Posted on 10/03/2016 9:30:36 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Perspective
On a certain level, I completely understand why Donald Trump behaves the way he does. At times, I even like it. I especially love the way he gives the media no respect and no quarter for their dishonest and absurd behavior. I would like to see more Republicans do that. In fact, I’d like to see everyone do that, no matter who they are.
I like the fact that Trump does not concern himself with the established norms of how proper and appropriate people are supposed to behave in the political world. I don’t think he’s the slightest bit unaware of these norms. I think he knows very well what they are and considers them ridiculous. I think he made a calculated bet that by flouting them instead of following them, he would gain a lot more respect and support than he would lose. And I think he was right about that.
Bill and Hillary are the Bonnie and Clyde
of modern American politics.
Trump is no way near as flawed as Barack Obama was flawed in 2008. . . yet the Liberals had no problem electing him.
Trump’s personal and political positives way outshine Hillary’s positives which are hard to find, and Hillary is way more flawed personally and politically than Trump.
When will the media get it right?
More like the William M. “Boss” Tweed of modern American politics—but the Clintons took it to a scale Tweed could never imagine.
Trump surrounds himself with excellent people
I think of Bill and Hillary as Ahab and Jezebel of the Bible. Ahab was bad, and Jezebel was worse.
Good article... bump
Thank you for mentioning the corrupt Clintons in conjunction wih Bonnie and Clyde. That’s what I’ve been thninking.
" The title of Hillary’s thesis was “There Is Only the Fight: An Analysis of the Alinsky Model.” In this title she had singled out the single most important Alinsky contribution to the radical cause - his embrace of political nihilism. An SDS radical once wrote, “The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.” In other words the cause - whether inner city blacks or women - is never the real cause, but only an occasion to advance the real cause which is the accumulation of power to make the revolution. That was the all consuming focus of Alinsky and his radicals.
Guided by Alinsky principles, post-Communist radicals are not idealists but Machiavellians. Their focus is on means rather than ends, and therefore they are not bound by organizational orthodoxies in the way their admired Marxist forebears were. Within the framework of their revolutionary agenda, they are flexible and opportunistic and will say anything (and pretend to be anything) to get what they want, which is resources and power.
The following anecdote about Alinsky’s teachings as recounted by The New Republic’s Ryan Lizza nicely illustrates the focus of Alinsky radicalism: “When Alinsky would ask new students why they wanted to organize, they would invariably respond with selfless bromides about wanting to help others. Alinsky would then scream back at them that there was a one-word answer: ‘You want to organize for POWER!’
Only Bill & Hill's crimes are obviously of a much higher level, including matters of national security.
I remember well how my Sunday school teacher would pronounce her name, as if she were the most evil being this side of the devil. That had to have been about 50 years ago.
Good point. The man is a CEO who has to delegate authority rather than control every facet of his business empire. He’ll have very good people around him unlike Hillary who will have large money donors and contributors to her Slush Fund/Foundation in positions of high standing in her administration. We’ve already seen how that’s worked out in a prior Clinton presidency. I’m willing to take a chance with Trump.
LOL... he's right on this part...
Making a headline that says Trump is very flawed makes me think that this guy is listening to the MSM too much
I don’t think he shows the media no respect. I think he doesn’t hide from them and stands up to them.
....Thank you for mentioning the corrupt Clintons in conjunction wih Bonnie and Clyde.....
Except they have pens phones, Executive Orders, and they want the power of the Oval Office to further their criminal enterprise instead of Machine Guns. They are anti gun of course.
IMHO he is the single most capable human being of running the U.S.A. govt executive branch at this point in time.
If anyone has a better candidate, please post their name here for all to see.
Trump is no way near as flawed as Barack Obama was flawed in 2008. . . yet the Liberals had no problem electing him.
(Trump has a magical color too so it’s just not fair)
Jezebel the murderer was bad news and so is Hillary.
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