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Grow Up! How can anyone be for this spoiled brat?
The American Spectator ^ | January 30, 2016 | Thomas Sowell

Posted on 01/30/2016 12:54:47 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

Of all the many things said about Donald Trump, what was said by Roger Ailes, head of the Fox News Channel, said it all in just two words: "Grow up!"

It is amazing how many people have been oblivious to this middle-aged man's spoiled brat behavior, his childish boastfulness about things he says he is going to do, and his petulant response to every criticism with ad hominem replies.

He has boasted that his followers would stick by him even if he committed murder. But is that something to boast about? Is it not an insult to his followers, if it is true? Moreover, his cockiness is misplaced, because he still does not have a majority among Republican voters, while you need a majority of all the voters to win any state in the general election.

Trump has a showman's talent for telling people what they want to hear. But you can listen in vain for a coherent argument from him, based on facts and logic, much less an understanding of the inherent limitations of the office of president.

More than two centuries ago, Edmund Burke said: "Constitute government how you please, infinitely the greater part of it must depend upon the exercise of the powers which are left at large to the prudence and uprightness of ministers of state."

In other words, the personal character of the people to whom you entrust the powers of government matters even more than what kinds of government institutions there are. There have been some good kings and some bad presidents, as well as vice versa.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 1stcanadiansenator; 2016; americanspectator; brokenrecord; character; election; foxnews; growup; rogerailes; sharkjump; tds; thomassowell; trump; usualsuspect
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Oh good, the steadfast purveyor of the myth that the world economy is not a “zero-sum” game weighs in to inform us of our ignorance.

Sowell is the personification of the elites described in Tucker Carlson’s great article. Blissfully unaware of the real world effects of the policies that he well-paid to promote. But, he’s old...we should be kind & aim for the moat when we throw him out of his ivory tower.


61 posted on 01/30/2016 2:03:21 AM PST by garandgal
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
This is a defining moment for Sowell that could very well alter his career.

Maybe we can ask the moderators to remove any reference to him in all the past years' threads.

62 posted on 01/30/2016 2:03:48 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Sowell is so out to lunch on this. Actual conservative voters are behind Cruz or Trump.

Sure, Trump appeals to Reagan Democrat types as well, but the concept of Jeb, Kasich, Christie, Rubio and the like splitting any conservative vote so Trump can slip by is laughable.


63 posted on 01/30/2016 2:06:00 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

LOL, had to check your posting history to make sure that wasn’t an actual fascist suggestion from a Trump supporter.


64 posted on 01/30/2016 2:06:16 AM PST by JediJones ("How stupid are the people of Iowa?" -Donald Trump, November 12, 2015)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Actually, it’s the brains of Free Republicans that seem to switch off when they listen to Trump.


65 posted on 01/30/2016 2:07:25 AM PST by JediJones ("How stupid are the people of Iowa?" -Donald Trump, November 12, 2015)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
It's an amazingly long list, isn't it?

To paraphrase Solzhenitsyn, "the Soviets came to power and all of a sudden traitors came pouring out of the woodwork."

66 posted on 01/30/2016 2:07:31 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: DoughtyOne
Trump has incredible magnetism.

So did Obama.

67 posted on 01/30/2016 2:08:00 AM PST by JediJones ("How stupid are the people of Iowa?" -Donald Trump, November 12, 2015)
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To: DoughtyOne
Trump has changed the entire political paradigm in the U.S. and it will take time for many of those embedded in the old paradigm to make the transition.

Remember the grieving process: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.

Seems Sowell is stuck somewhere between denial and early anger.

He'll eventually come around, but his career as a thinker/commentator might be over.

68 posted on 01/30/2016 2:10:06 AM PST by RoosterRedux (When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
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To: Hugin
Another former conservative icon gone off the deep end over Trump.

With so many conservative icons lining up against Trump, did you ever stop to think it's Trump who's wrong, not all the conservative icons? I stopped, thought about it, and came to that conclusion, especially since Trump's sense of principles and values is wildly inconsistent and has frequently been not conservative.

69 posted on 01/30/2016 2:10:32 AM PST by JediJones ("How stupid are the people of Iowa?" -Donald Trump, November 12, 2015)
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To: vette6387

Thanks Vette6387.


70 posted on 01/30/2016 2:11:20 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t think so Nick. Fox took a pretty big hit on revenue.


71 posted on 01/30/2016 2:12:16 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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To: RoosterRedux

Trump hasn’t added anything new to the paradigm that fellow cranky, mercurial billionaire malcontent Ross Perot didn’t do before.


72 posted on 01/30/2016 2:12:28 AM PST by JediJones ("How stupid are the people of Iowa?" -Donald Trump, November 12, 2015)
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To: grania

Meanwhile, backers of Ted Cruz said in response to Donald’s vet rally that they too would be willing to donate $1.5 million .....

but only if certain political conditions were satisfied.

Sad, very sad.


73 posted on 01/30/2016 2:14:36 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: JediJones

What is that supposed to prove?

It’s laughable how you folks connect him to Obama, Hitler, and other people as if it meant something.

Trump isn’t pushing Obama policy.

Putting them in the same sentence more or less reveals desperation on your part to somehow tarnish Trump.

It’s silly.


74 posted on 01/30/2016 2:17:39 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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To: DoughtyOne

‘Over the years I’ve had respect for Sowell ...’

I’ll continue to respect Sowell’s research, but when it comes to Trump — grain of salt.

FRegards ....


75 posted on 01/30/2016 2:18:21 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Cruz and Trump FRiends strongest when we don't insult each other.)
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To: RoosterRedux

One would hope he would level out when reality sets in.

I don’t like to see him this way, and I hope you’re wrong. I know you’re not being definitive about it, but it is troublesome none the less.


76 posted on 01/30/2016 2:18:57 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Yes, good plan. Take care.


77 posted on 01/30/2016 2:19:26 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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To: grania

Trump is for Trump.

It’s obviously not a coincidence that he chose this moment in time to raise money for Veterans.

Has he ever raised $$ for them in the past?


78 posted on 01/30/2016 2:21:40 AM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Not me. I’m happy to keep praise of Sowell on record. Because he deserved it back then.

— FRegards ....


79 posted on 01/30/2016 2:21:51 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Cruz and Trump FRiends strongest when we don't insult each other.)
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To: DoughtyOne

It means you’re trying to sell Trump on the basis of a schoolgirl crush or a rock band groupie.

“He has SUCH animal magnetism! Oh, be still my beating heart!”

You have no idea how pathetic and shallow this Trump-pumping often sounds.

“But, but, ‘merica! He gonna make it great again! And, he gonna fix evvy-ting! And do evvy-ting smarter and better than evvy-body else! Because he’s Trump, a big ol’, strong ol’ bidness-man who can make deals!”

The cult of personality built up around him is laughable but also truly frightening. When revolutions take place in countries based on this sort of thing, they tend to produce very ugly, regrettable results.


80 posted on 01/30/2016 2:23:10 AM PST by JediJones ("How stupid are the people of Iowa?" -Donald Trump, November 12, 2015)
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