I know a thang or two or 175 about lists. Matt Walsh ain't establishment.
Posted on 03/24/2016 4:29:48 AM PDT by Hilda
There's so much nonsense being spewed in this country. I'm drowning in it. I can hardly breathe anymore.
The Donald Trump phenomenon is built on nonsense and born from nonsense. His surrogates and minions in the media drop 80 tons of nonsense on every conversation like a nuclear bomb incinerating everything in its path and wiping out any chance of a coherent dialogue.
Exhibit A: I wrote a blog post last week listing a few of the so-called conservative leaders in media and politics who sold out to Trump. Maybe you read it. Amanda Carpenter, a writer for one of my favorite websites, Conservative Review, compiled her own list a couple of days later. She concentrated particularly on the politicians who've stabbed their conservative constituents in the back by endorsing Trump.
Keep this in mind. There have been only two "lists": mine and Amanda's. That's it. There's been only one -- mine -- that mentions traitorous conservative "thought leaders" like Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, etc. Nobody else has written a list of traitors who slaughtered their integrity on the sacred altar of Trump. Or, if they have, they wrote it after the fact.
What happened next would be funny if it weren't so sad. It started with Breitbart, a Trump propaganda outfit, which turned our two editorials into a blaring front page headline. The website quoted me in huge capital letters:
"BLACKLISTED: DRUDGE, COULTER, HANNITY, CARSON, BREITBART, O'REILLY, CHRISTIE MAKE GOP SMART SET'S LIST OF ‘IDEOLOGICAL HUSTLERS'"
Over the next few days, many other articles were written hysterically shouting about a nefarious "enemies list" being etched into stone tablets in a shadowy room by robed figures known as "The Establishment." Over and over again, I heard that these lists were written by "The Establishment."
Laura Ingraham led her Monday radio show talking about the dreaded lists. She at least made sure to mock us for being silly "bloggers" she's never heard of, but she still presented it as proof that there's some DC conspiracy being hatched against Trump fans.
As usual, Sarah Palin had the most ridiculous reaction, ranting that "the man" and "the professional political class" and the "DC herd" have blacklisted her and her fellow Trump lickspittles. The next day, her PAC launched a campaign using "the blacklist" to bolster her own mailing list. A frantic message on her PAC's Facebook page urged her supporters to stand with her in her fight against "The Establishment's" efforts to "silence the voice of the people." It said that the "The Establishment's" list includes Drudge, Hannity, Coulter, Breitbart, and others.
Again, I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO WROTE A LIST WITH THOSE NAMES ON IT. My point isn't to claim credit for sparking this conversation, but to point out how the Trump sell outs in media have only proven my point by how they reacted to my post. They're lying. They're acting. They're using a column written by a 29-year-old blogger who lives in a small town in a rural county many miles from DC to reinforce a narrative that Trump and his disciples are fighting against powerful, villainous forces in DC.
Nonsense. So much nonsense. Just utter nonsense.
Amanda Carpenter, the only co-conspirator in this dastardly plot, did work in politics for a short time, I think, and does appear on TV sometimes, but I don't believe she'll be insulted when I say she's not the most powerful figure in DC. And neither am I, although I have been to the Smithsonian a bunch of times so maybe that makes me a part of the "DC crowd"? Is that how it works, Sarah?
You'll have to explain this, Sarah, because I thought WE were the much less powerful conservative criticizing the much more powerful, rich, famous, influential conservative icons. But we've victimized you, have we? We've intimidated you? You're a martyr yet again, Sarah, but this time you're a martyr at the hands of the grassroots? Get a grip, you carnival barking shill.
Sarah Palin is a ridiculous, attention starved phony, but she's not alone. Just look at where we are now: wealthy and powerful media figures are calling grassroots bloggers "The Establishment." See, conservatism is a game to these people. It's just a product to be sold, a drama to be performed, a brand to be exploited for personal gain. That's why they support Trump. He is doing with conservatism exactly what they are doing and have done.
Many of your conservative heroes are frauds, that's the truth. Perhaps they didn't start out that way, but that's what they've become. They got rich and they got famous and they fell in love with the attention and the acclaim and the money. They stopped fighting the culture war. Then, at some point, they realized losing is better for business. And now, in their final act of betrayal, they are joining forces with Donald Trump to actively sabotage their own side.
But I guess you can't trust me. I'm The Establishment. I never set out to be The Establishment, but here I am. I've never even been invited to a cocktail party. I don't even know what a cocktail party is, to be honest. I mean, do they actually just serve cocktails or can I get, like, a beer? Does a Jack and Coke count? Can I wear jeans? I don't know. These are things I thought I'd learn before I was finally inducted into the club. I feel so unprepared.
Well, anyway, allow me to get back to plotting world domination with my fellow conservative bloggers while the humble grassroots freedom fighters like Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, and Ann Coulter courageously stand against us. So brave. So brave.
Apparently, Breitbart thinks he’s significant enough to “blacklist” Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter.
Everyone of these EU globalists is scared of a Trump victory, they are not scared of a Cruz victory.
These stupid bloggers could deny Trump 1237 delegates. It’s obvious at this point it Trump is the only option.
Glenn Beck TV.
I googled if the tranny Liz Mair who hates Mrs Trump is linked to Matt Walsh.
They both are linked to Glenn Beck & Dana “Rain tax money on my music Studio” Loesch
Dana | TheBlaze TV
www.video.theblaze.com/video/topic/97323914/.../09-22-dana
Guests Sen. James Lankford, Liz Mair, Jorge Bonilla, Jim Hoft, Matt Patterson. ... Guests David Limbaugh, Matt Walsh; In Case You Missed It; Q&A with Ted Cruz
I have been paying attention to politics for 40 years and never heard of Matt Walsh. I did hear Bobby Gunther Walsh of WAEB radio fame.
Needless to say, it seems his feelings are hurt and he wanted to write a 10 page letter about it.
So, a vote for Trump is a vote for Obi-Wan?
Awesome, just another reason to vote for Trump!
Plus, Trump has **marvelous** hair.
:)
I used to read Matt Walsh’s blog and thought he was a real conservative, but then he joined up with the Blaze network.
Now all he does is carry Glen Beck’s crying towel and his blog is nothing but click bait.
Indeed.
Absolute foaming at the mouth rubbish.
Complete with tiara.
This is so ridiculous. We’ve had countless candidates run as conservatives, talking a big deal, winning the election and then going to Washington to do the Socialist/Democrats’ bidding.
I’m tired of it.
Donald Trump has shown that he gets things done. His bankruptcies show that he does not throw good money after bad, the way politicians do when their pet programs fail. He doesn’t tolerate freeloaders on his staff. Plus, his life has been public for so long that it is impossible to find hidden skeletons in his closet. People *know* him.
I’ve long thought that we would be better served by having businessmen in office, not lawyers. Why do we have so many lawyers with no real world experience in politics, anyway?
Because lawyers can't actually produce anything of value.
Quote:
“....but then he joined up with the Blaze network.”
There’s a number of people who refer to themselves as “principled conservatives” that need to disassociate themselves from “The Blaze”/Glenn Beck before it is too late.
The butthurt is strong with Matt Walsh.Trump lives rent free in his mind 24/7
The author of the article overestimates the weightiness of his opinions.
A very narcissistically written article.
So who cares? And what gives the author the right to form ANY list of people he doesn’t agree with? Who died and made him the arbiter of all Conservatives?
Too much time on his hands.
You can thank this clown for his contribution.
No kidding. He just proved his own point didn’t he? GEesh!
This article is a Trump and Palin bashing ridiculous piece of illogical idiocy.
However he makes an actual point- HE made a list, and the media jumped all over it as if HE WAS MAINSTREAM or ESTABLISHMENT
The ridiculousness is all over this campaign, but not for the reasons in this article- it is the PEOPLE SICK OF THE HORSE$HIT coming out of Washington, and the media and left wing bloggers trying to come to grips with it- coming up with ever increasing zaniness to ‘explain’ it.
I know a thang or two or 175 about lists. Matt Walsh ain't establishment.
I say this as no particular fan of The Donald as presidential material:
Don’t make lists of people, call them “traitors”, and then come whining when said individuals take it poorly. Grow a pair.
I don’t know Matt Walsh but I do know Donald Trump. He is now and always has been a “New York Liberal Progressive Liberal” will a Yuge ego and a lust for power and money. And a tendency for leaving other people holding the bag...
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