblance of conservative governance.

To his credit, Jeb! did the right thing and got out. With class and dignity. He is to be saluted for doing the right thing and not being a pig headed jackass. Like a couple other guys who Bush finished ahead of, by the by.  John and Ben, again, we appreciate your patriotism. You cannot win in any universe or mathematical permutation. Go do something else.

GOP – You Better Get It Together. Quick.
If you do not get control of this situation you are in big, big trouble.  Are you willing to sacrifice your principles and tenets of what we are as a party just to “win?” If Trump is the nomination, you will lose millions and millions of us. Our money and support will be gone in a flash. We will start something real and true and better. Without you.  You will get mountains of letters about “the party leaving me.”

The Electorate
Hey, Geniuses.  Look at how well the Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger governorships went.  Not really well. Not even a little bit. If you elect someone because of celebrity, pretty wives, vapid policy positions and nebulous, unquantified “anger” you will get exactly what you deserve.  I know it is hard to tear yourself away from Honey Boo Boo and the Kardashians but if you yokels think that Trump has any clue what he is doing you are sadly mistaken.  Please take a moment and move ahead and consider Trump committing troops to battle, speaking to a nation that needs calm in any type of crisis or representing us as a nation. Wake Up. Trump has no pedigree for any of this. He is a real estate developer.  Try and take a minute to think beyond your next trip to the mall or what is on your DVR. We do not need authoritarians. We need conservatism.

Trends
Trends are trends until they are not. For the fist time ever, the SC trend of their winner being the nominee ended in 2012. I hope a new trend of SC fouling things up royally has just continued.

Complete Utter Abject Terror
Let’s leap ahead and consider November. The nominees are Trump and Clinton.

Sorry, I have to go.

The vomiting is about to start.

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