Thanks for posting that. Real interesting read.
Holy crap! Fantastic read! This explains the rise of Trump like nothing else can.
Great read. Thanks.
“I told [Buchanan] privately that he would be better off without all the hangers-on, direct-mail artists, fund-raising whiz kids, marketing and PR czars, and the rest of the crew that today constitutes the backbone of all that remains of the famous “Conservative Movement” and who never fail to show up on the campaign doorstep to guzzle someone else’s liquor and pocket other people’s money.”
I rather enjoy watching many of these throw temper tantrums every day anymore.
I agree with the articles premise. I worked on the Buchanan campaign here in Louisiana in 1996, and ran as a delegate for him. Trump has effectively captured many of the issues espoused by “Pitchfork Pat.”
However, in 1996 it was Bob Dole’s “turn,” and that didn’t work out too well, did it?
Great Read, Thanks for posting.
Tassle loafers and bow ties? George Will?
The American people are sick and tired of being manipulated by the elites in Washington, the media, Wall Street, Hollywood, the GOP-e, and Democratic parties--which are really just two wings of the same bird.
Dislodging the corrupt "establishment" from power is the first step to restoring America's greatness. That is why Americans of all stripes are supporting Trump. He gets it.
Trump has attracted his coalition of supporters among those who are the most-weakly attached to the Republican Party as an institution.
The Trump phenomenon does seem to be sui generis... his celebrity persona, his extremely unusual and independent financial power, his felicity for not just recognizing but channeling the grievances of his supporters is unmatched.
But the Trump phenomenon also seems global and inevitable.
What is so crucial to Trump's success, even within the Republican Party, is his almost total ditching of conservatism as a governing philosophy.
What so frightens the conservative movement about Trump's success is that he reveals just how thin the support for their ideas really is. His campaign is a rebuke to their institutions.
Great article. Long but worth every word.
This article comes a lot closer to the truth of the matter than most others. It still tars Trump with the whole “white nationalism” thing, which I think misses the mark. He’s a patriot in a political environment where that’a a threat to a lot of people.
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Wow, Samuel Francis, a true visionary and spot on. Thanks for posting.
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I don’t disagree at all with the authors premise.
In fact, we have been here before.
It seems as if it’s a predicable thing, similar to a weather pattern in the Farmer’s Almanac. It’s either that big business get’s too big for it’s britches and a “Teddy” comes along, or manufacturing jobs disappear as shelves fill with cheap imports and “Ross” comes in to save the day with more one liner fixes.
Now it’s “Donald” on his white steed, with the names of teddy and ross emblazoned on it’s flanks, telling everyone who will listen that he can “Make America “Great Again”.
Oh yeah, it does not take a rocked scientist to predict the usual third stage failures and resulting hand wringing, then the “man of the hour” comes to save the day!
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Rush Limbaugh just spent about 25 minutes on this, much to my surprise, and joy.
Rush discussed Sam Francis by name, and his overall message, citing the essay in question and Francis’ advice to Buchanan as an harbiger of Trump’s ascendancy.
Newsflash: White identity and consciousness is not immoral.
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Sam Francis wasn’t exactly obscure. He wrote a very popular column for Chronicles, had been an aide to Senator John East, worked for the Heritage Foundation, and wrote for the Washington Times until Dinesh D’Souza decided to make it his goal to ruin Francis’ career by labeling Francis a racist.