Posted on 12/12/2015 6:43:01 AM PST by AuntB
This column neither endorses not disparages any political candidate. It is a commentary on my gut feeling about how a presidential candidate who never held public office or to my knowledge, ever seriously attempted to, a novice and amateur in the ways of national politics could captivate such a seemingly unassailable following of eligible Republican voters.
To say Donald Trump is brash, self-aggrandizing, abrasive and given to 360º offensive statements would be an understatement of universal proportions.
He has bragged, bashed, bullied and bulldozed his way through months of rabid criticism from, among others, his own party, predictions of his demise for verbally going too far and enough negative print to paper the south wall of the Grand Canyon.
Why?
Why in spite of the adversity, the condescension and dire prophecies of fading away, he rolls on in juggernaut-like fashion, defying every traditional political rule in the book, garnering phenomenal poll numbers, leaving well-financed establishment candidates foundering in the starting blocks and scratching their heads in bewilderment.
Here’s my opinion.
The Republican establishment has blown it. For years now the GOP faithful have heard promises to curb Obama's excesses, do something about our Southern border, take on the rising tide of Islamic terrorism - both foreign and domestic - fix the Obamacare morass, our out- of-control entitlement debacle and address the myriad of problems that threaten America’s future.
And after achieving a majority in both houses, they have done basically nothing, caving to every ill-conceived Obama initiative, fearing media reaction, refusing to take any kind of bold action, coming off like a gaggle of cowards or a herd of sheep, yet telling us if they could only gain the White House they would be able to get the job done.
Well, the people of America just ain’t swallowing it anymore. They're sick of the “same old same old “and want to break out of the mold and elect a man of action, one who speaks in a language the common man can understand.
When he says he’ll build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, the people understand it. Amid promises of political solutions and impractical crap presented by the rank and file candidates, this seems a plausible solution, somebody at least proposing something that, in most people's opinion could work to stem the flood of illegal immigration.
Americans are extremely concerned about the flow of radical Islam into America. While the other candidates flounder in political correctness and propose pie in the sky, security, more efficient vetting processes etc., to the entry of terrorists posing as refugees and immigrants, Trump cuts to the chase and says he would just halt the flow of Muslims completely until we can get the mess figured out.
That's something people understand. While it would probably have been better to say to halt immigration from most Middle Eastern nations, that’s not Trump.
He talks about deporting illegals, getting rid of the Hispanic gangs that plague our cities and many others, hands on and sometimes outlandish solutions and comes off as a man of action who would grab the bull by the horns and actually do something for a change.
While everybody wonders when he'll cross that line, Trump goes on his merry way, a flash of red heat juxtaposed against the run of the mill, shades of gray establishment candidates whose business as usual rhetoric comes off as colorless against Trump’s fiery lexicon.
I don't know if Trump would be able to follow on all or any of the bold proposals he has made, but he sure has a large swath of Republican voters who believe he can and will.
America wants action, they're sick of rhetoric and cheap talk and politicians who all look as if they were cut from the same mold.
Regardless of what your impression of Trump is, you simply cannot just ignore him, which is more than I can say for most of the candidates running on both tickets.
Try this, try to remember how many things you can remember that have been said by the other Republican candidates.
Now see how many you can remember that Trump said.
See what I mean?
Trump may or may not be the guy, but some of the other candidates could learn a thing or two from him.
What do you think?
Pray for our troops and the peace of Jerusalem.
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels
Well, the people of America just ain’t swallowing it anymore. They're sick of the “same old same old “and want to break out of the mold and elect a man of action, one who speaks in a language the common man can understand."
Really good summation by Charlie. If he’s done one thing right, Trump has revealed the Uniparty system for the con that is is.
Charlie gets it 100% right.
It’s fairly obvious. He shows more leadership than any of the rest of them.
Trump should stir the pot some more on the Muzzie ban. He should say that he would try and explain it in more detail but you need some people with intelligence in government and other places to understand it.
And that is why Trump is leading.
Why Trump?
Because he will absolutely and totally destroy the inept, corrupt, and hypocritical GOPe-led Republican party. The GOPe is going into the dustbin of history as it richly deserves.
Conservative or liberal, young or old, upballot or downballot, politicians that allign themselves with the Republican party must go down to defeat.
Right——and it is the only way to break through the monopoly of the sodomite elites control of the press and all three branches of government.
There is no other way to “wake” up the ignorant useful idiots.....and if this doesn’t happen-—the Wake-Up call and return to Rule of Law (rather than the rule of obammy and the sodomites)-—we are DONE as a nation.
If they are allowed to raise and indoctrinate another generation to their worldview where Vice is Virtue and Slavery is Freedom——we are finished.
Controll of all emotions/information has been the MO of the MSM since John Dewey-——to move us to totalitarianism (NWO) and 19th century”Kill God” group (the movement which started in Europe to rid the world of the Christian Worldview) so that we would discard our concepts of Individualism and Natural Rights from God——and take the cr*p from the behind from our masters who want a “utopia” of Marx-—where male and female (human nature) is destroyed-—so we are “happy slaves” like Ficthe stated——where we are so irrational we believe that “snow is black” and boys are girls.
A great essay.
I believe the reason they have done nothing in both houses is that they are bought and paid for. The small few that are not are probably being blackmailed.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3369742/posts
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While we fight over Trump, France closes 3 mosques, finds hundreds of weapons
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3370440/posts
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TRUMP WAS RIGHT: Former FBI Agent Drops Bombshell About the Vast Majority of Mosques
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3368811/posts
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51% of U.S. Muslims Want Sharia Law
25% American Muslims Okay With Violence Against Infidels
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3339848/posts
The following data is taken specifically from here:
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/Opinion-Polls.htm
And is a small snapshot of all the polls and data listed. See the link above for the complete list.
World Public Opinion:
61% of Egyptians approve of attacks on Americans
32% of Indonesians approve of attacks on Americans
41% of Pakistanis approve of attacks on Americans
38% of Moroccans approve of attacks on Americans
83% of Palestinians approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (only 14% oppose)
62% of Jordanians approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (21% oppose)
42% of Turks approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (45% oppose)
A minority of Muslims disagreed entirely with terror attacks on Americans:
(Egypt 34%; Indonesia 45%; Pakistan 33%)
About half of those opposed to attacking Americans were sympathetic with al-Qaeda’s attitude toward the U.S.
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_rpt.pdf
Pew Research (2007):
26% of younger Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are justified.
35% of young Muslims in Britain believe suicide bombings are justified (24% overall).
42% of young Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justified (35% overall).
22% of young Muslims in Germany believe suicide bombings are justified.(13% overall).
29% of young Muslims in Spain believe suicide bombings are justified.(25% overall).
http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf#page=60
Pew Research (2011):
8% of Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified (81% never).
28% of Egyptian Muslims believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified (38% never).
http://www.people-press.org/2011/08/30/muslim-americans-no-signs-of-growth-in-alienation-or-support-for-extremism/
Pew Research (2007):
Muslim-Americans who identify more strongly with their religion are three times more likely to feel that suicide bombings are justified
http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf#page=60
The Polling Company CSP Poll (2015):
19% of Muslim-Americans say that violence is justified in order to make Sharia the law in the United States (66% disagree).
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150612-CSP-Polling-Company-Nationwide-Online-Survey-of-Muslims-Topline-Poll-Data.pdf
The Polling Company CSP Poll (2015):
25% of Muslim-Americans say that violence against Americans in the United States is justified as part of the “global Jihad (64% disagree).
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/150612-CSP-Polling-Company-Nationwide-Online-Survey-of-Muslims-Topline-Poll-Data.pdf
posted by ForYourChildren
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3368811/posts?page=15#15
What do I think?
“They’re sick of the “same old same old “
Not even close. The American people are sick of experiencing the destruction of their country by a bunch of people who work for them
I’m with you.
Trump supports Kelo where the govt can take property from rich people like you and give it to poor people like him, Trump, to make money off of.
Right?
Trump is ineperienced?
At what? Being a politician? That’s bad?
Trump knows one thing they don’t know but should.
He knows he would be working for us, like any other CEO working for his stockholders
He’ll figure out the rules
And if I hear one more person say that he has no experience
After eight years of watching the republicans allowing a dope to run our country into the near abyss, spending MORE of our credit that all of the former presidents COMBINED, I will curse
The two big reasons I like Trump
#1 He’s NOT a lawyer!
#2 Trump is the only candidate who can take out both the Clinton & Bush dynasties at the same time while forcing the RNC to follow it’s own platform. Let me know when another candidate can do that!
He ought to talk about how Islam is not a religion, but a form of government masking as a religion. The ultimate goal is the takeover of the country and government.
Me rich?You must be thinking of someone else.
Charlie is spot on.
If Trump just does one thing that he’s proposed, he’ll have been more successful than all presidents combined since Reagan.
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