Posted on 03/24/2016 12:25:05 PM PDT by Kaslin
The American People are angry. And it is not cyclical anger – after all, we are sitting at the top of the current business cycle. This anger is a secular trend. There is anger at the lack of jobs, there is anger over class warfare , there is anger at police profiling of young black men, anger at conservatives, anger at political correctness, anger at Liberals, anger at the break down of our inner city infrastructures and the poisoning of water in Flint, Michigan and elsewhere, anger at Hillary Rodham Clinton, anger at Donald Trump, anger at the main stream media, anger at liberal and conservative media, and, most of all, anger at a promised way of life that seems to be slipping away never to return.
The anger tracks a culmination of several economic and demographic trends that have been gaining traction but are now becoming apparent to the majority of the population. The American people are finally aware that they will no longer have job security or employer-based health care. The traditional work week has given way to the gig economy. No matter how much educational debt one accumulates in an effort to escape this new normal, most people will still be subjected to this uncertainty over career, income, and upward mobility. And to people who worked hard and played by what they thought were the rules, this is unacceptable. Someone is to blame, and someone has to pay for this. Enter the political establishment. As Governor Romney alluded to in his failed attempt to repudiate Donald Trump, the political elite has always employed tried and true methods of channeling popular discontent. It was either through engaging in a war against some foreign threat or fomenting anger against groups within America. Both parties have been guilty of this – whether it is fomenting anger against blacks or fomenting anger against whites, or Mexicans or workers or capitalists. The political parties have been able to control this anger and use it to their benefit.
But they have never encountered a person like Donald Trump. Trump has issued a clarion call to discontented Americans, and they have responded en masse. His message has been blunt, crass and at times vulgar. And yet people like the way he is expressing their own anger. This has rankled the establishment because they see it as a major challenge to their own interests. Because Trump is not beholden to the status quo, he is unpredictable once in office. He may make decisions that go against entrenched interests. Nothing could be as clear as when Trump went before AIPAC and declared that he did not want or need their money. He would not even commit to a common position endorsed by all the other candidates – which he would advocate that the putative capital of Israel be moved from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. This deeply rankled the Jewish establishment and further cemented Trump’s status as his own man.
The Republican establishment has desperately attempted to control and curtail the Trump movement. The latest threat – holding a brokered convention, in which establishment leaders would determine the nominee, could very easily backfire. Even those who do not necessarily support Donald Trump are angered by the prospect of the party interfering with the will of the people. They see this as fundamentally anti-Democratic and not the way we should conduct ourselves in this country. Those that oppose Trump should do so within the Democratic means we have at our disposal. Trump has thus far run quite an unorthodox campaign and may have broken the unspoken rules of political rhetoric. But the fact is he has played well within the official rules of the political game. He may have exploited the rules in his favor, but he has not broken them. Let’s not go breaking rules in an effort to stop him from gaining the nomination. That could lead down a dangerous road and set a terrible precedent for the future.
Already there is rumbling that there are establishment plans afoot to unleash protesters to attend Trump rallies and disrupt them. They want to create further confrontation and put the campaign in a position where it is seen as fomenting violence. This is what the media wants the American public to see, but it is not generally the truth. And if the agitators are able to get enough incidents of violence, perhaps the authorities will declare the rallies a threat to security and shut them down entirely. These are the ideas that are actually being floated. Prevent a Trump presidency by denying him the right to speak to his audience. The proposed suppression of speech and free assembly is a far more dangerous threat to our Democracy than that of an eventual Trump presidency.
Donald Trump has undoubtedly tapped into something, a spirit of anger buried deep inside the American electorate. Rather than try to deny it or suppress it by dismissing Trump as its cause (he is not), politicians need to wake up to the reality and deal with it. The Republican Party in particular risks starting a major rebellion if it tries to engineer a brokered convention in an effort to stop Trump. The Democrats should be wary of trying to shut Trump down by baiting his supporters into a street battle. Respect the will of the people and let them decide who their leader should be.
There is no question that Hilary Clinton is the complete opposite of Donald Trump. If the American people decide in the end that they would rather have an establishment candidate, they have ample opportunity do so without interference with the political process. I suspect, however, that the world has changed since she made her calculation about what playing an inside game would earn her in terms of power and influence. With Trump, we don’t know exactly what we are getting. But one thing is for sure; it won’t be what we’ve gotten thus far.
I agree.
I have never heard Trump advocate dictatorial govt control of business (fascism). That sounds more like Sanders/Hillary to me.
How does one see a vibe?
I said many times that I am not a Trump supporter but will vote for him in the general election in November if he is the nominee.
Will you vote for Ted Cruz in November if he is the nominee, or will you throw a tantrum by either sitting the election out, or voting for some third party candidate both of which would be the same as voting for Hillary Rotten Clinton
You’re still banning people for blaspheming your reprobate candidate? Well, if you want to vote for your sugar daddy, you’ll have to vote 3rd party because there’s no way he gets to 1237. When he loses the first ballot, he’ll lose the second ballot by a huge margin. Why? Because his voters were too Lo-into to vote for delegates.
So there. Ban me because I told the truth about that cowardly con man and his low info voters.
No problem. Opus accepted.
Yeah, but are they open or closed primaries or caucuses? Which make a lot of difference
Really?
If Cruz was the nominee I would vote for Cruz. I would NOT vote for some GOPe shill put up by a brokered convention... I’m willing to vote Cruz or Trump. That’s it. No others.
I hear you.
Trump is not a fascist and it is sad that someone on this forum is lame enough to think he is.
Not a disadvantage. He knows the games, its just a different arena. Businessmen (and women)are used to being surrounded by unknown backstabbers.
Same here.
Vibes? Are you a throwback to the 60’s hippies?
There on’t be a return answer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTLwzuQuRsw
From Les Miserables, the Song of Angry Men.
The story describes the French Revolution, but we have a sort of Revolution going on right here in our country. The people are needing to stand up and say..WE The People ...because we ARE the people the constitution refers to!
We need to do this together, regardless of political party affiliation because when you have a group of politicians trying to circumvent the will of the people in order to fix an election more to their liking, serving their own lust for power..it’s time to stand and put a stop to that.
We are Americans FIRST, and we pledge allegiance to our own Country as symbolized by our flag.
We have a representative style republic where our reps are supposed to present OUR concerns, and they ‘ve not been doing that. Instead, they present their own personal strategies for power.
We the people are held hostage, paid like slaves, and are mocked and ridiculed when we voice our concerns, and when we address our government about our grievances.
Our ancestors fought a war on this land to secure the freedom of this nation, to prevent it from being used as a vassel state for Great Britian, it’s labor being forced to work for a king where we are told what we can build, where we can live, what we can eat, and question who owns our trees and water. Instead of the King being Great Britian, it’s someone else..a ‘’global’’ United nations agenda that doesn’t benefit the people who live, work, pay taxes and die here. Rather, it benefits some unknown faces playing power brokers with our resources and making it impossible to make a living in our own land.
Love him or hate him, Donald Trump has exposed those greedy, nasty men and women for who they are. They walk around pretending to be one of ours, when in fact they are NOT. They put their liars in office and continue to hold us hostage.
They forgot that WE the PEOPLE are a force to be reckoned with ...except that they didn’t forget entirely as they attempt to disarm us, or limit what we can use to protect ourselves from the likes of them.
We have a most wonderful government system in this country when that system is used as it was intended. As a people, that’s exactly what we need to do!
DJTrump, and any other man/woman who holds office is answerable to WE THE PEOPLE.
We need to remember what freedom and prosperity tastes like so that we can remember what it is we are defending.
We have a voice, and as you can see, there are those who don’t like that voice....speak LOUDER!! When they call you names like Xenophobe, or Homophobes, or Facists, remember that we have ONE source that we answer to and it isn’t men.
When we speak and uphold true freedom, and we take seriously the responsibilities and self discipline that goes along with that freedom, we are in that act, protecting the weak among us.
When we are in a position to make a good living, and build our homes, we are in a position to feed and clothe our widows and orphans.
When we do these things, we are upholding the law, and seeking justice for these ARE the things we are required to do by HIM who empowered this nation to exist in the first place.
Go, listen to the song and be strengthened. Adjust the words to apply to our own country and remember, we don’t have to do anything with violence because the laws of our land promote freedom when utilized properly.
I’ll tell you what’s weird about this comment... how fast it was - and how it got to the top of the thread.
I’m thankful you’re banned dschapin... you stink of troll...
Oh - and I made a suggestion ... didn’t “TELL” you anything.
That’s likely.
One can either support the Conservative candidate, or one can support the candidate who embraces Kelo, government-paid healthcare, Planned Parenthood, and touchback amnesty. I choose to support the former. You have already chosen to support the latter.
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