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5 Reasons Donald Trump's Run At The Presidency Is Good For The Republican Party
http://www.townhall.com ^ | 7/28/2015 | John Hawkins

Posted on 07/28/2015 1:49:36 PM PDT by conservativejoy

Over the last few weeks we’ve seen Republican consultants and pundits publicly fretting about whether Donald Trump will hurt the GOP’s brand.

What a joke!

When do those people start worrying about what Mitch McConnell, John Boehner and the rest of the GOP’s leadership are doing to the Party’s brand? Just this week-end, McConnell shut down efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, fight sanctuary cities, kill Obamacare and stop Iran from getting nukes because they might get in the way of pushing corporate welfare. At this point, Boehner and McConnell might as well just wear the logos of the corporations and wealthy donors that sponsor them because they’ve turned their backs on conservatives and the country to cater to them.

So, don’t worry about Donald Trump. Trump is good for the Republican Party.

For one thing…

1) Trump is knocking the GOP Establishment back on its heels: Yes, Trump did go over the line with his “I like people who weren’t captured” remark about McCain, but when all was said and done, it was the Maverick who got pancaked. Not only did McCain end up getting major blowback for calling Trump supporters “crazies,” he also made an enemy of a billionaire who’ll be willing to pour millions into a campaign to take him out in a primary. To add insult to injury, Trump is now polling better with veterans than McCain. Trump has also smashed Lindsey Graham, slapped Karl Rove and ceaselessly attacked Jeb Bush. If Trump does nothing else other than stop a few dozen super wealthy families from making Jeb Bush our nominee, we should build a larger than life statue of him with his name in gold at the bottom as thanks.

After Reince Priebus at the RNC started to interfere in the presidential primary by attacking Trump and there were rumblings that Trump should be left out of the debates, we started hearing that the Donald might run third party. After that, Reince Priebus suddenly remembered what his job was again and started calling on everyone to be civil.

On top of all that, many people believe that Trump’s surge in the polls is a direct result of how unhappy many conservatives have become with the Republican Party. That should be a wake-up call for the GOP. In fact, if it isn’t, then the next one will probably come after we start bleeding seats on Election Day once we don’t have Obama to kick around anymore.

2) He’s sucking up all the oxygen: It’s true that Donald Trump is dominating the coverage of the 2016 presidential election, but that’s a double-edged sword. Yes, it does mean that candidates like Bobby Jindal and Mike Huckabee are going to have trouble getting enough coverage to gain steam.

However, there’s a huge plus to the “all Trump, all the time” coverage that most people have missed. In the 2008 and 2012 elections, the mainstream media and the establishment picked the candidates they liked best (McCain and Mitt) and then they systematically destroyed anybody else who started to get any traction.

This time around, Trump is acting like a missile defense shield for the rest of the field. Reagan’s work on a missile defense shield helped break the Soviets and Trump’s shield may help us break the liberal media/squishy Republican stranglehold on picking our nominee.

3) He’s forcing the other candidates to up their game: If candidates use nothing but “safe” boilerplate jargon to ensure that they don’t offend anyone and act as if we have a thousand years to fix the problems we have in this country, that’s fine, but no one’s ever going to hear their name with Donald Trump in the race.

Because of that, the GOP candidates have been forced to do more to get their names out there.

Ted Cruz called out Mitch McConnell for lying to Republicans on the Senate floor. Rand Paul took a chainsaw to the tax code. Bobby Jindal is threatening to arrest the Westboro Baptist Church wackos if they protest the funerals of mass shooting victims. Mike Huckabee pointed out that Obama’s Iran deal very well may lead to a genocide like the Holocaust.

These are all GOOD THINGS.

We need candidates who can communicate, who show some fire and who have a sense of urgency about addressing the problems that are confronting America. Trump is helping to bring that out in the rest of the field.

4) He’s getting the candidates talking about issues that matter to people: The failed Republican leadership in Congress has made it abundantly clear that it doesn’t care about anything other than slavishly serving the interests of a few thousand ultra-wealthy donors and corporations.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is talking about securing the border, looking out for veterans, fixing the lousy trade deals we make in this country, getting our hostages out of Iran and stopping the massive crime wave that has been created by taking in so many illegal immigrants. These are issues that come up again and again when real people are talking as opposed to issues the GOP leaders talk about with the lobbyists that pay them off.

Suddenly, even people who hate Trump’s guts are talking about sanctuary cities because he turned it into an issue. Quite frankly, neither party is looking out for the best interests of the American people on illegal immigration; so it’s refreshing to see the GOP field being forced to address it. It shouldn’t have taken Trump to get a real conversation going.

5) He's teaching Republicans they don't have to surrender: No politician should want to needlessly offend people, but on the other hand, it’s impossible to accomplish anything without making some people angry. Unfortunately, most Republicans don’t seem to understand this and have allowed cowering to become their standard operating procedure. In fact, the GOP has become such a group of timid, knock-kneed, namby-pamby pushovers and wimps that Republicans don’t do much of anything other than just sit of their behinds and beg the Democrats not to beat them too badly.

Trump is showing Republicans that it’s possible to do something different. Yes, you don’t have to apologize just because the mainstream media demands that you do so. Yes, you can hit back even harder when you’re attacked. Yes, you can stick it to the press when it treats you unfairly.

In all fairness, other Republicans like Newt Gingrich, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee have done this as well, but Trump has made it the centerpiece of his campaign and it has taken him all the way to first place when NO ONE expected him to rise that high. The Republican Party is called the “Stupid Party” for good reason (Watch Mitch McConnell and John Boehner and you’ll see why), but even Republican politicians can learn a lot from the way Donald Trump has brawled his way to the top of the heap. Even if it doesn’t last, no one will forget that Republicans voters love a fighter.

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1 posted on 07/28/2015 1:49:36 PM PDT by conservativejoy
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To: conservativejoy

1) It is putting the party in a position where it will be damned near impossible for them to come out and embrace amnesty.

2) It is causing other Republican candidates to at last grow a spine (see: Mike Huckabee)

3) It is monkeywrenching the entire liberal media mechanism for selecting our nominee by knocking out candidates they don’t like (witness their cranial explosions when Trump shoves it in their faces and his polling goes up)

4) It is drawing a whole lot of Reagan Democrat-type voters back into the party, who really have had no reason to vote Republican in recent years.

5) The fear that Trump will take his fortune and run third-party will keep the party elites from engaging in the usual shenanegans.


2 posted on 07/28/2015 1:55:41 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I like your summation of points better than the article.


3 posted on 07/28/2015 1:58:39 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

If someone actually leads people will follow.


4 posted on 07/28/2015 1:59:01 PM PDT by seawolf101
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To: conservativejoy

1. He’s not afraid to tell the truth
2. He’s not afraid to tell the truth
3. He’s not afraid to tell the truth
4. He’s not afraid to tell the truth
5. He’s not afraid to tell the truth

SO PEOPLE LISTEN TO HIM.


5 posted on 07/28/2015 2:05:31 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: conservativejoy
2) He’s sucking up all the oxygen: It’s true that Donald Trump is dominating the coverage of the 2016 presidential election, but that’s a double-edged sword. Yes, it does mean that candidates like Bobby Jindal and Mike Huckabee are going to have trouble getting enough coverage to gain steam.

Something tells me Huck will find a way to get around that problem ...

6 posted on 07/28/2015 2:05:39 PM PDT by x
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Say what you will, Trump may be a jerk but has he ever shoved it outta sight up the tookas of the preening fops and strutting capons who rule the GOP. Fops, capons, the occasional hebephile and pederasts. Go Donald !!!!!

Caddis the Elder


7 posted on 07/28/2015 2:06:46 PM PDT by palmerizedCaddis (I'm not sure if Obama is worse than Carter, just that Barry is a lot dumber.)
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To: conservativejoy
One of the many reasons Newt Gingrich became such a favorite, was his brashness, speaking truth to power such as, "it's a crime that American schools are graduating students who are unable to read their own certificates," etc.

Then Clinton went on to get impeached and the Clintons' with thousands of FBI files in the White House, went after the Newtster and emasculated him where he became their own house pet appearing in photos with Hillary touting Global Warming!

Unlike what Chris Steirwalt claimed, Trump fans don't want to "burn down the house," they do want people who don't look them in the face, lie to them and claim they never intended to vote against Obamacare, build a fence at the southern border, refuse to vote to bust the budget, make trade deals that sell out the U.S. once again, etc, etc, etc.

We also don't like Congress giving away our country, allowing this Administration to make deals with countries that promise to wipe Israel off the map and chant "Death to America," while looking the other way leaving 4 Americans behind, claiming to do otherwise would give Iran more "leverage over us!"

We also don't want to be told that the 11 to 30 million illegal aliens residing in plain sight, belong here getting our jobs, our privileges while we give them free healthcare, education, food stamps, housing benefits, allow them to commit other crimes, their children bringing diseases that were once considered cured and adults bringing antibiotic resistant TB, all the while getting the above such as murder, assault, rape, drunken driving, etc. and all the while doing so with our stolen IDs because the Chambers of Commerce tell our politicians that not to do so, is "racist and xenophobic!"

Nope, it's not because we like hearing or looking at some braggart telling us how "rich, really, really rich" he is, nor is it because we like his other braggart and downright rudely he behaves, it's because he points out the obvious, illegal invasion from Mexico needs not only to be stopped, it needs to be reversed; treaties that tell U.S. citizens that the only green onions and cilantro sold in the U.S. will come from Mexico and make us sick enough to cause the death of some; give a green light to China to send us food that kills our pets, puts poisonous things in our food our own companies would be shut down for doing!

8 posted on 07/28/2015 2:14:15 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: conservativejoy
...have allowed cowering to become their standard operating procedure.

Funny, but they don't seem to cower before citizens who want the laws enforced and illegals deported. They do not hesitate to stand up to us and call us names.

9 posted on 07/28/2015 2:20:32 PM PDT by Nea Wood
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To: conservativejoy
Because of that, the GOP candidates have been forced to do more to get their names out there.

Ted Cruz called out Mitch McConnell for lying to Republicans on the Senate floor.


I don't see this as Cruz being forced to "up his game". I see it as Cruz taking the opportunity to knock McConnell while he cannot get enough oxygen to control the narrative. Trump is effectively providing cover fire while Cruz and Lee do the lifting in the Senate.
10 posted on 07/28/2015 2:27:10 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: conservativejoy

Most of the field are employees of The Cheap Labor Express.

¡Yeb!
Rubberio
NJFats
La Raza Rick
Grahamnesty
Huckster
Pataki
Kasich
None of these men should be President.

We must elect someone who will stop the illegal alien inundation or we lose our nation.
Breaking in is not immigration, it is a violation.


11 posted on 07/28/2015 2:27:50 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
I still think Trump is a blow-hard and a loose cannon.

But if he keeps doing what he's doing (exposing the enemedia and GOPe lackeys for what they really are, talking about issues which need to be discussed, etc.), I'm more than willing to give him a serious look.

12 posted on 07/28/2015 2:35:18 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: conservativejoy

Trump is terrible for conservatives though


13 posted on 07/28/2015 2:37:11 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: conservativejoy
If Trump does nothing else other than stop a few dozen super wealthy families from making Jeb Bush our nominee, we should build a larger than life statue of him with his name in gold at the bottom as thanks.

Exactly.

14 posted on 07/28/2015 2:37:54 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: conservativejoy

Whiney RINO writer likes Trump. What else is new. Wasn’t this writer a Jeb supporter negore?


15 posted on 07/28/2015 2:57:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Dr. Sivana

Agreed. The call out of McConnell was Cruz being Cruz.

I just wish some of the other Senators would grow a spine and stand up to the corrupt tyrant.


16 posted on 07/28/2015 3:19:35 PM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: Veto!

Sorry, but I don’t agree with #2. The rest are DEAD ON.


17 posted on 07/28/2015 4:27:03 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: Veto!

I wonder if Rick Perry could remember just three of your reasons :-/


18 posted on 07/28/2015 4:28:45 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: GeronL

“Trump is terrible for conservatives though”

So is the REPUBLICAN PARTY (before Trump). So what’s your point?


19 posted on 07/28/2015 4:31:16 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: BobL

That is the point. They are still playing the Grand Distraction game


20 posted on 07/28/2015 6:17:19 PM PDT by GeronL
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