Three Simple Questions for Trump Supporters

American Thinker ^ | February 26, 2016 | Daren Jonescu

[Avoiding_Sulla]

One summer's evening, a skinny, not-particularly athletic boy, perhaps eleven years old, scored the most glorious touchdown of his life.  This was not a real game.  My friend and I, along with his older brother Phil, were just tossing a ball around in the park.  But it was a memorable triumph because I scored my touchdown by outmaneuvering Phil with a head fake, and then outrunning him for half the length of the field.  It was almost too easy!

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...today, addressing myself to any Trump supporters who are not already lost to the irrational anger he feeds on -- please don't scream about "righteous anger," as if I don't know the difference between justice and wrath -- I pose three simple questions:

(1) Don't you get the strange feeling that this has all been suspiciously easy?

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(2) Don't you find it odd that Trump, who habitually says the harshest, crudest, vilest things he can think of about anyone he perceives as an opponent or threat, never substantively criticizes the key players in the establishment at all?

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(3) If you were Rove, McConnell, and the rest of the GOP elite, and you wanted to end the growing grassroots threat to your power and influence once and for all, how would you go about it?

[digger48]

somebody has been in the backwoods too long.

[Cementjungle]

If you were Rove, McConnell, and the rest of the GOP elite, and you wanted to end the growing grassroots threat to your power and influence once and for all, how would you go about it?

I would make a 180 degree turn and start paying attention to the "little people" instead of being only concerned about my own power and position within the "establishment". But, it's a little late for that at this point.

[Blackirish]

You keep blah....blahing “cheap labor express” while worshiping Donald Trump.You know he hired foreigners over Americans? Saying it was “impossible” to find Americans will to take those jobs.

[rightwingcrazy]

Will these rhetorical questions never cease?

[MNJohnnie]

Nope. Rumor, accusation and innuendo are not facts. But do keep trying to smear Trump. After 6 months I would of though the “Conservative” media would wake up to the fact that the Leftist tactics of rumor, innuendo and lie was not going to work.

[MNJohnnie]

Nope, that would be Ted Cruz.

http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=137

Sen. Cruz Presents Measure to Strengthen, Improve Legal Immigration
Offers amendment to increase H-1B visas to help improve, retain high-skilled labor force
May 14, 2013
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press@cruz.senate.gov / (202) 228-7561

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today presented an amendment to the Gang of Eight immigration bill that would improve our nation’s legal immigration system by increasing high-skilled temporary worker visas, called H-1B visas, by 500 percent. The measure would effectively address the needs of our nation’s high-skilled workforce by helping meet the growing demand for workers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. It will also make block grants available to states to promote STEM education efforts and increase domestic STEM professionals. The committee voted against the amendment 4 to 14 with every Democrat voting against it on a party-line vote.

[Red Steel]

More goof balls in the media afraid of Trump. Why so? One simple prominent answer because your bread is buttered on the other side: the crony capitalism way.

[bigtoona]

Once Trump wins the nomination, he will be president. Even if all the anti Trump people stay home and skip voting, Trump will still be voted in, in a landslide as big as Regan due to the many crossover democrats. I have watched Trump for years and he has always been a patriot. He’s not doing this for some stupid conspiracy theory.

[LostPassword]

1) Look at the current congress (which Cruz is a member of). And the last 2 presidential elections. Running against ANYONE who’s had an R by their name on a ballot before should be easy.

2) I see this question/statement/rambling as odd. I’ll just answer “no” since I’m not sure what the point is and while reading it I didn’t have any feelings of “oddness” related to Trump

3) I do not find it odd that after 6+ months of digging and attacking and complaining and criticizing supporters and nothing working against Trump, we are now hearing attacks with unsubstantiated claims of mafia ties and conspiracies about stalking horses.

Now I have questions
1) Do you find it odd that donors and “establishment” and elected republicans are in a meltdown because they did not pre-select the candidate who voters prefer?

2) Do you find it odd that elected and non-elected republicans are going after a republican who wants to “make America Great Again”?

3) Do you find it odd that these same leaders cannot tell us their plan to make America Great Again and how it’s best for us? And don’t even seem to understand why we feel the need to make any changes?

[Blackirish]

Even the most passive of observers looking in on the present election cycle are likely aware that a hardline stance on illegal immigration is a cornerstone of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. But a recent report by the New York Times suggests that there are stark differences between Trump’s public statements on the matter of undocumented workers and his past and present business practices.

An article by writers Charles V. Bagli and Megan Twohey suggests that Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Resort in Palm Beach, Florida – known as one of the most elite private clubs in the world – hires workers from outside of the United States as a matter of course. Further, workers from outside of America appear to be given preferential consideration to citizens of the United States. The report indicates that almost 300 Americans have applied for jobs at Mar-a-Lago since 2010, noting that only 17 of those applicants have been hired. At the same time. Mar-a-Lago has employed hundreds of “guest workers” from Romania and other countries.

The report explained that Donald Trump frequently utilizes a recruiter in Upstate New York who has an office in Romania, adding that the Eastern European nation serves as a “labor pool for many European countries.”

[libbylu]

The media is waiting to bring out the big guns - there will be nonstop carpet bombing.

[MNJohnnie]

When did habitual lying and clinging to rabid ignorance despite all documented fact become confused for “Principled Conservatism”?

[jospehm20]

Actually that was Jeb!. I think now they are falling back to plan B which is Rubio or Plan C which Cruz, the establishment designated and approved outsider candidate.

[bigbob]

Our first Sulla was inaugurated Jan. 20, 2009 and has done his utmost to transform the United States of America in a way that is “completely foreign to the desires of the American Public”.

Donald J. Trump is now our best and only means of opposing the GOP elites, RNC, K-Street lobbyists, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the entrenched power structure of the Republican establishment and making America great again.

Every other candidate is for sale (yes, including Cruz, the price was $250K). Trump is the only one who cannot be bought at any price.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Serious question: Would you prefer another George Bush, Bob Dull, John McCain, Mitt Romney or Marco Rubio... or Donald Trump.

Cruz has been destroyed by the presstitutes, just like they always destroy "true conservatives."

Trump is no "true conservative," but there is no doubt that he loves America and wants to change the direction we have been heading.

That's as good as you're going to get.

[Mollypitcher1]

American Thinker is NUTZ!

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Hellary's response and the talking heads are peeing all over themselves applauding it. "Trump wants to make America great again, but I say that America has never ceased to be great . . ." (and someone other junk I don't remember. Obviously she never heard this quote: “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville

[ruination]

I see that among the 155 articles Daren Jonescu has written for American Thinker exactly ZERO have been on immigration. Mostly he writes on culture war stuff, a la Rush/Hannity/Levin/OReilly to divert and disperse energy.

Not surprised he's attacking Trump and his supporters.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

No I detest Rubio as a betrayer of trust even more than the long time GOPes.

I don't call them RINOs because they view that as complimentary. For decades I have called them RepublicRats, and I finally turned the concept into a cartoon back in 2003.

And later I came up with a new acronym to replace RINO -- SKUNC.

Statists Knowingly Undermining our Nation's Constitution

and

Stooges Kneeling to U.N. Control.

These are just two of the fitting underlying words for the acronym.

I understand all the anger. What's transpiring today was made possible by the GOPe/Dem and their soviet style media.

Sadly I don't expect much improvement in the national discussions because emotions have been deliberately stoked to a fever pitch by professionals.

Getting people to think as well as feel is now nearly impossible, because at this point people who scoffed at detailed criticisms are not too pissed off to consider how the Prog long march has gotten us here. I wish you well.

[shortstop]

I’ll make this thing real easy. Just give me a Republican candidate that can beat Hillary Clinton. For all those nay sayers who think Hillary can win, just think of how Trump would eviscerate Hillary in a series of debates. He’ll leave her in a soggy mess on the floor.