Posted on 08/01/2015 8:34:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
What I can't figure out about those who say it was fraud that got Reid reelected in 2010, is why didn't they produce enough fraud to get Reid's son elected Governor of Nevada on the same ballot?
Fox right now with Eric Bolling?? Cashin’ In is the name of the show, more Trump to come. He’s speaking well.
What a load of crap.
Play dirty. Play foul. Continue to preach what people want to hear, even when you know it’s unrealistic. That’s the Chicago way. And that way, which is a putrid way to elect officials, is the new norm.
The GOPe says Trump will be out by Iowa. They should be careful how they get rid of Trump. It going to turn a lot of people off. Those people aren’t going to vote for Jeb Bush.
This was a good article, thanks for posting.
HOWEVER: The basis for the entire article is that the GOPe establishment is too strong to beat. Hence the only way to win is to infiltrate the political establishment first, and THEN win.
Been there, done that. We've been trying to do just that for many years. It hasn't worked, and won't work.
As Albert Einstein said: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.
Based on Einstein's definition, it's insanity to think we can infiltrate the GOPe and win.
With abnormally weak candidates for both parties, this may be the year a third party can actually win. It won't be easy, but it's the only option on the table. It's worth a try.
On what planet is Trump loyal to principles? What principles are those? Because they are not conservative principles.
People are deluding themselves.
“Unfortunately, there is still one hell of a roadblock in place and it’s called the GOP establishment. Trump is right to engage in combat with the establishment. But at some point the Trump train will need to use the establishment’s tracks. Blowing up those tracks isn’t the answer on the long term front. Because in doing so the establishment will quickly build a bypass for the Bush train.”
That’s what just blows the minds of most politcal pundits and the establishment political machines. They just can’t get their head around the fact that Trump doesn’t need anybody’s “tracks”. He’s able to build his own and say “to ‘ell with em!.”
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
As a survivor of the Cochran scorched earth campaign in MS I have to agree. Won't be voting for Jebbie. Or anyone that hired Brad Dayspring.
Yes. This is a good article, thanks for posting it.
It's the political consultants (men who take a percentage of all the TV AD money - for both parties) that want to take out Trump.
And that's why we have to see past the attacks they'll make on him...
My concern is that Trump is treating conservatives like chumps. He will stay just long enough to drive conservative candidates out and then leave the campaign. I’m not saying this will happen, but it is my fear that this will happen.
INCREDIBLE.
He mentions Sharron Angle and O’Donnell as examples of people The Establishment opposed, which is certainly true, but he doesn’t explain how either of them still WON THE NOMINATION - which is the crux of this article.
How about Cruz? He was HATED by The Establishment when he ran for Senate, but showed that he was more than up to the job. Similar for Rubio...although in a twisted way. The establishment did not want Rubio at all, as he certainly campaigned as a conservative - they wanted Orange Man, but Rubio did win and now he’s The Establishment’s lap dog.
He mentions Newt, who flamed out. Newt was TOTAL FLAKE from the day he became House Speaker (before that, he seemed rather conservative and steady). Newt acting weird was nothing new. As for 2012, Newt had NO MONEY...on that I can agree with him, if you have no money, you can’t fight back. Trump is different - of course he has money, but since announcing he has not done a SINGLE THING to anger conservatives - about the closest he came was getting a bit squishy about the Illegals already here - something that no one else is bothering to address either. Newt was flakey and broke from the day he entered national politics, he was the EXACT OPPOSITE of Trump.
agreed. If Trump continues with the momentum and the GOPe doesn’t want to recognize it, I say screw it. I don’t buy the story third party gives the race to Hillary. And I was voting during the Perot time...different circumstances. Too early and not the right candidate and the Clintons were not as widely known as they are now. With the attitude of the electorate and candidates the GOPe have put up that we’re basically being told to once again hold our noses and vote, now may be the time for a new party. The Whigs were once a party that outlived their usefulness, too.
In all honesty, people are supporting Trump because of what Bush is not because of who Trump is. Trump is just the biggest club available.
I think his point was that in spite of winning the nomination of their party in the primaries, the RNC still torpedoed the candidates in the general. Because they’d (the RNC) a democrat win than a conservative.
They did the same thing to Bret Schundler in NJ gubernatorial race in the early 2000’s.
>>People are deluding themselves.<<
People are reacting to his message, which they like. When you get right down to it, most of those who say they now support him probably don’t know his history, or didn’t know anything of it when they applauded his message.
Trump will fade as people get to know his past, but the other GOP candidates will benefit from seeing how strongly his message has resonated, and not just within the GOP base, either. Some of them will be able to adopt it for their own campaigns without demonstrating a conflict with their existing positions and demonstrated principles.
In that sense, Trump has done the GOP a huge favor.
I have no idea who your candidate is or would be but we need a strong leader not a politician. The politician thingie doesn't work anymore we need some one who can identify a problem, attack and solve it and move on. No more pretty words or promises. Just results. Who in your opinion is that person?
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