Posted on 09/04/2015 12:53:55 PM PDT by Sontagged
...Thus two weeks ago we dispatched a warning about Hugh Hewitt specifically:
Politics as an industry Salem Communications [radio talk show (Hewitt), Red State (Erickson), now also Twitchy (Malkin), Hot Air (McCain), NRO, Townhall, Human Events, Bearing Arms etc.] has the same general ideological world view as Jeb Bush, George Will, Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal, etc.
UPDATE: As if on cue Salem Communications, Via Hot Air, publishes a compare and contrast article pushing the GOPe Carly Fiorina as savior angle. LINK HERE
Salem Communications owns both Hot Air and Hugh Hewitt. See how they roll?
Shorter: the betters, the elites. Or those who feel superior enough to tell others what they should or must think. Youll note these Salem groups rarely research, present raw data, or offer unfiltered information; its almost always Op-Ed.
We, the proud vulgarian team, without financial considerations to skew our perspectives and viewpoints, do not like the financial media class and the skewered perspectives that come with financial dependency. We are able to research, watch, describe and discuss through clear-eyed glasses. Hence, we can transmit the warning above.
The gathering of the opposition research includes trying to record Donald Trump for use in later campaigns, ie. the lead to the debate. Hence again, the warning above.
They, all of them, want Trump stumbling and stammering. Desperately seeking to create the Park Row Narrative inept, inexperienced, incompetent, et al.
Just like Bloombergs John Heilemann and Mark Halperin with the whats your favorite bible passage question (ie. prove youre a christian); or Bloombergs Mark Halperin asking Ted Cruz his favorite Hispanic food or Hispanic singer in essence prove youre Hispanic bona fides questions:
Todays questions from Hugh Hewitt are no less strategic or strategically motivated. Hugh Hewitt has a plan. Hewitt is also part of the Salem Op-Ed machine who are trying to provide the soundbites for the upcoming assault.
Within seconds of Hewitt providing the fuel, the RNC industrial machine jumped to action. This is only going to get worse by infinite magnitudes. Prepare for it.
(New York Times) [ ] Mr. Trump, a real estate developer and brand manager who has never worked in government, has relatively little experience dealing with foreign governments. But he has boasted of his global reach and international experience as a businessman. Mr. Hewitt said he was not interested in gotcha questions but wanted to be sure Mr. Trump had a baseline of knowledge about foreign leaders. On the front of Islamist terrorism, Im looking for the next commander in chief to know who Hassan Nasrallah is, and Zawahiri, and al-Julani, and al-Baghdadi. Do you know the players without a scorecard, yet, Donald Trump? Mr. Hewitt asked. There is one goal in all of this DESTROY DONALD TRUMP ! Its simply what they do, every election, every time, when the industrial political machine doesnt like the candidate.
And the intel/optics will be used as fuel injected into the debate while GOPe co-horts (Carly Fiorina) will continue the Megyn Kelly approach.
The RNC/GOPe machine, through the various Wall Street funded Super-PACs will also fund liberal groups (Hispanics, La Raza, and Black Lives Matter as examples) and labor organizations (remember the SEIU orcs?) to campaign against Trump visibly based on racist and divisive accusations.
Yes, that is correct. The same party who just presented a loyalty pledge is now empowered, with full plausible deniability of course, to fund Trumps removal at all costs.
This is going to get even more UGLY as the political power brokers grow increasingly more anxious.
GOPe Republicans are just as vicious as Democrats when it comes to attacking their adversaries. Unfortunately, GOPe Republicans dont view Democrats as their opposition (see Mitt Romney 12), they only view conservatives as their adversaries.
Trump should moderate the debate and ask all the questions.
It’s only fair.
“Every time the Donald opens his mouth he proves that he is inept, inexperienced, incompetent.
Inept at what.. being a politician? Yep, he will tell you he is no politician.
Inexperienced at what? Being a politician? Yep, that’s true.
Incompetent? You’re going to have to prove that one out. Tell us all how you turned $400 million into billions, got a tv show contract and are now personally financing your own run for President. I’m open. Let’s hear how much more successful you are than Trump. Otherwise, what gives you credibility on his “incompetence?”
That is the road Trump supporters live on
Is that a whine?
“Every time the Donald opens his mouth he proves that he is inept, inexperienced, incompetent.”
I understand why you don’t like him. That said, Trump is not inept or incompetent. He is clearly inexperienced as a politician, but this is a badge of honor IMHO. The fact he can speak publicly, off the cuff, and doesn’t use speechwriters or teleprompters to speak puts him head and shoulders above many high profile elected politicians. To be honest, even though they are trained to be somewhat facile while addressing the media, or speaking publicly, IMHO politicians are amongst the least impressive group of people the country produces - in all seriousness. If we had zero career politicians, we would be much better off as a nation (again, IMHO).
Although he was never ‘my candidate’ my impression is that Trump is a quick study, and whatever he doesn’t know about foreign policy I’m sure he can rectify with relative ease. After all, it doesn’t take a nuanced understanding of foreign policy to avoid giving a relatively unhindered path to nuclear weapons to a country like Iran.
Trump has had no ability to do anything about it.
Who did, and whose job was it?
This isn’t an LOL matter BTW.
Iran has missiles with about an 800 mile range.
They make regular shipments to Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon.
Good.
PGA just got in on the gig too by pulling the Grand Slam of Golf out of Trump National in LA. Will not have it this year.
Good for them to show where they stand so F em. When Trump is elected, he can sic the IRS Exempt Organizations on them as this is nothing but a political stunt which removes them from the non political arena.
That’s all you’ve got? Gee...maybe my Sen Cruz is upset that they’re not even wondering what kind of tree he is.
See how silly that is?
You don’t really like Hewitt, do you?
Nobody is perfect
Trump is about 9% to Teds 100%
Give it up. You sound more ridiculous with each post. Are you posting from school?
Incorrect my friend. It is a road you wish Trump supporters lived on.
It is smarmy and ludicrous to judge a candidate on knowing the name of a general secretary of some crypto-political party/organization.
Who is President of Venezuela?
Peru? Who is the leader of Shining Path.
Who’s President of Taiwan? What Party?
What is the formal name of Macedonia and why! Who is it’s Prime Minister?
Who is Kim Jung-un’s (or whatever his name is) top General?
It goes on forever and is sophomoric.
Cruz worked for Jeb/W during Bush V Gore. Met, married his wife while working for W.
Is it ever a good idea to trust someone who manages to look like an old man, a baby, and an albino at the same time?
Bfl
That’s poppycock. Who Jabhat al-Nusra, Al-Shabaab, Harakat ul-Mujahidin, or the hundreds of other terrorist organizations are, individually, isn’t critical for a leader of the United States, let alone a candidate, to know off the top of his/her head.
Case in point, HH asked about Jabhat al-Nusra. Which isn’t even the name typically used to describe that cretin outfit. Its a name you would only use if you were trying to name drop and act smarter than the next guy.
Who leads any of these groups today is minutia. Kill one, another pops up. We’re fighting jihadist islam, not mo, hadhi, and jimbo.
Hell, I’m guessing Donald Trump is smart enough to know Islam isn’t the “religion of peace.” I don’t think any of the GOPe candidates can even get that fundamental question right. Shouldn’t that disqualify all of them from running for office?
So long as you want technocrats who speak politicalese, you’ll get the same results we’ve been getting. Which is $18 tril debt, a culture upside down, and increasing poverty. Rubio can’t even tell things aren’t going great.
Our powers that be, including HH, couldn’t tell us that Boko Haram was a terrorist group until 2013. And much of the RNC’s senate lineup, who’s jocks HH carries, apparently can’t tell that Iran sponsors terrorism such that they should work to make sure Iran doesn’t get international funding to continue. Thanks Corker et al.
We need LEADERSHIP. Not people who want to keep playing the same political games so that the same pockets get filled (be it political consultants, analysts, crony capitalists, or their bedmates).
Okay, now I understand.
Despite that I’ve never thought of Cruz as a Bush level guy. I do think he’s a smart guy, debate team, argued before the SCOTUS...
It is interesting though isn’t it. It does get you to thinking.
Thanks for the mention.
Which brings up a good point, who gave Hewitt those questions?
I wish it wasn’t true about Cruz. (see also post number 11 here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3333152/posts?page=11#11)
But this all just leads us back to the GOPe roadmap to victory for Jeb:
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/08/09/gope-2016-road-map-to-victory-tree-house-challenge/
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