G.O.P. BAFFLED AS VOTERS RALLY TO POPULAR CANDIDATE

Ann Coulter ^ | 2-17-2016 | Ann Coulter

[smoothsailing]

G.O.P. BAFFLED AS VOTERS RALLY TO POPULAR CANDIDATE

February 17, 2016

Donald Trump's latest bombshell, claiming the Bush administration lied about weapons of mass destruction to get us into the Iraq War, is just him doing wheelies on the way to the nomination. He's apparently decided it would be fun to taunt the entire GOP by demonstrating that he can say anything and his voters won't care.


I wish he'd stop showing off, the little scamp, but maybe the GOP establishment will finally get the message that voters have been waiting a really long time for a candidate who would put Americans first. Not donors, not plutocrats, not foreigners, and certainly not foreign plutocrats (i.e., Fox News).


Trump is the first presidential candidate in 50 years who might conceivably: (1) deport illegal aliens, (2) build a wall, (3) block Muslim immigration, (4) flout political correctness, (5) bring manufacturing home, and (6) end the GOP's neurotic compulsion to start wars in some godforsaken part of the world.


That's all that matters! Are you listening yet, RNC?


There is not another candidate who agrees with Trump on all these positions. Maybe one issue, but not all of them -- and if it's immigration, they would be lying.


Even Ted Cruz still refuses to say he'd deport illegal aliens (unless they're arrested for breaking some other law), build a wall (instead he talks about "border security," which is code for: No Wall), or reduce legal immigration at all.


Trump is like a greatest-hits album. The two political parties are the record companies, refusing to put all the hits on one album and instead forcing us to choose between Republicans who will depress wages through immigration and bad trade deals, or Democrats who pretend to care about working-class Americans while sacralizing abortion and gay marriage.


Trump is right about President Bush not keeping us safe -- though not about his "Bush lied" argument that makes me want to strangle him. This is what Trump said last October on "Coyote News Sunday" (FNC) about how things would have been different on 9/11 under President Trump:

"Well, I would have been much different, I must tell you. ... I am extremely, extremely tough on illegal immigration. I'm extremely tough on people coming into this country. I believe that if I were running things, I doubt ... that those people would have been in the country."


And that was before Trump announced his plan for a temporary ban on Muslim immigration! (By contrast, as governor of Florida, Jeb! aggressively pushed a bill to allow illegal aliens to get driver's licenses, less than three years AFTER 13 of 19 hijackers used Florida driver's licenses to board the planes on 9/11.)


It is apparently considered less controversial to send a million troops to the Middle East than to stop printing visas for would-be terrorists.


It's not just George W. Bush's open-borders policy that cries out for re-examination. During a debate with Al Gore one year before the 9/11 attack -- committed by Arabs on U.S. commercial airlines -- he pre-emptively denounced the racial profiling of Arabs by airport security.


The Wall Street Journal proclaimed that "the 'racial profiling' issue might help Bush win Michigan." (Good call, WSJ! Bush lost Michigan, anyway.)


In June 2001 -- three months before the attack committed by Arabs on U.S. commercial airlines -- the Bush administration undertook a study to ensure that Arabs were not being disproportionately stopped by airport security.


When U.S. Airways ticket agent Michael Tuohey laid eyes on Mohamed Atta on the morning of 9/11, he got a "chill" and thought to himself, "If this guy doesn't look like an Arab terrorist, then nothing does." But then, he says, he gave himself a politically correct "slap," and handed Atta his ticket.


Atta proceeded to murder 3,000 Americans. But at least no undue scrutiny of Arabs was taking place at U.S. Airports!


The Marco Rubios, Nikki Haleys, Paul Ryans, Jeb!, Zeppo and Shemp Bushes of the GOP say: "Vote for me -- we may have a terrorist attack, but at least we'll know we did the right thing!" Trump says: "I'm going to protect you."


That's why it doesn't matter when Trump pops off and says things that are not conservative orthodoxy -- or even true!


Even if you think Trump is a libertine, shallow narcissist, you know he will do what no other Republican will: Go to Washington, kick ass, mock political correctness, build a wall, deport illegals, bring manufacturing home, and end the GOP's peculiar fixation with remaking the Muslim world.


This is our last chance. It's similar to the "point of no return" global warming alarmists keep talking about, except our data isn't fake.


At our current rate of immigration/transformation, if we don't break the donor fever grip now, we never will. This kind of correction isn't just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it's a once-in-a-millennium opportunity.


The GOP didn't hear us with Eric Cantor, with the 2014 election or with John Boehner. After all that, they still gave us Nikki Haley and Paul Ryan. President Trump is the last and only message they will understand.


COPYRIGHT 2016 ANN COULTER

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[Luircin]

You DO realize that Ann, like all of us, is allowed to have an opinion, right? Or are we getting to the point where we all MUST think exactly like the Perfect Conservative?

I understood her support of Romney. I didn’t like it, but I understood it.

[JBW1949]

Those are professional politicians who say things they think you want to hear....Thats the way they get in office so they can sit back and enjoy the perks...That comes from BOTH parties...

Trump is NOT a politician...

[JBW1949]

Very, very good writing, Ann...That really tells it like it is....

[smoothsailing]

adjective

1.

regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general:

a popular preacher.

2.

regarded with favor, approval, or affection by an acquaintance or acquaintances:

He's not very popular with me just now.

3.

of, relating to, or representing the people, especially the common people:

popular discontent.

4.

of the people as a whole, especially of all citizens of a nation or state qualified to participate in an election:

popular suffrage; the popular vote; popular representation.

5.

prevailing among the people generally:

a popular superstition.

6.

suited to or intended for the general masses of people:

popular music.

7.

adapted to the ordinary intelligence or taste:

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8.

suited to the means of ordinary people; not expensive:

popular prices on all tickets.

[null and void]

Heck, we have experts here on FR who are baffled!

[SaveFerris]

[cowboyway]

Key phrase: who might conceivably

[grey_whiskers]

Urban Dictionary

MILO YIANNOPOULOS on Breitbart

In short, GOP-e.

[knarf]

Every, single ONE of ‘em, at that !

[publius911]

It's not just George W. Bush's open-borders policy that cries out for re-examination. During a debate with Al Gore one year before the 9/11 attack -- committed by Arabs on U.S. commercial airlines -- he pre-emptively denounced the racial profiling of Arabs by airport security.

And then he spent the 3 months kissing koranimal butt by calling the Muslim Mass Murders "The religion of peace,"weeks after burying 3000 U.S. citizens and residents.

I have to give him credit for NEVER doing it thereafter.

He must have said to himself, "wait a minute" and the light came on...

But then he traveled to the Middle East and kissed every Saudi Arabian royal sandmaggot on the cheek or on the lips.

Not the legacy I want to recall.

Dubya diminished his legacy tremendously, trying to save the Bush "wannabe dynasty" with the family nerd.

NOT HAPPENING!

[SaveFerris]

Like the other victim, he was found folded neatly in half and stuffed inside a garbage dumpster. Police are baffled.

Who can name the movie? First one wins the Internet for today!

[Lurkinanloomin]

The RNC/GOP is not baffled about why Trump is popular.
They have been actively and purposefully thwarting the will of the citizens to stop the illegal alien inundation.
They know full well what we want.

They have managed to nominate an amnesty candidate for President in every election since the last amnesty.

The only thing they are baffled about is how to stop Trump.
The Cheap Labor Express is breathing down their necks.
They are still expected to produce the amnesty canidate they were paid for.

[smoothsailing]

[Reagan Disciple]

Who's coming down on her opinion? Of course she's entitled to it. But she has a recent track record of supporting liberal RINOs.

She was for Romney BEFORE we were all forced to vote for him. Nothing to understand there.

Just the facts. Like I said, you can have her.

There is no perfect Conservative just as there is no perfect human being. Trump never fought for cause, so he's not the former.

If you need to bend principles to make room for Trump, just like Ann is entitled to her opinion, you are entitled to yours.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Thank you for spelling it out so clearly, even Jeb Bush can understand it.

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I wouldn’t be too sure about that.
His pocket turtle can explain it to him.

[patriot08]

Excellent! Ann’s right

[SaveFerris]

When they’re slammin’ on Trump they’re actually taking a shot at ordinary citizens who are fed up with the lies, trickery, deceit, stealing, waste, corruption, and on, and on, and on.

IOW, they are techincally telling a good part of America that they don’t like relinquishing power and will not give up ... easily.

[tumblindice]

Ann’s back, and she’s smokin’.

[moehoward]

TRUMP/COULTER

[onyx]

Perfectly posted, which makes this column all the more special!

Thank you very much, smoothsailing for the ideally spaced paragraphs.

I think this column has to be one of Ann’s finest!