Posted on 08/11/2015 7:14:51 AM PDT by Kaslin
My new book “The Power of RELENTLESS” launched just yesterday. Perfect timing, because Donald Trump is in the news- again. Surprise. “The Donald” is the very definition of “relentless.” He is relentlessly outspoken. He is relentlessly opinionated. He is relentlessly combative. He produces nonstop relentless media headlines. He produces relentlessly high ratings. He is also relentlessly successful. He is “money in the bank” for everyone around him.
How relentless is Donald. He’s like a human Energizer Bunny. He’s like a real-life wack-a-mole. Nothing stops him. Nothing slows him. Nothing bothers him. Political correctness is not an option. That’s precisely how he built a $10 billion fortune. The same “Power of Relentless” mindset that works in business, also wins elections.
My question is why is anyone on the right…like the Republican National Committee…like fellow GOP Presidential candidates…like Fox News Channel…upset at Donald Trump? The guy is a winner. Money comes out of his eyes, ears, nose…and wherever. Yes, he’s money in the bank. Why would anyone complain?
Fox News just got the highest ratings in history for their GOP Presidential debate. Not just the highest ratings ever for Fox News. Not just the highest ratings ever for a political debate. The highest ratings ever in cable TV history for a non-sports event. Amazing.
Why? Well I guarantee you 24 million people didn’t tune into see John Kasich. They tuned into to see “The Donald Trump Presidential Debate.” Donald Trump turned a GOP Presidential debate into the number one reality show in America. What’s wrong with that?
Trump is the best thing that ever happened to Fox News. He’s the best thing that ever happened to the GOP. Hurting the GOP brand? What brand? No one under the age of 30 even knew there was a GOP until Trump came along.
And GOP presidential competitors? They should kiss the ground Trump walks on. All 9 competitors are wonderful, bright, accomplished people. But without Trump they were also unknown outside their own states, or circle of fans. Trump put them all on the map! Their unknown brands were exposed to 24 million new fans. Trump is the best thing to ever happen to everyone involved.
Donald Trump reminds me of another relentless New Yorker named George Steinbrenner. He was also a bigger-than-life, outspoken, opinionated, combative, lightning rod and business mogul. Like Trump, when Steinbrenner spoke it made the tabloids and the front pages of the New York newspapers. Like Trump, he offended people. Like Trump, Steinbrenner had many detractors and critics.
Most importantly, like Trump, Steinbrenner’s unique persona made everyone around him rich. The value of the Yankees went from $8.7 million (in 1973 when he bought the team) to over $2 billion by the time of Steinbrenner’s death in 2010.
Steinbrenner’s outspoken personality made billions for newspapers, tabloids, television, radio, sports memorabilia and major league baseball. He was the biggest spender in free agency, so he made the players wealthy beyond imagination. He made the Yankees universally hated, thereby attracting the biggest ticket sales at away games year after year. Fans spent money just to sit in a seat and boo Steinbrenner and his team. So he made his fellow owners rich too. Everyone got rich around Steinbrenner.
And like Trump, Steinbrenner was a winner. In his 37 years of ownership, the Yankees played in 11 World Series and won 7 World Championships. That’s an unheard of one championship every 5 years. During that span the Yankees won the most games of any baseball team. They compiled a never-again-matched 21 consecutive winning seasons.
Ask New York Yankee fans if they appreciated and enjoyed all this winning. I’ll bet they did. People like Trump and Steinbrenner are Human Energizer Bunnies. They are like Tornados. They throw off electricity. They make things happen. And we all want to plug into their electric sockets to grab some of that energy.
Like Steinbrenner, Donald Trump is a winner. Like Steinbrenner, everyone around Donald benefits. He is relentless. He expects relentless excellence. And we all win. We all get relentlessly richer when in the presence of a Donald Trump.
Now isn’t that refreshing compared to Barack Hussein Obama? With Obama we all lose. With Obama we all suffer. With Obama we all get poorer. With Obama we all live in shared misery and mediocrity.
Conservatives should stop fighting the Donald Trump effect. Let’s embrace it. Let’s celebrate it. Donald Trump is money in the bank.
Everyone is always asking someone to apologize in the MSM.
When is Me GYN going to apologize?
When are we going to find out who issued the Fatwah on Donald that Wallace and the Black Bear followed.
Who is there at the GOP that wants Trump so pissed off that he runs 3rd party?
Maybe money in the bank, or maybe a bomb in yer gas tank!!!
That’s the best bunch of cheer leading evah!! Hard to refute anything this guy said.
I am curious what makes you say that?
Good question.
Just another California nut-job apparently...sarc
TED CRUZ: Smacking Donald Trump with a stick is just FOOLISH
Posted by The Right Scoop on Aug 10, 2015 at 11:26 PM in Politics | 489 Comments
POLITICO – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday warned that the Republican presidential candidates who are slamming Donald Trump do so at their political peril.
Cruz’s remarks, which came during an interview with POLITICO as he swings through the South on a bus tour, are among the most detailed comments to date regarding his reluctance to criticize the real estate mogul, who is currently leading the polls in the GOP primary.
“I would … note that an awful lot of Republicans, including other Republican candidates, have gone out of their way to smack Donald Trump with a stick. Now I think that’s just foolish,” he said.
Asked why, Cruz paused and then replied, “Donald Trump had a rally in Phoenix, Ariz. [to which] between 10 and 20 thousand people came out. When you attack and vilify the people at that rally as crazies, it does nothing to help Republicans win in 2016. I’d like every single person at that rally to show up and vote in 2016, knock on doors with energy and passion, and turn this country around. If Washington politicians show contempt and condescension to those [voters,] that is a path to losing at the ballot box.”
http://therightscoop.com/ted-cruz-smacking-donald-trump-with-a-stick-is-just-foolish/
Obviously and that is not sarcasm
Everyone.
So true, so true.
Wow! Teflon Don controls the discussion/debate with a lot of good answers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yy-OGJ7LPg
EVERYONE...with the exception of Cruz, I believe. The GOP would rather lose in a 3 party race than run Trump and win...do not doubt me!
Yeah . this is a great article.
The question contains its own answer.
That second option is pure fantasy.
The Presidential Debates of 1960 (60 million viewers), 1976, 1980 (80 million viewers), and others, received higher numbers than the primary debate of 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_debates
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