[BobL]

One of my occasional vanities. This one takes place in October 2016, during the final stretch of the Presidential Campaign, with Trump being the GOP nominee (somehow). More info on what happened in the South on my Profile Page.

Also, I wrote this up 6 weeks ago detailing why the GOP cannot stop Trump these days, a good read, in my opinion:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3310574/posts

[BobL]

SORRY EVERYONE!!! I should have put a dateline at the top of the posting.

October 16, 2016

[HiTech RedNeck]

There could be two ways to cut “labor costs.”

One is to keep nodding and winking at illegales, which Trump does not want. (Not sure what Trump’s view is on H1B, but that is a niche area.)

The other way is to cut the other overhead of running businesses which is currently squeezing them.

A Trump presidency, if Trump does not change attitudes based on the desires of the people (which would move him further rightward), looks to be a decidedly mixed bag, some liberal things, some conservative things. But it would shake up some liberal applecarts too. It would not be your ordinary politician.

[Balding_Eagle]

Interesting read, lots of good information.

More paragraph breaks would make it less of a slog.

[BobL]

Perhaps you can add the following at the very beginning of this posting:

Dateline: October 16, 2016

Thank you.

[McGruff]

A couple of this morning tweets

Jim Hoft ‏@gatewaypundit 10m10 minutes ago MSNBC Goes After “Stump for Trump” Girls, Demands Name of Their Employers=> Ladies Respond (VIDEO) https://shar.es/1tzVE5 @gatewaypundit

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 17m17 minutes ago Queens, NY In the plane heading to Iowa State Fair. Will be great fun. Hopefully giving helicopter rides to some of the kids.

[PGalt]

Thanks. Very interesting.

[justiceseeker93]

Specifically he's showing leads of 10 to 20 points in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, states that had been left for dead by GOP leaders. Even Pennsylvania and Virginia, two former GOP states that the party has been struggling in recently, show 10 point edges for Mr. Trump.

Please clarify: are these leads for Trump vs. fellow Republicans in primary races or leads vs. HRC in a prospective general election?

I wouldn't quite agree that Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota "have been left for dead by GOP leaders." Michigan and Wisconsin currently have two-term GOP governors who have improved their states' economies since being in office.

Also, it wasn't exactly ancient history when Minnesota had a GOP governor (Pawlenty) and a GOP US Senator (Coleman) as well. In fact, Coleman would probably still be in office today had it not been for obvious 'Rat cheating in a vote recount in his race vs. Franken.

[Alas Babylon!]

But privately, our sources have told us that a big part of their strategy, one which they vehemently denied when asked, is to appeal to white Americans (Michigan is nearly 80% white), as the Democrat Party has drifted so far left on issues like gun control and gay marriage, that this vote is now available for the taking. The strategy of targeting the white vote had been considered almost a decade ago by the GOP leadership but a combination of factors led to its rejection.

The more I think about, the more I get it, and have to ask all the Social Justice Warriors this question:

Why is it ok and good to appeal to black voters, women voters, Hispanic voters, GBLT voters, but racist to appeal to white voters?

Doesn't that remind you of Sesame Street's one of these things is not like the other?

Through no fault of my own, I was born a white male. And as I grew to manhood, I was attracted to females, not other males, I don't know why, I just was, and my heart had a place for this entity I called God, and I liked to worship and pray to Him, and was attracted to a Church, and believe in the redemption of Jesus. Is any of that wrong?

Well, silly me, of course it is! According to YOU!

I should CHECK MY PRIVILEGE at the door!

Funny how my privilege got me to where I am today, semi-employed when my position was cut to part time, how I've had to worry about the bills every month, and whether I could get this puny contract or another, month by month... Having to worry about if I bid too high, and is there anybody else out there with skills like mine who is willing to take less???

Why isn't my white, male, heterosexual, Christian, ableist privilege WORKING anymore?!

I guess now I become one of the massive numbers of the privileged who is DAMN well going to allow a politician to pander to my whiteness, just like others pander to all the other minorities in this country.

And I really, really hope it sucks to be you.

[Shery]

I’m still a Cruz supporter and will stay one until he wins or loses, but Trump is definitely showing the GOP elites that they know NOTHING about winning elections. In fact, they don’t have a clue. They have brought in all the former democrat strategy people who don’t know the American right, their core beliefs, their passions. Trump, being the businessman that he is and having the visionary outlook to understand people, has gone for the heart of things, POing the establishment, of course, but becoming the “savior” of the people. Of, course, we don’t know how he will run the country after he wins, if he does, and that is still an unknown. I hope his manifesto was not just a campaign ruse, and then we’ll have another democrat in form leader. That is my real concern. Is he serious and to be trusted?

[mrsmith]

Thanks, lot for thought here.
I understand “white voters” as a cultural, not racial, construct. The same for “black voters”.

[9YearLurker]

I don’t think you’re fair or doing Trump any favors in associating his campaign with a “Southern Strategy”.

[9YearLurker]

I’d take issue with the GOP Hispanic strategy having much potential either in the near term or the longer term.

But how about referring to Trump addressing the “Silent Majority”, as he revives another old phrase?