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.
I, OTOH, am on the EastCoast, in the line of a really bad storm, with tornadoes in it ( yes, we can get a tornado in Ct. ) and have had a whole bunch of brownouts already, tonight. So I am NOT thrilled by the sounds of very heavy rain and wind right now.
Good night, pleasant dreams, and GOD bless and keep you.
That all could have been written in Sanskrit for all I got out of it. And all of that damned CCPing, which I simply can NOT do! LOL
I thought about the long explanation and the photo of der Hildebeast. Now that I think of it, both are in the same category. Eye wash required.
Yes please, but thank you for posting all of that. I’m sure others will find it helpful!
It had something to do with Mitch McConnell saying he didn’t cut a deal with Democrats. Ted’s staff all told him that MM was lying, and he chose to believe MM over his staff.
Thanks!
Dana Milbank is a flag waver for the Left. His ilk certainly has failed the people of America. They have failed to alert us who are the real enemies of the Republic: candidates like Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are enemies of Capitalism and the friends of the looters of America’s wealth. Recently Milbank made this statement:
“It’s healthy that the liberal flag, hidden for a generation, flies proudly again. If those who have been calling themselves progressives use their growing numbers as a counterweight to the other side but don’t imitate its excesses, they can keep the liberal label from again becoming an epithet.”
There is plenty of puke from his keyboards to cite, but I don’t want to consume much time. One thing is for sure, these pukes will crawl out of the woodwork like a plague to attack whoever is the Republican nominee with their made up smears. Calling Trump “America’s modern Mussolini,” will be the least of their smears. We should be prepared and be ready to counter them in our newspapers.
Rotsa ruck.
Just remember - what goes around comes around.
The GOPe are like Mafia Dons trying to protect their territory.
“those damn fools really want Trump to run 3rd party and give the WH to the hildabeast....”
There was a time when that might have been a strategy, but Trump now owns the GOPe and there is absolutely nothing they are going to be able to do to keep him from getting the Republican nomination. Trump has no reason to go 3rd party now!
You know I think he could win 3rd party!! I didn’t think it could EVER be possible but I think Trump could do it!!!
> Cruz is only 45 yrs old with just a couple years in elective office.
Yep, and say what you will about the guy, he’s put himself out there. And while doing so has helped keep the Overton window firmly to the right.
Couldn’t pass up an opportunity to throw stones at a consistent, albeit occasionally flawed (just like every other candidate, constitutional conservative could you?
So, to apply your logic, Trump’s endorsement of McDaniel was for political expediency as well? Probably to establish some bona fides for his run for president, I’m sure. (I have no reason to believe either of those, by the way, and I wouldn’t suggest as much.)
I don’t recall any of the other candidates personally apologizing for things done by their campaign or firing a senior campaign staffer for stepping over the line...
Cruz stood by and did nothing to help. Once again, he was part of the problem.
Thank you for making my point.
No, the Mafia has a code of honor. These slimeballs have no honor or code.
This story is not new. This was before the final SC vote.
And the Cruzbots always forget about H1B, TPP, TPA and Corker, Iran..Cruz helped all of these HORRIBLE anti American things to see the light of day!
And his wife authored a CFR paper on how to remove American sovereignty and open Canada and Mexico to America like the EU.
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