Posted on 12/07/2015 8:16:38 PM PST by VinL
Donald Trump just trumped all the Republican candidates for President.
The day after the mom jeans wearing squat to pee President came out to assure us that tolerance, gun control, and climate change would save us from ISIS, Donald Trump demanded we bar any muslims from entering this country and bar any American citizen who is muslim from re-entering the United States.
Set aside the merits of what amounts to at least, in part, an unconstitutional position.
This is actually brilliant politics for the here and now. Immediately, every other Republican candidate except Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% rushed out to attack Donald Trump. He’s unhinged, hateful, etc. And the responses all amounted to "we must let muslims enter our country," which sounds a whole lot like "we must allow all Mexicans in our country," which everyone knows is blatantly untrue on both counts.
We do not have to do it, but the other candidates, unable to nuance their spittle, went all in with "no religious tests" and "yes we must do this because it is who we are."
So, to put it another way, the day after the President failed to reassure a scared public following the second worst terrorist attack since 9/11 on domestic soil, Donald Trump not only got himself to the right of all the other candidates, but also got every single one of them save for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% to align themselves with Barack Obama.
Hate Donald Trump all you want, be offended by his proposal all you want, but it is really brilliant politics for Trump right now in the Republican primary and the reactions from the other candidates prove it. All the people attacking Trump on his immigration proposals now attacking him on this have done themselves no favors within the primary process.
Have none of these people read Art of the Deal? This is an opening, bombastic salvo to set the terms of negotiations and the other candidates except Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100% just decided to negotiation in Barack Obama’s position. And it comes at a time some polls are suggesting Trump is starting to fade in places like Iowa.
I was thinking that last night— as a Cruz alternative. It would seem to remove the charge of discrimination, and I think it would be an easier sale-— for the sake of safety, let’s get our security procedures in order.
“We must stop advocating for the word “radical” to be attached to Islam, the whole belief structure is radical.”
You are absolutely correct, and the dictator of Turkey agrees with you:
“There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that’s it.” - Recep Tayyip Erdogan
http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/2595.htm
“Sorry, you are a citizen, but now in complete limbo...stuck in never, never land, a citizen without a country...”
Life’s a bitch.
Islam’s not a religion, it’s an ideology.
noun: ideology; plural noun: ideologies
A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
synonyms: beliefs, ideas, ideals, principles, ethics, morals
Trump has a very strong base of supporters, but this statement will start to push people away.
Rule #1 is you don’t hand the opponent the means to hit you. He just did that.
When you start talking about banning religious groups, remember there are many who want to outlaw Christianity. Heck, many liberals see the SB attacks as PROOF that all religion, starting with Christianity, should be banned.
“Trump might have just jumped the shark.
He just handed the other side a huge club to hit him with.”
He’ll implode any minute...
Just wait...
Any minute now.
Imploding in 3...2...1...
Imploding in 3...2...1...
Here it is. Imploding in 3...2...1...
It’s coming, just wait for it.
I caught it the first time, and knew the message you were trying to convey. It was a little fast for my weak eyesight; thus, I had to watch it 3 times to catch each flickering image. The second one is much easier to watch.
I love your gifs. They are brilliant! Please, let’s have more. I agree, send them to Trump, or someone who will air them.
Yup.
Hahahahah!
The initial quote is to bar all moslems from entering America. But I read something else that said he excepted American moslems and moslems serving in our armed forces.
Amen, amen...
Sundance, at the Conservative Treehouse, observes that the MSM has conditioned us to panick over such statements. His point is that the average person gets past the MSM-induced hysteria very quickly, and then recognizes the commonsense wisdom of Trump’s proposal.
He might end up getting prosecuted for a hate crime.
Which in a way, would be a huge boost to the ratings. In fact, that may be the plan.
I’m surprised he was that honest! I read somewhere that their playbook for spreading Islam everywhere was to Infiltrate peacefully, blend in until the time to act.
Hilarious!
I keep wondering if he plans these outcomes and in hindsight, it sure appears that way.
America has to confront its denial that Islam is not a religion in the traditional sense. It's proponents use religion as a cover, etc.
For those who haven't seen, in my opinion, the Article of the Year that ties in with all of this, please check out Matt Bracken's, aka Travis McGee's article:
Bracken: Tet, Take Two - Islam's 2016 European Offensive
Just brilliant. Travis totally nails the big picture here. Pass it on. . Education is the key.
SCREW THE MEDIA! I have had enough of being told what the press thinks - and I have especially had enough of being told by the press what I should think!
The “American” media is a cabal of butt-licking, turd chewing, camel-humping traitors - all of them, almost without exception.
The media, and its goose stepping supporters, can all go march off a cliff!
Are we now supposed to shake in our boots because of what some media tool might say about us? Are we supposed to shape U.S. national security issues around whatever pretense the crap-for-brains media swine might think?
The media can all go straight to the devil, for all I care.
The “American” media is worse than Pravda. They make Joseph Stalin’s mocking productions look like something from the amateur hour. The “American” press lies with as much ferocity, bile and regularity as ever did any operative of the Soviet KGB ... In fact, the “American” press are far worse. They have ZERO integrity - and less than zero credibility. Their opinions and so-called “news” are worthy of the same treatment as that which was given to Nazi war criminal Joseph Goebbels! That is what I think of the “American” press!
I am completely enjoying what Donald Trump is doing to them.
And since the “American” press is so hell-bent on depriving us of our Second Amendment Right, they will have no leg to stand upon when the Musloids get around to depriving them of their First Amendment Right. That would be an ironic justice.
There is not a hole deep enough on the planet into which we could cast down the maggot-infested dung nuggets the “American” press squeezes out it’s Marxist butt-hole and calls “news.” The “American” press are traitors, and have been such for at least the last 75 years. They should be treated with nothing but contempt, and nothing they write should be believed. If any need to be exiled from this country, it is the members of the “American” press!
Never again caution me about what the press may think, or say, or write ... They are not worth a bucket of spit.
That's my conclusion as well unless we get hit again in which case Trump's position looks more than reasonable.
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