Mark Levin Joins Tom Donohue and Sells The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Message

The Last Refuge ^ | May 7, 2016 | Sundance

[onyx]

Radio screamer Mark Levin’s approach at selling his nonsense can be captured within the following quote:

If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you. If you really make them think, they’ll hate you. ~ Don Marquis

Levin’s approach relies on gaslighting an audience into “thinking they’re thinking“. This was never more clear than today when Mark Levin pens an article calling candidate Donald Trump “A Globalist“, and then assembles a word salad of counter-intuitive arguments to prove a ridiculously false assertion.

However, there is a profound benefit to seeing Mr. Levin completely remove the mask of his crony-constitutional ruse, join arms with Tom Donohue and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and simultaneously present himself naked to an audience breaking free of battered conservative syndrome.

The basic arguments made by Levin are so ridiculous, they fall directly into the same category as New York Times economist/propaganda-specialist, Paul Krugman.

Arguments including:

• Donald Trump is a globalist because he owns hotels and resorts in other countries.
• Donald Trump is a globalist because he sells branded products made in other countries…
• Donald Trump is a globalist because he approves import tariffs.

Oh dear.

If Levin wasn’t such an insufferably small person, we’d be embarrassed for him. But the best part of the article is this one:

[…] And for all Trump’s criticisms of foreigners stealing American jobs, nine of Trump’s companies have tried to import at least 1,100 foreign workers to America via short-term visas. (link)

The hotlink within the quoted paragraph highlights a CBS article which notes Donald Trump resorts (mostly Mar Largo in South Florida) used temp-workers during peak seasons from 2000 to 2015. Yes, 1,100 workers over 15 years – or 74 temporary, part-time, workers per year.

The entire proposition is silly. We’ve previously pointed out how the temp-worker program is customary and wide-spread throughout and South Florida due entirely because of the seasonality of business. FULL DETAILS HERE [It was crazy used in 2001 – 2006 as the entire U.S. economy was in overdrive]

Every service business from hotels and resorts, to restaurants, grocery stores and a myriad of service businesses depend on these “seasonal workers” to cope with the quadrupling of business need from January to Easter annually in South Florida – Peak Season is Feb/March.

Why do you think it was never an issue during the February GOP Debate in Miami-Dade? Because anyone bringing it up would have been laughed off the stage – including Marco Rubio.

But Mark Levin knows this.

Mark Levin knows this, because Mark Levin has spent a lot of time in the South Florida area being served by guest worker waitresses, guest worker bartenders, guest worker bussers, car washers, grocery stock clerks, and various attendees.

Mark Levin knows this because he’s attended seasonal conferences, given speeches, and been surrounded by these seasonal guest workers at each venue.

So why does Mark Levin need to make a non-issue it a point of consternation?

Because he needs to sell a propaganda point. Because he’s #NeverTrump. Because he needs to frame an argument he knows is inherently silly.

Because, well, quite simply, he’s trying to remain relevant – and in doing so he’s exposing all of the hypocrisy, abject bull crap, he’s sold through the years on his radio shows and in his books.

Trump’s America First policy platform has exposed the fraud inherent within dozens of so-called “conservative pundits”. Mark Levin is just another name on a long list of people whose deception and true-intents have been made completely visible for everyone to see.

Levin is now linked arm-in-arm with U.S. Chamber of Commerce President, Tom Donohue. Donohue is the architect of the TPP trade deal and the chief point person who has established the legislative priority list for Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell.

Perhaps this new nakedness surrounding Levin will make people more curious about other aspect he has never reconciled. Like, why would Levin support Cruz’s vote for the Cardin/Corker amendment to the Iran Deal; an obvious constitutional usurpation inverting the rules of the Senate from 61 approval votes, to 61 votes to deny approval.

Or, more alarmingly – why would Mark Levin be continually calling for a constitutional convention of states? Thanks to the presidential bid of Donald Trump the corrupt shenanigans of the various state party leaders, party insiders and elected officials within the GOPe, have been given a massive dose of sunlight surrounding their delegate schemes.

Understanding the ideology at play within the political apparatus, just imagine what these same voices would do if the U.S. constitution were opened up for changes at a national constitutional convention.

Do you think the republic could survive such powerful self-interests?

Or,…. then again…. is that level of grand risk and usurpation the entire reason why Levin was pushing it in the first place? Does Mark Levin want the same untrustworthy and corrupt Machiavellian consorts (currently in charge of delegate manipulation) to be in full control of a constitutional re-write?

Was this his original intent?

Think carefully. Think logically.

See the new political landscape with, well, “new eyes”, now wide open.

If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you. If you really make them think, they’ll hate you. ~ Don Marquis

What exactly has Mark Levin ever conserved?

♦ And if you want to see the effect of Tariffs in 2016 – SEE HERE

[who_would_fardels_bear]

If you look at his eyes and hear his voice, you can be pretty certain that Levin is Gay.

He pretends to be a conservative probably because he doesn't want to admit to himself or his fanboys that he is gay.

But his neocon leanings are showing him for what he truly is.

[KeyLargo]

Levin and. Beck are nothing more than circus clowns thinking that they are somehow relevant.

[Kush]

Who the hell is Kevin?

Kush

[AuntB]

“As bad as I thought it was it is really 100 times worse. For instance I never thought Levin , Rush and many other in the punditry would choose Free Trade as the hill to die on.”

They’ve never fought Nafta, Gatt, most favored nation/china, TPP...ANY of them.

I know it sounds simple, but it is. FOLLOW THE MONEY.

Trade and immigration...that’s where the big money is. That’s why they (the lobbyists who RUN the GOP and their whore politicians like RYAN, RUBIO) cannot let Trump win. Their gravy train would be over! If Hillary is elected, we, the base, just keep pouring more $$ into their money laundering non profits and keep electing their rinos.

That’s where you find Chamber of Commerce and their boys Cesar Conda and Grover Norquist and you won’t see Levin, Rush, Beck naming any names. Beck started taking on Norquist about the NRA and abruptly STOPPED.
Freedom works, ACU, CPAC, ATR, CLUB for Growth....

See: Who runs the GOP and owns Paul Ryan & Marco Rubio? Let’s name names!

http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2016/05/who-runs-gop-and-owns-paul-ryan-marco.html

[snip]To be sure, Norquist, Conda, Rove are not the only ones. But they are generals in their sovereignty destroying army. They involve lobbyist run Tea Parties to confuse the grass roots, Ralph Reed and his Christian Coalition to confuse the faithful, Steven Moore who is head economist of Heritage and mouthpieces like Hugh Hewitt and likely Levin, Limbaugh, Beck and others to fool the talk radio audience.

[Will88]

If Trump’s a globalist then Levin is leftist statist. Levin has really gone off the deep end in his manic reactions to Trump’s success in the primaries.

[A CA Guy]

He’s an ass-hat.

[1rudeboy]

You wouldn’t expect Levin to fight NAFTA. It was Reagan’s idea. Reagan was his boss.

[conservative98]

Mr. Haney says:
May 8, 2016 at 12:01 am

I listen to about 15 minutes of Savage, then just to hear him rant, 15 minutes of Levin after the top of the hours, while I am picking up my Grand daughter from school. Recently he tried to blast Sundance as a “just a produce clerk; wonder what he does with the bananas?” That’s when I knew Sundance owned Mark’s head.

[Windflier]

Trump, who is not a Conservative, never was and never will be

Oh, shut the hell up. Trump's published policy positions are easily as conservative as anything the revered Ronaldus Magnus would have put forth.

And - he's been saying most of those things for the last 30 years.

Just stop with the "He's not a conservative" meme. It's counterproductive, and a blatant lie.

[conservative98]

Funny thing is Levin and others pushed us to vote for Bush, McCain and Romney. Trump comes along and is more conservative than all of them combined, but they find it very hard to vote for Trump. smh.

[Jmouse007]

Mark Levin is a sell out TRAITOR to the open borders, ILLEGAL ALIEN HORDES, cheap, ANTI-AMERICAN labor force that the ANTI-AMERICAN "Chamber of Commerce" has been pushing and implementing for years that has led to the outsourcing and offshoring destruction of millions upon millions of American jobs.

Who would have believed that Donald Trump of all people would expose all of these ersatz "constitutional conservatives" in the media, "conservative talk show hosts", politicians and political pundits for who and what they really are. It is unfathomable that these former stalwarts of the conservative right would be revealed as nothing but money grubing mouthpieces, pawns and willing participants and dupes of the GOPe, "uniparty" all for the sake of maintaining THEIR POWER, THEIR POSITIONS, THEIR PRIVILEGE and THEIR WEALTH/ONGOING STREAMS OF GRAFT AND MONEY OFF OF THE BACKS OF HONEST, LAW ABIDING AMERICAN, CITIZEN TAX PAYERS and former listeners and financial supporters;

THOSE DAYS ARE OVER, AMERICA AND AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE NOT "ANIMAL FARM" where "all animals are equal, but some animals are more 'equal than others'"!

Mark Levin (along with Ryan, etc...) are now "persona non gratis" in our home. The American citizenry is aware and fully engaged and aware of what is going on. These fools have (quoting Admiral Yamamoto) awoken the 'sleeping giant and filled him with terrible resolve'! And, "we won't be fooled again!"

We are witnessing first-hand America's version of the "Let them eat cake" moment; may they metaphorically suffer the same fate as those who first said this did in France!

[Windflier]

Funny thing is Levin and others pushed us to vote for Bush, McCain and Romney.

Quite amazing, isn't it?

Levin is unconsciously becoming the very thing he's been resisting for decades - and he doesn't even see it.

[Veracious Poet]

[onyx]

Obviously, georgiarat made a typo.

Levin, not Kevin.

But, you knew that ... LOL.

[onyx]

Yes, I agree!

Mr. Trump, speaking in the plain language, like we talk to one another, has captured our attention and with it, our votes and our hope for a much better future, - not only for us but for our children and grandchildren.

Mr. Trump is all in for putting American first and I’m also all in with that!

I have his position papers bookmarked and it’s apparent to me that he wrote each one himself.

God bless.

[Mozilla]

Glenn Beck and his side kick Dana Loesch have been doing this a year.

[Shortstop7]

Levin’s pool boy...

[wardaddy]

Mark Levin has pissed me off bigtime

I never liked his neoconfederate smears towards old school southerners like me or Jeff Sessions but I ignored it

But this Trump hatred and Cruz worship ruined him

However I’m pretty sure he left his long time wife for a younger woman and hid it from media and fans

So he ain’t queer I promise
Biggirl might know?

[mbrfl]

Levin has often expressed an arrogant sense of superiority over other conservatives who may not have backed Reagan when he ran in 1980. Pride has a way of coming back and biting people. Maybe he’ll have a little humility in his declining years when he reflects on the fact that, while he supported the Reagan revolution, he did all he could to defeat the Trump revolution.

[sargon]

So? It’s amazing that because Trump, who is not a Conservative, never was and never will be.

Yawn. Jim Robinson himself has posted ample evidence of Trump's conservatism, going back decades and much of it taken from his own books. Immigration, Trade, Taxation, Regulation: Trump has discussed these issues for decades, and holds eminently conservative positions on them.

Indeed, looking at Trump's policy initiatives, it's clear that he's the most conservative nominee since Ronald Reagan, by any reasonable standard.

Let's not forget that Reagan, for instance, signed the Immigration Act of 1986, which granted amnesty to millions of illegals.

So why would you cling to such a clumsy canard which doesn't stand up to close scrutiny when the actual facts are considered?

Is Levin not entitled to his opinion?

Levin's perfectly entitled to his opinion. And conservatives are perfectly entitled to call bullshit on it.

Levin can make all the rationalizations in the world to claim Trump is a globalist, but he'd better get used to having his hysterical hatred of Donald Trump challenged and repudiated.

Levin has jumped the shark, and he can either wake up, or he can become increasingly irrelevant by pandering to a steadily dwindling listening audience, just like Hillary is.

Conservatives, unfortunately for Mark Levin, tend to think for themselves, and when someone like Levin lurches off into Looney Land, they risks losing their audience, because conservative listeners can tell when a pundit 1) has too much invested in a specific candidate, or 2) is imposing some impossibly rigid or hypocritical ideological litmus test, or 3) has such blind hatred for another candidate that every show becomes a ceaseless vendetta against that person.

That's why Levin and Rush are going to go down the drain if they don't wake up to what's happening with the GOP, and embrace it, because this movement is very positive and important, and represents the greatest potential for conservative progress in government since Ronald Reagan was President.

These gentlemen are going to become mere afterthoughts if they don't start participating in the new order of things: an upgraded, improved GOP with a "big tent" and a nationalistic, "America First" attitude and policy priorities.

Vote Trump!