Rachel Maddow - History offers lesson to GOP on defying will of party voters

[Galraedia]

[katmondoo]

1. If Hitler had been contested in The German elections in 1933

There would have been no Nazi win. It was a coup headed by Hitler. Sometimes in history you have to make a move however unpopular

[longship]

2. The GOP convention would be very entertaining.

For once.

If we're lucky it will feature chair throwing and maybe a defenestration or two.
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At least, utter chaos should reign. That would be great!
(Notice lack of sarcasm icon.)

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3. they'll have more to worry about than fists... this is the party of guns

this will turn into a bloodfest, and that is why I don't think they'll do it quite that way. I bet they pick his VP and then plan to impeach him out if he makes it to the Oval Office, using their strength in the House and 2/3'ds support in the Senate

Much easier to force a VP pick (as was no doubt done to John McCain with Palin over threats to force her on him if he didn't outright pick her himself to save face) than to try to disrupt their convention.

Trump would never see it coming.

[beac]

4. This is what I have been saying.

I am nearly 100% sure that Christie's "I smell poo/I'm a hostage" face was him trying to tough out the humiliation of endorsing Trump b/c Christie thinks as the VP running mate, he'll be behind the big desk in the Oval Office within months of Trump being sworn in.

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5. Christie will likely never even get a taste of it beyond his stage appearance last week

I hope he enjoyed the fun, although he didn't appear to