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Originally Posted by rubicon
...upset with the GOP Establishment (1%) who are crucifying him solely because they want to control who becomes the GOP nominee....there is a grab for control of GOP among the Establisment, Evangeical Christians and the Tea Party. Ask yourself which of these groups will best serve your interests...
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That's an excellent question. If those groups really are the heart of "the establishment", then maybe the question might be what have they done to benefit "the 99%" recently?
- The operation of the Congress has been brought to a virtual halt. These groups are those who simply will not compromise on anything with their political opponents.
- They stalled any negotiations on fiscal reform to the last minute and clearly cost the country a credit-rating downgrade.
- Maybe women should be concerned over their pledge to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
- The party to which these groups are pledged were prinicpal in the runup of the national debt, from virtually nothing in 2000 to over $15 trillion now. Even after that party took control of the House, which holds the country's checkbook, deficit spending and the national debt increased another trillion dollars in less than a year.
- And as far as the candidate himself is concerned, have we ever had a candidate for POTUS who was an unapologetic serial philanderer, convicted and fined for ethics violations while serving as Speaker of the House, and finally forced to resign from that position by his peers from both parties?
I'm pretty sure there are a lot more than the 1% who might not want Gingrich as our candidate in the fall.