Posted on 02/10/2016 8:17:25 PM PST by upchuck
"Who is Donald Trump?" The better question may be, "What is Donald Trump?" The answer? A giant middle finger from average Americans to the political and media establishment?
Some Trump supporters are like the 60s white girls who dated black guys just to annoy their parents. But most Trump supporters have simply had it with the Demo-socialists and the "Republicans In Name Only." They know there isn't a dime's worth of difference between Hillary Rodham and Jeb Bush, and only a few cents worth between Rodham and the other GOP candidates.
Ben Carson is not an "establishment" candidate, but the Clinton machine would pulverize Carson; and the somewhat rebellious Ted Cruz will (justifiably so) be tied up with natural born citizen lawsuits (as might Marco Rubio). The Trump supporters figure they may as well have some fun tossing Molotov cocktails at Wall Street and Georgetown while they watch the nation collapse. Besides - lightning might strike, Trump might get elected, and he might actually fix a few things. Stranger things have happened (the nation elected an[islamo-]Marxist in 2008 and Bruce Jenner now wears designer dresses.)
Millions of conservatives are justifiably furious. They gave the Republicans control of the House in 2010 and control of the Senate in 2014, and have seI'ven them govern no differently than Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Yet those same voters are supposed to trust the GOP in 2016? Why?
Trump did not come from out of nowhere. His candidacy was created by the last six years of Republican failures.
No reasonable person can believe that any of the establishment candidates [dems or reps] will slash federal spending, rein in the Federal Reserve, cut burdensome business regulations, reform the tax code, or eliminate useless federal departments (the Departments of Education, Housing and Urban Development, Energy, etc.). Even Ronald Reagan was unable to eliminate the Department of Education. (Of course, getting shot at tends to make a person less of a risk-taker.) No reasonable person can believe that any of the nation's major problems will be solved by Rodham, Bush, and the other dishers of donkey fazoo now eagerly eating corn in Iowa and pancakes in New Hampshire. [Article is dated 1/31/16.]
Many Americans, and especially Trump supporters, have had it with:
- Anyone named Bush
- Anyone named Clinton
- Anyone who's held political office
- Political correctness
- Illegal immigration
- Massive unemployment
- Phony "official" unemployment and inflation figures
- Welfare waste and fraud
- People faking disabilities to go on the dole
- VA waiting lists
- TSA airport groping
- ObamaCare
- The Federal Reserve's money-printing schemes
- Wall Street crooks like Jon Corzine
- Michelle Obama's vacations
- Michelle Obama's food police
- Barack Obama's golf
- Barack Obama's arrogant and condescending lectures
- Barack Obama's criticism/hatred of America
- Valerie Jarrett
- "Holiday trees"
- Hollywood hypocrites
- Global warming nonsense
- Cop killers
- Gun confiscation threats
- Stagnant wages
- Boys in girls' bathrooms
- Whiny, spoiled college students who can't even place the Civil War in the correct century...
and that's just the short list.
Trump supporters believe that no Democrat wants to address these issues, and that few Republicans have the courage to address these issues. They certainly know that none of the establishment candidates are better than barely listening to them, and Trump is their way of saying, "Screw you, Hillary Rodham Rove Bush!" The more the talking head political pundits insult the Trump supporters, the more supporters he gains. (The only pundits who seem to understand what is going on are Democrats Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell and Republican John LeBoutillier. All the others argue that the voters will eventually "come to their senses" and support an establishment candidate.)
But America does not need a tune-up at the same old garage. It needs a new engine installed by experts - and neither Rodham nor Bush are mechanics with the skills or experience to install it. Hillary Rodham is not a mechanic; she merely manages a garage her philandering husband abandoned. Jeb Bush is not a mechanic; he merely inherited a garage. Granted, Trump is also not a mechanic, but he knows where to find the best ones to work in his garage. He won't hire his brother-in-law or someone to whom he owes a favor; he will hire someone who lives and breathes cars.
"How dare they revolt!" the "elites" are bellowing. Well, the citizens are daring to revolt, and the RINOs had better get used to it. "But Trump will hand the election to Clinton!" That is what the Karl Rove-types want people to believe, just as the leftist media eagerly shoved "Maverick" McCain down GOP throats in 2008 - knowing he would lose to Obama. But even if Trump loses and Rodham wins, she would not be dramatically different than Bush or most of his fellow candidates. They would be nothing more than caretakers, not working to restore America's greatness but merely presiding over the collapse of a massively in-debt nation. A nation can perhaps survive open borders; a nation can perhaps survive a generous welfare system. But no nation can survive both - and there is little evidence that the establishment candidates of either party understand that. The United States cannot forever continue on the path it is on. At some point it will be destroyed by its debt.
Yes, Trump speaks like a bull wander[ing] through a china shop, but the truth is that the borders do need to be sealed; we cannot afford to feed, house, and clothe 200,000 Syrian immigrants for decades (even if we get inordinately lucky and none of them are ISIS infiltrators or Syed Farook wannabes); the world is at war with radical Islamists; all the world's glaciers are not melting; and Rosie O'Donnell is a fat pig.
Is Trump the perfect candidate? Of course not. Neither was Ronald Reagan. But unless we close our borders and restrict immigration, all the other issues are irrelevant. One terrorist blowing up a bridge or a tunnel could kill thousands. One jihadist poisoning a city's water supply could kill tens of thousands. One electromagnetic pulse attack from a single Iranian nuclear device could kill tens of millions. Faced with those possibilities, most Americans probably don't care that Trump relied on eminent domain to grab up a final quarter acre of property for a hotel, or that he boils the blood of the Muslim Brotherhood thugs running the Council on American-Islamic Relations. While Attorney General Loretta Lynch's greatest fear is someone giving a Muslim a dirty look, most Americans are more worried about being gunned down at a shopping mall by a crazed [islamic] lunatic who treats his prayer mat better than his three wives and who thinks 72 virgins are waiting for him in paradise.
The establishment is frightened to death that Trump will win, but not because they believe he will harm the nation. They are afraid he will upset their taxpayer-subsidized apple carts. While Obama threatens to veto legislation that spends too little, they worry that Trump will veto legislation that spends too much.
You can be certain that if an establishment candidate wins in November 2016, ... [their] cabinet positions will be filled with the same people we've seen before. The washed-up has-beens of the Clinton and Bush administrations will be back in charge. The hacks from Goldman Sachs will continue to call the shots. Whether it is Bush's Karl Rove or Clinton's John Podesta, who makes the decisions in the White House will matter little. If the establishment wins, America loses.
Your history is inaccurate.
Apparently you missed the Weimar portion of the post war German history
Remember too that Hitler NEVER was elected with a majority vote
This is why Trump has so many folks voting for him
If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got
Hard hitting responses from the Cruz brigade. Let’s see... on one hand, Trump is Hitler. On the other hand, he’s Bernie Sanders.
Well, that does it. They convinced me!
LOL
That is a complete and total load of crap. And if you honestly believe that, then you are in serious need of help.
Levin obviously is.
Run along now and take Bernie with you.
Thank you. That is correct and verified on twitter in CAPITAL letters on Trump's account. Researched... noticed it's someone looking for a "gotcha" moment. Too bad. Not happening. Trump had mentioned earlier in the speech that he had 1 hour of sleep since New Hampshire. I can tell, but he still has his wits and energy even while dead tired. Hope he gets to rest tonight though.
I think for all of his bluster and tough exterior that he is a good-hearted person and a patriot. Perhaps many Americans are willing to accept a novice who outwardly loves America?
Who is Trump?
Some guy who was absolutely, positively, without a shadow of any doubt, born in the USA.
:)
Go Godwin Go!
Well done, sir, well done!
The hypocrisy of the Cruz supporters here is staggering.
Calpublican, you stated earlier today that Trump wouldn’t be able to keep any of his promises with regard to immigration and when I posted a detailed rebuttal to your argument, addressed to you, you completely ignored it. It appears that you’ll keep ignoring them so I’ll keep reminding everyone that you’re too cowardly to respond when someone calls you out on your BS.
On every Trump thread the Cruz supporters pop up claiming to know for a fact that Trump is lying, he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing just waiting to lie his way into office so he can enrich himself and his friends and ask how can anyone be so stupid to want to vote for Trump.
They claim to know for a fact that Ted is the real deal and how he is our only salvation, but completely ignore or try to explain away things he’s said and done that don’t fit the conservative narrative.
What I’ve concluded is that given the state this country is in, what we need is a populist candidate heavy on the nativism. I don’t care about conservatism anymore. I’ve voted for the most conservative candidate my entire life that was running as a republican and the only one that didn’t disappoint me was Ronald Reagan.
Donald Trump is addressing the issues that I’m concerned with and I like the solutions he’s offering. Obviously, you disagree but I’m going to vote the way I want and you’re free to do the same. But while I’m at it, you should know that your constant appearances on every trump thread is tiresome in the extreme.
I would be willing to bet that you have not converted a single vote from Trump to Cruz so please, stop doing what you’re doing here. It’s not working and all you’re doing is alienating the people that don’t agree with you, but will still be here after this election.
As far as I’m concerned, people on the far right are as bad as those on the far left, and just like them, are stuck on stupid. Please stop acting like them.
He apparently has not heard of “The Night of the Long Knives” either. Nor the Reichstag Fire.
I would like to see you giving speech after speech with only one hour sleep...Trump has more stamina than a lot of us combined and one small mistake is enough for you to point the finger in condemnation. He has spoken on the issue consistently for many months. Regards.
Thanks for posting - interesting read. Like the author’s style.
Says it all - covers most of the reasons I recently went from a Cruz/Trump to a Trump/Cruz mode. Ted got my money until last month and Donald will get my money from here on out.
Yes, you should. Vote Trump.
Your rabid, endless stream of brainless anti-Trump insults serves only to embolden Trump supporters, and concurrently alienates those who might otherwise consider supporting Cruz.
So let's elect a foul-mouthed, low-life who stands God knows where on every issue.
I didn't realize you were running!
But seriously, folks:
Foul-mouthed? Several Presidents have been quite foul-mouthed, so that's neither here nor there.
"Low-life", of course, is aught but childish name-calling.
...who stands God knows where on every issue.
Donald Trump has made it pretty clear where he stands on several issues, such as immigration, taxation, Islamic Terror, the VA, etc.
So not only does God know where Trump stands on most issues, so do many objective, thoughtful American voters.
Talking down to Trump supporters is rather counterproductive, inasmuch as you merely mimic a feeble and hysterical Establishment in doing so.
Your clumsy insults, more than anything else, reveal a profound level of desperation and insecurity on your part.
Fortunately for you, Ted Cruz has, in general, shown far more class than his fanboys. He would probably be better served if you focused on touting his strong points, rather than spewing impotent calumny.
Indeed, one thing that has become abundantly clear is that Donald Trump's supposed transgressions pale in comparison to the utter lack of class epitomized by you and your ilk.
Good post
Precisely
Germany never had a populace geared for anything other than domination. Tell us what to do and we will do it. It made an ideal ground for a Hitler. The American people may not make the perfect choice but they take governments down with dissent and disobedience
The Americans were angry at Bush and they elected obama-hitler!
I see why you are so frustrated this time.
However, Trump cannot possibly be worse than obama, and you know it!
The potential voters for Trump are NOT the same voters who voted for obama!
Trump’s voters want completely different things than those who voted for obama!
Do not judge a book by its cover!
Yelling your ‘frustration’ due to your own perceived ‘hitler’ image of Trump won’t get you anywhere.
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