So, once again, I am told that I need to choose between men who have been the conservative standard bearers for decades (Rush, Mark Levin, Sowell) and a man who not only hasn’t been conservative in the past, but who actually praised Planned Parenthood at a Republican debate! Anyone who says anything negative about Trump must be excommunicated. It’s like a damn cult or something!
No candidate is perfect. I’ll vote for the Republican nominee (because all of them are better than Romney or McInsane... well except Jeb). But the way that Trump and his supporters are tearing down all of conservatism and its allies, who is he going to have left when he’s done? Who will be left to expand conservatism when everyone who dares point out any flaws in Trump must be destroted? This doesn’t sound like Trump is an advocate for conservatism. He’s willing to destroy it to win...
Trump has never said he is trying to win without the base. That is Limbaugh’s spin, and Limbaugh has shown he can no longer be trusted in his analysis.
The base. What a gimmick. How about Americans?
Rush is confused. He thinks his listenership equals the base. The base is bigger than you, Rush, and most of the base is moving on from you because you’ve lost the ability to see beneath the surface and analyze what’s really going on in the world of politics today. The base is engaged, aware and understands the state of our society better than you do. I’m sorry that the game has passed you by, but that’s what it is. You have gotten intellectually lazy and now rely on platitudes rather than digging deeper to try and understand the political dynamics of today and how they have changed from 20 to 30 years ago. Nothing personal Rush but you’re no longer relevant.
I heard this and disagree with the premise
To analyze the Trump effort on historical basis is error. There can be no valid historical comparison between the Trump effort and the Bush effort.
Bush is marshalling troops and resources to fight the last war. That war we can plainly see doesn’t exist.
The Trump voters are in effect a new base. The new base is composed of elements not presently clearly defined but that include elements of groups that have abandoned the base Bush sought to capture.
The trump campaign initially sought the Vast Pissed Off Conspiracy and then in pragmatic fashion enlarged it by doing what worked. Early on, it was not possible to measure the VPOC but we are now measuring it many times a week. We know that Trump now measures the VPOC at as much as 39-42% of Republican primary voters
The VPOC is the new base created more or less right before our eyes
Go Dr Ben