Posted on 01/22/2016 8:39:33 PM PST by Amntn
National Review's publication of the collective anti-Donald Trump missives from 22 self-appointed conservative potentates has caused quite a stir in Republican circles.
The nationwide responses range from, "Wait, I thought National Review went out of business years ago," to "Ed Meese? Seriously?"
The Gang of 22 have officially become parodies of themselves. One would have to reach back to the days of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew to lift an adequate quote to describe them.
"Nattering nabobs of negativism," "vicars of vacillation," "pusillanimous pussyfooters," "the decadent few," "ideological eunuchs," "the effete corps of impudent snobs," or "the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history" - take your pick, because they all apply about equally well to each and every one of them.
So clueless is the Gang of 22 they can't even see how they've stumbled right into the narrative Trump's been communicating so successfully for months. Just like the elected officials from both parties, the Gang of 22 has been GREAT at complaining about stuff, year, after year, after year.
But getting anything accomplished? Not so much.
Many of the Gang of 22 have been hanging around and chattering for decades, and some are active cogs in the Conservative Entertainment Complex, deriving their income by pandering to conservative anger while offering no real solutions.
Donald Trump represents a threat to these ineffectual poohbahs in the same way he represents a threat to do-nothing public officials.
Jealousy is also seriously at work here. Trump is inspiring and exciting a broad spectrum of the country like no member of the Gang of 22 ever has, or ever will.
In just seven months of campaigning, Trump already has more Americans listening to a Republican message than the entire Gang of 22 could muster over decades. Trump understands that before you can advance the ball, you have to convince people to take time from their busy lives to listen. No one on the GOP side since Ronald Reagan has accomplished that like Trump.
No one else has come close, and certainly no one from that "effete corps of impudent snobs" to which the National Review thinks we should defer.
The Gang of 22 had their chance. They've done a lot of bitching over the years, and it paid well for some.
But Americans care about results. They can plainly see that all of the empty talk from the Gang of 22 got us eight years of Barack Obama, and a loss in pretty much every conservative battle there was to lose.
At the same time when Americans look at Donald Trump's life they get a lot of assurance that here is finally a man who shares their focus on actually getting results. And Trump returns the respect by recognizing regular hard-working Americans are a lot smarter than any of the "ideological eunuchs" in all of their pontificating glory.
The "pusillanimous pussyfooters" love to nitpick Trump's words, but what voters are looking for this year is competence and accomplishment. Donald Trump has an actual record of delivering both in spades.
The Gang of 22 is right to be terrified. A President who could get things done would expose them as the irrelevant creatures they truly are.
It can't happen fast enough.
Well, they could always eat Viagra and get taller once more.
I can tell ya...just a gut feeling (and I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night), the GOP primary will go to the convention w/o a candidate having 1236 delegates.
I may change that opinion if candidates drop from the race, but as it stands, it is my belief the establishment wants to divvy up delegates to lock the process until convention time. Will see.
NR never attacked a Democrat like they just did Trump.
Says something doesn’t it.
I've particularly had it with Medved he an intellectual bully and a psuedo-con social engineer a Theodoere Roosevelt type without the charm and style.
To the heart of the matter we are coming to the point in this conservative movement (I think its been coming for a long time) where the men of words (politicians/talk show hosts) are being displaced by the men of action (Trump). What I'm seeing reminds me so much of what I read long ago as a kid from a long-shoreman
"The intellectual's passionate search for an acknowledged status and a role of social usefulness has been a ferment in the Occident since the days of the Renaissance. He has pioneered every upheaval from the Reformation to the latest nationalist or socialist movement. Yet the intellectual has not known how to retain a position of leadership in the movements and new regimes he has done so much to initiate and promote. He has usually been elbowed out by fanatics and practical men of action. This has been particularly so in the case of the nationalist movements which have pullulated all over the Occident during the past hundred years."
The Ordeal of Change, Pg 15 (1963) Eric Hoffer (kick ass dude) If you haven't read him you are in for a treat
NRO NOW COMES IN TWO PLY!~
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LOL!
I didn’t post this in breaking news.
Truth be told, I don’t even know how to.
I think the rino’s are more evil. The others don’t lie abut who they are.
I expect that he will. One of the reasons that recent Presidents haven’t used email is that all of their electronic communications go into the National Archives and there are a lot of communications that they want to keep private.
There is a contrarian approach that I expect DT will espouse: put it all out there for the public to see immediately and when it can benefit you, and then who cares if it’s later put in the National Archives? DT is not one to keep all his thoughts to himself.
No, listened to Theatre Organ Radio instead.
There is nothing worse than Ted Cruz’ e-mail list. You cannot get off of it, they will never stop asking you for money. They make nigerian scammers look like amateurs.
Jealously more and more it seems to be from quarterly driven CEOs to the chattering pundentry, Why how dare he say how it is and how it really ought to be.
Plus Trumps cool - he really does not give a crap if you don't like him saves him time identifying the dumb ones.
I like Trump because he is empowering and is a great example of how to be courageous and take on the PC culture. He makes one think about America being great even if they don't believe it.
Plus he has an uncanny knack for predicting the future.
Bingo!
Agreed about everything you say. Your average conservative American wanted to make America better and to share in that success. Instead we were hijacked by globalist NWO KORPORATISTS and bankster elites.
They wanted everything for themselves and they spent 30 years ++ convincing the huddled Repub masses that their corporatism and crony capitalism and our conservatism were all one and the same. Their beholden political pals sent our jobs to China and Mexico telling us it was a good deal for us, when it was a mega deal for them and it sold us out. This cabal still has us building their NFL stadiums and bailing them out while telling us what a good deal it is for us to spend hundreds on tickets, and they all go off get very rich from our taxes.
The documentary Inside Job is a good watch about how 2008 came about and the academic elites and Fed Reserve that was as hard on Dems as Repubs. George Carlin’s “American Dream” rant is worth listening to again from time to time because much is so true. “Sold Out” by Malkin is good too.
The elites kept the middle class divided on issues they create while they spend our taxes for policies that made them money and keep us more divided. They consider us mindless fools.
I will say that I am very concerned about Nevada. We have 34 delegates. We switched from primary to caucus thanks to Harry Reid and disenfranchised most of Nevada voters.
Now this year the Republican party has changed the time to 5:30 to 9:30 on a Wednesday evening. They have changed at least in my precinct the polling place. They require now that you be registered for the caucus to participate..
Most people in this precinct who are employed commute to Reno (1hr) Carson City (35minutes) or Fallon (45minutes). Most employers will give one hour off for voting.
That pretty much means only people working 8-5 will have a chance to vote. Nevada is a 24/7 state. People working shifts or 4-10’s, etc. are not going to be able to get there. People working two jobs (a lot) aren’t going to be able to get there. Very few people have four hours to devote to this.
In addition, many in this precinct are older, retired who cannot drive at night, who don’t want to drive a very rural two lane HWY50 dodging wild horses and work traffic.
Then the delegates chosen at precinct level have to go to the county level, then the state level. You begin to see the level of determination and time necessary versus just walking in and casting a vote.
Unless people are mad enough to say the hell with jobs, kids, danger and time, the number of voters will be very small - same as it has been since we started this silliness.
On top of that, quite a few Nevada politicians have endorsed Bush. That sort of gives you an indication of where the Republican party is going.
What I see amongst that crew other than the ever lovely Dana Loesch is the same group more or less who killed Newt in 2011/12 and spoke out politically correct over my Confederate flag and have mostly opposed any immigration restrictions
Neocons pretty much pretending
I would note Rush and Hannity to their credit lament National Reviews action
It’s really eye opening how they cling to power and excuse it with earnestness
I don’t blame Pavlich either...she’s very young
Megyn Kelly is sure pimping this
She does Ailes bidding
And Mr Jerry Hall
Trump endorses Romney
Celebrity business magnate Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, telling reporters he will not mount an independent campaign if Romney is the Republican nominee.
Trump, who has repeatedly flirted with the possibility of his own White House bid, revealed his decision in Las Vegas two days before Nevada’s Saturday caucuses.
“It’s my honor, real honor, to endorse Mitt Romney,” Trump said, with Romney and his wife standing nearby. Calling Romney “tough” and “smart,” Trump said, “he’s not going to continue to allow bad things to happen to this country.”
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