Posted on 12/14/2015 12:12:20 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
If Trump didn't have a fortune, would you give him a second look?
And why do you think he puts your concerns above his own?
Read post 85 by Laz.
You are beyond tiresome. Why don’t you actually advocate for a candidate instead of posting your daily Trump diatribes.
I do and the same posters who support Trump come on to disrupt it.
Your calling Trump a “Big Government liberal” and focusing on his frequently shifting party allegiances really misses what’s actually going on here. Trump is not a liberal; he is a populist-nationalist. Populist-nationalists (in Trump’s brand and in European and historical varieties) put the interests of the people of their country first before that of foreigners or elites. That sometimes means they support things (certain government programs for example) that may seem liberal, but that help the struggling workers of their country. Populists have historically belonged to both the Democratic and Republican Parties, since neither party really represents their views. Yet, populism has always been an important but underrepresented force in US politics (meaning too that a populist can draw more voters across party lines than a traditional Democrat or Republican could do).
The reason populist Trump couldn’t run as a Democrat, though, is the nationalist part of his philosophy. Open-borders Democrats loathe nationalists, and it’s this America-first nationalism that is inspiring the lefties to melt-down while screaming “Fascist!” at Trump. A lot of Americans, however, feel that the globalist Dems & Repubs don’t look out for their interests at all; hence they flock to Trump, whose entire political philosophy revolves around giving the needs and safety of regular Americans precedence over those of other peoples, countries, and the elites and establishment.
I’ve read a lot about Trump, watched tons of interviews, including many old ones, etc., and I’m convinced he’s been a populist-nationalist since at least the 1980s, if not his whole life. He hasn’t switched his core political philosophy; he just doesn’t fit well into pre-defined party labels.
You need to study up on “firebrands” like Hugo Chavez (now his legacy), his nationalism, his socialism, his appeal to the masses and how that’s not going so well - same as in Cuba and Zimbabwe. But it went VERY well for the leadership and their relatives and their cronies, VERY VERY well indeed.
You trumpeteers bore me.
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The best way to ensure that is to actively support a candidate as the next President.
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GO CRUZ!! Keep it up Trump!!
Trump is most decidedly not a socialist. Chavez was foremost a socialist, who used some populist rhetoric to appeal to the masses. To compare these dictators to Trump is patently ridiculous and only goes to show you are detached from reality when it comes to Trump.
The way I see it, populism has always dominated in the South and often in rural areas elsewhere in the country. Over the course of the 1960s-1980s, these populists predominantly gravitated away from the Dems to the Repubs. It was only inevitable that eventually they would lead an internal revolution against the big international business, neo-con, globalist, elitist, open-borders Republican establishment because they outnumber the establishment. Buchanan tried in the 1990s, but the time wasn’t ripe yet. Trump has picked the right time when hatred of the establishment is at an all-time high, and he is now leading a revolution to shake up the antiquated and unrepresentative old party system—and it’s high time it happened.
You are courageous to continue to post threads critical of Trump even though you know countless jackals will call you names and harass you with garbage comments like “Scott Walker lost lolololololol”. I can tell you right now, I wouldn’t be able to handle it. I thank you.
If one knows how to use a computer, Malkin at national review has a great article written in 2011.
Thank you.
I didn’t battled through the Clinton and Obama years to carelessly walk away now.
: )
Except he wasn't. He warned about the problems of Islamic terrorism and open borders/illegal immigration in his 2000 book, The America We Deserve. That's a decade and a half ago (and pre-9/11), not just a few years ago. These two issues are fundamentally fueling his current campaign.
In addition, I'm pretty sure it was Ann Coulter (among others) who reminded people not too long ago of the full-page ad Trump took out in the New York Times in 1989 calling for New York State to reinstitute the death penalty. His current campaign is pro-police/law & order, which seems in keeping with his views since the Eighties. He has also been for decades now one of the few people who has a concealed-carry permit for New York City. Most lefties wouldn't pick up a gun to literally save their lives.
Of course, in interviews from the 1980s he used to really get worked up about how the US is being ripped off in its trade deals with other countries. I guess one could argue about where in the political spectrum that one falls, but a lot of people on the right feel the same way and it does show consistency.
Nothing new when your principles are for sale.
Do you donate to candidates?
Heck, ALL the Republican candidates could easily be thought of as Democrat with their Foreigners First approach and huge spending bills.
Your broad-brush dismissal of all Republicans is just plain lazy and very telling.
“Your broad-brush dismissal of all Republicans is just plain lazy and very telling.”
Really? I haven’t seen the party do much otherwise. I call ‘em like I see ‘em.
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