Posted on 01/30/2016 5:29:18 AM PST by Kaslin
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.
In a world where the future of this country is threatened from within by increasingly angry polarization, and where external threats can become nuclear, are we really going to entrust the safety or this country to a man who still needs to grow up?
Is the fact that he loudly expressed our own disgust with the political establishment a sufficient reason to gamble the whole future of the country by putting him in the White House?
The White House is not a place for on-the-job training. You are supposed to be ready, or at the very least grown up, before you walk in the door. Aging happens automatically, but maturity is optional -- and it is an option that Donald Trump has not yet chosen to exercise.
The issue that Trump raised about Ted Cruz's having been born in Canada is not the first time he has tried to challenge where someone was born. "The Donald" was among those who tried to say that Barack Obama was not born an American citizen, and who disgraced themselves, while undermining other critics of Obama who had serious objections to his policies.
On the other hand, messianic demagogues have often spoken at least part of the truth. But they have also often led their followers to their doom, whether at Jonestown, Stalingrad or innumerable other places. That is a very high price to pay for an exhilaration of the moment.
Donald Trump is not the only one who needs to act like an adult. With this country starting to unravel from within, while ruthless enemies overseas are developing both nuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles to deliver them, we face problems that cannot be solved by candidates with glib words or by voters who vote for whoever meets their emotional needs.
If you don't understand the issues, but want to do your patriotic duty, then stay home on election night, whether in the primaries or in the national election in November. Uninformed voters turn elections into a game of playing Russian roulette with the future of America.
Conservative candidates will also have an opportunity to show their maturity and their patriotism. This is not the first primary season in which the conservative vote has been split among so many Republican candidates that it virtually guarantees that someone who is not a conservative will win the Republican nomination.
At some point during the primary season, it becomes clear that some candidates have no real chance of winning the nomination, much less the general election. At that point they can either continue hanging on, keeping the conservative vote split, or they can withdraw and throw their support to some other conservative candidate who has a chance.
A lot of people need to grow up, and to do something for this country that has done so much for them.
“Trump reminds me of the Piper of Hamelin. The Trump followers are following him blindly like the children did when he led them to their death out of revenge against the mayor of Hamelin”
Translation: I don’t back Trump, so all of his supporters are mindless idiots.
Thank you for your mature, measured, reasoned response.
I take posts at face value, guess in this primary season I should start checking. ..
My apology...
“Apparently Thomas struck a nerve.”
No, not really. I’m used to raving anti-Trump articles. After all, the Cruzers post about 189 of them here each day.
How did that get in here?
Post of the day nominee!
No problems It’s difficult to talk face to face on the old confusr.. :)
No need for the Trumpes to do so since the Don toots his own horn but here we are.
Criticize Trump for using ad hominem while calling him a spoiled brat, petulant, childish, cocky, immature, glib, messianic, demagogic, incoherent
and topping it all off by putting out the untruth that...”He has boasted that his followers would stick by him even if he committed murder”. (Trump was quoting someone else’s statement)
While you point your finger at Trump, Mr. Sowell three are pointing back at you.
I’ve reposted your articles many times but this and your recent NR article will not be reposted. I hope this election season goes by without my losing any more respect for you, I have no desire for that.
could explain why he doesn’t wear a wedding ring. works like moochelles belts.
The boob belt? LOL
Did you read the article? Carefully and thoughtfully. There are several reasons there.
Often full of wisdom but usually full of ****
Well maybe it’s a bit of hyperbole, but if he can do it so can I
Why are we “carefully and thoughtfully” expected to read an article filled with infantile insults directed at both our candidate and us?
What kind of imminent threat does the U.S. face right now that relates directly to any decisions “Emperor Barky” has made — from a military standpoint?
“Thomas Sowell has Never ranted like a 5 year old.”
He just uses bigger words. Still rants with the logic and viewpoints of a 5 year old.
"Don't look now, but while our best conservative is running a political campaign, Trump is leading a rebellion. Not as a liberal or a conservative politician, but as a successful red-blooded, can-do American capitalist.", Jim Robinson
I disagree. We are in dire straits and this nation needs a hard ass no BS Make America Great Again type as the nice guys cannot do the damn job. Four more years of pussyfooting around and this country will be fini/kaput. This PC, MC, EEOC, AA, LGBT, and you name the program has damn near ruined our military’s combat effectiveness. If you have ever commanded a company in combat or have been in combat with an infantry type or Marine unit then you know damn well that we don’t need a PC nice MF in command. This nation is so divided, spoiled, infected with anti Americans to include Sharia types in Gov by Obama that we need a hard ass fast. This he isn’t nice enough or humble enough BS is just that. This is close to the end. There is not the time to punt. In some areas of major cities it is not safe to even drive at dark. Muslim punks are killing ours. We are 19 trillion in debt and probably more. We damn sure do not need a lawyer to run America. We need a man who understands business and Econ. Trump has an Econ degree and he damn sure knows business. We need to start operation Sharia, then Wetback, etc. All queers and lesbians must be thrown out of the military. This lowering standards for women is BS. Our military should not be an experiment for anything except HOW TO MORE EFFICIENTLY NEUTRALIZE THE ENEMY. The Army disability retirement system and the VA disability system have been liberalized so much that almost anyone can get medical retirement and 100% VA disability now. It is a damn joke. I recall WWII vets who were in mostly far worse physically and mentally then this current bunch with obvious exceptions. Yes, those with serious wounds and loss of limbs I agree with. However I see guys bragging in the ER -”I got 100% for sleep Apnea.” Then they give 100% for PTSD to some who never were in a combat zone. Yes, a Ret LTC got 100% for duty in West Germany. He claimed he fears the KGB will kill him. WHO gives a crap.
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