Dim candidate Sanders abandons the podium.
Jebbie shouted down and scuttles out
Trump promptly exits Ramos...the La Raza guy.
Posted on 10/05/2015 7:33:06 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
It’s almost impossible to fathom what an unusual candidate Donald Trump is. Put aside his lack of political experience (except for his serial flirtations with running for president over the years). Never mind his violation of nearly every rule of thumb of politics: Always shoot up, never down. Avoid throwing reporters out of your press conferences. Pretend you don’t care about the polls. Maintain tight message discipline. Don’t wear hats! Disregard his constant feuds with nearly everyone, his blatant self-contradiction on basic policy questions, and his general outlandishness.
Consider only these facts: Trump has been leading the polls for the Republican presidential nomination for months, and he basically never says “freedom” or “liberty.” He gives no indication of caring about the Constitution. He talks only sparingly about the federal debt. He has, in short, ignored central and longstanding conservative tenets that seemed to have become only more important in the tea-party era — and he has not only gotten away with it, but thrived (so far).
How is that possible? Trump is truly a different kind of political phenomenon. He is supposed to be an outrageous right-winger, but he draws support fairly evenly across all factions of the Republican party and is heterodox or indeterminate on key policy questions.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
... throw faux reporters out of your press conferences, don’t care about the polls, forget tight message discipline ... wear hats! ... feud with nearly everyone, and BE outlandish!
At least Lowry/Ponnuru got this part right ....
But their denunciations of Trump and the Trump phenomenon have frequently been overwrought, taking the momentary enthusiasm of a large fraction of a party to stand for the enduring convictions of the whole.
They have also frequently been unfair to Trump’s supporters. It is important to understand Trump’s draw ... The most elemental reason for Trump’s rise is that over the decades he has built a nearly universally recognized brand associated with toughness and success, and many Americans worry that we are running out of both. [the gOpee hasn't had any since 2004 ...]
How ironic. NRO, the Establishment organ of the gOpE tries to attack Donald Trump from the right! FAIL.
This, from Rich Louserly....the guy who made the “cut his b_lls off” statement, about Trump?
No thanks, Rich. Loser.
The establishment is in full meltdown mode because their RINO chosen candidate(s) are so low in the polls and that We the People are on to their sinister games.
“The best way to allay this concern [immigration] is for enforcement to come first. Only later, after establishing that granting legal status to illegal immigrants here will not lead to a greater influx of illegal immigrants, should an amnesty be considered.”
I did not have the patience to read all this, knowing who wrote it. However, I did catch the money quote above.
Just one of the reasons Trump is our only shot in saving the country. I am surprised that Lowery tipped his hand for the Republican establishment. Amnesty will end Lowery’s precious conservatism, which is not really conservatism.
What Trump does is he, correctly, points out the the current Political/Media/Business cabal that runs DC is defiantly, rabidly corrupt and incompetent. Forget the fake illusion that DC is divided between GOP and Dem. It actually one big corrupt machine of Political Power/Media Propaganda /Big Business money.
The reason he can do that is Trump has the wealth and the media star power to take on that Political/Media machine and win.
That's a great line. I wish I had thought of it first.
Lowery is the Titanic of punditry.
A little girlie man with a big mouth.
Rich Lowery and Romesh Ponnoru are reasons why NRO should never be taken seriously.
It isn’t the flagship magazine of conservatism that William Buckley founded.
Why post articles from the GOPe mouthpiece, NR? You might as well post articles from Salon.
This is the 113th “I hate Trump, and you should hate him too” article from RINO central.
Dim candidate Sanders abandons the podium.
Jebbie shouted down and scuttles out
Trump promptly exits Ramos...the La Raza guy.
Know your enemy ... ... Sun Tzu and (Oliver North!)
Trump has more real "political" experience that any of the boot lickers at NRO. You do not achieve what he has worldwide without being savvy to world politics. These yobs got it wrong from the beginning and it goes downhill from there.
They didn’t even discuss his policy papers on immigration, 2nd Amendment and taxes.
All sound conservative mainstream proposals.
What really bothers Lowery and Ponneru about Trump?
That Trump has balls and doesn’t back down in the face of the Left like sissified RINOs do.
They can’t hold a candle to him and deep down, they know it.
They get it wrong off the bat. Trump has more real political experience than most politicians in the US, who are largely constrained by Wash. DC rules. Trump is worldwide...the writers know this and are just trying to conduct agitprop. It is not fair nor balanced...whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean!
Career politicians are the problem.
Trump hasn’t been a career politician so I guess for Lowery and Ponneru, that’s a disqualification.
Nearly 70% of GOP voters on the other hand, think its an advantage if you’re not tied in with Washington.
Talk about a disconnect between the Beltway elites and grassroots conservatives.
“Consider only these facts: Trump has been leading the polls for the Republican presidential nomination for months, and he basically never says “freedom” or “liberty.”
I thought the first time NRO came out with that, it was bending over backwards in an effort to smear, but now, again, it is pathetic.
I personally don’t talk about freedom or liberty for the same reason I don’t talk about drinking water.
Obama talks about freedom and liberty? Smooth talkers always hit the right notes. That is a plus in Trump’s favor. The devil quotes scripture.
“He gives no indication of caring about the Constitution. He talks only sparingly about the federal debt.”
Boehner and McConnell talk about the Constitution all the time. That ends that argument.
He never mentions the deficit??? That is an outright lie. Just about every time I hear him speak he mentions it. He says it will destroy the country.
I don’t recall any Conservative ever coming into an election season saying, “If only we could find the right career politician, Conservatism would be a lot better off.”
And yet that seems to be the most important metric this year.
Can’t imagine why...
Yes folks, if only we had a guy that had been in Washington, D. C. longer than anyone else, now that would certainly be a guy worth considering.
John McCain comes to mind.
That sure worked out well.
The irony of NR whining about Trump not being a “real conservative” is rich. Limbaugh said he isn’t a conservative; he’s an American patriot. That’s enough these days.
“As soon as he got in the race, Trump became the missing Malaysian plane of American politics.”
Maybe you can explain how it makes sense as a metaphor? But I have noticed that Lowery will think up something like that that he thinks is cunning, and then write an entire damn article just to trot it out.
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