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?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Stop it, yer killin us! :)
I just demonstrated on this thread that Lincoln had no more defined plans for dealing with secession than Trump. Try again, hater.
Anybody who thinks N. Korea doesn’t have an illegal immigration problem because they have a wall, should not be allowed to vote. They have a wall to keep people in, nobody from outside of N. Korea wants to get in.
Pretty funny article. The author is reduced to calling Trump supporters mind numbed robots. He’s just like the lefties who refuse to listen to Rush Limbaugh and try to characterize anyone who agrees with conservative ideas as idiots. Just like them the author is so consumed by hatred and vitriol that his favorite candidate isn’t making any progress that he refuses to consider that maybe Trump supporters have actually studied Trump , his ideas and his positions. The author on the other hand is basing his position on sound bites and his hatred of Trump.
“Trump has no ‘CLUE’ “ ?
Maybe that’s better to have “NO CLUE” IF IT MEANS no ideology and considering many professionnal politicians are professionnal LIARS .
BTW Trump , so far , had the guts to face and fight the politically correct repeated over and over by MSM and by ....Rubio ..... Huh ?
I agree with half of what you said. I agree that the elite hating him intrigues me, but my issue is that I don't see the foundation on which his beliefs stand.
Now FR is split along political lines, with one side abandoning the previously held "hold the press accountable" position.
It is not the format or the time to dig deeply into policy wonk stuff. I don't need or want details. I want big picture.
As for the Rubio/Cruz tag team, it reminded me of those wildlife documentaries where the grizzly bear is attacked by a couple wolves. The grizzly standing on back legs towers over his attackers.
The wolves hiss and growl and bare teeth as they badger and bite at the great bear. The bear swipes at one while absorbing attack by the other.
Eventually the wolves accept defeat and whimper off. The bear licks his minor wounds and goes back to his business.
I think you are right. And all the traitorous politicians, press, and pundits are due their comeuppance.
Certainly. If he were someone I thought I could trust.
The fact that Trump is consulting with Jeff Sessions on his immigration policy speaks volumes. The fact that Trump has Steve Miller, from Sessions office, on his staff now, speaks volumes.
If Sessions were running for president and told me he was going to bring some sanity to our out-of-control immigration, you bet I’d believe him. In a NY minute !
BUT WE AIN'T GONNA LET AMERICA BE A DOORMAT ANY MORE!
DTOM
Principles ? “Conservative principles” ?
OK but keep in touch with reality if you want to win !!
But maybe some “conservatives” are hopeless losers
That is the point of the article. You see no one but Trump. This devotion is what is somewhat unsettling. This is a politician we are talking about correct?
Funny you should bring up Rush....Trumpies regularly trash him on this forum!!!
Nope. No illegal immigration problem but plenty of other problems. Here’s Kaslin’s quote:
“P.S. (it’s all about building a wall, controlling immigration once again) That’s it. That’s everything. Because Trump supporters know that if we don’t have real borders, we don’t have a country... everything else pales in comparison.”
So, by virtue of your reply, you are absolutely fine if Trump ruins everything else in this country as long as we have a wall that stops our illegal immigration problem.
“That’s everything.”
That’s the quote. Everything. So when Trump tears up the Constitution like a liberal would, you’ll be happy because you have a wall. When Trump “makes a deal” with Congress for Single Payer, it will be OK because you have a wall. When Trump infringes on our ability to criticize the emperor by allowing the rich to sue people into silence, it will be OK because you have a wall.
Thanks for proving the point. You don’t care. You think I somehow “proved a point” myself, but you simply exposed yourselves.
I wonder if that wall will be used to keep people out, or to keep us from leaving?
“What if they aren’t? “
They trust a man who praised Hillary in 2008, Obama in 2009, DeBlasio in 2013, and Putin in 2015. If that isn’t stupid, what is?
When Bill Clinton cheated on his wife, folks on FR said it proved him untrustworthy. When Trump boasts about it, now married to his third Mrs “Piece of Ass” - his words to describe what he values in a woman - it means he is a stud.
Name one thing Trump believes to day that he won’t do a 180 on tomorrow if it suits him. But that doesn’t matter to his supporters. They think he is on their side. I’ve got a hunch both Palin and Christie will soon see how much Trump values them, versus a single day’s headlines...
True. Trump is a bad joke.
Wall? The DMZ is a bit more than a wall!! Wide and militarily policed, with vigor!!
More like Italy circa 1936
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