Their sales technique of insulting their base has not proven effective in the past.
Posted on 03/18/2016 5:21:49 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Trump is a master at sensing and exploiting decay. His showmanship impresses, his bullying intimidates, his bravado seems bracing. But while decadence may explain a demagogue's success, it is no excuse for yielding.
We at The Weekly Standard are certainly not immune to its appeal. But at key moments, the votaries of freedom must be able to resist the temptations of decadence. They must gather their forces and fight.
For now, that means fighting to deny a "buffoon and opportunist" who makes "idiotic and racist" comments the nomination of the Republican party. Trump has so far won about 38 percent of the votes cast in Republican primaries and caucuses, winning 47.5 percent of the delegates chosen thus far. He's clearly in the lead. He's the likely nominee. But bowing to the likely as if it were inevitable is surely a marker of decadence. The thing to do instead is to contest the more than 20 states and territories yet to cast their ballots, and to rally behind Ted Cruz—an intelligent constitutional conservative who would have a steady hand as commander in chief—as the remaining viable alternative.
If it comes to it, there is also a Track Two, and serious people are preparing for that as well, as they should. That preparation involves finding a respectable and respected figure who might run as an Independent Republican and helping him or her get on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Such a candidate would follow in the footsteps of Joseph Lieberman in Connecticut in 2006 and Lisa Murkowski in Alaska in 2010, both of whom ran as independents, won, and then rejoined the parties from which they had spent a few months apart.
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Their sales technique of insulting their base has not proven effective in the past.
That’s because if Trump gets elected, Kristol and a hundred other featherbedding DC pundits become irrelevant.
Who exactly does Trump bully?
They are tone deaf and then are surprised when a barbaric opportunist gets nominated?
Now we bear witness to what happens to someone who has the courage to stand up to leftist elites, the MSM, and rioting thugs.
Republicans and Democrats alike line up to denounce the person as “a buffoon and opportunist who makes idiotic and racist comments”.
It only further proves just how real the Uniparty is, and how many globalist scum are actually members. (Hint: It’s very close to 100% of them.)
Exactly. Trump bullies no one. He just refuses to be bullie by the 98 pound weaklings like Kristol.
Why didn’t he ever write an article entitled William F. Buckley and decadence? It is true. Buckley lived a life of splendor and luxury.
There’s the bully and the bullee, lol. I have yet to figure out who the bullee is!
Isn’t Kristol a bit old to be worrying about invitations to DC parties?
Buckley was also a pot-head.
Actually Bill they would follow in the footsteps of John Anderson in 1980 and be the final step in the poltical suicide of you, and anyone else, who supported them.
Did we just witness a miracle? Billy Kristol, one of the premier RINOs in DC, and the stereotypical “Pencil-necked Geek” has called Ted Cruz a great, steady conservative, and yack-yack-yack.
Wow! They are really getting DESPERATE! Pray for Trump; for his protection and promotion.
Kristol doesn’t seem to understand how far this country has fallen and what is at stake this time around.
On the other hand, maybe it pays too much for him to acknowledge reality.
(October 2015) “The Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol predicted Thursday that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina will eventually lead the Republican ticket” http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3351567/posts
Stupidity in this article. I am a Cruz man but will vote for Trump if nominated.
“Trump is a master at sensing and exploiting decay,” in a world on fire and country nearly destroyed is that skill really a bad thing? It is if you are voting for a Hillary and worse as we witness Sander’s supporters turning violent in order to intimidate voters.
In a man who loves his country and will attempt to save it, it is a required skill! In a world on the edge of economic collapse I wouldn’t want some progressive/communist at the helm!
Kristol’s very first “con” is actually a “pro” and Kristol doesn’t even recognize that fact.
The whole world is scared of a Trump presidency, but then are they scared of Putin? If they want to stop Putin, then we need a character like Donald Trump.
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