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.
I am not willing to die on a hill for the sake of conservative dogma. I will fight to make gains knowing that there will be casualties. But I am wary of the generational destruction that might result from marching with Sherman.
(...)we are a Constitutional Republic that rests on the notion that the people’s Representatives in Government know how to compromise and negotiate.
But if Trump fails to reach 1237, you oppose a contested convention, right?
"If you got seventy-five or eighty percent of what you were asking for, I say, you take it and fight for the rest later, and that’s what I told these radical conservatives who never got used to it."
Indeed. Reagan understood that. Reagan also understood that if you give up your most valued 20%, the 80% gain can quickly become a liability.
The winning candidate is, brace yourselves.... going to have to cut DEALS! And some times those deals require..compromise!!!
You mean like on immigration reform, entitlement reform, healthcare reform, and the debt ceiling? Because that is you will get with Donald Trump.
I suspect that the Trump supporters think the same thing about Cruz supporters. Passion for a candidate is laudable. Ignoring facts, or ad hominem attacks and characterization of people who disagree with you is unworthy of freepers. I always hope for better, but am often disappointed.
those “strong” men were also Constitutionalists, well except for TR. He was a progressive. If only we had a Reagan, Churchill, Lincoln. If only.
and his remedy is what? Words. Projection much? Perhaps you’re hearing only what YOU want to hear......just sayin.
Who’s Matt Walsh?
Everybody wants to matter in the scheme of things; and, we
do. That’s why Christ died for us.
One more thing.. Look up this: Trump Adviser Compared US-Russia Policy to Slavery, Police Shootings..Energy investor Carter Page, one of Donald Trump’s handpicked foreign policy advisers, has heavily criticized what he considers American aggression toward Russia, even comparing U.S. policy to American slavery and high-profile police shootings. Page was also highly supportive of international climate talks in Paris last year, despite Republican concerns about international agreements that they say could hike energy prices and force American taxpayers to foot the bill for fossil fuel restrictions abroad. Neither Page nor the Trump campaign responded to requests for comment..............
Source please.
Otherwise, it’s a nothingburger.
Oh puhleeeeeeze!!!
Learn to process a simple thought!
I SAID you were only telling half the story. The part YOU want put out there.
So, it’s YOU that are PROJECTING!
Got it?
Trump talks about the Constitution ALL THE TIME/IN EVERY SPEECH !
The same is true about over regulations, red tape, and too much government interference.
It is obvious that YOU have NEVER listened to even one word that Trump has uttered. You're a mendacious little git,. spewing specious crap.
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