Posted on 04/16/2011 3:36:42 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
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 Santanas 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 Obamas scandals and very straight talked about how he himself went to Wharton and knows lots of people with kids with straight As cant 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 its 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.
It was originally sent to me as a comment and I thought it should be shared as a vanity.
Thanks very much SonOfDarkSkies. This was a very interesting and fun event. Lots more details that are very interesting if there are questions.
Thank you for the great report! Well written too!
Can’t say as I disagree with anything I read.
I am envious.
Another thing that really makes sense and frankly will bring pride. He really emphasized that if he were president he would have entered Libya only by getting paid first by Saudi. In the case of Iraq and Libya, this is business and is absolutely our national interest.
He says it forcefully, without shame or worries about PC and jolts the senses about how far we have gone to put our brave troops in harms way for countries that hate us and we aren’t getting the oil that is the blood of our economy. He said he would ensure we and our allies who went in with us would all be paid with a healthy profit and really got a roar when he said he would pay the families of our KIA and maimed soldiers $2M each. He said that amount of money is miniscule and we have no idea how wealthy the Saudi’s are. It makes so much sense that it kinda jolts you when you think what poor leadership we have had.
Thx for that link, Exist...I am watching now and it is great!
Nice report and I especially liked the attending bands. However, Trump gives me the willys..........
How did the crowd respond to that?
Freeper Untwist deserves all the credit...he was there.
http://www.mofopolitics.com/2011/04/16/donald-trump-south-florida-tea-party-speech-41611/
Much better video of the Trump event
We do have an unspoken deal with nations like Japan, Saudi Arabia, Korea. They buy our TBills and we defend them. IOW they help prop up the US Dollar
Thanks for the great report. I too was there this afternoon, my first tea party event, and I have to say it was phenomenal. Allen West (my congressman) kicked some serious arse, per usual, and The Donald was, well, The Donald. The guy is not afraid to take on Obummer, that’s for sure. IF Trump gets the Republican nomination - and, yes, that’s a big if - he will absolutely crush Zero in the 2012 election. But then again, so would a couple other candidates.
Again I think the crowd was jolted by the thought that we have been taken for a bunch of saps. Trump is taking an angle that the standard, run of the mill politician does not typically do well. He frames the debate from a business perspective, not always political. I see it as business driving the politics and not the other way around. It’s jolting because we have been so conditioned to seeing the overwhelming leftism of the Democrats bearing on us. To me, this goes back to Bush 41 breaking the No New Taxes pledge.
Trump is not afraid of that and he is taking his case to the Tea Party first. I think this is very formidable if he wants to see this through.
Trump’s angle on this is that we allowed ourselves to get manipulated by China. He didn’t say it but I suspect he will push for higher import taxes and reduced regulation domestically to get us back in the game. His message is you have to give to get and the Chinese are getting all the value of our market almost for nothing. He said we hold all the cards ( in other words they need our market) and we are letting them have it. He indicated that he is experienced working with creditors and understands that working relationship and will not allow this situation to continue.
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