* "He was a Democrat"
* "He is really a stealth for Jimmy Carter/Hillary Clinton"
* "He is an entertainer, not credible"
* "California/New York Values - you cannot trust him"
Posted on 01/18/2016 8:16:41 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
The biggest story in America today is the roaring return of Andrew Jackson's spirit into the political debate.
Not since he fought with Nicholas Biddle over the future of the Bank of the United States has Andrew Jackson been this controversial or this central in American political life. Jacksonian populism, the sense of honor-driven egalitarianism and fiery nationalism that drove American politics for many years, has never been hated and reviled as often as it is today, and many American academics and intellectuals (to say nothing of Hollywood icons) are close to demanding that Jacksonian sentiment be redefined as a hate crime.
For President Barack Obama and his political allies in particular, Jacksonian America is the father of all evils. Jacksonians are who the then Senator had in mind when, in the campaign of 2008, he spoke of the 'bitter clingers' holding on to their guns and their Bibles. They are the source of the foreign policy instincts he most deplores, supporting Israel almost reflexively, demanding overwhelming response to terror attacks, agitating for tight immigration controls, resisting diplomacy with Iran and North Korea, supporting Guantanamo, cynical about the UN, skeptical of climate change, and willing to use 'enhanced interrogation' against terrorists in arms against the United States.
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Virtually everything about progressive politics today is about liquidating the Jacksonian influence in American life. From immigration policy, touted as ending the era when American whites were the population of the United States, to gun policy and to regulatory policy, President Obama and his coalition aim to crush what Jacksonians love, empower what they fear, and exalt what they hate.
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A lot of independents and never voted folks will turn out for Trump.
More like a Modern PT Barnum.
A lot of independents and never voted folks turned out for Obama.
Andrew Jackson was right on the bank. But he was a jerk on just about everything else.
Since when is Andrew Jackson a good thing?
Just rather lose with Cruz ?
Jackson stood up against the central bankers (successfully, accruing decades of benefit.) The Cruzs represent the central banks-—they’re owned by the banksters.
We lose with Trump.
Pro abortion, anti-gun, pro-campaign finance reform, pro universal single payer health care, Contributed $250,000 to the Clinton's pay for play foundation, thinks Kim Jong Un is doing a great job in North Korea, wants to rule by executive order.....
Cruz is the captain of Team Jackson
Donald is the drum-thumping cheerleader
Unfortunately the establishment is using Cruz to force a brokered convention ... we get Rubio or Jeb if this keeps up
Who has benefited from the Washington establishment more than Donald Trump? He has greased the palms of thousands of corrupt politicians.
What other candidate in this race gave $250,000 to Hillary's pay for play foundation?
Written by an evangelical fundamentalist Marxist.
“Andrew Jackson was right on the bank. But he was a jerk on just about everything else.”
I doubt you could have said that safely within earshot of Ol’ Hickory....or rifle shot for that matter. Even Crockett had to move to Texas.
At least he didn’t hide it and he’s been truthful about everything .. unlike Cruz
I didn't know that Cruz donated to Hillary's pay for play foundation.
I thought Trump was the only one in this race to do that.
Trump is everything he claims not to be.
OK ... NOW I'll read.
Exactly .. if Trump is such a Lib, he could have easily stayed out of the race and campaigned for the Democrat . Nothing that Trumps detractors say against him , makes any sense ..
“A lot of independents and never voted folks will turn out for Trump.”
I agree and that is where he will take it to Hillary.
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