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.
“If they go Mississippi on him now, the blowback will destroy the party. We are not meekly sitting on our hands any longer.”
That’s a fact.
LOL....well done !
These are the same people who think Goldman Sachs will not try to influence Saint Cruz through his wife’s $800K job. He will have that wall built so fast it will make their heads spin.
Trump is far MORE conservative than anyone else in this race; you're just to blind to see it.
There is one major flaw in their scam; Trump is not Chris McDaniel, who is probably okay, but does not have the experience of Donald Trump.
You truly don’t know nor understand politics, what Trump is all about, nor how stupid it is to hate him the way you do.
Absolutely.
Cruz funded the MISSISSIPPI TREATMENT against Chris McDaniel, placing a cool $200,000.00 on the table for the NSRC, as the committee’s Vice Chairman.
Mississippi was funded to prop up and re-elect Thad Cochran, with that re-election money. That was back when Cruz was making up with McConnell for his show boating in the Senate.
Cruz eventually issued more McConnell “favors”, rocking us all, by voting *for* TPA. Cruz kept his fingers in both ears, so he wouldn’t hear Jeff Sessions screaming the warning against it.
Cruz got the cash back for those favors. McConnell gave Cruz $300,000.00 for his campaign, through his surrogate lawyer.
Remember MISSISSIPPI!
You also post regularly on FR. After having been on FR for so long, one starts to remember the 'screennames' of posters. Most of the more 'vicious' posters have screennames I have never seen before.
Actually, that’s not true:
“We’ve seen serious allegations of voter fraud,†Cruz said on “The Mark Levin Show.†“And I very much hope that no Republican was involved in voter fraud. But these allegations need to be vigorously investigated and anyone involved in criminal conduct should be prosecuted.â€
Earlier in the program, Cruz criticized the Washington establishment for its meddling in the runoff: “What happened in Mississippi was appalling. Primaries are always rough and tumble, but the conduct of the Washington, D.C., machine in the Mississippi runoff was incredibly disappointing.â€
See the link below:
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/ted-cruz-mississippi-gop-primary-thad-cochran-108643
Cruz was the only member of the Senate to call for an official investigation into election misconduct.
And, for the record, Donald Trump did endorse Chris McDaniel:
https://www.facebook.com/senatormcdaniel/posts/755159367881287
What do you mean, “skip the FOX debate”. Is that true?
I knew Trump is skipping Megyn Kelly tonight, who is hosting all the candidates in a something or other in Houston. Trump has an event in Virginia.
Haven’t heard a word about skipping the FOX debate though.
Sadly, the vast majority of people have NO idea just WHO dear P.T. was, nor what he did over his illustrious lifetime.
For example, Mr. Barnum was a CONSERVATIVE GOPer, who served TWO terms in the Ct. Legislature and was also the Mayor of Bridgeport, long before that city turned into a sewer.
I suggest that the uninformed read up on P.T., because he was a multifaceted, brilliant man, who was far more than the part owner of a circus, that was only in his later life.
Thank you for the ping!! FANTASTIC post!!
BRING IT!!!!!
I think it is just common sense to realize that a Presidential Campaign period brings out more posters who haven’t been active for a while.
I think this Presidential Campaign period has brought out more than any other. But I have no figures to back that up, just an assumption.
So.... if an event attracts 100 more people than normal, it is highly likely that at least 10 percent of them are nuts.
I think that is reflected here on FR. While we have a divided camp, we also have the extremists who are more concerned with BEING RIGHT than with WHAT IS RIGHT.
Anyway, welcome to the FRAY !
I now see many nics I don't remember at all and I have a fantastic memory. So that means that 1) there posts, few as thy might have been until lately, never posted ANYTHING at all memorable 2) are "sleeper nics".
Exactly, Cruz has been working with McConnell, he does lots of political ‘theater’ now to convince everyone he is on our side.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that many people watch TV and then regurgitate what they heard. It’s what TV was designed for. A one way communication link to control the masses.
Although I’m a Cruz guy for now, I have a feeling that Trump is more than capable of making this boomerang on the Gutless Old Party. Only people who pay close attention know what happened to Chris McDaniel in Mississippi. “Going full Mississippi” will be front and center for all Americans to see.
I would even venture to say that some posters have no idea there even is a home page.
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