The Party Formerly Known as Republican

[tgards79]

On the state of the campaigns...and the demise of the GOP:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2016/04/the-party-formerly-known-as-republican.html

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. posted to for later.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. "Apparently if you feel the Bern, you somehow believe that global warming is real

but arithmetic is not."

Now that's funny right there...

[tgards79]

3. Sad but true!

[runaway hero]

4. What happened

is that the constant focus on war was too much. The focus on trade was too much. So called social/movement conservatives and the establishment are both guilty. Being anti abortion does not put food on a man's plate.

[JSup]

5. I like this part

His (Cruz) wholly unintentional contribution to undermining the “#StopTrump” movement has been to expertly game the arcane state-by-state rules for delegate selecton, prying off a delegate here and there through parliamentary tactics and schmoozing local party hacks. This was manna from heaven for Trump, who proceeded to nail Cruz as just another establishment player who bends the rules to thwart the will of the people.

What a gift! Trump could literally spend news cycle after news cycle saying that both Ted Cruz -- and the Republican Party that created the rules -- were desperately trying to rig the system against Trump and his supporters.

Enjoy your Ted Cruz pretzel with considerable relish: he has twisted himself into the anti-establishment “outsider” now feverishly manipulating the establishment’s self-serving party rules in order to delegitimize the delegates of another “outsider” candidate.

What has happened to Republicans this year makes me smile with a sick glee that I don't recognize in myself.