The GOP/Establishment to the voters...
Posted on 08/26/2015 8:07:48 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Before his bombastic concert-in-the-park performance in Mobile, Donald Trump had come across chiefly as an amusing amateur whose total lack of basic political knowledge and essential reasoning ability had rendered him unwilling to do interviews that he could not phone in from the confines of his office.
In Alabama, he broke out, transforming himself in the process into something else altogether. One part Alan Ginsberg, one part Jim Morrison, and one part Roderick Spode, Trump strode onto the Southern stage as might a troubled rock star. This, his insolent upper lip told the camera, was show time.
All of which is to say that Donald Trump has matured in precisely the wrong direction, having moved from bumbling dilettante to Dunning-Kruger poster-boy in a single leap. Politics in a free republic consists of modesty, of compromise, and of dull perseverance. It is, by its very nature, the precise opposite of rock and roll. Self-described “conservatives” have historically prided themselves on their aversion to our gaudy celebrity culture and their disgust at the conflation of reality TV and the quotidian workings of the government.
They should not abandon this virtuous instinct just because a rich and famous entertainer has donned an oversized hat and pandered to their prejudices for a summer. Not all stars that fall on Alabama should be given access to the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Let us leave Donald Trump to his trip.
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Will these fools read his book,.,,
More ‘elite media’ spin.
It’s Elvis!
These hit pieces have the same effect as gnats on an elephant. They keep trying though, gotta give’em credit!
The swords are out and it’s getting nasty........................
Et tu, National Review?.......................
The GOP/Establishment to the voters...
Well, when they’ve already used the race card, the fascist card, the insane clown card, it’s kinda a downhill run.
Going for a hike :)
Another free campaign ad to a working, taxpaying populace disaffect by government and elite media...all for 50 million illegals.
Trump should send him a thank you note.
I used to read this guy and thought he was half way good. The man is rough around the edges, but I look for him to evolve into a presidential stature.
Yup, Trump is just a big dummy, a moron, a total racist bigot loser.... /s. Whatever. Dummies don’t amass multi-billion dollar fortunes and build vast empires.
He made it to the billionaire castle living the American dream, and unlike other billionaires, he doesn’t seem to want to close the drawbridge behind him. He seems to want other Americans to be successful too.
I don’t know why you post this garbage if you think the author is a fool. You are giving this blogger more hits which is basically the same as giving him money.
Trump actually is a quite brilliant guy. Not a saint, but who is. Laughing at George Will this morning on Laura Ingraham, calling him an “entertainer.” Will is such a tool as are the rest of these clowns. I know for a fact that Trump can do circles around all of these fools in almost any societal endeavor because of his intelligence and experience—which is wide ranging. Moreover, he has the capability to lead. Leading us back from the abyss will not be easy. Trump and maybe Cruz are the only ones that I would want leading me.
Charlie and his brethren are so accustomed to calling the shots for "us" as without their sage advice, where would we be without the leaders they have carefully selected for us in the past, i.e. Presidents Bob Dole, John McCain and Mitt Romney!
-PJ
Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger were the celebrity culture.
Another NR ignoramus talking out of his mouth.
Of course, I don’t like everything about Trump and I’m not one of his fans but the reality is he is a phenomenon.
Deal with it.
Note that these predictable scribblers have to write about Trump to get readers. It’s the CNN Syndrome.
Cooke is totally anti-Trump. He’s been writing over the top hit pieces for a month now.
-PJ
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