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Win or lose, Trump has emasculated ruling class
WND ^ | 11/7/2016 | Pat Buchanan

Posted on 11/08/2016 7:34:06 AM PST by jonno

"If I don't win, this will be the greatest waste of time, money and energy in my lifetime," says Donald Trump.

Herewith, a dissent. Whatever happens Tuesday, Trump has made history and has forever changed American politics.

Though a novice in politics, he captured the party of Lincoln with the largest turnout of primary voters ever, and he has inflicted wounds on the nation's ruling class from which it may not soon recover.

Bush I and II, Mitt Romney, the neocons and the GOP commentariat all denounced Trump as morally and temperamentally unfit. Yet, seven of eight Republicans are voting for Trump, and he drew the largest and most enthusiastic crowds of any GOP nominee.

Not only did he rout the Republican elites, he ash-canned their agenda and repudiated the wars into which they plunged the country.

Trump did not create the forces that propelled his candidacy, but he recognized them, tapped into them and unleashed a gusher of nationalism and populism that will not soon dissipate.

Whatever happens Tuesday, there is no going back now.

How could the Republican establishment advance anew the trade and immigration policies that their base has so thunderously rejected?

How can the GOP establishment credibly claim to speak for a party that spent the last year cheering a candidate who repudiated the last two Republican presidents and the last two Republican nominees?

Do mainstream Republicans think that should Trump lose a Bush Restoration lies ahead? The dynasty is as dead as the Romanovs.

The media, whose reputation has sunk to congressional depths, has also suffered a blow to their credibility.

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KEYWORDS: 2016issues; buchanan; dsj02; gope; patbuchanan; trump2016
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To: bigbob

Great comment... thanks.


41 posted on 11/08/2016 10:08:17 AM PST by poconopundit (`)
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To: jonno
Did DJT emasculate the ruling class, or did we find out we never lost "ours"?

Not to disagree with Pat, great article, but did we find our voice because "The Lion" spoke up regards less of Political Correctness?

42 posted on 11/08/2016 10:13:30 AM PST by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry Men!....)
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To: bigbob
Trump has done what the Tea Party never was able to:

Slay the Bush Dynasty.

Next up, slay the Clinton Dynasty.

All without ever having held a single political office!

43 posted on 11/08/2016 1:00:57 PM PST by houeto
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44 posted on 11/08/2016 1:08:39 PM PST by houeto
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To: dynoman

Not likely his network would fly. Hillary would shut it down, along with most “conservative” web sites. GOPe would go along with her.


45 posted on 11/08/2016 2:33:06 PM PST by damper99
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