Posted on 01/16/2017 5:41:30 AM PST by RoosterRedux
There’s no going back to the GOP scaredy-cat model.
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The genius of Donald Trump is that he ignores their [the press's] rules. He clearly doesn’t do political suicide. He doesn’t assume that the press is even attempting to be fair to him. So he doesn’t validate their credibility by trying to win them over as so many Republican politicians have tried in the past only to fail and wind up on the political carcass heap. Trump seems to understand he has no obligation to kowtow to the D.C. establishment media out of fear they’ll make trouble for his presidency. He knows they don’t accept the results of the election and are going to do everything they can to delegitimize his authority. Thus to CNN, “No, I’m not going to give you a question. You’re fake news.” If the establishment has a temper tantrum, so be it. Trump is the walking embodiment of what we say in the infantry when faced with discomfort: “Suck it up and drive on, soldier.”
He also seems to understand that certain quarters of the intelligence community are driven by a leftist ideological fervor and are working with the establishment media to undermine his presidency. How refreshing it was to watch soon-to-be-President Trump take them all to the woodshed. This latest farce with BuzzFeed and CNN was purposefully given legitimacy by the IC in order to hurt Trump prior to his inauguration and give the Democrats some ammunition to fire at his Cabinet nominees during their confirmation hearings. Real reporters don’t move forward with crazy, unsubstantiated stories unless someone in an official capacity lends credence to the stories.
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Doesn’t take a genius to promise insurance for everyone.. it takes a liberal progressive.
A promise that everyone can buy affordable insurance which can be tailored to your needs is not liberal or progressive.
I don’t think Trump himself is pure conservative or pure progressive. I think he’s hard as nails about matters of national security, and that’s what he thinks people in the middle want. They want our borders secured and our sovereignty respected. I think he also believes that American citizens should have a social welfare security net, within reason. That’s what he thinks people in the middle want. The establishment in both parties is not exactly happy with it, and have always tried to delegitimize populists. He doesn’t give a rat’s behind about think tanks. He’s doing his own thinking, and he’s trying to find ways to make it work.
Captain Obvious to the rescue.
Who has that CO pic?
(Failed) dogmatic conservatism is on the way out. Pragmatic conservatism is in. Get on board the train.
Sounds like obamaspeak. So without big government, this is impossible. It will be Medicare for everyone.
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