Posted on 07/31/2015 1:17:04 PM PDT by WilliamIII
At this point in the 2016 presidential campaign, the noble, elusive stag of political rhetoric is pretty much road kill.
This judgment is unfair to a few candidates Rick Perry, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio come to mind delivering thoughtful speeches. But in portions of the Republican field, the normal limits of civility have been crossed and recrossed in the relentless search for viral attention. Mike Huckabee compared the sitting president to a Nazi prison guard. Ted Cruz accused the Senate majority leader of being a liar. Donald Trump, well, opens his mouth. His opponents are invariably clowns and stupid and physically ugly. He mocks a war hero and reveals the cellphone number of another candidate.
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Donald Derangement Syndrome #25 Threatening that running Trump will bring down the Republican party.
Back in 2009 I advised a some fresh Indiana area college grads to move there.
They have all prospered bigtime.
I think 2 of 3 are making 6 figure salaries already.
He’s also giving away the coolest campaign hats ever; no cheesy baseball hats for him.
+1
And unlikely to change course.
“Rick Perry, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio come to mind delivering thoughtful speeches. “
Ho, Ho, Ho. This writer cracks me up.
And his readers are at least as stupid as he is. Can you imagine what it’s like to hang on this putrid idiot’s words? Not a breath mint in the world powerful enough to remove the stench.
I believe I’ve coined a new word to describe the presstitutes: putrididiots.
This guy looks like a cross between Jeb Bush and Karl Rove.
I love it when the WaPo is worried about the future of the GOP. LOL!
LMAO!
You mean Romney in 2012, not McCain, don’t you?
Screw this SOB and his "thoughtful speeches" when the Rats have been running roughshod over the rule of law with Republicans providing only rhetorical resistance.
How many sweeps do we need to provide them before it's fair to say they're playing us?
May not be a conservative, but I would(will) vote for him over anyone else if he’s nominated.
But they’ll pull the rug out from under him.
Yes that was an mistake on my part. Thank you.
I should have addressed the right candidate for that period.
My first thought
If you think Yamamoto awakened a Sleeping Giant and filled him with a terrible resolve--YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET!
In the end, it is an inside the beltway crowd, enjoying Friday Night cocktails, and telling each other what a bunch of rubes we all are. Somebody had the audacity, not in the Obama sense, but real audacity to speak what we are all thinking... And these beltway noodles are clueless to understand it, or how to react to it except with a bunch of ad hominem insults.
He cold pass for Jeb B’s brother.
Agree, this clearly no longer gets it.
I want in your face truth and action to fix it. Not another two decades of polite thoughtful bull shit.
American's have begged, protested, voted, petitioned, volunteered at the borders only to be called vigilantes, screamed and demanded relief from this epic lawless subversion of our country.
Only to find they've aided and abetted every bit of this violent chaotic lawlessness.
They get no more chances from my perspective. Zip, none.
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