Posted on 01/22/2016 8:39:33 PM PST by Amntn
National Review's publication of the collective anti-Donald Trump missives from 22 self-appointed conservative potentates has caused quite a stir in Republican circles.
The nationwide responses range from, "Wait, I thought National Review went out of business years ago," to "Ed Meese? Seriously?"
The Gang of 22 have officially become parodies of themselves. One would have to reach back to the days of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew to lift an adequate quote to describe them.
"Nattering nabobs of negativism," "vicars of vacillation," "pusillanimous pussyfooters," "the decadent few," "ideological eunuchs," "the effete corps of impudent snobs," or "the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history" - take your pick, because they all apply about equally well to each and every one of them.
So clueless is the Gang of 22 they can't even see how they've stumbled right into the narrative Trump's been communicating so successfully for months. Just like the elected officials from both parties, the Gang of 22 has been GREAT at complaining about stuff, year, after year, after year.
But getting anything accomplished? Not so much.
Many of the Gang of 22 have been hanging around and chattering for decades, and some are active cogs in the Conservative Entertainment Complex, deriving their income by pandering to conservative anger while offering no real solutions.
Donald Trump represents a threat to these ineffectual poohbahs in the same way he represents a threat to do-nothing public officials.
Jealousy is also seriously at work here. Trump is inspiring and exciting a broad spectrum of the country like no member of the Gang of 22 ever has, or ever will.
In just seven months of campaigning, Trump already has more Americans listening to a Republican message than the entire Gang of 22 could muster over decades. Trump understands that before you can advance the ball, you have to convince people to take time from their busy lives to listen. No one on the GOP side since Ronald Reagan has accomplished that like Trump.
No one else has come close, and certainly no one from that "effete corps of impudent snobs" to which the National Review thinks we should defer.
The Gang of 22 had their chance. They've done a lot of bitching over the years, and it paid well for some.
But Americans care about results. They can plainly see that all of the empty talk from the Gang of 22 got us eight years of Barack Obama, and a loss in pretty much every conservative battle there was to lose.
At the same time when Americans look at Donald Trump's life they get a lot of assurance that here is finally a man who shares their focus on actually getting results. And Trump returns the respect by recognizing regular hard-working Americans are a lot smarter than any of the "ideological eunuchs" in all of their pontificating glory.
The "pusillanimous pussyfooters" love to nitpick Trump's words, but what voters are looking for this year is competence and accomplishment. Donald Trump has an actual record of delivering both in spades.
The Gang of 22 is right to be terrified. A President who could get things done would expose them as the irrelevant creatures they truly are.
It can't happen fast enough.
That’s very good. I get it.
I Voted for Romney in the General Election in order to get rid of Obama.
I’ll be waiting for my Deportation Papers.
Can you drive me to the Airport? LOL
Then again, I was Born in Brooklyn. I don’t think you can get Deported to Brooklyn, can you?
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That and all the other tripe that has been thrown at him and has bounced right off to hit the person who threw it.
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Bump!
Do you want the trains running late?
Trying reading what I wrote. I said Romney, not people who voted for him.
In what universe did that happen? Back in 2008 Trump was a registered Democrat and very anti-Republican. Even in 2011, he said he had been “Obama’s biggest cheerleader.” And he said McCain shouldn’t have picked Palin, he should have picked Romney.
Exactly. They are clueless.
They really should’a gave us a little somethin if they wanted us back, but no, take 100,000 S’Syrians’. Screw’em.
I don't either; one small dust-off at GOP national headquarters back in the early eighties was enough to "turn me off!"
Murdoch has recently capitulated to Trump. I wonder why he hasn’t reigned her (nice) ass in.
That is simply not true. Trump was a registered Democrat, who supported Hillary. He was strongly against Republicans. He was on TV about it all the time then. In 2011, he even said he was among Obama's cheerleaders. I have never even heard of any of his supporters claim that. When did that myth start?
How do you think he knows Sarah?
He actually said at the time that McCain shouldn't have picked Palin, he should have picked Romney.
excellent article
That is just an out-and-out lie. Trump has never even claimed that. Like when he talked about McCain this summer. Where do these lies get started. Show shred of evidence such a thing ever happened?
Nonsense ..Romney is for open borders and bad trade deals .. Trump is against
I posted two links from 2008 about Trump endorsing McCain.
Do you need more?
BS. Trump raised money for McCain. You’ve been listening to wacko Glenn Beck.
I don’t think I have a reading comprehension issue, but if I misunderstood your intent I stand corrected.
Does this mean you won’t give me a ride to the Airport? LOL
Take care Nick. This will be quite a year no matter what.
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