Bob Corker fires back at Trump: 'It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center'

[txradioguy]

As evidenced by all the stops pulled by McConnell in Thad Cochran's primary against Chris McDaniel, as well as the $30 million he poured into Alabama to defeat Roy Moore.

Mitch is the chief conductor on the Chamber of Commerce's "Low Wage Express" train.

I would add his own scorched earth primary campaign against Matt Bevin.  Now granted Kentucky is very wll off with him as Governor...but ol Mitch did his best to wreck Bevin's political career.

And McCain tends to take a page from Turtle's playbook as well whenever he's primaried in Arizona.

If only these Old Bulls were this tenacious when it came to the Liberals in Congress.

[Right_in_Virginia]

No, you've got your facts wrong.  The GOP rejected Cruz and pushed Trump.

Absolutely untrue @Sanguine and complete  .... Do not make me post videos from the campaign proving this.  ^-^

The GOP is ground zero for NeverTrump.  They remain so to this day.

The voters rejected Cruz ... even the Evangelicals.   it's a tough pill to swallow, and I don't minimize that.

But the path to healing from this loss begins with taking off the blinders---which will allow you to stop pointing fingers at everyone and everything except the candidate himself.

I wish you good luck.  The time to move on from this defeat has long passed.

[Night Hides Not]

I would add his own scorched earth primary campaign against Matt Bevin.  Now granted Kentucky is very wll off with him as Governor...but ol Mitch did his best to wreck Bevin's political career.

And McCain tends to take a page from Turtle's playbook as well whenever he's primaried in Arizona.

If only these Old Bulls were this tenacious when it came to the Liberals in Congress.

As to your last sentence, "don't we all."

[Night Hides Not]

Absolutely untrue @Sanguine and complete  .... Do not make me post videos from the campaign proving this.  ^-^

The GOP is ground zero for NeverTrump.  They remain so to this day.

The voters rejected Cruz ... even the Evangelicals.   it's a tough pill to swallow, and I don't minimize that.

But the path to healing from this loss begins with taking off the blinders---which will allow you to stop pointing fingers at everyone and everything except the candidate himself.

I wish you good luck.  The time to move on from this defeat has long passed.

Those of us with a brain knows that the prescription for "moving on from defeat" does not mean "jumping aboard the Trump Train"...far from it.   

[Right_in_Virginia]

Those of us with a brain knows that the prescription for "moving on from defeat" does not mean "jumping aboard the Trump Train"...far from it.   

Idiotic @Night Hides Not  You've proven tantrums are your political lifeblood, so who would want you? 

Refighting a primary loss for 16 straight months is OCD to the highest power. It is sophomoric, tiresome and vapid.

But, hey, you're the guy with the brain.   

[Sanguine]

Absolutely untrue @Sanguine and complete  .... Do not make me post videos from the campaign proving this.  ^-^

The GOP is ground zero for NeverTrump.  They remain so to this day.

The voters rejected Cruz ... even the Evangelicals.   it's a tough pill to swallow, and I don't minimize that.

But the path to healing from this loss begins with taking off the blinders---which will allow you to stop pointing fingers at everyone and everything except the candidate himself.

I wish you good luck.  The time to move on from this defeat has long passed.

 

[Night Hides Not]

Idiotic @Night Hides Not  You've proven tantrums are your political lifeblood, so who would want you? 

Refighting a primary loss for 16 straight months is OCD to the highest power. It is sophomoric, tiresome and vapid.

But, hey, you're the guy with the brain.   

Classical Trump-speak.   

[aligncare]

I would add his own scorched earth primary campaign against Matt Bevin.  Now granted Kentucky is very wll off with him as Governor...but ol Mitch did his best to wreck Bevin's political career.

And McCain tends to take a page from Turtle's playbook as well whenever he's primaried in Arizona.

If only these Old Bulls were this tenacious when it came to the Liberals in Congress.

It’s good you mentioned McCain.

Whom does the poster child for establishment Republicans hate most? Donald Trump, the antiestablishment interloper. The man who upset the establishment’s apple cart.

Another swing and a miss by the GOPe.

[txradioguy]

Refighting a primary loss for 16 straight months is OCD to the highest power. It is sophomoric, tiresome and vapid.

@Night Hides Not

The irony of a statement like that from someone who repeatedly says "would you have preferred Hillary" like a mindless drone is staggering.

[DCPatriot]

Not to mention the fact that Ted was the son of a man who participated in JFK's assassination with Oswald.   

What is so wearisome about Trump is his inability/disdain for elevating an issue on a higher plane. It's always attack and degrade those who disagree with him.

Hell....imho, he's been a freaking 'diplomat' with these traitorous obstructionists...in OUR OWN PARTY, for 10 months.

He's figuring, "Okay....I tried it 'your' way, now... GTF out of mine!"

[Hoodat]

Absolutely untrue @Sanguine and complete  .... Do not make me post videos from the campaign proving this.  ^-^

The GOP is ground zero for NeverTrump.  They remain so to this day.

I for one would like to see those videos.  While watching them, I will be reflecting on how Trump lifted up the GOPe banner in Colorado and took on their cause while Ted Cruz was being demonized for standing with the Colorado grass roots.  I will ponder how it is that Mitch McConnell's primary election campaign was saved by Donald Trump at the same time that Ted Cruz was calling him a liar on the Senate floor.  And I will stir up the memories of Ted Cruz being booed from the national convention floor for espousing the same ideals that Ronald Reagan uttered on that very stage 36 years prior, while Donald Trump was considering Reince Priebus as his chief of staff.

So yes, let's see those videos showing the GOPe embracing the most hated man since Ronald Reagan in 1976.

[DCPatriot]

I think this is what some folks around here are having such a hard time reconciling:  The voters rejected Cruz.

It happens.  Perhaps it's time to move on?

Indeed!   

[txradioguy]

It’s good you mentioned McCain.

Who does the poster child for establishment Republicans hate most? Donald Trump, the antiestablishment interloper. The man who upset the establishment’s apple cart.

Another swing and a miss by the GOPe.

He hates the people and he craves power. 

And that power thing is something he and Trump share a love of.

I don't buy for a minute that Trump is someone fighting the "establishment"...it's an act.


Trump is just as much of an insider and willing to play to whichever side of the aisle gets him good press as McCain and McConnell are.

[txradioguy]

Indeed!   

When are you going to quit reminding people Hillary lost...like any of us were actually rooting for him...errr...her.

It's funny the Trump faithful talk about "letting go" when it comes to Cruz...but are still stuck on Hillary and the general election.

[DCPatriot]

Idiotic @Night Hides Not  You've proven tantrums are your political lifeblood, so who would want you? 

Refighting a primary loss for 16 straight months is OCD to the highest power. It is sophomoric, tiresome and vapid.

But, hey, you're the guy with the brain.   

Damn, @Right_in_Virginia .... you certainly do put a smile on my face!     

[Right_in_Virginia]

Damn, @Right_in_Virginia .... you certainly do put a smile on my face!     

  @DCPatriot

[DCPatriot]

When are you going to quit reminding people Hillary lost...like any of us were actually rooting for him...errr...her.

It's funny the Trump faithful talk about "letting go" when it comes to Cruz...but are still stuck on Hillary and the general election.

Picking on the Hildebeast still happens because she won't get off the damned 'stage'.

Ted Cruz??   Couldn't care less about what happened during the primaries.   To me, he is simply "one of the sixteen" that Trump stampeded.

...and I don't dislike him.   ^-^

[txradioguy]

Picking on the Hildebeast still happens because she won't get off the damned 'stage'.

Except when she becomes your go to knee jerk reply to anyone who dares to criticize Donny.

[DCPatriot]

Except when she becomes your go to knee jerk reply to anyone who dares to criticize Donny.

That's right, @txradioguy

For, where would this country be right now, if Hillary would have won?

Go ahead...I promise to carefully read your reply.     

[Hoodat]

For, where would this country be right now, if Hillary would have won?

Think where it would be if Ted Cruz had won.  Obamacare would be on the way out.  Every judicial vacancy would be filled with a Conservative judge.  Wholesale changes would be underway in how each cabinet department is run.  Massive spending cuts would be on the table.

And to top it off, Reince Preibus would have been handed a pink slip the day after election day instead of offering him the most powerful position in the white house.   Party hacks like Tom Price would have never been allowed to step foot in HHS offices.  And criminals like Paul Manafort would have never tarnished the day-to-day activities of the Executive Branch.

[txradioguy]

That's right, @txradioguy

For, where would this country be right now, if Hillary would have won?

Go ahead...I promise to carefully read your reply.     

We'd be about where we are right now.  Gridlock with nothing meaningful or substantial getting done.

[Sanguine]

Think where it would be if Ted Cruz had won.  Obamacare would be on the way out.  Every judicial vacancy would be filled with a Conservative judge.  Wholesale changes would be underway in how each cabinet department is run.  Massive spending cuts would be on the table.

And to top it off, Reince Preibus would have been handed a pink slip the day after election day instead of offering him the most powerful position in the white house.   Party hacks like Tom Price would have never been allowed to step foot in HHS offices.  And criminals like Paul Manafort would have never tarnished the day-to-day activities of the Executive Branch.

 :thumbsup2:

[Night Hides Not]

We'd be about where we are right now.  Gridlock with nothing meaningful or substantial getting done.

McConnell and Ryan would be fighting with POTUS, be it Hillary or Trump. One of the differences that I see is that Mitch's wife wouldn't be a Cabinet officer.

[libertybele]

Absolutely untrue @Sanguine and complete  .... Do not make me post videos from the campaign proving this.  ^-^

The GOP is ground zero for NeverTrump.  They remain so to this day.

The voters rejected Cruz ... even the Evangelicals.   it's a tough pill to swallow, and I don't minimize that.

But the path to healing from this loss begins with taking off the blinders---which will allow you to stop pointing fingers at everyone and everything except the candidate himself.

I wish you good luck.  The time to move on from this defeat has long passed.

RIV, yes indeed the blinders do need to come off.  Kasich stuck in there long enough to suck votes away from Cruz; whether or not his departure would have made a difference will never be known.  They rammed Trump's nomination through at the Convention without a roll count vote.  Trump lied about Cruz and his family. Trump won in a lot of open primary states.  Again, whether or not differences would have reflected in the vote is unknown. To say that Cruz was just plainly rejected is not true.  If it weren't for Cruz stating that he was voting for Trump and the SCOTUS deal, we'd be saying President Clinton.

[Emjay]

Absolutely untrue @Sanguine and complete  .... Do not make me post videos from the campaign proving this.  ^-^

The GOP is ground zero for NeverTrump.  They remain so to this day.

The voters rejected Cruz ... even the Evangelicals.   it's a tough pill to swallow, and I don't minimize that.

But the path to healing from this loss begins with taking off the blinders---which will allow you to stop pointing fingers at everyone and everything except the candidate himself.

I wish you good luck.  The time to move on from this defeat has long passed.

Not quite true, RIV.  What's true is that Trump had enormous name recognition going in and that he instinctively knew the way to sell himself to the voters.

Cruz was a virtual unknown outside of Texas.

The early primaries that gave Trump a lead that no one could overcome consisted of a large field of candidates who divided their vote.  Trump never won by 50% or even 40% in any of those primaries but he did win.

Trump voters were passionate.  By the time people even knew Cruz's name, Trump was too far ahead.

Circumstances just fell in line for Trump during the primaries.  It would be a different story now.