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.
And I applaud everything else that you wrote, as well.
Yes, I know.
Did you see Ted on with BLOODY KELLY tonight, in Houston? That audience was hand picked, the question to him were softballs, he had more time than the others, and I could smell the FLOP SWEAT through the T.V. screen.
I see you’re the one on shift tonight.
Oh, my apologies....I didn’t realize you were commending Conservative Treehouse, by saying ‘Sundance at ConservativeTreehouse happens to be a Trump activist’.
If you weren’t commending, and if you weren’t discounting CTH....just what exactly was the point of your comment about sundance/CTH? TIA.
Trump taking Willard to the woodshed tonight on Twitter
CRuz’s speech pattern has been very different, the past few days. I first noticed this the night before NV caucus.
I heard him speak (on local radio) today, after the Abbott endorsement and his cadence sounded even more peculiar. He says a few words, then does a low growl, then (every few sentences) a heh, heh.
I’ve attended CRuz fundraisers/speeches in the past, listened to him at debates, and never heard him speak like this, before.
Trump isn't a lawyer, he isn't a pol, he doesn't use a teleprompter, nor has he just one set/memorized speech. He speaks off the cuff, from the heart, isn't some damned elitist, but is well educated, and sounds like us! This is the kind of person whom the FFs had in mind, for WHO should be elected to office!
He LOVES America, her people, is an old fashioned patriot, and is sick and tired of the same things we all are and have been for a very long time!
Romney? Romney is an elitist fraud, who threw the election, when it was "his turn". DAMN HIM FOREVER !
>>I’ve attended CRuz fundraisers/speeches in the past, listened to him at debates, and never heard him speak like this, before.
Well you know, Jane, it’s sort of like when you take your car in to the dealer for maintenance... oil change, etc. after so many miles.
He’s just past his scheduled maintenance. He needs to be re-programmed.
Relax your sensitivity.
the conservative military historian Max Boot tweeted: "Trump is a fascist. And that's not a term I use loosely or often. But he's earned it."
Interesting. Eerie, isn’t it?
I admit I have entertained imaginations about Cruz’ cult connections with Beck, and sadly even his dad.
Nothing “normal” about that Dominionism stuff, certainly not traditional, nor anything I ever recognized before.
Oh...okay....a pointless comment, then. Got it.
HA!HA!HA! NO, I did not see Cruz with Me*again, tonight. I wish I had, though. Jane says on radio he has an odd speech pattern coming through.
He has to be in the dumps. Kelly will prop up the netherregion of an ape, if it would just stop TRUMP.
LOL...it did appear he was checking his frequency at the debate where he was asked about water boarding, now that you mention it :) Most awkward pause/gear change in a debate answer, I’ve ever seen.
I’ve always disliked the cantor or rhythm of his speech.
First, he talks way to slow
Second, his pauses drive me up the wall.
I keep looking for the Fast Forward button.
“He always talks way TOO slow”
Sorry for the error.
LOL....
Now, let me be clear.
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Donald Trump is not conservative.
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But, I copy all of his positions.
LOL...that’s priceless !
That’s for sure!
: )
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