Posted on 06/20/2016 10:59:03 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell
“Let me be clear ... it is essential for the recovery of the free American republic that Donald Trump should be the next president. This realization alone should be the foundation of the campaign this summer and autumn.”
Wow, no one ever said that here before. What an original insight.
What is your point and you failed to actually say how Trump wins.
Trump, therefore, needs to stand very firm on this central principle -- America is a free and sovereign nation, a republic with division of powers, but all of these resting with the will of the people.
C'mon now, I realize Hitlery supporters have a hard time reading, but geeze, it's right there!
I know people here get this, my primary motivation is to create the possibility of a quotable opinion piece that can go out beyond the reservation, so to speak.
Trump wins by hammering these points in all possible ways, on the campaign trail, in advertising, and in debates.
And he should avoid side-track issues, for example, what Bill Clinton did in his term, or Elizabeth Warren’s claimed native blood. These can only serve to whip up support in an already firm base of support. But what is actually needed is a broadening of the base of support. Trump has no problem with the loyalty of those who want him elected. He has a problem (according to polls) with the numbers of possible voters who get any of these fundamental points. The only way to grow that base is to speak forcefully and consistently for the rest of the election season with a very narrow focus on the biggest issues. But I will concede that most of this will be obvious around here.
Trump is losing badly to Hillary right at the moment.
Wish I was wrong, but I don’t think so.
Can’t be a Trump Supporter, we are ‘low information’ voters, didn’t ‘graduate from first grade’, have ‘low paying jobs’....I guess that’s why Hillary voters get this, right? /s
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.
It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,
or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children
and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
President Ronald Reagan
Everybody who is not politically neutral or a complete moron roughly falls in the following 5 categories regarding Trump:
Supporters think Trump: 1) will save the nation, 2) will destroy the status-quo
Opponents think Trump: 3) will destroy the party, 4) is not a conservative, 5) is too unstable to lead
Camps #1 and #2 are already in his bag. Also, camp #5 is never going to vote for him. So, he has to work with two camps, #3 and #4, to minimize their impact.
Those who fear that Trump will destroy the party (#3) need to be made aware that the party is either going to be fine with Trump — even made “better”. Those who think #4 that Trump is not conservative need to be made aware that he is far more conservative than progressive Hellary.
Hillary is not going to win the Independent vote and her numbers will come back to about 42% of the vote.
She is not to get many of the Sander voters, who will stay home or vote Trump.
The only way “Trump wins” is by getting more electoral college votes than any other candidate. Why anyone would believe this bulletin from Captain Obvious requires yet another concatenated vanity post is beyond me.
This is an excellent analysis, one of the best I’ve read. Well done.
Actually, I think you may have hit on something here, maybe Captain Obvious would be a great campaign theme for Donald Trump. Even better, Captain Obvious and Mr Clean as a gay couple?
Mr. Trump could remove his hair-thing and run in the persona of either one.
Trump is kicking her @ss. She OWNS the polls, you have to look at the supposed gap between them and remember Trump isn't supposed to be anywhere close. IMHO, in the REAL polls, he's already 20% ahead. And Bernie voters are never going to for for her - they are not "Democrats." They are a whole new breed of college-created socialist purists, and to them Hillary is just another capitalist warmongering pig. They'll vote for Trump before they vote for her, and most of them will refuse to vote at all out of sheer rage that the bitch stole the nomination from their hero.
Take a pill, jeez. You're the one in the rat hole - climb out, don't project it.
“Trump, therefore, needs to stand very firm on this central principle — America is a free and sovereign nation, a republic with division of powers, but all of these resting with the will of the people.”
I take it back. You did eventually get to the part about how Trump wins.
Why not start with that?
One reason Trump has won and will win is he gets right to the point.
“The only way to grow that base is to speak forcefully and consistently for the rest of the election season with a very narrow focus on the biggest issues.”
I agree with this too.
Clinton the male version had one brilliant idea when he ran: he was transfixed on “its the economy, stupid”. Trump needs to focus on; 1) the economy; 2) the dangers of unlimited immigration; and 3) illegal government takeover of many private business functions via regulation. This stuff about some judge in a private lawsuit ad the name calling of opponents is distracting, it gets the headlines from a gleeful media and it makes Trump look un-serious about leading this country. Whoever takes over from Lewandowski as campaign chief needs to understand and apply this.
Not a bad post. I would argue you’re four years too late though. We live in a country that elected the most liberal member of a senate that includes Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders to the highest office in the land.
You can argue that McCain was a flawed candidate. You can argue that Romney was a flawed candidate. But the fact is this country elected Barack Hussein Obama twice.
Elections are now about producers vs. freeloaders and the freeloaders are multiplying, immigrating, and educating our young.
“The only way “Trump wins” is by getting more electoral college votes than any other candidate. “
:)
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