Posted on 01/20/2016 8:18:35 PM PST by EternalHope
Explaining Trump is easy:
We have finally realized that regardless of what they SAY, there is very little difference between what the Republicans and Democrats actually DO once they are in power.
We can not fix it within the system. We have tried that and failed miserably.
So we have turned to outsiders (primarily Trump and Cruz). We are fed up with BOTH parties and want to fire essentially ALL of them.
This is my attempt to explain Trump. Someone else can explain Cruz.
Trump is not as pure as the driven snow. But we have tried pure before and it turned out to be disguised manure.
It is not just that Trump is an outsider. He gets it on three really big issues:
1. Illegal immigration. That is the issue that originally propelled him to front runner status. If we do not fix it we lose our country.
2. Radical Islam. ALL of our milquetoast leaders in Washington and ALL of our mainstream media are afraid to even say what us common folks can see easily: Radical Islam is EVIL.
3. Political Correctness. Our whole country has been brow beaten into abject fear by political correctness. Good grief, it took Trump to bring back the phrase Merry Christmas.
Trump took the lead on all three of these issues. Some of our other candidates have similar positions to his on these issues, NOW. But Trump was the one with the guts and savvy to actually bring them up and make them into major issues. Some of our candidates talk a good game, but Trump PLAYS a good game.
So... Is Trump perfect? NO.
Does he have the guts, charisma, and leadership ability to raise issues and WIN when he does? YES.
Trump has completely changed the issues in this campaign, and changed them in a way this country desperately needs.
NOT ONE of our other candidates could have done what he has done. He has been attacked non-stop by both parties and the entire MSM, and has still pulled it off.
From my personal perspective there are only two candidates I would consider voting for: Trump and Cruz.
But it is very clear that Cruz could not have done what Trump has done. That makes Trump my choice hands down.
I think the current fights on FR are because we have lost sight of the big picture. This is my attempt to bring that back into focus from the point of view of a Trump supporter.
Great statement and I agree. Trump supporter here. :)
For instance Cruz would never have said that contributing $250,000 to the Clinton Pay for Play Foundation was worse than Hillary's e-mail scandal.
Trump is willing to go down into the lowest depths of the gutter to win at all costs!
That's just what we need!
GO TRUMP GO!
We are now stuffing T^%rump, by the MILLIONS, down your “one party” throats. WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE. And go to Hades.
I’m a Cruz supporter. While I agree with you (& Trump) on those three big issues, I can’t ignore that he’s mainly been a progressive democrat who has never been on the side of liberty-lovers & constitutionalists. I’m afraid he’s using the Republican Party the way Michael Bloomberg did in New York - a clear (or clearer) playing field to get the nomination, since it was pretty much locked up on the Dem side. I’m not sure we can trust him to bust up the federal gov’t which is what we desperately need to have happen. I’ll vote for him over Hillary, but I won’t support him in the primaries.
There's the heart of the matter. Trump hasn't transformed the press and establishment, just held them at bay. They would come back in full attack mode if Trump's not there to stop them.
Cruz is not an outsider. He is a sitting senator who has spent most of his working life in government.
Trump is very much a successful business mentality and he seems to demand that things make sense. I’m sure they fear him actually bringing this approach to the federal bureaucracy.
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Thank You!
Yes and it can hardly be called the United States Senate anymore— more like the United Nations Senate.
Great post, I agree with everything you said. People are getting wrapped around the axle about issues that don’t matter. Those three you listed are it! We are basically done already as a country.
Cruz is not winning because he follows the standard politician process. He had no strong stance on most of these issues until Trump cleared the way. The only time Cruz broke out and made a splash was when he called out the media during one debate. Other than that, he hasn’t taken any chances and hasn’t forged his own path.
This indicates to me that while he’s a good guy, he doesn’t have the leadership and huge balls that Trump has. I don’t think Cruz would ever make it to the end, he would be easy to destroy if Trump was knocked out of the race.
To me, it comes down to Trump is a patriot. He loves America, and will support and defend it against its enemies foreign and domestic. Cruz is a Canadian.
Yes, to both statements.
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I have no idea what you just said.
Sorry, I don’t understand your post. That was what I was trying to convey.
How an Obscure Adviser to Pat Buchanan Predicted the Wild Trump Campaign in 1996
The Week dot com ^ | Michael Brendan Dougherty
Posted on 1/20/2016, 2:17:11 AM by WayneLusvardi
Imagine giving this advice to a Republican presidential candidate: What if you stopped calling yourself a conservative and instead just promised to make America great again?
What if you dropped all this leftover 19th-century piety about the free market and promised to fight the elites who were selling out American jobs?
What if you just stopped talking about reforming Medicare and Social Security and instead said that the elites were failing to deliver better healthcare at a reasonable price?
What if, instead of vainly talking about restoring the place of religion in society something that appeals only to a narrow slice of Middle America. You simply promised to restore the Middle American core, the economic and cultural losers of globalization to their rightful place in America?
What if you said you would re store them as the chief clients of the American state under your watch, being mindful of their interests when regulating the economy or negotiating trade deals?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3385923/posts
Because of the republicrat capitulation to the communist left— We ( meaning the new Republican party ) and by the millions are cramming “The Donald” down the throat of the republicrat establishment. It is our party now. You hold your noses or stay home. We don’t give a flip. -— It that better for you?
I took me a long time and I bounced between Cruz and Trump but decided on Trump. Trump is ruthless. Cruz is too PC imho. Do you see Cruz defaulting on the debt? I don’t. Trump wouldn’t have any problem defaulting on debt with China/Japan and give them the middle finger
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