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Why Trump Won (Victor Davis Hanson)
Hoover Institution ^ | November 11, 2016 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 11/12/2016 9:16:45 AM PST by Semper911

Edited on 11/12/2016 11:53:24 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

Throughout the course of the 2016 election, the conventional groupthink was that the renegade Donald Trump had irrevocably torn apart the Republican Party. His base populism supposedly sandbagged more experienced and electable Republican candidates, who were bewildered that a

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016issues; election2016; mytruelove; trumpvictory; vdh; victordavishanson
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To: Semper911
He was definitely not on the Trump Train, but this analysis of the big picture is the best I have read.

It's hard to give much credence to the analysis of a man that was unwilling to place the well being of his country ahead of maintaining his place at the GOPe trough. VDH was a #NeverTrumper long after the race came down to either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.

What makes you think he's telling you what he really believes now as opposed to just trying to secure himself a place (and a paycheck) in the new political landscape?
61 posted on 11/12/2016 10:20:08 AM PST by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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To: AmusedBystander

LOL!

I will send this to friends. Thanks.


62 posted on 11/12/2016 10:21:12 AM PST by Kay
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To: Kay

This is THE article to send friends and family that are devastated and just don’t understand what just happened. also the Youtube video by Lauren Southern: “What Trump means for Millennials”. Nails it in 4 minutes.


63 posted on 11/12/2016 10:26:06 AM PST by uncitizen (Ding Dong The LSM is Dead!)
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To: samtheman

Hanson was not never Trump. He is one of the National review writers that was fairly supportive of trump


64 posted on 11/12/2016 10:27:04 AM PST by Junior_G (Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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To: Semper911
The only thing he misses or doesn't emphasize is the war on religious liberty and conscience rights by this evil administration. This motivated many Catholics but not catholics to come out against Hillary and for Trump.
65 posted on 11/12/2016 10:28:02 AM PST by frogjerk (We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
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To: sparklite2

Trump had a lot of doubting Thomases. I’m amazed at how patient and indefatigable Donald Trump was in the face of all this. It has clearly borne good fruit, however.


66 posted on 11/12/2016 10:32:36 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Semper911

bump


67 posted on 11/12/2016 10:33:05 AM PST by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: frogjerk

Don’t forget Crazy Evangelicals (of which Mike Pence is one).


68 posted on 11/12/2016 10:33:57 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Garth Tater
What makes you think he's telling you what he really believes now

I just like the way he writes, and he makes some excellent points. I knew I would take some flack by posting this here, but I did it anyway because I respect him. I respected him before too, but I hoped he was wrong.

Early on, no one believed this would happen. No one. Now we record history and examine how it came to be. I think that is what VDH is doing here.

69 posted on 11/12/2016 10:34:41 AM PST by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; NFHale; ExTexasRedhead; stephenjohnbanker

Another good article by Victor Davis Hanson, a renown historian and commentator.


70 posted on 11/12/2016 10:35:26 AM PST by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gates)
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To: Semper911

for later read


71 posted on 11/12/2016 10:35:52 AM PST by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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To: Semper911

Sometimes we do not understand a complex picture until its painting has completed.


72 posted on 11/12/2016 10:35:56 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Semper911

“In the aftermath of defeat, where goes the Democratic Party? It is now a municipal party. It has no real power over the federal government or state houses. Its once feared cudgel of race/class/gender invective has become a false wolf call heard one too many times. The Sanders-Warren branch of the party, along with the now discredited Clinton strays, will hover over the party’s carcass. Meanwhile, President Obama will likely ride off into the sunset to a lucrative globe-trotting ex-presidency. His executive orders will systematically be dismantled by Donald Trump, leaving as his legacy a polarizing electoral formula that had a shelf life of just two terms.”

And all that because of the decisions of 100,000 or so voters in the Midwest (and PA).

NOT TRUE !!!!!!

When one considers the Illegal Vote, the Dead Vote, the Proxy Voting, and the media bias - this was a BLOWOUT ELECTION. Clean up our system and media and Trump would have won by 15 points, if not more.


73 posted on 11/12/2016 10:38:43 AM PST by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: Kay

No. I intended to post this here. VDH is missing the point, but Freepers shouldn’t.


74 posted on 11/12/2016 10:39:09 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; ExTexasRedhead; ...

“,,,renegade Donald Trump ,,,”

That makes us “Deplorable Renegades”.

I like it....


75 posted on 11/12/2016 10:42:09 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: uncitizen

Hi there. Thanks. Which article did you mean?

My above post was referring to the funny photo of newspaper front page where Trump is accused of evicting black family.


76 posted on 11/12/2016 10:43:18 AM PST by Kay
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To: AmusedBystander

I just showed your post to a friend who howled w laughter!!


77 posted on 11/12/2016 10:47:04 AM PST by Kay
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To: Kay

Oops I was talking about the article of this thread by VDH. oh well, the pic you’re talking about would be a good one to send too.


78 posted on 11/12/2016 10:48:08 AM PST by uncitizen (Ding Dong The LSM is Dead!)
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To: Semper911
In contrast, the Democratic Party is torn and rent. Barack Obama entered office in 2009 with both houses of Congress, two likely Supreme Court picks, and the good will of the nation. By 2010 he had lost the House; by 2012, the Senate. And by 2016, Obama had ensured that his would-be successor could not win by running on his platform.

Well Clinton lost the entire congress in just TWO years --1994 and it stayed that way till Bush blew it in 2006
79 posted on 11/12/2016 10:49:25 AM PST by uncbob
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To: Semper911

bmp


80 posted on 11/12/2016 10:50:39 AM PST by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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