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Trump’s Best Asset May Be His Unhinged Opponents
The National Review ^ | February 5, 2017 | John Fund

Posted on 02/06/2017 2:25:46 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The good news for Democrats is that the apathy of many of their voters — which contributed to Hillary Clinton's losing in November — is gone now that Donald Trump is president.

We have never in living memory seen an electorate as fired up and angry and engaged as they are right now, Ben Wikler, Washington director of the left-wing group Moveon.org, told RealClearPolitics. The bad news for Democrats is that the fires of protest could burn so brightly that they alienate moderate voters and threaten any Democrats who decline to throw gasoline on the fires. The anger of the liberal base is such that a firestorm of criticism . . . awaits [Democratic lawmakers] when they don't stand up to Trump, Wikler says....

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: anarchists; democrats; moderates; protests; trump; violence
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1 posted on 02/06/2017 2:25:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Something wrong with link 2DVet


2 posted on 02/06/2017 2:28:34 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

President Trump has an awful lot of assets, and I suppose his menagerie of crazed opponents may be counted as one of them. Bit of a stretch to classify them as his “best asset,” though.


3 posted on 02/06/2017 2:29:05 PM PST by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: tennmountainman

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444634/trump-derangement-syndrome-may-help-trump


4 posted on 02/06/2017 2:29:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is Fund the most unhinged?


5 posted on 02/06/2017 2:33:36 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein

He is a Debbie Downer on the Batchelor show.


6 posted on 02/06/2017 2:35:37 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trump’s Best Assets May Be His are his Unhinged Opponents!
7 posted on 02/06/2017 2:35:55 PM PST by Grampa Dave (So called news that never happened, did not nor will happen. It doesn't even qualify as fake news!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trumps best asset is that the Democrats are in the minority, bigly.

If only the RINOs understood that.

5.56mm


8 posted on 02/06/2017 2:36:37 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What is the saying?

Thou Doest Protest Too Much?


9 posted on 02/06/2017 2:37:01 PM PST by Professional
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Trump’s Best Asset May Be His Unhinged Opponents

I see all sorts of people taking Trump to task for his habit of tweeting. They say it antagonizes people and he shouldn't do it.

I think antagonizing his opponents is the best way to get them to have a screeching meltdown fit. I think that works in his favor over the long term.

10 posted on 02/06/2017 2:37:11 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks.


11 posted on 02/06/2017 2:38:44 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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Trump’s Best Assets are his Unhinged Opponents rioting in the streets

The author makes a good point......b/c liberals are sap-happy, feel good types.

All this bestiality and rioting does not contribute to that "feel-goodness" the libs need to be able to function.

More cross-over voting ahead?

12 posted on 02/06/2017 2:42:36 PM PST by Liz
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To: DiogenesLamp

I’m thinking of setting up a separate twitter account that follows one account. @POTUS


13 posted on 02/06/2017 2:43:27 PM PST by cyclotic (Republicans Are without excuse. Flood the Resolute Desk with sane legislation.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I try to remind my political dist list after each outrage the left pulls: “And these are the people who think they should be running this country.”


14 posted on 02/06/2017 2:43:39 PM PST by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: MUDDOG

Oh, is he? I only listen to Confirmed-Batchelor on my way back to my house in NJ!


15 posted on 02/06/2017 2:45:47 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Shhh......don’t let the unhinged fanatics know they’re blowing themselves up every day!!

They live in a hateful loser bubble, especially in California where now effectively there is only one party, the Rats. They really don’t understand how much they’re being ridiculed and despised by normal people. :0)


16 posted on 02/06/2017 2:52:42 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: miss marmelstein

It’s usually not worth listening to any more, with Monica Crowley gone underground.

(But she used to be on late, so probably after your drive time.)


17 posted on 02/06/2017 2:52:43 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Please, lets hope these leftist morons keep it up!

From their own playbook, "The whole world is watching" this jackassery.☺

18 posted on 02/06/2017 2:53:13 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump’s Best Asset May Be His Mentally Ill Opponents


19 posted on 02/06/2017 3:05:27 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: cyclotic

:)


20 posted on 02/06/2017 3:06:22 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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