Posted on 01/27/2016 8:29:03 AM PST by conservativejoy
A man who makes deals for a living does his deals in the world as he finds it. He accepts the world as it is, and tries to make the best deal possible. He doesn't try to change the world; he deals with it.
Leaders, on the other hand, such as Washington, Lincoln, and Reagan, do not accept dealing with the status quo. Reagan didn't want to deal with the Soviet Union. He wanted to destroy it. Jimmy Carter, on the other hand, believed in detente, in building relationships and making deals. He scoffed at Reagan and his inordinate fear of communism. In 1980, we wisely chose a leader, not a dealer.
A President Trump would make a lot of deals, or try to. But you don't make America great again by making deals. American greatness rests on American principles, as set forth in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Trump seems unfamiliar with these principles. He's more of a technician, and the fundamental law of this country is of little interest. What's that got to do with making good deals?
Trump would fit right in with the Washington deal-makers who are so contemptuous of Ted Cruz. Sen. Mitch McConnell knows how to make deals as well as Trump, and he knows how Washington works – you make deals. Like Senate majority leaders Trent Lott and Bob Dole before him, McConnell sees in Trump a man he can deal with.
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‘Here’s the deal Cruz wants with the Democrats. It’s the deal Reagan wanted with the Soviet Union. We win. You lose.’
I look at this slate of candidates, and I don’t see a one of them who could lead sailors to a whore house.
It does seem his schtick is more a campaign for Commerce Secretary than President.
Really? Ol' Turtleface knows how to capitulate to socialists. I haven't seen any real dealmaking from him.
The problem is that whether a deal is "good" is entirely subjective because it depends upon what your goals are. The concern I have about a non-conservative like Trump is that he'll cut deals that he thinks are great (hence he got what he wanted as a negotiator), but that I'll hate because it isn't good from a conservative, small-government perspective.
I also am a bit worried that Trump won't be willing to walk away from a bad deal because he won't want to ruin his rep as a great deal maker. Sometimes, as Fiorina said, you really do just have to walk away from the table until the underlying factors change.
I also am a bit worried that Trump won’t be willing to walk away from a bad deal because he won’t want to ruin his rep as a great deal maker. Sometimes, as Fiorina said, you really do just have to walk away from the table until the underlying factors change.
What in Cruz’s background makes him qualified to be president?
Not my words but guess who??
Be ye as wise as serpents, as harmless as doves.
Well that is my recall on the phrase I may have missed an word.
Thanks
Well, my gentile Cruzadians, we will see shortly how this latest demonstration on “The Art of the Deal” works out.
How would you rate Trump’s deal making skills if FOX News cans Megan Kelly, and the CAIR Babe, and Donald Trump goes to the debate?
How would you rate Trump’s deal making skills if the FOX News debate tanks in the ratings, and Donald Trump’s “event” at the same time beats the debate in the ratings.
How would you rate Trump’s deal making skills if he simply crushes everyone else in this Monday’s Iowa Caucuses?
Luckily, you won’t have to wait long to find out.
Sen. Mitch McConnell knows how to make deals as well as Trump”
I think this is the question.
I think when Trump talks about making deals, he means getting his way.
I think when McConnell and Ryan talk about making deals, they mean giving obama everything he wants.
I don’t know the true answer to this important question, but I do think there is merit to the point that at least conceptually Trump is talking about something very different from what GOPe politicians mean when they “reach across the aisle”.
To put it a bit differently, for Trump it’s about winning; for McConnell it’s about losing.
Ted Cruz is a young, clean, articulate, first-term Senator who gives great speeches and has wanted to be President since High School. What other qualifications do you need?
Trump won’t be willing to walk away from a bad deal because he won’t want to ruin his rep as a great deal maker”
Pretty basic that if you aren’t willing to walk away, then you aren’t really negotiating. You are just incrementally surrendering.
I think Trump understands that. (A bit of an understatement there....).
“What in Cruz’s background makes him qualified to be president?”
Cruz’s deep respect and knowledge for the Constitution. The oath of the President of the United States is to Protect and Defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.
Ted Cruz has defended our Constitution many times before the Supreme Court, and there is no one in the race as imminently qualified to keep that oath.
I love Cruz. He is “qualifed” to be President. (I do fear the eligibility issue...). But certainly in terms of the service that he has rendered to the country and its Constitution, he is more qualified than any elected official.
[‘Here’s the deal Cruz wants with the Democrats. It’s the deal Reagan wanted with the Soviet Union. We win. You lose.’]
Tell me... how well has that worked out for Cruz in the Senate??
I don’t fear the eligibility issue at all.
I agree that Cruz is the most qualified.
I don't trust Trump because he's not a small-government conservative at heart. I'm afraid that he'll destroy the elites but end up doing many of the same things, and even worse in some instances because he's a big government guy at heart. Doesn't do.much good to stop illegals from becoming citizens/voters us you support a lot of the same crap. And, he just acts like an idiot sometimes.
I love Cruz on the issues, but he is disliked by a lot of folks whose support he'd need to get stuff through Congress. And he's a lizard-looking guy who a lot of women just don't like.
Rubio has the best chance for a transformative realignment by stealing millenials and some women. But he still comes across as a kid sometimes, and I don't like his ties to elites with things like sugar subsidies. Also don't like how aggressive he is about deposing Assad. I think he really has changed his mind on immigration, but he damaged himself badly with the Gang of Eight.
The rest are....bleh. So yeah, sailors and whorehouses do come to mind.
"It was that close to being passed... and I think I can say this with integrity. Without the vigorous opposition of Ted Cruz, this bill likely would have passed." - Sen. Jeff Session
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