Posted on 12/11/2015 3:26:08 PM PST by Kaslin
WASHINGTON - Political apprentice Donald Trump is attempting to do something no candidate has done before: win a presidential election by subtraction not addition.
It is, of course, an upside down, nonsensical campaign strategy, led by the mad Hatter candidate himself,that only Lewis Carroll could love.
His strategy is to attack, offend, bully, anger and insult as many minority voting blocs as he can. This includes large numbers of mainstream voters, i.e., women, offended by Trump's habit of using schoolyard names against them (like "fat pig"). Driving voters into the open arms of Queen Hillary herself.
He began by defining the 11.3 million undocumented Hispanics as rapists, murderers, drug dealers, and other criminals, declaring that he will have a nationwide police force round them up and ship all of them back to Mexico.
Hispanics are the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. Obama won nearly 70 percent of their vote in 2012.
Recent polls show that 70 percent of Hispanic/Latino voters have an very unfavorable view of Trump, but a very favorable view of Hillary Clinton, by a two-thirds margin.
Even though Trump, living in his own delusional "Alice In Wonderland world, says he will "win the Hispanic vote."
You have one guess which presidential candidate will capture the Hispanic/Latino vote next year if Trump is the GOP's presidential nominee.
If Republicans are not competitive in the race for this pivotal voting bloc, they will surely lose the White House for many years to come.
The American Muslim vote is a great deal smaller, a mere two million or so. But it can be an influential vote in key states, like Florida, which remains competitive.
"More than six in 10 are immigrants and they come from 80 different nations. They're spread across the nation, and across tax brackets, and professions," The Atlantic said this week in an analysis of the Muslim vote.
"Even before Trump called for a total ban on Muslim immigration on Monday, it was a foregone conclusion that Republicans would lose the Muslim vote on 2016," the Atlantic said.
The only remaining question "is just how small a portion of the Muslim vote the eventual Republican -- be it Trump or someone else -- receives."
The American Muslim Alliance estimates that 60,000 Muslims voted for George W. Bush in Florida, "a state he won by mere hundreds of votes," the Atlantic said.
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist had urged Bush's campaign to go after the Muslim vote there, arguing that they were family-oriented, socially-conservative, and entrepreneurial, business-friendly politically, and thus a natural Republican constituency.
"George W. Bush was elected president of the United States of America because of the Muslim vote," Norquist said.
But there is no chance of getting their vote now if Trump heads the ticket, campaigning on his ban against Muslim's entering our country.
Since then, Muslim's have turned much more Democratic anyway. In 2008, Obama drew 89 percent of their support, which fell to 68 percent in 2012.
A 2011 Pew poll found that 70 percent of Muslims said they either identified with or leaned toward the Democrats. Only 11 percent said they were Republicans.
Clinton and her advisers lost no time in taking advantage of the controversy over Trump's Muslim ban, condemning it as "shameful" and "dangerous."
"Donald Trump has made a name for himself in this election by trafficking in prejudice and paranoia" she said.
"At a time when America should be doing everything we can to fight radical jihadists, Mr. Trump is supplying them with new propaganda. He's playing right in their hands."
But Clinton didn't stop there in showing her support for the Muslim community. One of her closest aides in the State Department and in her campaign, Huma Abedin, sent an e-mail to Clinton's campaign list attacking Trump's proposal, saying, "I am a proud Muslim."
But Trump and one other GOP presidential candidate weren't through with their anti-American Muslim crusade.
Former pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson said that no Muslim should be our president, reminding some of the days when some Americans said that about Catholics.
And Trump further suggested American Muslims should be registered and required to carry special IDs.
Right now, Clinton's largest lead in the presidential race is against Trump -- by 11 points among all voters.
According to a national MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll, she leads the Republican frontrunner by 52 percent to 41 percent.
Among Latino voters, the former secretary of state leads the real estate billionaire by a whopping 42 percent -- 69 percent to 27 percent.
To put these numbers into sharper perspective in the general election campaign for the support of minority voters, consider this:
In 2008, Obama trounced Arizona Sen. John McCain among Hispanic/Latino voters by 67 percent to 31 percent.
In 2012, he soundly beat former governor Mitt Romney among these same voters by 71 percent to 27 percent.
It seems that Trump is attempting to improve on those losses.
In the game of American politics, every voting bloc and every vote matters.
The late Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois, a wily vote counter and legendary Judiciary Committee chairman, once told me about "Hyde's rule on winning elections."
"You win by addition, not by subtraction," he said.
It's a rule that Republicans have broken in the last two president elections, and appear ready to do so again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB0B1Y7YIeA
Trump fix at 7:30 pm EST at Des Moines Iowa.
So sick of the talking heads this week.I want to hear TRUMP!
Nope, the only people he is offending are communist enemies of the state who would never have voted for any Republican ever.
By fighting them, unlike Clinton who is fighting them by showing how much she loves them by not fighting them.
Talk about Through the Looking-glass logic, that is a doozy.
Townhall is a POS!
I am amazed how many supposedly conservative writers are willing to sacrifice every shred of credibility they have in order to try to destroy Trump.
The Ministry of Propaganda just can’t believe that we’re not listening to them anymore.
We’re supposed to believe everything they write.
Trump is campaigning as an American concerned about what is happening to America.
It’s distressing.
He is voicing what MANY people are thinking.
The flop sweat is strong in this one.
Et tu, Donald?
Well, look how well Yheb! is doing by dissing the Base.....
Trump is a flawed candidate by every measure, and he is an idiot to boot. He is only acceptable by comparison to every other corrupt politician aspiring to the Presidency. Many people are willing to take the serious consequences of this clown in the White House if it serves no other purpose but to destroy the political and media institutions that are destroying this country. Its a big risk, but many people seem to be ready to take it.
Editor: “Nice job, here’s your 500 dollars.”
Reporter: “But I insulted Trump 7 times, not just 5, and they were all vapid insults that should have got the $30 bonus!
I’m being cheated out of $410!”
Editor: “Not according to the McConnell/Ryan guidelines.”
Reporter: “Well, at least let me put in some more Trump insults, I’ve got a car payment due!”
He can't imagine that our country is at war...a war not of our choosing but one declared against us by an alien force.
A war declared by islamic jihadis.
And may God bless those jihadis...may they each get the 72 virgins. And may those virgins all be stern and cranky librarians.
As to Trump, he speaks of our frustration, and our angst.
We are ready to rise up and take our country back again before we die. And Trump has declared that he will lead us in this war.
Another Trump endorsement from the GOP-wing of the Democrat party!
Gee, an idiot who has made billions of dollars. Wish I had that level of idiocy.
I used to be a reader and frequent commenter over there until they hopped on board The Cheap Labr Express.
They are part of The Ministry Of Propaganda trying to convince us that stopping the illegal alien inundation and jihadists from coming here is politically impossible.
It’s only what 65% of the citizens want.
Donald Lambro was conservative. He now seems to be very emotional, to the point of hysteria
He reminds me of the muslim, black, and white liberal females demonstrating outside a New York Trump event earlier that NBC showcased for at least five minutes tonight. The female reporter said they were a “small group, but vocal” & got all the station’s unbiased attention
I see Trump’s now 43%, so he doan need no steeckin’ NBC
LOL....lots of bovine patties being dropped, in this one.
Not only does the author get most of his/her smears wrong....they seem to have left out the part where, when Trump says “outlandish” things- like keeping muzzies out, until we fix the muzzie problem - THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS approve.
His numbers don’t lie, but this article does :)
Funny seeing the so-called conservative sites (I know, Salem is not conservative) lining up with the far left/MSM/DNC/RNC, isn’t it?
Its a big risk, but many people seem to be ready to take it.
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Yes, it is.
It may be our only shot.
This clown started right off with such a string of lies, I had to look back up to the top and see if Obama was the writer.
TRUMP 2016
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