Posted on 02/24/2016 3:49:27 PM PST by Amntn
When little known Chris McDaniel beat entrenched republican senator Thad Cochran in the first Mississippi primary of 2014 it triggered a series of events that became known simply as "Mississippi '14".
The entrenched DC republican elite developed a plan to destroy McDaniel before the run-off primary. They decided to call McDaniel a racist, pay for print and broadcast attack ads, request help from black Mississippi pastors, and pay Democrats, preachers and voters to vote in the run-off election. Republicans in DC attacking a republican outsider.
Their Machiavellian plan worked. In the run-off Chris McDaniel again beat Thad Cochran with republican voters, but the paid-to-vote Democrats lifted Cochran back onto the throne in the elite Republican Chamber.
Against the desperation of a South Carolina victory for Donald Trump, and now a Nevada victory for Donald Trump, the DC Republican team have re-enlisted the exact same players to roll out a similar nuclear attack approach against the 'outsider republican'.
Appearing on Bloomberg News the former Mississippi architect, Stuart Stevens, and Mississippi financier/bag-man, Henry Barbour, who carried out the Mississippi Strategy - openly admit their intent to use the same level of vitriol to remove Donald Trump.
See the Video Here (at 23:10) as Stuart Stevens and Henry Barbour are assembled again to discuss the process of "taking down Trump". Stevens fully admits to the Mississippi 2014 strategy and how it will work in 2016 against Donald Trump.
So how do they do it? Simple, it's war - a thermonuclear political war. There are no boundaries, there are no rules, there is nothing too far, there is nothing held back.
They run attack ads, they'll shout names and make up malicious smears; they'll follow the candidate around to make noise at rallies; they lie about anything and everything; they'll pay anyone and everyone to assist, and they don't care if the high-information voter knows what they are doing; it's all part of the overall scorched earth plan.
They'll pay people to do and say anything, ANYTHING. Winning is all that counts. Destroying the opponent is all that matters. Every means justifies that end. Period.
The GOPe have already hired actresses and actors to appear in the attack ads and to make personal appearances, as actors, during Trump events. The hiring agency is Talent Direct Agency (TDA) - The actors and production teams are working out the script details right now.
More than likely the construct begins tomorrow with the CNN debate. Expect a full media assist from an ideological corporate media empire who also has skin in the game and corporate ownership who also see candidate Donald Trump as a risk.
A thrilled attendee for the bloodbath, NRO's Charles Cooke, puts it this way:
Tomorrow night, as they stand on either side of Trump, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz must find their resolve and all-but-machine-gun the man to the floor.
Without breaks for water or silence for applause, they must explain that Trump is an entitled mess whose business record is so questionable that he managed to bankrupt a casino; that he is an unashamed fraud who didn't even wait to be elected president before folding on Planned Parenthood and Obamacare, exactly like the "feckless" Congress he is running against; that he is feigning religiosity to appeal to people he believes are rubes; and, above all, that whatever he may be pretending now, he has spent a lifetime screwing the little guy.
They must repeat verbatim his previous words on amnesty; they must outline in detail how his policies will make life worse for everyone; and they must point out that a Trump nomination designed to "mix things up" will result, eventually, in more of the same.
In the meantime, conservatives who are not running for president must ensure that every spare dollar is spent attacking Trump. Melt down the fences if you have to; we need long-range bombers here.
If Donald Trump can flood the airwaves with his nonsense, his opponents can counter it incessantly. And while they are at it, they can tie him up in court, just as he's trying to do to Cruz. There are a good number of "just asking" questions ready to be put to them, among them "Trump's mother was Scottish, can he really be president?" and "Trump ran a host of scams designed to rip off the poor; surely one of them would like to sue him?"
Thus far, part of Trump's media strategy has been to say something outrageous and then to move on before it can be rebutted or fact-checked. Why are his rivals not doing the same thing to him? Why, moreover, are the men in charge of the big guns all-but flirting with the snipers on the other side? (read more)
Perhaps now you can better appreciate why Mitt Romney is joining the effort and throwing anything against the wall to see if it will stick:
On Wednesday's "Your World" on FOX News, former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney told Neil Cavuto that Donald Trump's tax returns may prove he hasn't been honest about his money.
Romney suggests the bombshell could include him lying about his wealth or that he has not made all those charity donations he claims to have made. (link)
You see, it doesn't actually matter if there's any truth to the claim, the goal is to create an absurd hurricane wind of inbound attacks driven with increasing ferocity by the corporate media who will demand the candidate to respond.
In Mississippi 2014 Chris McDaniel was not racist, nor was there anything remotely linking him to anything racist; the goal is to push the candidate away from their campaigning, the truth is irrelevant.
Once the GOPe force the candidate away from campaigning, then they begin selling the false story and using the actors/actresses, or preachers, to deliver an outcome.
By the time the next debate on Fox comes around, well, it'll be peak DEFCON-5 thermonuclear political button pushing because, quite simply, they have nothing to lose.
True dat, this election has exposed so many phonies.
Hear! Hear!!
Thanks very much, Oatka. I’d never heard that one before. BUMP!
Less likely to work on the Donald
Trump shall win this and you're cheering him on? LOL
And what makes you assume that the same people won't also do this to Ted?
Sorry....but Cruz was indeed silent during Mississippi 2014 voter fraud while he served at the executive level of NRSC. There are absolutely no reports of Cruz speaking out. None!
Cruz is dirty and not the conservative he claims to be - just another establishment puppet who will do and say anything to serve his masters.
Haha! If you really believe he is going to build this wall, I have a bridge to sell you. He’s made a lot of promises to Conservatives just as he had made a lot of promises to his Democrat friends. There is a reason Harry Reid has only payed compliments to Donald Trump.
There’s a sucker born every minute and Donald has found an army of them. If there is one thing he is good at, it’s spotting and hooking suckers.
You mean none like the one I already posted?
You do know that McDaniel is Cruz’s MS campaign chair, right?
Let me know if you want some help looking for your integrity.
Ignorance is bliss, isn’t it? That fool must be awfully *happy*....for now.
It is also quite boring! ;^)
I would say that the beginning of this election made me post more. I have been a lurker for years. What made me start posting was Trump was saying the very things that I was saying around the dinner table and often causing arguments.
When Trump brought up the rapist mexicans the mexican government is off loading on us, and then he didn't back down well that got my attention and I found this Government Accounting Office Report: CRIMINAL ALIEN STATISTICS Information on Incarcerations, Arrests, and Costs
Checkout page 32 Trumps home state look at homicides. The long and short of it is that in that period the report covers illegals killed over 25,000 people.
Well that made my head snap not only was Trump telling the truth but it was way worse. When he didn't back down thats when all the fun began.
His speaking the refreshing truth and not backing down thats what got me out of my political depression and made me realize I needed to get more politically involved this has lead to posting.
He has just continued to deliver week in and week out
pretty clear he loves America as much as Obama hates it. Seems like he is putting America first
Megyn tried to derail Trump and she had to take a vacation. And she has bigger balls than anyone of these GOP elitists.
Hiya SE Mom!!
Yes, you’re right. This could get U.G.L.Y.
Unlike Chris McDaniel, Donald Trump will fight back and then some.
McDaniel was literally blindsided, with the most vicious, unsubstantiated assertions, claims and rumors.
I despise the GOP and the Barbour’s.
You have described a large % of the rabid Trump Haters on Free Republic.
Some of us have labeled them Zombies or the living dead, who had not posted for years and came to life last December or January to post 24/7 with nothing but hate for Trump and to label us the the dumb, un Christian and not conservative and really stupid supporters of Trump.
Of course most are Freep loaders and have never contributed to free republic.
They were in full bloom this morning after Trump kicked Cuban butt in Nevada.
Dissolve the GOP. Establish a new party.
Some of us are just tech challenged and have nothing to say on a home page. OTOH........I do agree with your statement, which suggests these nics are "sleeper troll" with more than one nic.
Remember, 'It takes a village?"
You're telling us, "It takes a GOPe."
No it doesn't! We can take care of our own populist, Donald Trump. He is a man now but is still part of the family, the We the People family that you in the D.C., NYC, Boston corridor want to control. He's our Donald and he's part of our family. The government and a political party cannot control him. You quit abusing Donald and quit trying to sabotage his run for the Presidency. The more you abuse the more we rally to his defense and the higher his poll numbers go up. So yes, bring it on if you dare. We are the sleeping giant and ohh, are we ever awake. You'll see on November 8th!
Haha! If you really believe he is going to build this wall, I have a bridge to sell you. He’s made a lot of promises to Conservatives just as he had made a lot of promises to his Democrat friends. There is a reason Harry Reid has only payed compliments to Donald Trump.
There’s a sucker born every minute and Donald has found an army of them. If there is one thing he is good at, it’s spotting and hooking suckers.
Odd....those are the exact talking points I heard lib pundits saying, on MSNBC/CNN, today....even down to using the PT Barnum reference.
No need to apologize. I am capable of, and do perform my own research. You believe what you want, I will trust my own research.
Yes...here we go again !
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