Posted on 08/21/2015 6:29:21 PM PDT by Leaning Right
I just finished watching a streaming video of Trump's rally in Alabama. And I gotta tell you, the guy spoke like Reagan would. Trump doesn't quite have Reagan's sense of humor, but otherwise, yep, Trump reminds me of Reagan.
Winston Churchill — 'Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.'
Trump hasn't quite gotten that down. None the less, he is a great communicator.
“Seldom was he “In Your Face” stirring up hate and discontent in that manner!”
They drew first blood..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVqOgklHhF0
Excellent remark. I probably should have phrased my initial question along those lines.
Trump is Johnny come lately to conservatism and although he talks tough, I can’t trust him because of his liberal past, I’ll vote for him in the general only because the alternative is much worse. There are better conservative candidates out there such as, Cruz, but it doesn’t matter anymore because the Donald has the MSM megaphone and has successfully duped the base into forgetting about his liberal policies.
Ronald Reagan was one of our greatest Presidents. Donald Trump’s early candidacy reminds us of what we have missed since Reagan left the White House.
For the first time since the 1980’s I have hope for America again. It’s not so much the “policies” that make a leader a great leader. As my athletic coaches used to say, “it all begins with attitude.”
“Attitude,” as in positive attitude, is what Donald Trump has in spades. Though he is powerfully competent and successful he treats his “teammates”, we the people, as equals. Donald Trump has “it.” Boy does he ever.
You are witnessing history, folks.
lol...........
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At best, Teddy Roosevelt without the military prowess.
I think of him as Bill O’Reilly with lots of money.
The first couple Apprentice shows were all cast by FremantleMedia - Trump took issue with the casting choices - great personable and interesting people, but not exactly a crop that would fit well in his companies. So he, in agreement with Fremantle (Simon Cowell), created a small group who would churn through the tens of thousands of applications, and submit a list of candidates to the production company for approval.
It worked out so well that this group was hired to handle casting for the Apprentice UK and Apprentice Australia.
I don't think presidents turn countries around, I think presidents who get the government out of the way of the country makes things turn around. And rather than 3 or four guys sitting in a Washington DC hotel room sifting through resumes for positions, I think Trump can easily manage reproducing the company he created and actually fill the many appointed positions that a president typically fills with real, educated people, not the scions of supporters, congressmen, and lobbyists. Even better, if one of them screws up, he can actually fire them, something unthinkable when it is the wife of the nephew to the speaker of the house.
And I think THAT will have a much greater effect on all levels of government, likely for decades to come, as they choose to promote based on ability, not how they are related to someone in Washington.
He is not the next Reagan. He is the first politician to kick the Beltway establishment in cods for a long time though, and hopefully he can snap the neck of the Geriatric Old Plotter’s club.
There are a lot of people saying that Trump is no Reagan because Trump is a lot more brash, even angry.
Imagine if we could bring back RR as he was in 1980, with his belief in the greatness of the United States, and showed him six and one half years of Obama and his imps abusing, degrading and destroying what Reagan loved with all his heart.
I daresay that Reagan might be a wee bit ticked off, and not only at Obama and his minions, but at the Republican party for allowing it.
Trump is no Reagan, but the times are vastly different. I think Reagan alive today would approve of Trump the firebrand, and might even engage in some very angry rhetoric himself.
I sure have.... A certain Texas billionaire named Ross Perot had the same type of anti Washington msg. He ended up going 3rd party and handing us not one, but two terms of Clinton.
The Trump saga is kinda fun to watch in a macabre sort of way. The GOP has no one to blame but themselves for the rise of Trump. They precipitated the need for someone like him to come in and gain popular support. Hell, toenail fungus is polling higher than Congress these days and for damn good reason.
Trump's speech today was rambling and short on specifics on his big promises but it still resonates strongly with people who are sick and tired of the traitorous games being played on us by Washington.
I'm hoping Trump will soon be tossing out more conservative 'red meat' in the near future. At the moment I'm supporting Ted Cruz. It was interesting to me to see Jeff Sessions there supporting Trump. That is a huge plus for me as Jeff is one of the very few good guys left in Congress these days.
Trump is the new Trump, no one else. Reminds me of Huey P. Long, and maybe Elmer Gantry. I am proud to stand with Ted Cruz.
We don't need to concern ourselves wither Trump is the next Reagan. Donald Trump has the opportunity to be a historic figure in our history in his own right. Let's see what he does with that opportunity.
very well stated.
Thanks
Ping to the state list.
Probably the next Schwarzenegger.
Trump is no Reagan, it’s actually sort of insulting to make the comparison...
Not that I dislike Trump, but he’s not able to shine Reagan shoes in the communication department...
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