What Trump knows that you don't

The Washington Examiner ^ | August 27, 2015 | W. James Antle III

[octex]

Agree with your #85 posting! Good.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree. The Left is a mess world-wide.

We’re no exception. We and Europe are targeted because the Left has some fool reasoning that Western Civilization is evil.

I’m not sure why they think Russia, the Middle East, Africa, or Asia is better, but they must think so.

Fools.

Those people that hate Europe and the U. S. should pick the nation of their choice, and move there.

[antidisestablishment]

I would agree, but Trump did come of age in the takeover age. I’m all for seeing the halls of Washington awash in blood, just as our corporate offices have been for decades. As long as he brings the axe, I’m all for it.

We need to reposition our country’s negative perception and increase the above-board brand equity. The government needs to actionably increase efficiency to reduce the systemic aggressive mediocrity and give the stakeholders a better ROI with a synergistic use of organic optimization and realignment coordinated with a strategic divestment and a serious reduction of D-PAD in concert with a raft of measures to include viral multimedia campaigns that radically recontextualize the entire institution.

In other words, first we kill all the lawyers.

[jonrick46]

Totally agree. Rush was talking about it today. The evidence of the failure of socialism is everywhere. Why with all the evidence, do they accept it blindly?

[DoughtyOne]

There’s an agenda to destroy.

It’s that simple. They detest free societies.

[jospehm20]

Yes, because Ivy League educated lawyers have done such a good job running our government so far. I submit to you that a lot of our problems stem from lawyer presidents. Woodrow Wilson and FDR were lawyers. Clinton was an Ivy League educated lawyer and Obama was purported to be a constitutional scholar and he is an Ivy League educated lawyer also. I like Cruz a lot but your argument that we need to put another lawyer in charge just doesn’t do it for me. I like Cruz despite the fact that he is an Ivy League educated lawyer, not because he is a lawyer.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Ladies and gentlemen, attention please
Come in close so everyone can see
I got a tale to tell, a listen don’t cost a dime
And if you believe that we’re gonna get along just fine

Now I’ve been travelin’ all around
I heard trouble’s come to your town
I’ve got a little somethin’, guaranteed to ease your mind
It’s called Snake Oil y’all, it’s been around for a long, long time

Way, your crops’ll burn if it don’t rain soon
Ain’t seen a drop since the tenth of June
Well, I can open up the sky, people have no fear
If you ain’t impressed yet, just tell me what you wanna hear.

Well, you lost your farm so you moved to town
You get a job, they shut the factory down
Now you sit around all day long feelin’ sad and blue
You need Snake Oil y’all, tell you what I’m gonna do

I can heal the sick, I can mend the lame
And the blind shall see again, it’s all the same

Well, ain’t your President good to you
Knocked ‘em dead in Libya, Grenada too
Now he’s taking his show a little further down the line
Well, ‘tween me and him, people, you’re gonna get along just fine

It’s call Snake Oil y’all
Snake Oil y’all
Snake Oil y’all
Call Snake Oil y’all
It’s call Snake Oil y’all, it’s been around for a long, long time

~Steve Earle
https://youtu.be/tjH1_94K060

[trebb]

Kind of a back-handed swat that insinuates we be crazy fo liking da Donald but he sho is our sort of crazy...even do he don’t knows nuttin about what we needs.

[V K Lee]

TY. I stand by Trump/Cruz still. So, he’s not pristine, at times we find a few dents, nothing major. The motor still runs -purring like a kitten.

[smoothsailing]

again, another fictional character.

fantasy land is clouding and crowding out reality in your world.

time to break free.

[hosepipe]

So to those who have set for themselves the goal of spreading the gospel of cynicism: may your labors continue to reward you with the sour fruits they so richly deserve.

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Being against Trump(being President) is not cynical it’s logical..
He quite simply is not qualified.. since he has WORKED FOR THE ENEMY.. has been the enemy, maybe still IS the enemy..

President is way to sensitive an Office for him to hold..
Without positive affirmations.. beyond “WORDs” which can be and often is mere rhetoric..

Could Be different if qualified people were not “HANDY”..
Trump is a candidate to be accepted as a conservative.. NOT as President..

Fast tracking him to be CEO of the Country is a serious MISTAKE..
Give a couple years proving he is a Conservative and I would vote for him.. unless he is a RINO..

[LS]

It's a good piece. When you think of real leaders in America, they were very flawed men. Patton was a dyslexic egotist who often conflated his own glory with his units' military accomplishments. Davy Crockett abandoned his wife for months at a time---supposedly "hunting". Ike had a running affair with an aide, was presumed to be a Democrat before he announced as a Republican. Lincoln suffered from severe depression and was viewed as an outsider even as president.

That "something" of leadership is impossible to define---if we could define it, mostt of us would check off the boxes and buy or develop what we need. No one can predict how long that intangible holds. For Rudy Guliani it faded after a few months. We will see how long Trump keeps "it" but his history as a businessman, then as a TV star, and now as a candidate (though still not a politician) suggests he will have "it" for a long time.

[Carry_Okie]

So to those who have set for themselves the goal of spreading the gospel of cynicism: may your labors continue to reward you with the sour fruits they so richly deserve.

I'll take your ignorantly projected cynicism as opposed to willful delusion. Those who would explain away the degree of Trump's plastic opinions show no more integrity than Xero's apologists among the leftists who showed such adulation.

[newfreep]

Just as making a decision based on skin color is racist, making a decision based on sexual organs is bigoted.

Yet leftists fail to see the truth in the above.

[newfreep]

Ditto on Trump/Cruz.

America (and our Constitution) needs a high profile fighter to stand-up to the leftwing communists that are “this” close to their goal of overthrowing America.

Trump has given voice (a BIG voice, too!) to many Conservative values...and yes, he has some liberal warts. Perhaps Cruz, as VP, can help minimize/eliminate those warts.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

On the charitable assumption that his blustery, content-free stump speech isn't an act, you'll get no argument here. But Trump does seem to know a lot more about politics than many of his detractors, including those critics who are well versed in the finer details of entitlement reform or international trade policy. Trump's success in the polls has been particularly frustrating for wonky conservatives. How can so many people buy into the business expertise of someone who so often gives technically wrong answers to economic questions?

The author is just another Partisan Media Shill.

[matthew fuller]

Agreed!

[V K Lee]

My hope has well. The two make a team to balance out the other. Good cop/bad cop?? No offense to any cop intended!!

Donald as the mike, Cruz as the ‘wonkie’ & may I add a very down to earth guy. With Donald as a mike, he now has a chance to make a top notch candidate and have a voice which might be heard. Lord knows, everyone needs to hear the words from the man himself.

[papertyger]

Being against Trump(being President) is not cynical it’s logical..

Oh, it's not opposing Trump that's cynical: it's HOW Trump is being opposed that is cynical ... by definition.

It's a well worn groove, now. "Trump is out for himself" and "if you can't see that, you're stupid." Played over, and over again. The first part is cynical, again, by definition. The second part is the "evangelical" because it's being preached constantly and will tolerate no disagreement with its conclusion.