Posted on 06/08/2021 6:47:24 AM PDT by Kaslin
In the 1964 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Barry Goldwater had a slogan: "In your heart you know he's right."
That was aimed at deflecting the stereotype about Goldwater and Republicans in general that they were an uncaring lot. It is a smear that still works to some extent for modern Democrats.
In his return to political campaigning last Saturday, former president Donald Trump channeled Goldwater when he claimed vindication for many of the positions he took during last year's presidential campaign and in the four years of his administration.
Speaking to a gathering of North Carolina Republicans in Greenville, Trump touted his accomplishments, including tax cuts and regulation reductions. He also criticized what he said were President Biden's "insane executive orders."
He might have added Middle East peace deals, including the Abraham Accords. He said President Biden is working to reverse all of his achievements and mentioned rising gas prices as a consequence that can be felt by nearly every American.
If it can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt that China was the source of the COVID-19 virus and that Beijing irresponsibly and callously allowed it to spread around the world, Trump said China should be forced to pay at least "$10 trillion in reparations." If it refuses, he said, then a "100 percent tariff" should be imposed on all goods made in China entering the United States. It is a good idea, but one the Biden administration is unlikely to adopt.
There were a few bizarre comments, including his claim that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un "is a different kinda guy," but then Franklin Roosevelt referred to Joseph Stalin, another murderous dictator, as "Uncle Joe." In 1940, Time magazine named Stalin its "Man of the Year" and most journalists in that era ignored Stalin's gulags and forced starvation, so maybe we're even.
Trump claimed "radical left prosecutors" in New York have been "paid hundreds of thousands of dollars" for their campaigns for office in order to see him indicted, convicted and put in prison. He accused them of "prosecutorial misconduct"(is this correct?) and the familiar "fishing expedition." A New York grand jury last week called its first witness, a former employee of the Trump organization.
The red meat kept getting tossed to the receptive audience. He criticized the teaching of critical race theory and endorsed school choice. He also peppered his sentences with some vulgar language, which probably did not appeal to Republicans in a state with a large Christian and conservative population.
After more than an hour, I had hoped that Trump was not going to mention the last election. Silly me. Trump spoke of the "election hoax" and beyond that was the familiar accusations most people have heard ad-infinitum.
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to be channeling Trump when he claimed the most recent election and the fragile coalition government cobbled together to oust him after 15 years in power was also illegitimate.
The past can't be changed and so Trump should be directing his energy and efforts to next year's critical congressional elections. The late Washington football team head coach George Allen used to say, "the future is now." That should be Trump's focus.
Trump's best line of the night came near the end. It was in response to critics who say he is damaging our democracy with his talk of election fraud. He said, "I am not the one trying to undermine democracy, I am the one trying to save it."
That's a line he might continue to use. It has a nice ring to it, similar to "in your heart you know he's right."
Unfortunately, the rats came up with the more poetic, "In your guts you know he's nuts!"
Absolutely, President Trump is right.
Anybody who has paid even the slightest bit of attention knows this without any doubt at all.
Amen.
Not just in my heart....but, in every fiber of my being.
Damn straight Trump was right.
That’s a fact.
I saw Cal Thomas once in a fast food joint eating with his wife and son, who is mentally challenged. I’m glad to see, that he sees what deplorables see.
True dat. Me too
YES he’s right.
And you Cal Thomas said...”and so Trump should be directing his energy and efforts to next year’s critical congressional elections.”
HE IS...are you not paying attention?
But they are rats and everything they say is ass backwards.
President Trump is absolutely right.
Trump is right. There is a group which has taken over our government. Trump exposed them. Or they exposed themselves when Trump started running for President. The evil group was in the government in both parties, the press, the colleges, the large corporations. Now we can see them. Now we fear them. But their infection was greater than we thought. They are bolder than we thought. And we have to fight harder than we thought.
What is it with these fools who think that crimes should just be grandfathered in? If crime is not punished it grows & flourishes.
We should be fixed with laser like intensity on the 2020 election. That is the most important issue for the future of our Country. Fraud and malfeasance should be uncovered. Changes must be made so that there is no possibility of future fraud, malfeasance, foreign interference and people being able to buy off officials. We need prosecutions & prison terms.
Transparency = Secure Elections = Democratic Republic.
2020 Election and probably many prior years of fraud = banana republic and loss of Constitutional protections for ourselves & our posterity.
In our guts we know Biden’s nuts!
One of the things wrong with this occurred in the headline when he built the essay around Trump and Goldwater. Grabbed it straight out of thin air, but it constrained his whole ridiculous essay.
“There were a few bizarre comments, including his claim that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un “is a different kinda guy...”
Cal Thomas, come on man. It is called tongue-in-cheek humor, and to emphasize by understating. For crying out loud.
“A New York grand jury last week called its first witness, a former employee of the Trump organization.”
This idiot has never heard the one about indicting a ham sandwich.
“The past can’t be changed...”
Thomas: “Officer, I want to report that my house was broken into and my valuables were stolen.”
Officer: “Sir, the past can’t be changed...”
There is too much wrong and stupid in this article, so I will leave it at that. Cal Thomas is still a never Trumper.
Surely you jest.
Anybody with a pulse and two brain cells to rub together knows he’s right.
I wished I had read the last line first and skipped the rest.
If we answer that “wrong”, will we go onto a Democrat extermination, er, I mean re-education list?
“Surely you jest.”
No, I do not jest. Remember the National Review production of 1/22/16, “Conservatives against Trump”?
Cal Thomas was moved to join in on the venom — “If I developed a brain tumor, I would want Ben Carson to operate on me, but do I want Donald Trump “operating” on America.”
Yes, Thomas is a never Trumper. Can you cite anything in that article that is pro-Trump. The headline itself is a smear, as Goldwater lost in a landslide, and if you check your history, was maligned as being a bit off balance.
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