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.
SPOT ON !
And Sundance at ConservativeTreehouse happens to be a Trump activist...
And, Cruzervative Review, Heritage Action and Federalist.com happen to be CRuz activists. Do you discount everything they print, and that is posted here, regarding CRuz?
Lots of etc, etcs, there ;-)
>>Watch the video of Trump Jr. recently
I have! It was MOST impressive! I was just wondering why he would WANT to follow in his dad’s political footsteps and run himself, after all he’s seen.....
But, I sure would vote for him or Eric!
When the other party went after Romney about his taxes, who came to his defense? Donald Trump. Now, four years later, Romney is calling for Trump to show us his taxes. It's a down and dirty game. So whose team is Romney playing for?
Continue to persevere.
Trump or Bust
You are misinformed. Cruz had nothing to do with the Mississippi Affair. That was totally McConnell's doing.
Cruz and the NRSC were not involved.
If he’s like Dad, he’ll thrive on it.
Whether it is Hillary or Bernie, or someone else, the simple fact is...ONLY TRUMP CAN BEAT THE DEM NOMINEE.
I say this for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that ONLY Trump is truly willing to fight back and knows exactly how to do it! Look how he easily fights against everyone now.
I don’t want him to EVER show us the details. I think it would be better not to reveal his superior business ‘trade secrets’!
I personally don’t care about the details, and I think most Americans agree. Just get the job DONE.
Like Cruz, was he born outside of this nation, having one ore two parents NOT being American Citizens at the time of his birth as Rubio and Ted do not have ?
Is he a "carpetbagger" because outside of one voting year, he was always a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN ? Ooooooooppppppppppppppsie
Lowering taxes, being pro-the first & second Amendments, preserving this nation's history, culture, laws, cutting the size of the government, red tape, waste and fraud, positions he has always held, is now "LIBERAL"/"LEFTY" ?
No other candidate, EVER, has told all of the details, in any way, at any time, EVER. Oh, well Mondale DID admit that he would raise taxes, but didn’t give any details either. LOL
How do you figure I “discounted” anything from anybody, Jane?
Check out this article... and who helped Washington Post come up with the
scare tactic Donald Trump, America’s modern Mussolini
They may even be successful at taking out Trump. But first, roll dirty on Trump and the GOP nomination...and party...won't be worth having.
Second, if I were them, I wouldn't worry so much about how Trump might respond...I would give serious thought about how his followers might respond.
It's not hard to predict how someone might go medieval on them.
Have you read this one...
The establishment is going death star on Trump...
>>Mondale DID admit that he would raise taxes, but didn’t give any details either.
Yes, and look where doing THAT got him ~ ha!
Seriously, the commie scum media try to create all these “urgent” NON-issues, which are nothing more than throwing a grenade at Mr. Trump, hoping to spark a controversy.
But when they throw a grenade at Mr. Trump, he pulls the pin and throws it back.
Well, well, well.............
Hi, girls!!
Those et ceteras’ are piling up on Cruz.
I must say, he appears “defeated”. Body language and posture speaks volumes. I think he sweats bullets over losing TEXAS, and the powers piling on Rubot’s team.
With Cruz, the dirty tricks in IOWA eventually reached a crescendo, and the fall out was manifested in South Carolina. Cruz is done.
TWO polls now, already have TRUMP tied with Ted in TEXAS, and we still have days to go!
Who do these turds think we’re going to vote for if Trump and Cruz get taken out? Rubio? No way.
I suspect deals will be made and all of a sudden Trump will be accepted and backed, at least to some degree. Making deals is what Trump does, after all.
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