Posted on 09/25/2015 11:14:04 AM PDT by Steelfish
Four Easy Steps for Beating Donald Trump by HENRY OLSEN September 25, 2015.
The Republican elites are all in a Twitter titter about whether Donald Trump can be defeated. They needn’t worry. Beating Trump will be as easy as counting backward from four to one.
Four bankruptcies, three wives, two parties, one big problem for America. That six-second tagline to an ad sums up why, when the chips are down, the Donald’s getting fired. This mantra will take Trump down because his appeal rests on trust. Voters angry with elites for various reasons trust that Trump will have their backs in office. But the 4-3-2-1 line of attack shows why exactly the opposite is true.
“Four bankruptcies” will shake Trump’s support among the key Republican faction, the establishment conservative. These voters tend to be small-business people and middle-range executives, and nothing is more important to them than stability of character. Their businesses and careers depend on being able to count on employees to come to work, contractors to pay their bills, and bosses to treat them fairly.
Trump’s bankruptcies are poison for these voters because they were all strategic moves that threw people like them under the bus. When the chips were down, Trump sacrificed his business allies to keep his millions and start over. Nothing will scare a small-business person or an executive more than the thought that there but for the grace of God go I.
“Three wives” are also, at heart, about trust rather than morality. To be sure, Christian conservatives looking at Trump should worry about a man who has twice been in violation of Jesus’ prohibition (Matthew 19:5–9, if Mr. Trump would like the Bible verse) against divorce except in cases of sexual immorality. But women in general will also be turned off by Trump’s romantic antics. They might well wonder whether his relationships with women are a positive indication that he will he be faithful and attentive to their political needs through thick and thin. The story of Carolyn Kepcher reinforces both lines of attack. A brainy, beautiful blond, Carolyn was the real breakout star from the early seasons of The Apprentice. But according to press reports, Trump could bear no one but himself gaining public adulation, so he fired her in favor of his daughter, Ivanka. The lesson was clear: Anyone can be fired if it helps The Donald.
Repeat after me: four bankruptcies, three wives, two parties, one big problem for America. “Two parties” points out for loyal Republicans and movement conservatives alike that Trump treats parties and policy positions like toys to be used and discarded at his pleasure.
He’s been a Democrat, an independent, a Republican, and briefly sought the Reform-party nomination for president in 2000. He’s been pro-choice and pro-life, pro-Clinton and anti-Clinton, pro–single payer and anti-Obamacare. There’s neither rhyme nor reason for his shifts: The only thing that explains them is his constant pursuit of the one thing that really matters, the glory of Donald Trump. All of these facts add up to one big problem for America.
Most of Trump’s backers believe that the biggest thing wrong about America is that no one in government is working for them. But Trump isn’t the elite guy who’s switched sides, he’s the elite guy par excellence whose pursuit of his own wealth and fame leaves everyone else in the dust. He’s not only not the solution to America’s problems, he’s the biggest embodiment of those problems.
Trump will still have his backers after this barrage, but someone who has risen fast can also fall fast. About one sixth of the GOP electorate has gone from disliking Trump six weeks ago to liking him now. This soft support is the difference between an annoying but harmless Trump sitting at 15–18 percent and a terrifying Trump sitting at 30–35 percent. These lines of attack will remind soft supporters exactly why their initial instincts about the Donald were right.
Repeat after me: four bankruptcies, three wives, two parties, one big problem for America. Say it enough times, and soon we’ll be talking about who among the remaining contenders can fill the big man’s shoes. —
Henry Olsen is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the co-author of the forthcoming book The Four Faces of the Republican Party: The Fight for the 2016 Presidential Nomination (Palgrave, November 2015).
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/424613/donald-trump-defeated-four-steps
Lady, I totally agree with everything you said.
Do you really ride a Harley ..??
You are getting so tiresome.
I used to but when I turned 68, I sold it, moved back to Utah 2 years ago, live on my own, have my own craft business...
I had a Heritage springer 100 year edition...went a lot of places, been across country on it...
My brother, when I was 16 got me an old pan head, for my birthday..best Harley I ever had...lol...
I think it probably will. But I must say it has opened a door onto a rather ugly aspect of the conservative world, which is that we are just as dumb and fact-free demagogue driven as the left.
Hmmmm ..?? Too bad; I have a 3-wheeler on my bucket list. I saw them advertised on TV and I put it on my list. Haven’t seen the ad for some time.
This is rich.
The Republicans have screwed us into the ground for over a decade. Boehner is resigning and Cruz has said there is a rumor that he will fund everything Obama wants in exchange for a cushy job on K street.
The Democrats screw everyone and go back on their word every 5 minutes.
Republicans = democrats= back stabbers.
Conclusion: Trump is the bad guy. Right!
I have seen those, they are really neat...
but I gave all that up and decided with the way people are now days, it’s safer to just stay around the house...lol
“...You need not trouble yourself over the possibility that we will elect a Republican Obama...”
Thanks for your reassurance, but I’m not convinced of that.
Reagan had two wives. Should that have disqualified him too? Losers
Foolish. That’s like all the Protestant republican voters staying home because a Mormon was on the ballot. “Obama might destroy ‘Merica, but at least that dang Mormon ain’t gonna be president!” Foolish.
These are called pre election presidential coattails
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Will do.
Thanks
You’re welcome.
Thanks for your reassurance, but I’m not convinced of that.“...You need not trouble yourself over the possibility that we will elect a Republican Obama...”
BO had effectively NO RESUME AT ALL, yet got nominated and elected by Democrats. Worst thing Republicans would do is nominate JEB or, very worst case, nominate Trump and have him go full “liberal” on us. In fact I half expect that. And support him anyway because he hasn’t insulted me, and JEB has.
“There is only one step needed for beating Donald Trump, and that is to let Donald Trump keep talking. He will bring himself down.”
And the silence of George W gave him a 32% approval rate at the end of his presidency.
You’re straining at gnats, Steelfish.
See President Eisenhower and Operation Wetback. What that means, good buddy, is that Ike appointed Airborne General Joseph May Swing to carry out the operation.
It was magnificent and it worked.
I'm writing him in.
I haven't seen ANYONE make the Uniparty & its press machine go this ballistic since Sarah Palin. :)
“He’s been pro-choice and pro-life, pro-Clinton and anti-Clinton, pro–single payer and anti-Obamacare.”
Hes shown his impetuous nature by launching a so called boycott agains a news organization....saying pretty MYCH that he was “treated unfairly”
Hes already stated that he will go Third Party if the party....”treats me unfairly”.
this isnt at all hard to predict
you take it from ...there.... okey dokey
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