Self-Destruction

Opinion by George McClellan:

After hearing Mitt Romney’s anti-Trump remarks today, I can only conclude that we are simply witnessing a last, desperate, futile attempt by the panicked Republican establishment, to derail our process of selecting our candidate to defeat the odious Hillary Clinton, and install theirs.

The fact is, the base doesn’t trust the establishment any more. It does not agree with the establishment any more, and will not support the establishment in its campaign to force their choice as our Presidential candidate on us. Clearly, the establishment no longer understands the new language of conservative politics. Recklessly, it refuses to accept the already established fact that they have already lost all relevance with the base.

Dragging out the hapless Mitt Romney, now, to give a major speech detailing why Trump simply will not do as our man, and doing so mere hours before our field of candidates debate again, is the most glaring example of collective idiocy since we were forced to embrace John McCain as our candidate eight years ago. Take the time to review Romney’s acceptance of Trump’s endorsement of his candidacy four years ago. Totally, completely 180 deg. out of phase.

Fox News, from which I am painfully weening myself, is conducting tonights debate. In breathless anticipation the media awaits the hoped for renewal of the clash between the scrawny Megan Kelly and the billionaire, Donald Trump. They will, thereby, have news bites to increase their own ratings for the moment.

I do not anticipate this happening. By now, I would hope that Fox News and Megan Kelly, would realize that the first debate flare-up was as good as it was going to get and any attempt to repeat it would be destructive to the debate process in the future. In fact, I would not be at all surprised, if such an attack against him was attempted, that Trump would simply throw up his hands and walk off the stage. Trump no longer needs these debates, he only needs to focus on the fact that the Republican Party has done nothing to seal the border, as they promised, has done nothing to defund Planned Parenthood, as they promised, have nothing to stop Obamacare, as they promised and have done nothing to stop Obama’s unconstitutional edicts to run government as a good Alinskite should, as they promised.

That’s why the base rushes to Trumps call. That’s why the base does not care about Trumps foibles like every businessman faces, and it is why the base will no longer listen to the establishments pleas nor support its candidate unless it is Trump or even, Ted Cruz.

If the party’s machinery fails to grasp the obvious, that will be the end of the GOP as we know it. There might remain a hollow Republican party of some description in the future but there will be no more Grand Old Party. These people, these corrupt politicians who have lied and cheated to maintain their flimsy excuse of power, will be solely responsible for the demise of the GOP. It’s called self-destruction and they’re not taking me with ‘em!

But, there will always be a conservative, constitutional, rule of law base out here to challenge the crony capitalists who think they run things. Folks, the times, they are a-changing.

Remember, freedom is the goal, the constitution is the way. Now, go get ‘em! (3 March 2016).