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The Emperor Has No Clue…And His Devotees Couldn't Care Less
Townhall.com ^ | Februar 28, 2016 | Derek Hunter

Posted on 02/28/2016 6:00:35 AM PST by Kaslin

There he was, stripped bare and standing in the middle of the debate stage. Donald Trump was eviscerated in Thursday's debate. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz took turns pummeling the founder of Trump University with his own words, his own history, and delivering body blow after body blow.

It was more than enough to convince any thinking person he was not a serious candidate for president. But Trump isn't your typical presidential candidate. He's Barack Obama-light, in every sense of the term.

What does Donald Trump stand for? What will he do if elected? What core conservative principle will he advance?

If you're being honest, the answer to each of those questions is you have no idea.

Don't feel bad, neither does he.

That's not entirely true. He was fairly unambiguous about one thing he'd like to do: change the law so he can sue newspapers. When it comes to solutions to the nation's problems, Donald Trump is the equivalent of a constitutional dumpster fire; and that's just fine to his worshipers.

The day after being embarrassed in front of the world, in part because of the lack of specifics he's provided as to what he would do as president, Trump held a press conference to get specific - or at least specific-ish - about this proposal. He said:

"One of the things I'm going to do, and this is going to make it tougher for me...but one of the things I'm going to do if I win...is I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws. So that when the New York Times writes a hit piece, which is a total disgrace, or when the Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they're totally protected."

By the way, the reason "they're totally protected" right now is the First Amendment, that whole "Congress shall make no law" bit about freedom of the press. But who cares? Right, Trump fans?

It's the same stifling of speech outraging conservatives on college campuses; only it's Trump advancing it. If it's fascism when a student group proposes it, what is it when a billionaire does?

His supporters don't bother with strings of words ending in question marks. Their kryptonite is a simple "How?" or the dreaded "What?"

What does Donald Trump want to do as president? There is no answer yet articulated that wouldn't fit nicely on a bumper sticker. He wants to "make American great again," or "build a wall," or "destroy ISIS," etc., etc. How?

He has no answer. He makes proclamations like a dime store Juan Perón. Only he has no clue how a president must work with Congress to create or change laws. Trump supporters appear content to adopt the Barack Obama model of rule by executive fiat. They don't mind a despot as long as he's their despot.

Trump's "specifics," such as they are, about his signature talking point is a wall that grows by 10 feet each time Mexican officials say they won't pay for it. It's at least 30 feet higher than when it started, but we're no closer to learning how it will be paid for. It just will be...apparently.

Cheerleaders aren't even bothered by the fact that on his signature issue, immigration, he's imported workers rather than hire Americans. His claim of it being "impossible" to find Americans to do his jobs is right out of the liberal playbook of "jobs Americans won't do" for illegal aliens.

His supporters don't give a damn about his hypocrisy any more than Hillary Clinton's, Barack Obama's or Al Gore's do.

They love he's "self-funding" his campaign because he "can't be bought." Do they think that will hold? A general election will cost at least $1 billion. Will Donald Trump mortgage his business on the possibility that, after alienating more than half the GOP, he'll win?

He doesn't have a billion in cash lying around. Since he's hiding his tax returns, most likely because he's not nearly as rich as he claims (he's sued over that before and lost), there's little chance he'd be able to fund a tenth of a general election campaign.

He's gotten this far through free media. Sure, he's spent a few million once he absolutely had to, but the majority of his exposure comes from the cable networks taking every speech of his live, allowing him to phone in whenever he wants and being willing to broadcast any sycophant wannabe Trump staffer representing him unchallenged. Against Hillary Clinton that ends. He will need money, money he doesn't have.

He does have rich friends, and those friends would love to have a friend in the White House. And not because they'd find it "cool" to sleep in the Lincoln bedroom.

When Rubio and Cruz exposed Donald Trump's inability to explain what he'd do, and how, on any issue beyond his memorized bumper stickers, they did the country a great service. Unfortunately, blinded by anger and hatred, his devotees refuse to see their emperor has no clothes, nor clue.

There is no issue on which you can find Donald Trump speaking eloquently, passionately, and with any detail that doesn't involve his poll numbers or his wealth. We have only his word to go on about his wealth, and his word has not always been accurate. That people are willing to believe him, unchallenged, and take offense when others do challenge him, is the mentality that has led to dark places in world history.

Scapegoating is a powerful weapon of manipulation, and Trump deploys it better than anyone in 80+ years. His followers want to "burn it all down," so they're willing to blindly follow a pied piper down a very dangerous path. If they refuse to open their eyes, the dumpster fire they're franticly cheering will burn them down eventually too.

PS: I urge you to watch this video, any part of it, and try to spot a coherent or even complete sentence from Trump. It's the ramblings of a man unhinged and incapable of serious or important discussion of any issue facing the country. It may make you laugh, but does it inspire? Is it remotely presidential?


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: cucksinpanic; delusionallib; g42; wtfisthisdoinginchat
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To: bolobaby; Kaslin
Brains! Brains!

A cruzer circular firing squad.

How entertaining. :)

261 posted on 02/28/2016 10:47:18 AM PST by kiryandil ("Our Muslim-In-Chief, Barack Obama - the Quislaming in the White House")
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To: anton; Kaslin
You guys will quiet down on Wednesday moanin'.

Well, except for the moanin'....

262 posted on 02/28/2016 10:48:55 AM PST by kiryandil ("Our Muslim-In-Chief, Barack Obama - the Quislaming in the White House")
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To: going hot
I did not write the op-ed. Derek Hunter did. Townhall.com published the op-ed. I copied and posted the op-ed here on on Freerepublic.com from Townhall.com
263 posted on 02/28/2016 10:50:20 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: Kaslin; Donglalinger
I will now allow the noobie to tell me from what sources I can post.

OK, you going to get Donglalinger a list?

:)

264 posted on 02/28/2016 10:51:06 AM PST by kiryandil ("Our Muslim-In-Chief, Barack Obama - the Quislaming in the White House")
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To: kiryandil

Fools do not realize that this GOPe onslaught is just making us more angry and more committed. Wed morning will be a funeral for the GOPe.


265 posted on 02/28/2016 10:55:55 AM PST by anton
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To: bolobaby
They will demonstrate the point of this article on this very thread!

Actually, we reality-based voters will wait until Tuesday evening to work out what comes next.

266 posted on 02/28/2016 10:58:28 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: dirtboy; Kaslin
Wasn't Derek Hunter a big-time Romney pimp?

We all see how that worked out. Why should we give a fig what he thinks now?

Yeah, BIG-TIME Romney pimp - and Kaslin posted most of his articles back then...

As you said - yes, we have no figs for young Derek. :)

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:kaslin/index?more=2955000

267 posted on 02/28/2016 11:02:03 AM PST by kiryandil ("Our Muslim-In-Chief, Barack Obama - the Quislaming in the White House")
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To: anton
Fools do not realize that this GOPe onslaught is just making us more angry and more committed. Wed morning will be a funeral for the GOPe.

It's going to be a wonderful day. Trump is going to shut some mouths. :)

268 posted on 02/28/2016 11:06:05 AM PST by kiryandil ("Our Muslim-In-Chief, Barack Obama - the Quislaming in the White House")
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To: American in Israel

The aGOP as it is currently led is not going to solve the problem, they are a big part of the problem. Either the party changes or it dies, just like the Whig Party.


269 posted on 02/28/2016 11:06:30 AM PST by WMarshal (Trump 2016 (and 2020)!)
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To: hinckley buzzard; Kaslin
Is this the same Derek Hunter who wrote for the "Pirate Club" comic book? Sounds like it.

Naw, that's the SMARTER Derek Hunter:

http://pirateclub.com/?page_id=959

This one is the GOPee dimbulb. :)

270 posted on 02/28/2016 11:08:12 AM PST by kiryandil ("Our Muslim-In-Chief, Barack Obama - the Quislaming in the White House")
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To: Mom MD

it is very scary even to think about it.


271 posted on 02/28/2016 11:14:43 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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"They don't mind a despot as long as he's their despot. '
272 posted on 02/28/2016 11:24:40 AM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: MNJohnnie
I have listened to Trump more than you can imagine. He says the same thing over and over. Like "Make America Great again" which is a nice if he can do it. Than he promises to built a wall and that Mexico will pay for it. Mexico already made it clear that it will not pay for the wall.

Instead of listening to what he says in the rallies, why don't watch his behavior and his demeanor and the debates. Tell me does someone who wants to be the leader of the world should behave like that? I don't think so.

273 posted on 02/28/2016 11:30:22 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
You deserve a huge


274 posted on 02/28/2016 11:36:49 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: itsahoot

Yeah right.


275 posted on 02/28/2016 11:41:23 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: SandRat

Concur.


276 posted on 02/28/2016 11:55:03 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Kaslin

They won’t.


277 posted on 02/28/2016 11:55:20 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Kaslin
The author is right. But he misses the point about us Trump fans. That is, the whole point about supporting Trump is to destroy the current system that has cut me and mine out completely. If the United States can fine people for violating their religious beliefs, if they can sweep your property in a bank bail-in (John Corzine), if the Supreme Court will brazenly tell you that the law doesn't mean what it says (Obamacare), then I say burn this thing to the ground.

Sometimes you just gotta let it burn.

Guys like me will do fine in the ensuing chaos.

The blood of patriots and tyrants, etc.

278 posted on 02/28/2016 11:58:27 AM PST by Gluteus Maximus
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To: Jewbacca

I know, and when they do it will be to late.


279 posted on 02/28/2016 12:29:18 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: DouglasKC

Yours is the best response I’ve read. I respect and understand what you say. I trust Cruz but would vote Trump. However it is getting harder to say that.


280 posted on 02/28/2016 1:10:06 PM PST by outinyellowdogcountry
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