Really wish I could post this 3X in a row. Where are posting hiccups when you need them.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/its_time_for_trump_to_fight_fire_with_fire.html
It’s time for Trump to fight fire with fire
By Jay Latimer
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Who are we kidding? No one will give Trump or Barr credit for an impartial investigation. The Democrats and the media will automatically label any attempt by Trump to punish these wrongdoers as partisan and illegitimate. No matter how even-handed Trump tries to be, any such actions will be treated by the dishonest media as mere political payback or (more likely) proof that Trump has become an authoritarian dictator hell-bent on revenge.
Given this, why should Trump not use every weapon at his disposal? If he is being attacked in an unfair fashion, why should he alone be required to follow the Marquis of Queensbury rules? Why should Trump fight back with one hand tied behind his back, particularly when no one will credit him for acting in fairly?
And, just as important, there is a lesson to be learned – that partisanship begets more partisanship. Put simply, the instigators of Spygate must learn that partisanship is a two-way street. If these Deep State actors feel empowered to use purely partisan malice to inflict pain on their enemies, they should be aware that, eventually, their enemies will do the same thing to them.
It’s now time to do just that.
My advice to the Trump administration is to act — now! Let the Hounds of Hell loose on those bad actors who engineered these two failed coup attempts. They are the ones who truly deserve to be punished.
In short, let them know exactly what it feels like to have the Deep State breathing down their necks. And make them pray for forgiveness for what they’ve done to President Trump — and our country.
Have I mentioned that this is turning out to be a GREAT news day?
Trump’s Supporters Are Not Cult Members. We’re Americans.
By Sally Zelikovsky
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Any birdbrain knows that Trump makes every day about us and the U.S. The only reason he has had to talk about himself is because he’s been under constant attack, and Democrats demanded his head. Past Republican presidents likely would not have responded, concluding that it was beneath the dignity of the office. Perhaps. But at some point, you have to fight back, or you’ll eventually be ousted. When they called George Bush a liar and accused him of starting a war for oil we never got but would somehow benefit him, he just took it and virtually disappeared. When you don’t present your case forcefully, the accusations become the truth, no matter how false.
Republicans are trained to respond like that. When running for office, you are advised not to address outrageous accusations — because it drives more media and public attention to the issue, keeping it in the spotlight. Instead, candidates are supposed to pivot towards what they can do or have done or what one’s opponent hasn’t done, etc. The tactic of punching back should be deployed only in very rare circumstances. This might have worked in a more chivalrous period of American politics, but once the Democrats shifted to a strategy of relentlessly lobbing mostly false accusations at their competitors, Republicans should have altered their strategy. But they didn’t, and, for too long, the Democrats have been cage-fighting while we pretend-fight with our Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots.
Democrats got used to bullying Republicans, and Republicans forgot how to stand up for themselves. That all changed when Trump seismically disrupted the status quo, and Democrats and establishment Republicans went nuts. Democrats lost their stronghold over Republicans, and the Republican establishment didn’t know what hit them: they couldn’t control someone who burned their playbook and didn’t care about perceptions.
Taking the high road is admirable, but if you continue to come up short, you are going to have to find another path if you want to win. The new path forged by Trump is that of punching back with whatever you’ve got — facts, insults, rumors, truths — and, duh! It’s working, and Democrats don’t like that.