Posted on 07/17/2016 2:14:53 PM PDT by SamAdams76
Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus and Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort made the rounds on several morning talk shows Sunday to lay out the GOPs core objectives headed into the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week 1) Make Donald Trump presidential and 2) Define Clinton as the embodiment of a corrupt system.
Priebus in particular highlighted the strong position Trump will find himself in post-convention if the party does its job and makes the nominee appear presidential.
Theres a shift in the mood in this country thats very anti-Washington We ended up picking the movement candidate. They didnt pick the movement candidate.
I think Thursday nights a critical night for him, delivering a great speech, the balloon drop, the people in this country saying, I can see Donald Trump being in the White House. I think hes presidential, Priebus told George Stephanopoulos on ABC News This Week.
Preibus noted Trump is seen through a somewhat similar lens to Ronald Reagan in the early stages of his 1980 presidential bid. The RNC chairman said many voters were unsure if they could see Reagan in the Oval Office, but Reagan turned that corner, appeared presidential, and routed Democrat Jimmy Carter.
And its the same thing that happened in 1980 when the bottom fell out of Carter, when people said, Ronald Reagan can be president, I can trust him, and I see him in the White House.
Priebus hailed Trump's pre-convention progress in becoming a more disciplined, more presidential candidate. He said the the selection of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence would only deepen the seriousness of the ticket and further unify the GOP.
"And again [Trump] pivots to the general election, picking Mike Pence. I think hes much more precise in his rhetoric, in his tone, in his attack, I think hes got a lot of room to grow," Priebus said on "This Week." "He knows the pivot is important. He has been better and I think hes going to be great moving forward."
Manafort suggested Americans will see a new side of Trump -- illustrated by testimony from those who've seen him operate in business.
"They've seen him on the campaign trail, but they haven't seen him in the boardrooms," Manafort said on CBS's "Face the Nation."
"It's going to be a very personal convention," Manfort continued, "You're going to see how he's built his successful empire."
Priebus said Trump is already miles ahead of Clinton on likability, but the final piece of the puzzle will be the presidential element.
"Hes likeable ... hes interesting to people, hes intriguing, but they want to see that Donald Trump in the White House," Priebus told Stephanopoulos. "And hes getting there and hes going to pivot there. Mike Pence is a is a mature pick. I think its going to help. And I also think he gets it totally."
The pair also set the stage for a scathing case to be made against Hillary Clinton in Cleveland -- an indictment of the presumptive Democratic nominee as a product of a corrupt Establishment.
Manafort suggested recent supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will be particularly hard hit by the consummate insider narrative and take a fresh look at Trump.
"And were confident that the combined Trump/Pence ticket is going to be very appealing to moderates, conservatives and, frankly, liberals who were supporting Bernie Sanders because of his campaign against the rigged system, the rigged Wall Street system, the rigged political system, the rigged trade system," Manafort said on "Fox New Sunday." "The messages of change that Trump campaigned on are those messages that were popular to Sanders supporters and we think will be an appeal to us."
Priebus agreed.
"You know, I think that the reality is, is that theres a shift in the mood in this country thats very anti-Washington. The movement on both parties was Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. We ended up picking the movement candidate. They didnt pick the movement candidate," Priebus said on "This Week." "And I just have a feeling like surrounding Hillary Clinton with all of these sort of politicians and political fixtures, I dont know what that gets her."
"Theres a real choice here," the RNC chairman said.
Any of them to get out candidate taken out?
No as to the candidate taken out. Instead, we have a mechanism with which to drive those folk to the curb.
I expect that the importance of law and order will be emphasized. And the anger and division within the country will be emphasized. The Establishment has failed. Trump is a chance for a new direction in the country.
Hillary can’t even touch these issues. She’s a crook. She served a crooked, failed administration. She is more establishment than anyone.
The GOP is patting itself on the back for getting the “movement candidate” i.e. Trump.
I guess this is better than trying to do Trump in.
Bad-establishment.
Here is a couple more:
Clear brush and other sight obstacles out to six hundred meters.
Complete sector cards for all crew served weapons. Interlocking fields of fire on right and left limits.
AP mines at twenty five meter intervals.
Triple strand concertina wire at two hundred meters.
Supplementary crew served weapons will provide enfilading fire.
Armor assets in hull-down defilade, providing interlocking fields of fire with dead zones marked on track sector card.
Pre-site all dead zones for high angle assets.
Stand to is at 0400 hours.
Sounds good. I hope he means it.
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