Posted on 01/20/2016 11:52:48 PM PST by nikos1121
We have never had total war against a candidate like we're seeing with Donald Trump. All elements of national media are uniting to stop him.
Look for a fake Trump scandal to break -- probably from a conservative news outlet -- right before the Iowa caucus.
A few months ago, an alleged Trump quote from a 1998 People magazine interview was circulating on the Internet, claiming Trump said that if he ever ran for president, he'd run as a Republican because Republican voters are "the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up."
I pay a lot for Nexis, and Trump has never said anything remotely resembling this. Snopes.com investigated, too, and also concluded the quote was a fake. But you can probably still find some idiot tweeting it out right now.
Last week, Glenn Beck "retweeted" a post allegedly tweeted by Trump the day after the 2012 election, saying: "I always vote for the winners! Congratulations to My Friend, @BarackObama!"
If that doesn't sound like Trump, it's because Trump never said it. Beck's retweet sure made it look real, but you can check Trump's Twitter archive.
All the stories about Trump being a fraud keep turning out to be the real frauds. I assume that, like most sentient beings, he's changed his mind about some things. But the one consistent thread running through his entire life is his love for this country and his fellow Americans.
The attacks on Trump from the "conservative" media calling him a socialist, a Democrat, a flip-flopper, a fake conservative are just name-calling. I notice that the accusers never include examples, not true ones, anyway. Here are some examples of how Trump has always been for Americans first. Wouldn't it be nice to have a president who likes us more than he likes foreigners -- and the rich donors who employ them?
In 1986, Trump saw a TV broadcast with Annabell Hill, whose 67-year-old husband had committed suicide 20 minutes before their family farm was to be auctioned off in a foreclosure sale, hoping the life insurance money would be enough to save the farm. It wasn't.
Trump immediately called Annabell, promising to save her farm and pledging $20,000 toward the effort. "Last night when he called, my heart went pitter patter," Annabell told ABC's "World News Tonight." "I never talked with a man with that much money before. And he assured me that one day the land would be mine. I thought, after I hung up, 'This can't be true, this just can't be true.'"
As Trump explained to The Atlanta Constitution at the time, "I've seen what's happened to farmers, but I was particularly interested in a lovely woman I saw, Annabell Hill."
Within a month of Trump's launching a national campaign with two other businessmen to save Annabell's farm, they had raised more than $100,000. One of the businessmen, Frank A. Argenbright Jr., said, "That is thanks totally to Mr. Trump and his organization. Most of the money has come from the New York area."
By Christmas that year, Annabell and her entire family flew to New York to burn the mortgage in the lobby of Trump Towers and have Christmas dinner with the Trump family. The lovely Annabell said, "Well, we have a real celebration not only to celebrate the birth of Jesus but also to celebrate the goodness in men's hearts."
Thirty years ago, Trump wasn't thinking about running for president. And yet, this is how he explained his campaign to save Annabell's farm, as quoted by The Associated Press: "We give a lot of money to foreign countries that don't give a damn about us, but we don't help the American farmers."
Two years later, Trump was interviewed by Larry King at the 1988 Republican National Convention. Please look up this interview -- it's fabulous.
Two things will be of particular interest. First, watch how Trump keeps circling back to praise Dan Quayle. King doesn't even ask him about Quayle -- a figure of media ridicule at the time because of his Midwest conservatism. It's Trump who keeps doggedly bringing up Quayle, in order to say, he's a "very impressive guy" who did "a great job -- I don't mean a good job, I mean a great job."
Second, Trump expressly rejects King's characterization of him as an "Eastern Republican," or a "Rockefeller Republican," saying the people he does best with are "the taxi drivers and the workers."
Trump's business is real estate, and real estate can't be outsourced. His flag is planted in this country. If America goes down, his empire goes down.
Conservative pundits keep assuring clueless viewers that Trump is not a "real Republican." They seem not to grasp that most viewers are saying, That's fantastic! Thanks for reminding me. (I look forward to conservative talk show hosts 20 years hence billing themselves as "Trump Republicans.")
Looking at what the party has become, I certainly hope he's not a "real Republican." I know he's a real American. Those used to be the same thing.
bttt
I think too many Conservatives wants the quick fix, short battle so they don’t have to fight anymore. Democrats spend decades fighting for what they believe in. The battle is not going to end with Trump or Cruz in office
I listened to Glenn Beck yesterday. (please see: post #309
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I think this man is loopy. I think he has the make up of doing something brazen and weird, eg like take a gun and shooting Trump on his show during an interview.
Yes, I am that concerned.
He says things that no intelligent person would dream of saying, esp if they are not particularly for Donald Trump.
For example, George Will, Steve Hayes etc will say some negative things about Trump, sometimes some positive things, never malicious hateful things that are pure emotion.
Glenn Beck is different.
If anyone has any influence with Trump’s SS, I would suggest that they speak to Beck and ask him his intentions.
The sister wives thing is funny. AC did/does have an unexplainable thing for Mitt Romney.
That said, I think Trump would be an OK president. I would trust Cruz way more on a few issues, particularly the appointment of judges, however, I don’t think Cruz has as good a chance in the general election.
the battle may not end but I think Trump cajn roll the doomsday clock back a decade. He may not be able to prevent it in the end but he can give America a repreive, a chance to prove ourselves still worthy of our republic.
The head-to-head polls with Hillary and Bernie tell a different story from what I’ve seen.
I’m told he’s a dry drunk, which in AA parlance means someone who has given up alcohol itself but not the bad character that goes along with it. Superiority and delusions of grandeur are common among dry drunks and Beck has that in spades. I don’t know if he’s dangerous but Trump probably shouldn’t put himself in a position to find out.
why? i dont welcome her back.
she’s unattractive, crude, and supporting Christie vehemently for a while,
dont go away mad, ann, just go away.
I agree. I think she just wants to get her book buyers back and she also wants to be associated with a winner for once.
No one can forget her Christie infatuation...and her Anti-Newt swing...and some other things that were off the wall directed at us. Plus, I NEVER EVER recall her going off on Obama’s birth certificate and other phony credentials like she did with Ted Cruz.
No, she has not been our good graces for awhile, but these past several months her article have been well written, thought provoking and accurate.
I welcome her back into the fold.
If you disagree with Beck, disagree with him, call him names, whatever floats your boat...but omit the assinine implications that he could be contemplating assassinating your messiah.
I agree, but I’m assuming that when Trump clinches this, we are all going to be one happy family. He is going to bring in the GOPe to help him win big, with big coat tails. It would be foolish for Bush and the rest to string this out until the convention, like they did against REagan.
I think these people will hold him to the fire regarding SCOTUS picks. Remember when Bush picked that female attorney friend of his?
Trump says his idea of SCOTUS would be someone like Clarence Thomas and Alito.
Leave Dopey alone!
Ted’s a good man. Trump is my hometown guy.
But suddenly Ted is a BAD man around here sometimes.
Sessions is very much admired here. he backs Cruz.
Cruz beats hillary one on one. would BURY her in debates.
Trump could make up that 2 percent difference with no problem i’m sure.
be nice to see a fellow NYer as president, but someone please ASK HIM what kind of person or WHO he would put on the SCOTUS.
would make me rest easier
What you say is exactly right. I think the man lately has been on a dry drunk.
I think he’s unstable. He’s immature. His temper is short and thinly cloaked.
I think he should be questioned. Why he’s got a radio show still is amazing. Does anyone listen to him? The show is nothing but commercials...trash Trump...more commercials...trash Trump...etc for three hours.
I’d like to see Sessions running with Trump. I think Sessions and others would give him good advice.
We would not LET Trump pick a liberal.
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