Posted on 01/23/2016 7:19:59 AM PST by jimbo123
Post this on a separate thread!
Thanks! But aren’t vanity posts bad form on FR?
Cruz shouldn’t have hung his hat on the “I’m the conservative” meme, because appearing, as an equal or colleague, with Beck proves to all real conservatives—because WE KNOW BECK-—that Cruz can’t be a conservative. Otherwise he’d never be SEEN with Glenn Beck.
P.T. Barnum, it is worth noting, knew how to attract large crowds and be successful. So, Clearly, does Donald Trump. It is a serous mistake to insist on some concept of purity instead of victory. The great mistake of these “insider” conservative intellectuals is that they fail to consider that if a candidate succeeds by taking conservative positions that he knows and senses stir the greater number of people, then he will continue to sound the same notes and espouse that which he advocates in order to win in order to get re-elected by an even larger margin and then will continue with the same measures in order to ensure his place in history and be able to exercise leadership and influence after he leaves office.
P.T. Barnum, it is worth noting, knew how to attract large crowds and be successful. So, Clearly, does Donald Trump. It is a serous mistake to insist on some concept of purity instead of victory. The great mistake of these “insider” conservative intellectuals is that they fail to consider that if a candidate succeeds by taking conservative positions that he knows and senses stir the greater number of people, then he will continue to sound the same notes and espouse that which he advocates in order to win in order to get re-elected by an even larger margin and then will continue with the same measures in order to ensure his place in history and be able to exercise leadership and influence after he leaves office.
No way, go for it! It’s an excellent analysis. The Mods won’t mind.
Aok I shall!
Great post!
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LOLOL! Stealin’ both of those graphics!
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