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Why Is Trump So Formidable? - Perhaps Because He Owns The Downside ...
TheConservativeTreeHouse.com ^ | 11/17/15 | Sundance

Posted on 11/17/2015 10:03:42 AM PST by mbrfl

Regardless of who you support in the 2016 Presidential primary race, most will admit there's one strategic advantage held by Donald Trump over all other candidates - Trump's willingness to "own the downside".

All policies and proposals have a "downside", there's no such thing as a policy proposal with benefit to all and harm to none. This empirical truth is toxic to professional politicians – therefore they spend an inordinate amount of time using pretzel logic to avoid it.

As a direct consequence of avoidance, the media love to use the downside as a weapon. For the first time in recent political memory Donald Trump represents a candidacy who is unafraid of their spear; and as a consequence, immune to the damage.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bombtheshitoutofthem; deportallofthem; elections; media; sendthemback; trump; trump2016; trumparticle; trumpdoctrine
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To: mbrfl

insightful. it’s called courage. he has it.


21 posted on 11/17/2015 10:39:33 AM PST by dadfly
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To: Guenevere

I read just a few. I couldn’t stomach the Cruz bashing.


22 posted on 11/17/2015 10:55:28 AM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the GOPee does not want you.)
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To: mbrfl

Great article!

This is why I think a Trump/Cruz ticket would be great!

While my preference is Cruz, Trump has some characteristics that we may need right now.

Trump is a no-nonsense “leader.” He doesn’t want to play the games.

Most people in politics are there because they enjoy the game, and they don’t really care much about the end. They enjoy playing the means, and many times the means are more important than then ends. Dinner, cocktails, parties, schmoozing with other elites and hollywood, oh what fun. This is why we have a democrat and a GOPe/RINO one party. Both groups are leftist liberals that enjoy being part of the game and enjoy the processes that are involved.

Cruz doesn’t want to play the game, neither does Trump. But Cruz has been in the game and is somewhat stuck by the game process rules. He doesn’t necessarily know how to get out of the game. But has been very good at struggling within, such as his exposure with Boehner, and others.

Trump hasn’t been in the game, and doesn’t necessarily even know the rules. He doesn’t care to know the rules, doesn’t want to be part of the process, and doesn’t want to play the game. And this is why he makes it clear he is self-funding. He is owned by no one. No man owns Trump. This makes Trump both very good and very scary. Many people are afraid that he might run amok on the constitution. A valid concern.

So a Trump/Cruz ticket right now would be good. Cruz will learn a lot about how to not play the game and how spot the process failures and also learn how to lead through them. Cruz is young and will be president next.


23 posted on 11/17/2015 11:17:41 AM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Despot of the Delta

Jeb wants no flies in Syria? That will take a lot of DDT. Tell the Syrians to buy themselves some flyswatters.


24 posted on 11/17/2015 12:00:09 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: mbrfl

Very well-written and interesting analysis. He’s an entrepreneur, very familiar with downside risks, and he’s much more comfortable with it than most politicians. He’s touching every third rail there is and not only surviving but thriving.


25 posted on 11/17/2015 12:15:10 PM PST by Tennessean4Bush (An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true.)
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To: onyx

Ping!


26 posted on 11/17/2015 12:18:53 PM PST by Canedawg (Fubo)
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To: ForYourChildren

Spot on!


27 posted on 11/17/2015 12:27:20 PM PST by mbrfl (fightingmad)
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To: sparklite2

Trump is teaching us all to not be afraid of the downside. It’s only a “down” if you get sucked in. The Donald is a role model in how to take a perceived down, and turns it “upside”. I’m learning from him too.


28 posted on 11/17/2015 6:44:50 PM PST by georgiegirl
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To: sparklite2

Trump is teaching us all to not be afraid of the downside. It’s only a “down” if you get sucked in. The Donald is a role model in how to take a perceived down, and turns it “upside”. I’m learning from him too.


29 posted on 11/17/2015 6:44:52 PM PST by georgiegirl
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