Posted on 08/28/2015 9:28:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
He hasn’t a clue.
Did I miss his Fox News Sunday appearance - pre comment disclosure that his wife is working for elect-another-liar Clinton?
>> We at The Weekly Standard enjoy the rough-and-readiness of the American political scene—but we also understand the distinction between a reality show and reality, between performing and governing.
Said the self-aggrandized, tedious ass-clown.
At least he was able to restrain himself from insulting those he is seeking to influence.
B.S.
The analysis seems spot on to me. Trump is a cultural conservative at best, not in anyway a small government man, like Richard Nixon. The Silent Majority of Nixon were the cultural conservatives of the 1960’s, but these people were solid with New Deal America. They despised the New Left, but liked the Old Left. What I am seeing with Trump is that small government Reaganism is dead, it might never have been accepted by a majority in the first place. Most people who identify as conservative are cultural conservatives, not small government or even free market conservatives. Those two trends, which I personally identify, will be wandering the wilderness for a long time. I understand now that I am in a small minority. The old New Deal Silent Majority is back and riding in the Trump wagon. Who said history doesn’t repeat itself, it is 1968 all over again, except Mayor Daley is a Republican delegate for Trump.
“move beyond disgust at a decadent liberalism to forge a vigorous governing conservatism...”
Okay. Wha?
Well, as they used to say in the place I started my career, when in doubt, use big words
Cartoon character? I’ve got news for the suddenly Reagan-nostalgic w Kristin, if Mickey the mouse or Donald the duck came out speaking the way Trump is, either one would be the front runner, AND would do a better job than BO, Bush, or any dem these GOP ers put in the WH by throwing the race again for the third time
Nixon didn’t invent the “Silent Majority”.
Maybe (just maybe) he can be credited with
coining or popularizing the term but the
silent majority was what was left when the
noisy hippy protester minority was subtracted
from the national equation. There was no inventing
involved. Call it cause and effect, if you will.
IMO part of Trump fascination is that he happily
throws shade at the PC run amok which was released
with the election of Obama. Many Americans have
grown weary of being accused of racism just because
they criticize the most anti-American president in
history. Trump thumbs his nose and the crowds love
it.
It seems that these nobodies want to highlight his reality tv show, while never mentioning his real-estate empire. Of course, this is probably an oversight on their parts./s
Sorry but I bailed as soon as “fastidious” appeared.
[my mind instandly came up with several alternate synomyms for that word]
:)
Um, there isn’t a Muse of politics.
I didn’t see a lot wrong with his analogy here, and the short answer to his question is; Cruz is the Reagan to Trump’s Nixon.
The biggest flaw in his reasoning is his time frame analysis. But that is because he is GOPe, and doesn’t understand they all have been stinkers since Reagan.
It just shows how far things have gone. I give you “Caitlin”. All the giants and movers bow and submit to this idea, and we are fully expected to embrace it. This is the atmosphere in which Trump blurts out “downright things” that shock and befuddle the pundits. It seems to me that the only way Trump can have a lasting impact is to win the nomination and the election, and I’m all for him.
Catching up. Did you see Doughty One’s long post on the 27th? Well done. I still say that I watched Trump in Arizona speak weeks ago and heard him call the enemedia liars three times. Who else has done that? This is August 2015. November 2017 is a long way off. I can’t remember but the bumper sticker of the year is the FReeper with the tag line “Trump is the missile. Cruz is the warhead.”. I suspect the GOPee sees that as well.
For right now Trump is kicking the enemedia’s ass as scaring the crap out of the Rats and RINOs. That’s enough for me. The state I live in has a primary so late my primary vote is meaningless. At least most times. I think Kristol is begining to get the picture. I doubt Trump would be as Progressive a president as Nixon but in the sense it took Nixon to get Reagan I could stand 4 years of Trump to get 8 of Cruz. I keep repeating it, Trump is irrevocably altered the Rat/enemedia’s carefully prepared battlefield and for that alone he deserves our thanks. Look 4 years down the road with ANY of them, Hillary, Biden, Sanders, Jeb, etc., etc. if Trump would be the worst thing that could happen it might just be survivable. I am pretty sure we could prosper with Cruz but the enemedia has got him half Palinized right now and if he were to win they would hog tie him 24/7 so how much could he undo? Trump could just be the guy with enough momentum to turn the ship. I don’t see anyone else who can.
“one that builds on what is best in the Tea Party and what is healthy in Trumpism”
What is healthy in “Trumpism” is Trump.
Have you ever researched: Trump’s real estate empire when he inherited it from his father? His use of bankruptcy to protect his personal interests while allowing his fellow investors to suffer? How much he is really worth?
It is all out there, available, but the cultist refuses to see.
If you are going to spread untruths, at least get your facts straight.
http://thelawdictionary.org/article/how-is-donald-trump-able-to-file-for-bankruptcy-so-many-times/
I forgot to add - it’s quite apparent that you don’t understand Chapter 11 bankruptcies. They are similar to a chapter 13, but creditors have to be paid - I’m sick and tired of you people spreading crap you know nothing about.
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