I was at that rally today and there are a few key points missing. There were several speakers and the lead-in to Donald Trump was none other than Col. Allen West. Cong. West rocked the place when he defended his vote against the budget deal and reminded everyone that the “cuts” were already spent before Obama even signed it. West also rocked Obama as Commander in Chief and the reckless, leaderless attack on Libya. There were many Trump / West 2012 signs in the crowd - very interesting that the 2 were speaking at the same event.
The pre-speech band was a mostly black jazz band that played Route 66 and rocked the place. The lead singer raised a cheer when he said ‘I thought the Tea Party is racist and then pointed to the many black folks at the event, participating fully. Tito Puente jr. played there and is a fantastic drummer like his dad and rocked Santana’s Oye Como Va. The so-called racist white audience rocked to it and there were latins participating as well.
Donald Trump has a very attractive, magnetic speaking style. No political mumbo jumbo, just very straight, easy to follow common sense conversational style. This I think is going to make him very formidable. Although he had some papers with him on the lectern, it appeared to be an outline and not a word-for-word speech. No TOTUS here. He comes across as very authentic and this is speaking to a very smart, no-nonsense tea party crowd. Spoke very bluntly about how he goes to Qatar and they have the most modern airports and infrastructure and then comes back to LaGuardia airport and is embarrassed at the comparison. Explains very easily how there is no recovery with the price of oil where it is, up 67% since Obama came in and we are not drilling. Notes the impact of inflation on the cotton industry and how this impacts price of clothes. Talks straight about how he knows smart, educated people from Latin America and Europe and other places that come to him for help to get into the country and could help grow our economy and be a credit to America. Very straight - we get the borders and immigration under control and stop bringing in criminals or we have no country.
The crowd shouted for him to talk about Obama’s scandals and very straight talked about how he himself went to Wharton and knows lots of people with kids with straight A’s can’t get into Harvard. He said ‘how did somebody with lousy grades like Obama get into Harvard in the first place?’ Crowd asked about Rezko and Ayers. The Ayers part was probably best and Trump without flinching said he believes Ayers wrote the first book and it was like Hemingway wrote it. The 2nd book he bluntly said he read and no way was written by the guy who wrote that first book. Flat out said ‘it’s like comparing chicken salad to chicken sh**’. Explained that it used to be when you win a war you win it and get the spoils. With him in charge he will take control of Iraq and that he has friends with knowledge on the situation who assures that once we leave Iran will take Iraq and are planning it already. Blasted Obama on Libya and made it very clear that in Iraq and Libya we will take the oil profits to pay ourselves, our allies and pay us with a profit.
All this and more was very well delivered and I can tell you the Tea Party loved it.
You should post that as a vanity! If you don’t, I will post it for you and give you all the credit.
But, of course, I won’t post it without your approval.
Thank you for your first-hand report.
Nice post!
Thanks for a nice summary of the event. I would like to see a Trump/West ticket.