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.
Trump endorses McCain on Larry King
By MIKE ALLEN 09/17/08 10:22 PM EDT
Donald Trump, the flamboyant New York magnate, said on CNN’s “Larry King Live” on Wednesday night that he is supporting Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for president.
Trump, never shy with his opinions, went on to say that McCain appears to be winning, and that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) should have chosen Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as his running mate.
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“I know John McCain, and John McCain’s a great guy, a tremendous guy,” Trump told King. “I’ve known him for a long time. And I’m with him, and I’m with him based on the fact that I have great knowledge of John McCain. Also, this is not the right time for tax increases. And Obama wants to increase your taxes drastically.”
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During the show, the two men had this exchange:
TRUMP: I’m endorsing McCain. I am basically very strongly — you have to understand: I’ve known him. I like him, I respect him.
KING: So you’re endorsing him?
TRUMP: I think he’s going to be a great president.
KING: So you’re endorsing him.
TRUMP: Sure, I’ll endorse him on your show.
KING: You just endorsed him.
TRUMP: I endorse him.’
http://www.politico.com/story/2008/09/trump-endorses-mccain-on-larry-king-013558
See preceding post.
If needed, I can also cite the quote where Trump lavishly, LAVISHLY praises Palin.
Glenn Beck to Vote for Hillary if McCain is GOP Nominee
Glenn Beck - Why he would of voted for Hillary instead of John McCain
Glenn Beck: McCain would've been worse
Glenn Beck: I May have Voted for Hillary Clinton
Glenn Beck: 'I won't vote for Trump.' (Even if running against Hillary)
Sigh. I was helping you out. You were arguing with a poster who said you hadn’t provided a shred of evidence that Trump endorsed McCain. In fact, the poster said it was a categorical lie that Trump had done so (bc Trump at the time was a Dem, and so would have supported Obama).
So I went to the trouble of posting proof of your claim. As in, trying to do you a favor. Capiche?
Here is what was posted to you in 254:
‘In 2008, it is a categorical lie to say Trump endorsed McCain in 2008. He was a registered Democrat, and he was on TV shows identify strongly bashing Republicans and supporting Democrats. Over a 11 year period he donated a little more than $8000 to McCain. That is dwarfed by what he gave to Hillary and Democrats.
You have shown no proof Trump endorsed McCain. Even Trump never claimed that.’
My ‘preceding’ post makes a spectacle of the ridiculous, false and ignorant claims in that excerpt. I thought you’d enjoy seeing your antagonist routed. In any event, I doubt he will insist Trump never endorsed McCain any time soon. (Or then again he might. Honesty does not seem to be the anti-Trump posters’ strong suit.)
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