Posted on 04/28/2011 3:31:57 AM PDT by Scanian
Donald Trump is not only causing heartburn within the halls of the White House but throughout many of the well appointed offices of the Republican hierarchy in Washington D.C. For the first time since Ronald Reagan nearly hijacked the Republican convention in 1976, the Republican establishment is being challenged. (A personal disclosure: I have met Donald Trump on a number of occasions. During the late 1980's my consulting company worked for his casino operations in Atlantic City, N.J.)
The conventional attitude along Connecticut Avenue and K Street has been, and still remains to this day, that the most important attribute of being a Republican and an opposition party is to challenge on a most civil basis the agenda of the Democrats while remaining within the social circle and invitation list of the so-called movers and shakers in Washington. However, this is a company town whose only industry is the government and the overwhelming attendant businesses of lobbying and the media. Thus the city is controlled by the Left who tolerate those conservative intellectuals and pundits who easily break bread at the de rigueur restaurants and social occasions with the Democrats.
The disdain of the Left in Washington D.C. for the conservatives and Republicans is palpable and they have no compunction of doing to or saying the most vile things about their opponents. Having lived around and done business in the area for most of my life, it has always amazed me how easily and comfortably someone of a conservative bent who, after spending only a few years within the Beltway, slips into the conventional mold and is changed forever while denying it is happening to them. That is why, regardless of who occupies the White House or controls Congress, the country has continued to slid into it's current precarious state.
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Trump is indeed causing heartburn within established GOP circles - but he’s hardly doing it from a small government tea party perspective. I think it’s a good thing that Trump is now proving that the GOP suits are susceptible to attacks from more than one quarter. I just hope tea party type voters don’t think he’s the answer.
Unlike most RINO’s, he roars a confident game. Very much like RINO’s, he’s what we call “flexible” in his core beliefs.
If those that are behind Obama ever decide that it is better if he is not the 2010 nominee, this BC may well be his undoing. People do NOT spend millions of dollars keeping certain aspects of their past hidden for no reason! If he were not a Dem with the MSM in his pocket, he would never have gotten away with it!!
They should have broken up and moved some of the cabinet agencies out of town a long time ago.
I think there are innumerable reasons to fire Hussein—this BC issue is something that should have been dealt with before the election.
IOW, we must have a nominee who will win, and we must have a nominee who will follow through on the requirements of the moment.
It's a given that self-proclaimed "objective" journalism is inherently highly subjective (or it wouldn't style itself "objective" in the first place; it would be far too busy examining its own motives for that). Trump will say that, or something very near it, out loud. So will Palin. The rest, not so much.
I'm much more confident that Palin would provide useful leadership on ObamaCare.
It just KILLS them to consider that they/we are being governed by a compulsive liar!
They want to “reach across the aisle” so badly that they are willing to accept any kind of half-assed, amateurish fraud from Hussein just so they have a pretext not to have to question him.
I am sick of Fox. Until they get some commentators who are capable of acting like MEN, I am tuning them out.
I would love to see Rush take some time to “school” Trump in conservatism. He could do it on the golf course.
Trump is a quick study. A couple sessions with the Maharushi should do the trick.
And if Trump wasn’t learning his “lessons,” I’m sure Rush would let us know.
early polling on document...10% say it is a forgery!...
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/04/28/large_number_still_have_doubts_on_obama_birthplace.html
Fox is becoming just as bad as the others...
Trump beats the media like a cheap gong... and they hate it...
yeah yeah yeah, we all love the brilliant indepth temper tantrum analysis like this: “Problem is the GOP establishment likes big government as much as their blood brothers the democraps”
Some in the GOP like big government way too much, but it is just kindergartenish to say they like it as much as the Dems. And besides, this is about Trump. HE LIKES big government more than most GOP establishment types. But please, don’t bore me with the “they’re all the same” crap. They’re not. One side is awful. One side is pure evil. They are different.
After that, he is not a Conservative, never will be a Conservative, can not learn it in a couple quick lessons. You either are or you are not. To me Conservatism is deeply held values and principles learned over years. Anyone at his age, with his donation record, would be pretty suspect if he tried to suddenly fake it with a couple quick lessons.
Ronald Reagan did not fake it. George W did. I greatly hoped he was going to be more Reagan-like, the term “Compassionate Conservatism” caught my attention as being suspect but let it slide. He mouthed many of the right words. But in the end, he showed he was a RINO.
We do not need any more fake Conservatives!
Hmmmm....I guess everything that Sarah Palin has been saying and doing for the past two years doesn't count.
Trump getting GOOD dem info!! Dunham in deep doo doo...RICO Act!..
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/
That says it all. D.C. needs an enema.
...”I am sick of Fox. Until they get some commentators who are capable of acting like MEN, I am tuning them out”...
I am with you.
They need to quit recruiting from the northeast...
Thank you.
But. I don't think 'The Donald' really wants to be POTUS -- he couldn't afford the pay cut.
:-)
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