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National Review just handed Donald Trump the Election
Republican Newswatch ^ | 1/22/16 | DOUG IBENDAHL

Posted on 01/22/2016 8:39:33 PM PST by Amntn

National Review's publication of the collective anti-Donald Trump missives from 22 self-appointed conservative potentates has caused quite a stir in Republican circles.

The nationwide responses range from, "Wait, I thought National Review went out of business years ago," to "Ed Meese? Seriously?"

The Gang of 22 have officially become parodies of themselves. One would have to reach back to the days of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew to lift an adequate quote to describe them.

"Nattering nabobs of negativism," "vicars of vacillation," "pusillanimous pussyfooters," "the decadent few," "ideological eunuchs," "the effete corps of impudent snobs," or "the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history" - take your pick, because they all apply about equally well to each and every one of them.

So clueless is the Gang of 22 they can't even see how they've stumbled right into the narrative Trump's been communicating so successfully for months. Just like the elected officials from both parties, the Gang of 22 has been GREAT at complaining about stuff, year, after year, after year.

But getting anything accomplished? Not so much.

Many of the Gang of 22 have been hanging around and chattering for decades, and some are active cogs in the Conservative Entertainment Complex, deriving their income by pandering to conservative anger while offering no real solutions.

Donald Trump represents a threat to these ineffectual poohbahs in the same way he represents a threat to do-nothing public officials.

Jealousy is also seriously at work here. Trump is inspiring and exciting a broad spectrum of the country like no member of the Gang of 22 ever has, or ever will.

In just seven months of campaigning, Trump already has more Americans listening to a Republican message than the entire Gang of 22 could muster over decades. Trump understands that before you can advance the ball, you have to convince people to take time from their busy lives to listen. No one on the GOP side since Ronald Reagan has accomplished that like Trump.

No one else has come close, and certainly no one from that "effete corps of impudent snobs" to which the National Review thinks we should defer.

The Gang of 22 had their chance. They've done a lot of bitching over the years, and it paid well for some.

But Americans care about results. They can plainly see that all of the empty talk from the Gang of 22 got us eight years of Barack Obama, and a loss in pretty much every conservative battle there was to lose.

At the same time when Americans look at Donald Trump's life they get a lot of assurance that here is finally a man who shares their focus on actually getting results. And Trump returns the respect by recognizing regular hard-working Americans are a lot smarter than any of the "ideological eunuchs" in all of their pontificating glory.

The "pusillanimous pussyfooters" love to nitpick Trump's words, but what voters are looking for this year is competence and accomplishment. Donald Trump has an actual record of delivering both in spades.

The Gang of 22 is right to be terrified. A President who could get things done would expose them as the irrelevant creatures they truly are.

It can't happen fast enough.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bloomberg2; dougibendahl; election2016; france; gangof22; jackfowler; nationalreview; nationalrino; newyork; nro; paris; perot2; rapefugees; richgreatwhitehope; richlowry; richwhitehope; ronpaul2; tedcruz; texas; trump; trumpgasm; trumpvalues
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To: Amntn

Was this the Big Thing that we heard whispers about for months? The well planned,flawlessly executed effort that would finally bring down Mr Trump? Wow talk about having a high opinion of your own importance.


141 posted on 01/23/2016 1:49:29 AM PST by lovesdogs (Think Mr Trump can't make Mexico pay for the wall? He made the media give him a free campaign)
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To: buwaya
...I can say that what NR has done is deplorable.

I have yet to take a look at any of the essays, but I doubt that any of it would be more deplorable than the bald faced lies and intentional distortions coming from the Trump camp. I know of several individuals who have switched allegiance from Trump to Cruz in part because of the dishonesty of Trump's attacks on Cruz.

142 posted on 01/23/2016 1:55:59 AM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: Amntn
"Get things done" sounds soooo progressive.

I want a mountain of things to get undone.

143 posted on 01/23/2016 2:08:28 AM PST by Theophilus (The GOPe are dealers. The Marxist Democrats are duelists.)
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To: Amntn

Thanks for posting this, and for the other links.

Go Trump!!


144 posted on 01/23/2016 2:11:49 AM PST by magglepuss (Don't tread on me)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Just the fact that they would be stupid enough to line up en masse like that shows you how completely out of touch they are. They actually think their opinions hold tremendous sway.
145 posted on 01/23/2016 2:47:09 AM PST by AdaGray
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To: Amntn

can someone list the 20 authors? Please?


146 posted on 01/23/2016 3:00:56 AM PST by Chickensoup (ISIS is like Marxism, not a country, but a dangerous sociopolitical philosophy)
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To: nickcarraway

A lot of us here supported Romney, too...what was the alternative. What is your point?


147 posted on 01/23/2016 3:05:56 AM PST by freepertoo
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To: Amntn

BTTT


148 posted on 01/23/2016 3:17:26 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: LongWayHome

On McCarthy - I always thought that too but he threw cold water all over the standing cases instead of leading the rush forcing the House to use Jon Turley. When presented a chance to actually do SOMETHING McCarthy taunted those who tried rather than lead. Frig all of them.


151 posted on 01/23/2016 3:33:19 AM PST by major-pelham
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To: nickcarraway

C’mon Old Sport. You know Trump did yeomans work for McCain - I know you know that.


152 posted on 01/23/2016 3:38:31 AM PST by major-pelham
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To: Amntn
Some are active cogs in the Conservative Entertainment Complex, deriving their income by pandering to conservative anger while offering no real solutions.

Oh boy how true this is.

153 posted on 01/23/2016 3:59:45 AM PST by Claud
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To: Amntn

NR came out with an editorial 2 years ago backing Paul Ryan’s pension cuts to military veterans.......even combat, 100% disabled veterans who were missing limbs. I wrote them and told them what I thought of their position. They have lost perspective.


154 posted on 01/23/2016 4:00:05 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: palmer
But back to Trump. He is an unabashed capitalist who will make America great again. On social issues he will be disappointing or nonexistent.

This is likely to be true. So if any of us think that Trump is the better pick, we better also steel ourselves to "help" push him and the country farther than he might naturally want to go on these issues.

I don't see Trump support here as a denial of conservatism. I see it more as calling in a bombardment before the infantry assault. It doesn't win the war, it just sows chaos in the opposition and softens them up for the ground game.

155 posted on 01/23/2016 4:16:45 AM PST by Claud
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To: Amntn

They’re the Omegas led by Greg Marmalard


156 posted on 01/23/2016 4:24:51 AM PST by GotMojo
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ...

Okay, so, on 1-22 there were 179 topics with Trump (or Donald) in the title, out of 672 posted (this excludes any which were deleted by the mods), about 27% of topics posted -- IOW, this is the "living rent-free in your head :
157 posted on 01/23/2016 4:34:31 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Amntn

Sadly, the only person that could take on both parties is TRUMP! There is no one else and that is SAD.


158 posted on 01/23/2016 4:38:26 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: SunkenCiv

WOW you really put a list together!!

In regards to the list of 22, did they forget it is we the people that vote, it is not the decision of the 22. I’m very disappointed in some, but its expected of some of the talking idiots. I have lost ALL respect for redstate / erickson, he reminds me of Al Sharpton.


159 posted on 01/23/2016 4:44:47 AM PST by conservativesister (And FReepers, please quit attacking each other. We're all in this together.-"JR")
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To: nickcarraway

“And Trump strongly supported Romney. We should deport both of them.”

Of course he did.
So did I, and many here.

Remember what our alternative was!


160 posted on 01/23/2016 4:48:45 AM PST by Pravious
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