WOULD A TRUMP NOMINATION SIGNAL THE END OF THE GOP?

…The “Trumpanator” destroys all!

 

Ted Cruz is bad, but Donald Trump would be a disaster.

 

I can understand it if some of my readers are asking, “Aren’t you tired of writing about Donald Trump?”

 

The immediate answer is “Yes!”, but the reality is that if Trump continues to lead in the polls to where he becomes the GOP nominee, the damage to the Republican Party will be devastating.

 

The average American probably doesn’t understand just how destructive the stated policies of Trump are to the current political system.

 

And why is that you ask?

 

When historians refer to the Republican Party as the “Party of Lincoln”, the nomination or election of Donald Trump would mean the removal of the “humane ideal” that has always been at the center of the party and its history.

 

As one conservative journalist recently wrote, “Whatever your view of Republican politicians, the aspiration, the self-conception, of the party was set by Abraham Lincoln: human dignity, honored by human freedom and undergirded by certain moral commitments, including compassion and tolerance. Lincoln described the “Promise that in due time, the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. ‘Trumpism’ is not consistent with the ‘Republicanism’ of Abraham Lincoln.”

 

With Trump’s attacks against all Hispanics and Muslims, he is asserting that America is no longer a nation of immigrants.  His motto of “Make America Great Again” says it all.  He is saying that America is no longer great and is being weakened by these immigrant intruders.  He is saying that America should be more like some of those European countries that are far right, anti-immigrant nations.  Even though we truly are a nation of immigrants, Trump is now saying ”immigrants aren’t one of us”.  He’s saying the immigrants are different from real Americans and should be kept away from our shores.

 

Yes, history shows that some past immigrants have been scorned in America, before they became recognized as a contributing faction.  But the American voter has never elected a leader whose focus for running was to exclude those that make up the majority of what America is: “We are all immigrants!

 

Basically, a nomination of Donald Trump would be to admit that the new Republican Party is now one of absolute prejudice.

 

If Hillary becomes the Democratic nominee, the nomination of Trump could actually hand Hillary the White House.  That’s because, even though most Republicans couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Clinton, they would also have trouble voting for someone like Trump.

 

But then, what about the nominating of Ted Cruz?

 

Well, yes, the worst for the Republican party would be “The Donald”, but Cruz isn’t much better.

 

First, this senator from Texas has made his reputation by being roundly hated by his Congressional colleagues.  Oh, I know, now-a-days that it is almost a prerequisite for GOP politicians to be against any of the current political establishment. But Cruz is an ideologue that only has the support of a small sliver of the Republican electorate.  It would also probably be a guarantee of a Hillary presidency.

 

The reality is that a Ted Cruz nomination would be bad for the GOP, but a Trump nomination could be the end of the Republican Party as we have known it.  As was stated by the Washington Post’s conservative Michael Gerson: [If Trump is the nominee:] “The humane values of Republicanism would need to find a temporary home, which would necessitate the creation of a third party. This might help elect Clinton, but it would preserve something of conservatism, held in trust, in the hope of better days.”

 

I think I rest my case.

 

Copyright G.Ater  2016