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If the past d.c. caucuses are any indication, Rubio going to be nominee...
I would be willing to bet you or anyone else, the amount of money of your choosing, that Rubio will not be the nominee by votes. The only way he gets it is through the back door. This is a two man race with two dead men walking.
I would be willing to bet you or anyone else, the amount of money of your choosing, that Rubio will not be the nominee by votes. The only way he gets it is through the back door. This is a two man race with two dead men walking.
Tony Parker
Treasurer, Republican National Committee
310 First Street, S.E.
Washington, DC 20003
P16
Republican National Committee
PO Box 96994
Washington, DC 20090-6994
Dear Mr. Parker:
I am writing in response to solicitation dated February 19, 2016, a copy of which I enclose. The solicitation was wrapped in an envelope inquiring “have you given up yet?” The answer is that I never give up on my country. However, I do give up on the Republican Party if it does not enforce its own rules concerning debate, and centuries-old custom regarding civility in campaigning. I am referring to the candidacy of Donald Trump. I make several points in this regard:
That I will under no circumstances donate in this election cycle if Donald Trump is the nominee;
That I will under no circumstances donate in this election cycle if the Republican Party cancels the February 21, 2016 debate scheduled for Salt Lake City,
That I will under no circumstances donate in this election cycle if the Republican Party does not enforce the rules on debates, namely, that all declared candidates attend scheduled debates. That rule should be enforced by not allowing the name of any non-attendee to be placed in nomination.
The rules were established, if I recall correctly, to curb abuses such as Jimmy Carter’s refusal to debate Edward Kennedy in the “Rose Garden Campaign” of 1980. We all saw what happened when Jimmy Carter was lured into debating Reagan that October, but I digress. Mr. Trump is dodging the debate(s) for tactical reasons; he fears going one-on-one with a debate champion with an Ivy League college and law school pedigree.
Donald Trump’s tactics have been a disgrace both to the Republican Party and this country. Personally, I have a nephew with arthrogryposis, the disease that Mr. Trump mocked at a press conference. But taking it away from the personal, we do not run campaigns with name calling, racial slurs, or comments on candidates’ personal appearance. Or size of their male member.
I expect the political parties to be “gatekeepers” in our great republic. This country is not a democracy or mobocracy for very good reasons. When our Founders designed the Constitution, France was already circling the drain for the bloodbath that would become the French Revolution. Thus, the Constitution was written to strip the mass of people from the ability to elect a head of state or a prime minister directly.
The Republican Party, in my view, has a responsibility to say “Donald Trump is not my people.” And, it must enforce its own rules concerning debates. And do so with courage.
Sincerely,
JBG
LOL! You didn't get the memo?
The establishment is toast! The republican party will never be the same(progressive)
Good letter, I'm sorry that the RNC was asking for a donation from you. I can't believe that anyone making under a couple hundred grand a year would send them a dime, considering that this party only represents people with six figure incomes.
I'm proud to send money to Bernie, I know where he gets his money, it's from people like me. I know where Republicans get their money, it's from Super PAC's and billionaires.
Now the GOP has dithered and drifted. Clearly they have a problem; Trump is likely to lose by a historic amount, and take downticket candidates with him. Trump's behavior hasn't improved since the Convention. If anything, it's worsened.
I think the duty of party leadership is to do things other than attend parties (of the cocktail variety). They are one of hte many filters that protects our Republic from demagogues. The system can't work if everyone "goes along to get along."
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