“Folks, remember that the entire vote margin responsible for his win over Hillary was only 107,500 well-placed votes. Every vote that swayed and finally landed on Donald Trump gave our country a respite from everything all of us FReepers have agonized over for years. I thank each of you and all the others who came over and I thank those who are becoming awakened and standing behind Trump at this time, too.”
i feel like a contributed a little to that 107,500. I tend to write mini-essays here at FR, and I spent many hundreds of hours reposting my essays on many dozens of news sites all over the U.S. furing the second half of 2015 and all of 2016.
That was back when most venues still allowed reader commentary and the paid trolls and bots weren’t drowning out voices of reason. (Of course, all of that has changed since then, because most news sites no longer allow reader posts because posting facts that contradict the lies and propaganda was too embarrassing and negated the propaganda, and the few remaining ones that still allow reader posts have been largely drowned out by paid trolls and bots.)
My wife and I gave many hundreds to Cruz three weeks after he announced. He was going to be the strongest conservative in the race and he needed the early boost. We hadn’t done this before with other candidates.
Trump announced and my wife came to me saying she thought he would be a strong candidate. I said he’d be up there wth Cruz, but we’d need to see how it came together in the debates. In the first debate, I immediately understood his positioning tactics and reveled in his willingness to be put on the spot. His words were sincere, but he had to keep everyone off base to rearrange the chaos to his benefit. It was genius. Heads exploded every other day on the news and with our family and friends.
This continues today, and, as with continued positive progress in the primaries and the general election, he maneuvers to gain ground every full issue iteration. He uses everything to his advantage. It is driving liberals insane, but he has made everyone who is his enemy underestimate him and they honestly believe he is a valid, stupid, Forrest Gump who lucks into every additional achievement. It is completely beautiful. This, coupled with lobbing or taking advantage of distractions, always moves his flag forward. Note that “his” flag is really “our” flag.
Donald Trump is literally the greatest politician the US has had since Reagan, and maybe for some time before him.
There are 107,500 key people who made a different future than all the pollsters said was even possible. I would love to personally thank every one of them.