Posted on 01/23/2016 9:07:19 AM PST by VitacoreVision
National Review's scathing indictment of Donald Trump will do very little to dissuade most Republicans from supporting him for the GOP presidential nomination, conservative pundit and acclaimed documentary filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza tells Newsmax TV.
"I don't think this is going to dent Trump's real support," D'Souza said Friday on "The Steve Malzberg Show."
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"It is good for intellectual conservatives to weigh in on this. Their points are not entirely invalid. Also, National Review historically has had a role of, you may say, policing the right. Even in Buckley's day," he said.
"There was a John Birch Society, there were people who were anti-Semitic while claimed to be conservative and Buckley saw it as his job to say the fence is drawn over here, you're on the outside of the fence.
"So they're trying to play a little bit of that historical role, but of course the circumstances are quite different."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
D’Souza asks if National Review would have done the same type of pieces about Cruz, whom they regard as extreme, but he misses the point. Nobody questions Cruz’ GOP background nor his conservative bona fides, and the point of the National Review articles is that Trump has none of these.
I honestly don’t know about the 70% including myself who don’t support Trump. I’m not wild about Cruz, not because he’s not conservative enough, but because he somehow seems to have trouble getting things done in DC. But I’d vote for him. I wouldn’t vote for Trump, though, because aside from the fact that I don’t think he has any idea of what the job entails (he’s basing himself on the autocratic Obama model, but no GOPer could ever get away with that) he really has no conservative ideas and doesn’t even share most GOP platform positions.
I also think that another thing that must be borne in mind is that about 1/3 of open GOP primary voters are Dems, and they may be voting for Trump now (he’s very popular with Dems) but they’ll vote for Bernie if it comes to that.
Now he wants to do that for America, only this time instead of global Trump Towers, he want to flip the lights back on in our shining city on the hill - up the wattage and make it shine once again.
‘I think your question should also be: where was DT when they were lynching McDaniel in Mississippi?’
Where was Cruz?
Bonus question: which candidate is running on the slogan, ‘This election is about who will stand up to Washington.’
Extra-extra credit: Where was that candidate when Washington was stealing an election by the dirtiest possible means in broad daylight?
Not everyone follows links. So another excerpt from Newsmax and D’Souza:
“D’Souza said there are three reasons for Trump’s broad-based appeal.
“Number one, he’s the most politically incorrect man in America. That’s appealing. The other Republicans always seem to hold a little back, Trump holds nothing back.
Number two, he’s a Republican candidate for president who’s not scared of being rich. Really important,” he said.
“Look at [Mitt] Romney, who is like so defensive about making money. He allowed the Obama attacks to wear him down. Trump [says], ‘I’m rich, in fact I’m richer than you think and I’m proud of it.’ Very positive.
“The third thing is that Trump is willing to go where other Republicans aren’t. I mean people feel like if Trump is elected, he’ll lift up all the stones and the Obama administration look under them. We’ll find out all the stuff that’s been going on behind closed doors. The other Republicans won’t do that.”’
That is from D’Souza.
Personally, I am skeptical on the third point. People may feel that way, as claimed, but people may be wrong here. While Democrats like to prosecute/persecute those with whom they disagree, Republicans choose to move on. I expect Donald of the deal, will move on also. Sorry.
LOL
Go Trump Go!
Sarah Palin who is as true a conservative as anyone I have ever met and knows both candidates both personally and professionally chose to endorse Donald Trump. I have had my reservations because of his Mr. Trump’s history and public persona. But I have known and worked with many politicians myself and just a smidge of personal knowledge is worth far more than volumes of conjecture and sniping by zealots on the forums. I trust Sarah Palin’s judgment; I know that her positions are very close to mine. She is the most intelligent, perceptive, and political savvy woman of her generation. She is courageous and has gone through the fire.
I would be very happy if Cruz became the nominee but the behavior of his most ardent followers has been disgusting as of late. I have never witnessed another group turn over night into such a sorry bunch of sore losers... For crying out loud the first vote hasn’t even been cast. They are lashing out at everyone and most especially the current leader. In a word it is pathetic. Just because your champion appears to be going down doesn’t mean that the fight is over. Suck it up and concentrate on the positive. The way to get people to support your guy is not to insult everyone else. Most of us learned that in pre-school. Sheesh!!!
I think your observation is correct, and mirrors the points Rush made this week when he quoted the late Sam Francis on the eventual rise of reactionary nationalism.
The pendulum rarely stops in the middle, and the longer and farther this nation is driven into Leftist chaos, the stronger and more sweeping the inevitable reaction will be. Voters are tired of debate and promises, and now demand action. If the newly elected president does not quickly institute a sweeping reversal of Obama's destructive policies, mobs will begin calling for a dictator. And they will get it. Our Republic is in great peril.
Some have wondered if those Cruz supporter you are referring to are actually Cruz supporters. At least some no doubt are against both Trump and Cruz and want to divide Republicans.
excellent post and agreed.
I actually see that as one of Cruz's great strengths, and would be happy if nothing else ever "get's done" in DC. America is drowning in a sea of innumerable laws and doesn't need a single new one. We need to change our measure of success in Congress -- from how many new laws are enacted to how many existing laws are repealed!
These so-called conservative pundits never united in any
kind of an effort to light a fire under the panty waist
GOP congressional leadership. We should listen to them now?
The train has left the station. Support for Trump has
snowballed to the point where disenfranchised Democrats
are starting to give him a hard look. The National Review
would be better served by advising Trump rather than
carpet bombing his candidacy. Hold Trump’s feet to the
conservative fire is what the publication should be doing
even though they can’t seem to do the same when it comes
to the GOP congress.
When the torch and pitchfork crowd is dragging you out
of town you should run to the front of the procession
and pretend that you are leading a parade. Instead, the
National Review thinks that they are relevant enough to
stem the tide.
I have wondered the same thing myself. There are people who are instigating hard feelings and already advocating sitting out the election if their man isn’t the nominee. That seems more like the work of the opposition than true conservatives. After the 2012 election there were Obama supporters who took credit for helping to keep conservatives from voting with this type of disruptive trolling. It seems a little early in the process, but I would not be surprised if this were already taking place. I know that Ted Cruz would not advocate his followers sit out the election if he is not nominated, so one has to question the followers who are pushing this type of thing.
I wish someone - anyone!!! - would address the whole “intellectual conservatives weighing in” aspect.
Are we that far gone, that we consider Glenn Beck and Dana Loesch to be intellectuals? LOL. Oh my sides.
Someone should be mentioning THAT — scraping the bottom of the barrel to find people willing to throw themselves under the bus for NRO. Oh my sides, again.
We know DC elites are taking bribes, selling us out and wholesale lying... AND we know Trump will take a look at it - and share what's he's found.
But some of the things Cruz tried to get done in DC involved stopping bad legislation. There was nothing accomplished on that front either.
As usual, D’Souza is right on target.
I agree. I noticed a pattern among some posters to attack those who are against amnesty with very similar statements while claiming to be Cruz supporters. I don’t believe they are Cruz supporters.
It has the feel of Democrat War Room tactics...
Exactly! When things “get done” in Washington, the people get screwed.
Another excerpt. I think there is a real take-away message here. From Dinesh:
“... there is a common denominator. They are the two ultimate outsiders of the Republican Party because Cruz has alienated much of the establishment. Trump is no member of the establishment.
So there’s not a secret that the inner inside guys are doing really poorly. Ben Carson was doing pretty well, even though he came out of nowhere. So this should be a real message to the RNC that you guys have messed things up very badly.
It should be a real message to the Republican Congress, you’ve been in charge for the last couple of years, what have you done?”
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