A “Kasichness” in the GOP – Reprobate Republicans Robbing the Electorate
Not one to coin new terms, but “Kasichness” begs such coinage, for the simple fact that reprobate Republicans are spreading an insipid illness, by attempting to rob the electorate of their candidate(s).
Not satisfied that it has become all-so-apparent that Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination or, if not he, then Ted Cruz has an all-too-slight chance of doing the same, there are stirrings within the leadership of the Republican Party that they, and not the electorate, will determine the eventual nominee.
One Curly Haugland, a delegate from North Dakota who sits on the GOP Rules Committee, told CNBC:
“The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination…That’s the conflict here…The rules require the delegates to choose the nominee. Not the primaries or caucuses. I am a rules guy. Rules are rules. When in session, the GOP convention is the highest authority of the Republican Party. People don’t understand that. All rules are up for consideration.”
It is Haugland whose proposed amendment would replace Rule 40, which was passed during the 2012 convention and that made it mandatory for any candidate who sought the GOP nomination to have the support of the majority of the convention delegates in eight states or more.
So, given the fact that, thus far, Donald Trump has won eighteen primaries and caucuses acquiring 673 delegates, Ted Cruz has won eight primaries and caucuses acquiring 411 delegates, and John Kasich has won one primary acquiring even fewer delegates than Marco Rubio (who suspended his campaign), is it indeed so that the rules can be changed to negate both Trump’s and Cruz’s successes, and make Kasich or any of the “suspended” candidates (or someone else not presently running, like House Speaker Paul Ryan) the nominee?
Well, the “weenies” at the top of the GOP power structure are doing their level best to do just that, which just goes to show that these reprobate Republicans would rather ensure Hillary Clinton’s election, that to risk a Trump or a Cruz presidency outside their puppeteering control.
Apparently, there is only one way that this “Kasichness” can be cured, and that is for either Donald Trump to go into the convention with the required 1,237 delegates (mathematically possible), or Ted Cruz do the same (mathematically improbable). In either of these two scenarios, the GOP establishment would still be unhappy, and still do everything within their power to deny either of these two men the nomination. Incidentally there is no math on this earth, save for “common core” math, that can provide John Kasich or any other candidate the 1,237 votes needed to win the nomination, legitimately.
Figuratively speaking, such a scenario might cause a “riot” at the convention, according to front-runner Trump. Leave it to the mainstream media, and the establishment GOP “brownie-hounds” to join Democrats in making hay out of that one, insisting that Trump is trying to incite violence with such unartful statements. The funny thing is that the rank and file electorate knows better, far better, which is why the outsiders, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, are the only candidates left standing. Should Trump and Cruz decide to join forces, it will be the Republican establishment who is left outside in the rain, and such a rain would be Hillary’s worst nightmare.
-Drew Nickell, 17 March 2016
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