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Posted on 11/14/2016 2:53:12 AM PST by Lazamataz
What an amazing, stunning week it has been.
Donald Trump won the election, defying the odds, the polls, and beating back the intense levels of voter fraud.
Donald Trump seems, to me, to be a version Ronald Reagan -- or at least a version for a courser age.
Trump has his faults, to be sure. He's brash. He's mouthy. I attribute that to the rancorous inclination of these venomous times. Perhaps at this time, we do not need a bull in a china shop. Perhaps we need a bull that brings his own china to break.
Here is why I view Trump in a Reaganesque light:
There are differences, of course:
As I have written elsewhere, the fight is no longer Republican vs. Democrat. The fight is not even Conservative vs. Liberal. The fight is Populism vs. Globalism/Elitism. Trump appears to understand this, and he seems the perfect person to carry forward this fight.
In the 1980's, not many of us (Reagan included) understood the threat of the Globalists and Elitists. Perhaps the John Birch Society did, but they were written off as 'kooks and conspiracy theorists'. Still, they existed then, and when Reagan served his two terms, the Globalists were set back twenty years. Trump may set them back another twenty years.
Always bear in mind that Trump is not a Conservative. He is a Populist and a Nationalist. Populism and Nationalism both contain some Conservative principles, but some Liberal principles as well. To summarize the philosophies, Populism is about seating power in the hands of the people, and Nationalism is about defending the nation and preventing the erasure of the very concept of 'country'. Conservatives will be disappointed, often, by Trump's leanings. But Trump is what we need, right now. We must stabilize the patient that is the United States, before embarking on a rigorous program of fitness and health.
Have you noticed that the leftists and globalists are already working on Trump to renege on his campaign promises in the same way they were able to maneuver G.H.W. Bush into breaking his "No New Taxes" pledge?
They pushed Bush to go back on his promise then democrats used it as a campaign issue against him.
Well, if I had observed they were handsome young men, that would have been pretty gay.
This is so very important. It'll be imperative that we don't forget it.
Nice essay, Laz.
LOL!
Who is Don Galt?
Hehehehe... cute.
Thank you, that is kind.
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Dt just said. Gay marriage is settled law and... he is Fine with it.. He is not Reagan trumpbots. Not even close.
I lived the Reagan years in Spain, so I didn’t experience him personally, but I remember my parents talking about him. They loved him.
I don’t have the time, but someone do some research for me, because the way I connect the dots is very different. There it goes:
I see people in this thread saying that globalism was not that bad in the Reagan era. The way I see it is that there was none; Reagan as a matter of fact was the enabler. That’s why I kept saying in the primaries to those who supported this person or that person because they were “Reagan like” that we are past that. We cannot emulate him anymore, except in the sense that he put America first.
My understanding is that America had a tough economy at that time, with extremely high interest rates. Reagan fixed it, but it was painful. Reagan was the first one who, through several mechanisms, truly liberalized the currency market. Reagan didn’t know what the consequences would be, he was experimenting. The result was that countries flooded America with money, everybody won. Then the free trade followed, then the free movement of people.
If Reagan was alive today, I don’t think he would support open borders (globalism) as it is today. Reagan goal was America first. Rubio, Cruz, etc. continue to say they want to follow Reagan policies, but that is not applicable anymore.
From the beginning I told my friends, Trump was the most Reganite of all.
Trump has had his encounters with politicians, most notably Ed Koch. Trump writes about Koch in his book ‘The Art of the Deal’.
You must have missed this part of my editorial:
Always bear in mind that Trump is not a Conservative. He is a Populist and a Nationalist. Populism and Nationalism both contain some Conservative principles, but some Liberal principles as well. To summarize the philosophies, Populism is about seating power in the hands of the people, and Nationalism is about defending the nation and preventing the erasure of the very concept of 'country'. Conservatives will be disappointed, often, by Trump's leanings. But Trump is what we need, right now. We must stabilize the patient that is the United States, before embarking on a rigorous program of fitness and health.
You're welcome.
One more thing. I think the potential this country has today, November 14 2016, is so enormous it totally surpasses anything seen yet. Trump will also have to fight the forces of evil (ISIS and still socialist mentality around the world; Reagan ended the cold war, but the communist ideas continued to spread around the world; America is the last stand. Thank goodness Trump won. It was the last chance).
No humor this early?
NONE!
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Yes - thank you!
He's successfully maneuvered his way through NYC rules, regulations and roadblocks in general lo these many years.
How anyone can accuse him of being a political naif is beyond me.
It is good you agree with me, for I brook no dissent. ;)
I have to disagree there ;-)
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