{"id":31282,"date":"2016-03-30T10:18:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T17:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31282"},"modified":"2016-03-30T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T18:07:27","slug":"loyalty-loath-the-gop-pledge-of-alegiance-goes-up-in-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=31282","title":{"rendered":"Loyalty Loath: The GOP Pledge Of Allegiance Goes Up In Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Donald Trump announced his candidacy in June of last year it was widely speculated that he would ditch the Republican Party if it failed to give him the party crown to which he feels entitled. That controversy caused the GOP to insist that all candidates sign a \u201cloyalty oath\u201d<\/em> if they wanted to participate in party sanctioned debates or even get on the primary ballot in some states. The pledge required the candidates to promise allegiance to the party and its eventual nominee and to forswear any future attempt to go independent. It also commenced a roller-coaster ride of concessions and threats by an unstable megalomaniac whose word is worth less than a diploma from Trump University.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s difficult understand how Trump could endorse other Republicans that he has already disparaged as weak, incompetent, corrupt, ugly losers, but then they all have that problem. Nevertheless, under pressure from the party, Trump signed the pledge and tweeted<\/a> how proud he was of the commitment. He further stated that \u201cI will be totally pledging my allegiance to the Republican Party,\u201d<\/em> and that \u201cI see no circumstances under which I would tear up that pledge.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

You’ll never guess what happened next. Just two and a half months later Trump was interviewed by George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week and was asked whether he still intended to honor his pledge. He responded that \u201cI will see what happens. I have to be treated fairly.\u201d<\/em> Of course Trump\u2019s idea of fair treatment is when everybody stoops to kiss his wrinkled butt. Consequently, anyone who relies on his pledge is asking to be bitch-slapped by the wannabe tyrant who invents his own exceptions to signed contracts. A few days later, Trump’s attorney offered a medieval-flavored affirmation of his threat to bolt the party saying “woe be on them,”<\/em> who treat The Donald unfairly.<\/p>\n

Trump’s vacillation on party allegiance was not matched by his opponents who continued to assert their loyalty. If anyone had justification for abandoning a Trump candidacy, it was the victims of his campaign abuse. What’s more, the disintegration of Trump’s campaign into a neo-fascist movement was all too apparent and did not go unnoticed. President Obama\u2019s press Secretary, Josh Earnest, commented on it after Trump proposed to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. He said that such a blatantly unconstitutional plan “disqualifies him from being president. And for Republican candidates to stand by their pledge to support Mr. Trump, that in and of itself is disqualifying.\u201d<\/em> Well, not to Republicans.<\/p>\n

Trump was asked again during CNN\u2019s GOP debate in December if he was \u201cready to assure Republicans tonight that you will run as a Republican and abide by the decision of the Republicans?\u201d<\/em> He answered \u201cI really am. I\u2019ll be honest, I really am.\u201d<\/em> Oh – so this time he’s being honest (allegedly). Since Trump has already made a public statement that he could renege on the written pledge that he signed, why would anyone trust that he would keep any promises made on a debate stage?<\/p>\n

And you’ll never guess what happened next – again. In the midst of an unhinged tirade against Ted Cruz, who Trump accused of using negatively slanted push polls against him in South Carolina, Trump unleashed a flurry of threats to challenge Cruz’s eligibility to run for president with a lawsuit based on the fact that he was born in Canada. And attached to those threats was one aimed at the Republican National Committee warning that “the RNC should intervene and if they don\u2019t they are in default of their pledge to me,”<\/em> thus, once again, opening the path to his own renunciation of the pledge.<\/p>\n

Following the CBS GOP debate in South Carolina, Trump escalated the un-pledging rhetoric with more complaints about the RNC that he said “does a terrible job.”<\/em> He threw another of his patented tantrums alleging that the party was conspiring against him and that “they\u2019re in default of their pledge.”<\/em> And yet, the charade that the loyalty pledge remained in effect continued to be played out. Until now.<\/p>\n

At a CNN town hall event in Wisconsin yesterday, Anderson Cooper asked Trump outright<\/a> if he still stood by the pledge. His answer this time was an unequivocal “No, I don’t.”<\/em> To be fair, both Ted Cruz and John Kasich have indicated that they were also wavering on backing the GOP nominee depending on who it was, a thinly veiled inference that a Trump candidacy would be disavowed.<\/p>\n

So now it appears that the entire field of Republican candidates has abandoned the pledge they made such a big deal about signing six months ago. It was a farce from the beginning designed to reign in Trump, which never worked, and now it is crumpled up in the trash along with the GOP’s principles and prospects for a November victory. Among the questions that linger are whether the pledge’s demise means that Trump is again considering a third party run. That would be the ultimate F.U. to the Republican Party that Trump is convinced is his enemy, but it would also bring joy to the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

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An easier solution, however, is one that I proposed last December. Just let the crybaby Trump have his GOP nomination and then the rest of the party could leave<\/a> and start a new club minus Trump and his racist, idiot brigade of Storm-Trumpers. Now THAT’S entertainment. It’s a solution that the reality TV celebrity candidate and the ratings hungry news networks could both embrace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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