Posted on 01/26/2019 6:19:56 AM PST by Kaslin
Chill.
Just chill. The wailing and gnashing of teeth on the hardcore conservative side over Trump’s delaying action – really, a hudna – in the battle for the wall is way over the top and typically overdramatic.
Trump’s caved-in!
We’re doomed!
Pelosi annihilated him with her master stratagems and it’s all over for conservatism!
Oh please. Lighten up, Francises – and many of you are my pals. But you need this bucket of cold water. What happened Friday doesn’t matter.
Not at all.
Well, that’s not quite accurate. It could matter, if you decide to keep doing exactly what Nancy Pelosi wants you to do, freaking out. That’s why she employed her brilliant stratagem of just saying “No” – since you’re upset, let me point out that this is sarcasm.
It wasn’t brilliant – it was obvious. She was counting on you to set up as a do-or-die test for Trump over something where she and Chuck Schumer held a veto. Thanks to Paul Ryan and the Fredocons, the House belongs to the Democrats, and the Senate can’t pass anything without 60 votes and we have 52 plus Mitt. So Trump can’t build a wall without their OK, and the emergency power thing is no panacea – it will last about 30 seconds before some Obama judge enjoins it.
You were going to let your support for Trump be entirely contingent on the Democrats’ approval? What were you thinking?
You weren’t, and I get it. You’re emotional. No one has been used and abused worse than conservative voters. We’ve been lied to by decades by pseudo-conservatives who promised to do what we wanted but never did it even when they could. Sure, they could always manage to do the stuff the donors wanted – how about a new tax cut! – but the stuff we really wanted? Nah.
So I get that you have trust issues. You should – you’ve been burned so often you’re crispy. But now we crispycons have a guy in the White House who actually wants to do the stuff but can’t, as opposed to the establishment jerks who didn’t want to but could have. So spazzing out makes zero sense.
Get a hold of yourself. Let the “Ahoy!” crowd read from the Democrat narrative memo. You shouldn’t. You should chill.
So we lost this round? So what? We’ve lost before, and we’ll lose again. This is for the long-haul folks. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. There’s no magic wand where one term of Vitamin D cures a century of progressive pathology.
Trump’s instincts have been right all along. We doubted he could win. He did. We doubted he would actually remake the courts. He has. We doubted he’d fight for the wall, but he did, and he paid a price. Who else would have withstood the heat this long? Who would have even picked the fight?
Mitt? Jeb!? Chet the Unicorn?
Name the Republican you want to replace him with. Who’s the guy who is going to stand up to the cultural fascists like Trump? Who’s going to fight for you harder?
What’s his name?
***mumble mumble mumble***
I CAN’T HEAR YOU! WHAT’S HIS NAME!
Nobody.
I’m not ready to even accept that we’ve lost the battle – let’s see what happens in three weeks. But what was the better plan for the shutdown skirmish? Keep it going? Friday morning was bringing reports of airport shutdowns. That might have made it real to the Normals. See, we political types were watching and caring, while they weren’t. But it looked like they were about to start. Maybe Trump’s instincts, which you have to admit have been remarkable (Just ask Felonia Milhous von Pantsuit after you pump a few cups of joe into her lie-hole to sober her up), told him it was time to cut his losses. Remember Alinsky Rule No. 7?
“A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.”
Did any of you see any indication at all that the shutdown tactic was about to deliver us victory, that it was not becoming a drag? Me neither. Cut your losses. Pull back here, counter-attack there.
We’ve been attacking for two years, racking up conservative triumphs you’ve never experienced unless you were one of us who was of age during the Reagan years. Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh – what other GOP president would have held course and made them happen? Trump’s remaking the courts and rebuilding our military. He gutted Obamacare and Obama’s regulations. He’s pulling us out of useless wars, useless agreements with Iran, and useless climate change scams. He’s got clarity on Israel, on the garbage mainstream media, and America’s useless elite.
Remember that in the days before the shutdown truce, we had won a huge victory over the garbage mainstream media by exposing their lies about the Covington kids and the drum-banging Frigidaireborne ranger. Buzzfeed first had its lies about the president exposed and then had to make massive lay-offs. HuffPo Opinion died. Even the SWAT raid on Roger Stone turned out to have zilch to do with collusion, as usual.
We’re winning, politically and culturally. Yeah, they’re fighting back, except that’s what opponents do, and opponents sometimes score. But if this was baseball, we and Trump would be batting .900, yet some of you can’t accept net success. It’s like some of you are only comfortable losing, but that’s not your fault. Thanks to the useless GOP establishment, you’re just used to losing.
Think about it – what do Nancy and Chuck want you to do right now? They want you to say “Gosh, Trump didn’t get the wall yet so I’m going to stop supporting him” and to give up in despair.
Maybe you should do as I do, and make it a rule not to do what Chuck and Nancy want you to do.
So calm down. Don’t be manipulated. If you want the wall, keep backing the only possible politician who has any chance at all of delivering one. Will he? Maybe. Maybe not. But if you don’t support him, your chances drop to zero.
We lost a fight. We have not lost the war. We only lose if we do what Nancy and Chuck want and turn on the President.
Chill.
Now, if you want to see what will happen if we abandon Trump like the Democracts are trying to manipulate us into, check out my latest novel, Wildfire, and my earlier installments People’s Republic and Indian Country. We better get out heads right and look at the long-term fight instead of wetting ourselves every time stuff doesn’t go our way. We’re going to lose a lot of fights before we win this war.
In 3 weeks Trump should say the government will remain open for business, declare a national emergency and build the barrier with the 7 billion from the Pentagon. Problem solved.
Do I have to do everything around here?
Yeh!
This all comes under...know thy enemy!
;)
GyG
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You got that right George lost MOST of the battles. But he was focused and knew when to dodge and weave and parry...
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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“Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory:
1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
3 He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
4 He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
5 He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
Sun tzu, The Art of War
Unfortunately, that 10% stuff was what got him elected...
Washington also executed traitors, he didn't have lunch with them.
Ann is just out to sell books, forget her. Trumps accomplishments speak for themselves, more than the past 5 Presidents combined. The wall will be built. Have a little faith!
I am thrilled that he is prolife and has such a good heart of gold and steel.
I have faith. No worries there.
Sorry, but the fat lady hasn’t sung yet.
Ditto here too.
From the excellent article-
“Think about it – what do Nancy and Chuck want you to do right now? They want you to say “Gosh, Trump didn’t get the wall yet so I’m going to stop supporting him” and to give up in despair.”
Calling all FReeper NeverTrumpers and naysayers. Y’all need to read this. Twice.
Bump!
The third would actually be the most constitutionally sound, but would also indicate the turning point was far past: a DNC super majority could simply ignore judicial overreach - as many as us have suggested Trump do with certain rulings. Don't be surprised if the proglibs finally decide Marbury isn't in their best interest, and simply declare the black robed tyrants are undemocratic (they are) and in violation of the constitution.
There's another point we should consider, which is that this situation isn't really Trump's fault. The die was cast by many, many event that took place 50-60 years ago. Watch some old video of NASCAR, etc from the 60s - all those people you see are the culprits. They hadn't a clue what was happening behind the scenes, but the poison pill(s) where taken on their watch.
Trump may or may not have fully appreciated the full situation, but it's clear labeling it the 'swamp' was way to limited. In fact, 50% of the country - and growing - are perfectly happy to alter, reform and destroy the culture of independence that was inculcated for over 400 years. The DNC is simply opportunistic - their motivation is power, control & wealth, and there's plenty of that to go around by just allowing (and helping) the future unfold as expected. Smart GOPe are also in on the program, knowing that the future is pretty much set, so make hay ($) while the sun shines today.
It’s easy to say ‘chill’ when you don’t feel the pain.
They sandbagged Reagan, Bushes lied, Clinton and Obama never tried. The remaking of America via mass migration has been someone’s plan for a long time.
The wall & immigration control is the hardest, most obstructed, most bitter fight since the civil war, and operatives from the enemy will try to get us to drop our support for Trump and the wall any way they can.
I expect impeachment if he uses executive power to build it.
The powerful are afraid of that more than anything. Why?
Answer: they want to end America.
Is it 90%? Just curious. Kurt is right though. President Trump’s actions and policies have been in line with his promises.
JoMa
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