Posted on 02/13/2016 6:24:41 AM PST by bray
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
This is the greatest election ever and it is only just begun. We have the outsiders completing the work the Tea Party had begun and Moscow on the Potomac has no idea what is about to hit them. When you look at the two Parties you have one which is being headed by some old as dirt Leninists who are in a competition of who can make this the Soviet Union before they hit the dirt nap against our socialists who want to give it away less quickly and the Outsiders.
As the only person who predicted Trump and Cruz would be fighting it out six months ago and predicted Trump would win big a month ago it is time for the explanation why. Both Trump and Cruz would win against Sanders after he beats Hillary for a few reasons. The first is America is ready for a real change and have had their eyes opened from the Obama Depression. Cruz would win on Ground Game and Trump will win with his media wars and in this case Trump will be the nominee in a sweep across the country.
Since Trump and his supporters are universally hated by both the liberal and Conservative Punditocracy it is time an explanation is given why his movement see him as the superior candidate. As a fundamental Christian we do not care if the candidate is holy enough, we appreciate that he only respects us and is able to articulate basic conservative ideas. We have all worked with people who have a spicy language and especially in the construction industry so most of us overlook it whether we use those words or not.
The main issue we like is his dedication to the wall. Until the wall is built there is no point in talking about deportation since there is no real deportation without that wall. After it is built or at least the border being shut while construction occurs then it is simply grandstanding using the usual amnesty cliches with no solutions. Trump is the first one and most likely the only one who is serious about building it and the rest will never get it done.
His second largest issue is taking on Political Correctness. He has rolled back the PC mafia at least five years which is highlighted by his saying illegal aliens need to be deported as well as a moratorium on allowing Mooselimbs into our country and stating he does not believe in Global Warming. These are all considered sacrilege to the PC crowd as he tramples on sacred cow after sacred cow. The rest of the candidates only state their nuanced platitudes to straddle the same fence which has surrendered issue after issue. Political Correctness is the biggest club the Marxists have to beat down the opposition into submission and he beats them back to their safe rooms with courage and a sense of humor.
Is he a pure Conservative who knows the Conservative doxology inside and out or a record of marching in lockstep with Rush Limbaugh? No, he is a businessman; who like the ferry operator in the Outlaw Josey Wells, he learned to sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic and Dixie with equal enthusiasm to survive. In New York City if you want to build skyscrapers you have to sing the Battle Hymn more often than Dixie. He does not have the luxury of only donating one direction and irritating the Dems who are very vindictive which will add millions to his costs if he can get permits at all.
He is far more Conservative than all except perhaps Cruz, but he articulates and knows capitalism better than any other person on the stage. It really is not close who knows economics better than anyone on the stage or in DC, period. He is not a socialist and understands capitalism inside and out which is why he articulates it far better than anyone in the country. He did not learn it in the halls of Harvard or discussing it in some think tank, he lived capitalism his entire life in one of the toughest industries on the planet. Capitalism is in his veins which is why his explanations are substantive yet simple enough for America to understand. He is teaching America what capitalism is for the first time in fifty years.
This is why his time is now. After fifty years or more of Americans being told that the only solution to every one of their problems is gummit, it is refreshing to have someone articulate capitalism in a language they can understand. He keeps it simple and hits a couple of highlights without getting into the weeds where he lives with charm and charisma which is spellbinding. This country needs someone who can take this country another direction and Trump has the knowledge, credibility and a very high level of articulation to get that done. Add to that he is likely one of the top five negotiators in the country if not the world and you have a set of skills we have never seen.
From a purely Tea Party attitude and what America is telling the political establishment on both sides we just want to blow it all up. We want to bulldoze DC and watch all of those sanctimonious elites jump into the trash heap. While everyday Americans work hard only to be laughed at, insulted and ripped off they are about to tell these useless, incompetent Marxists to take a hike since we cannot afford you anymore. We need someone with a big "You're Fired" sign and we have just the guy for that.
The biggest reason Trump will win is he is not afraid to get ugly. Republicans have to go against the Three Pillars of Propaganda (media, academia and the DNC) to win. They have two choices, they can win ugly or lose graciously and it is much easier to be gracious. The establishment would rather debate and convince voters through high brow debating societies while the Dems are calling them racist, sexist homophobes. Trump will win ugly which is how this country is going to get fixed.
The establishments on both sides believe politics is fought in a cotillion with high brow discussions about the superiority of the Constitution when in reality it is a knife fight in the mud with no rules. This is where Trump has lived his life and has a room full of heads to prove it. The Pundiots do not want to go there and they certainly do not want to act like they approve of it and get splashed on their pearly white suits, so they vilify and mock to mask their fear of actually having to get their hands dirty. The Conservative pundits would rather lose graciously then win ugly since they too have become the establishment.
Trump will be the nominee. He has pointed his entire life at this moment and has the skills and abilities nobody on either stage has with the courage to say what he and the American people think. It is not pure Conservatism, but it is pure capitalism. Capitalism has not been pure for a hundred years, but capitalists adapt to the draconian rules they have to play by and adapt which Marxism cannot do and he is the master. He will drive the purists crazy since he is going to do what is right in his gut, but in the end they will be based on capitalism which is the basics of Conservatism. He is like the bulldozer that cuts a path through the overgrown trees to begin to build a road back to the rundown City on the Hill. The next guy can pave it after Trump dynamites and builds a road back to America.
Pray America wakes
Why else? Because he becomes the most powerful leader in the world. That would feed his ego and allow him to make more money. But, sure, he is only doing it out of the goodness of his lil ol’ Conservative heart.
I don’t doubt that Trump wants America to be great. He wants to create HIS best version of America. I don’t believe his best version is really a conservative America even if it’s a strong America. I don’t want to gain power and riches if we lose the soul that America is based on.
Smaller government, pure capitalism. Can anyone tell me if DT is given one of the most powerful positions on earth that he will NOT want to control more? Everything he does manipulates the media, manipulates politicians, manipulates the public. Anyone who rejects him (or who he thinks is distasteful) is rebuked and disdained. Submission is everything.
Has he ever motivated anyone to become greater than himself?
That’s the first time I ever heard he was born on a military base. It doesn’t change the fact that his father was Cuban however.
Pray Trump supporters wake up. One cannot win a two-candidate election when 60% of voters view you unfavorably.
Well well well... so I shall salute him with a rousing chorus of “Malaguena.”
We have no firm answer, is the bothersome factor here. Courts are currently the only recognized entities that can pass ultimate judgment on such questions. The meta-court embodied by a supermajority of both houses of Congress has been suggested for something otherwise known as a Bork Amendment. That this would have the right to overturn any court. But still, some tribunal of men would have to sit on it.
Donnie John 2016.
True, if that keeps up, Trump would have trouble. However these opponents are still for Trump to peel away if he can. He has announced an upcoming switch to positive ads. He’s seeing the handwriting on the wall about where he has been. He also sometimes tends to get mad over things that really did not deserve the ire, diluting the usefulness of his anger. I am hoping Donald learns before it is too late, and he seems to be making motions in that direction now.
Hey Onyx, glad you liked it.
Well said.
Since I predicted he would win the nomination when he was at 5% and every pundit was calling him a clown, I will tell you what all that means.
That poll is useless this far out and is likely skewed by the media. He will win the Presidency in a large margin. Hang onto that talking point though, it is a good one.
Just sayin’ though, sometimes we can’t see the forest for the trees.
Trump is learning that he needs to control his impetuousness.
He wouldn’t be the first prospective president to learn this.
George Washington did. History shows that the young Washington was concerned about his own hot temper, and he took great spiritual pains to cultivate patience. He was able to exercise great equanimity by the time he was actually asked to be president.
The old Cruz thug tactics are back. Please go to one of the other 100 threads you infest.
This is a beautiful summation of what Trump is doing.
zzzzzzzz. Your going to lose and the reason is that nobody buys what you are selling. You hitched your wagon on a very weak individual who has no integrity. no leadership within his campaign.....they run around doing things that supposedly cruz has no idea.........due to that alone should scare the heck out of you....is his staff in the whit house going to be doing things without cruz’s knowledge? Will cruz blame his staff when things go wrong like he does now?
he is acting like Obama daily.
Motivated someone to “become greater than himself” — you mean greater than Trump or greater than where he had been?
I think the answer of those who knew Trump privately as a boss, would be yes.
The “You’re Fired” schtick was one that was ginned up for TV. Not that Trump would never do it in real life, but when asked to ham up the role of irascible boss in an implausible situation, he agreed.
I wouldn’t mind too terribly much if he said that to Barack Obama some day early next year, though :-)
TASTES GREAT! (WHAM)
LESS FILLING! (WHAM)
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Just a simple question to find out the real man inside. That’s what I want to know. I have that right to ask questions. Will he shrink government? Has he ever motivated anyone to become greater than himself [because THAT is what will make America Great Again-AMERICANS, NOT TRUMP. Ever watch someone receive the Medal of Honor?]... If you don’t know the answer why not just say I’m stupid, fat, and ugly.
Thank you for writing and posting this. Trump is saying what a lot of us think. You are writing what a lot of us think. Thanks for the summary.
To an American mother. So there, suck on that for awhile.
Well, I think by presenting the right kind of open doors, Trump could empower just such a move by We The People.
He does need to learn to shoot less at his friends than at his enemies, though. Sometimes he has acted like he hates everybody equally.
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