Posted on 10/03/2016 7:58:46 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
I have had several recent conversation with a close relative concerning Donald Trump's periodic drifts off message and into the tall grass of issues about which, to use my relative's colorful phrase in those calls, "Nobody gives a shit", the rotund Miss Universe contestant being the most recent. During our "chat", she asked me a number of times "Does Trump listen to ANYBODY?"
We had another very animated conversation today during which she informed me that a number of her friends who had not been crazy about Trump but had come to hate Hillary to the point where they WILL vote for Trump. But his recent trips into the weeds -- and the 3am Tweets -- has got them reconsidering their support. While they are mostly well educated and thinking people of long-standing conservative persuasion, they are "uncomfortable" with his recent activities. Several of them -- clearly not sufficiently mindful of the existential nature of the Hillary threat, are thinking about either not voting or -- HORRORS -- voting for HER!
I AM -- and you on this list are -- fully aware of the threat. 4 or 8 years of Clinton will end with 30 to 40 MILLION ILLEGAL DEMOCRATS on the voter rolls and America -- the IDEA and the country we knew and loved -- will either be gone forever or will require a bloody revolution that will make the events begun on Lexington Green in 1775 look like a walk in the park to TRY to get her back!
OK, cutting to the chase: Yesterday, presumptuous me posted this to the monitored "Trump for President" FB page. The admin posted it, probably indicating that he/she shared my concerns:
"Dear Donald, We LOVE you, man. But PLEASE do us ALL a favor and PLLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE stow your EGO in these next public appearances. We have a country to save and we desperately need you --our LAST HOPE to turn this thing around -- to NOT allow Clinton to get under your skin. Settle down...PLEASE!!!!!"
Why this vanity post? The concept of "6 degrees of separation" MAY allow us to reach someone who knows someone who....you get the idea...who knows Trump and to whom The Donald WILL listen! And if enough of us hit the social media sites with our concerns it might get to our guy.
Please pass it along. Who knows? Hey, it could happen!
On one hand I don’t think he should go running off the rails. Anytime you are acting spontaneously on the defensive, off the cuff, reacting rather than making the other side react, you’re playing their game. To that end, I say, he should be doing stuff to make her make mistakes, not responding to her stuff. If anything let the other people on his campaign do that, and let him just keep attacking her record and making them spend time responding.
At the same time I like the nature of Trump’s responses, because they are not career politician, lawyer responses. He talks the way a lot more people can relate to, than she does. He can get his ideas across without being stuffy or rehearsed.
In short, his delivery is good for connecting with people, but he needs to let his underlings respond to Clinton’s attempts to screw him up, and he just needs to keep hammering her record and credibility, and make them go on the defense.
Amazing how so many “concerned” folks keep doing their best to break the enthusiasm of Trump supporters - especially at this stage when he is our only choice and any doubts that get instilled only serve Hillary and her Satanic agenda......if you won’t be supportive, at least don’t be a “Richard”....
This is a great parroting of the MSM’s and uniparty’s advice to Trump. Never stand up for yourself. Pretend you are above it all...like Bush and Romney. If you fight the Left’s lies and slanders, no one will vote for you. Fighting back is “off message.”
Whether he is effective in shutting down the slander is debatable; but it is not debatable on whether he should address Hillary’s attacks especially when they are targeting women and minority voters.
We are at the unbelievable point where the future of our country is hostage to one man’s ego.
He should/could be double digit points ahead, but he simply can’t keep from taking the bait when the Clinton political machine starts up with their opposition research. He is going to endure a concentrated 30 day attack on him personal life and his past personal and business practices.
Fortunately, Hillary has so many people who distrust her that his minor league political style still hasn’t completely ruled him out.
He will owe this country a debt that can never be repaid if he loses this damn election.
Yeah, isn’t it sad?
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