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It's Not an Election. It's a War.
American Thinker ^ | October 15, 2016 | Debbie Hallberg

Posted on 10/15/2016 5:21:02 PM PDT by Kaslin

There are an awful lot of people out there who still think this is a conventional election, that we are choosing between two candidates on the basis of experience, policies, and character.

This is not a conventional election. This is, as the late, great Andrew Breitbart put it, "war!"

An all-out culture war.

It's not a war that conservatives started or have ever wanted. It is a war that has been thrust on us. But if we don't treat it as a war, if we don't take it seriously as a war, we will lose and lose miserably. We will lose not just for the next four years, but for the next 40 years, and possibly the next 400 years.

In other words, this is not a skirmish or a tiny battle, as the #NeverTrump crowd imagines. If we don't defeat the enemy in November, there may not be another chance for a long time to come.

When you're at war, your tactics change considerably. For your leader, you don't want a gentleman warrior or an intellectual who is good at articulating ideas but not very good in the trenches. Those are peacetime leaders, perhaps, but not wartime generals.

At time of war, you pick a general who is tough as nails and will lead you confidently into battle and be victorious. You choose someone who knows how important it is, as Winston Churchill said, to "Never give up! Never give up! Never, never, never-never-never-never!"

The general you pick may be foul-mouthed, crude, or brusque. He may have any number of personal failings. Those things don't matter in war. What matters is:

Is he on your side?

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; andersoncooper; donaldtrump; hillaryrottenclinton
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To: LYDIAONTARIO

I haven’t spoken to my sister in over 10 years because she is a damn liberal.


21 posted on 10/15/2016 5:57:12 PM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

the only “D” voters are the FDR deluded.

The free stuff dependent

the cronies

hate America crowd.


22 posted on 10/15/2016 5:58:48 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Kaslin

It is war America. Choose wisely. The establishment must go. Including many seemingly good Republicans, because they are _asleep_. Lost. Unaware.


23 posted on 10/15/2016 5:59:48 PM PDT by veracious
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To: Kaslin
Good Article. I've been saying locally, "We're at War" with this election for months. A "This is It" mode of thinking, . . and it is. This one is for all the marbles.

As the article says, "It's not a war that conservatives started or have ever wanted. It is a war that has been thrust on us. But if we don't treat it as a war, if we don't take it seriously as a war, we will lose and lose miserably. We will lose not just for the next four years, but for the next 40 years, and possibly the next 400 years."

We owe it to our kids, grandkids and generations unborn to Fight like we're in the trenches. Get out the Vote!

24 posted on 10/15/2016 6:02:00 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Kaslin
I, I will be king...
25 posted on 10/15/2016 6:04:09 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: gaijin; Nevadan; Kaslin; MtnClimber

26 posted on 10/15/2016 6:05:22 PM PDT by 4Liberty (DEMOCRATS- Exporting Jobs, Importing Votes.)
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To: Art in Idaho

             

27 posted on 10/15/2016 6:06:49 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: tomkat
Ole' Chesty is right. . and it's happening now, unless people

Vote for Trump Damn it or Lose the Country! Is that what all the soccer Moms want?

28 posted on 10/15/2016 6:09:30 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Kaslin

I said the same thing myself this morning.


29 posted on 10/15/2016 6:12:18 PM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: Art in Idaho
Is that what all the soccer Moms want?

Think after a few thousand of 'em are raped and/or killed by the dhimmicrats' invaders du jour they'll be wishing for a do-over ? !

30 posted on 10/15/2016 6:14:49 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: MtnClimber

If you want something to do this evening, there’s a couple of obnoxious lefty trolls in the comments to that article that could use some education.

They take advantage of lax moderation on the weekends there.


31 posted on 10/15/2016 6:15:33 PM PDT by digger48
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To: tomkat

That’s it.


32 posted on 10/15/2016 6:16:58 PM PDT by uncitizen (JFK: The first victim of the New World Order)
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To: Kaslin

I’m with Trump. Period.


33 posted on 10/15/2016 6:21:59 PM PDT by Avalon Memories
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To: Kaslin

Obama has every reason on earth to try and cheat and steal this election. He has as much to lose as Hillary.

The Russians are being set up to be the reason that if Trump wins, Obama and ALL the dems can call the election results into question and start demanding the results be thrown out. Without Scalia at the supreme court and Roberts being blackmailed or whatever any SC decision probably goes their way 5 to 3. Obama, Hillary and the dems seem to be playing chess and have schemed 3 or 4 moves ahead.

I pray I’m totally wrong and just being paranoid but this is scary $hit and it’s why Obama should have never been allowed to stay in office once he started breaking our laws.


34 posted on 10/15/2016 6:24:34 PM PDT by Bullish (The fly on Hillary's foreheadknows)
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To: tomkat
Is that what all the soccer Moms want?

Think after a few thousand of 'em are raped and/or killed by the dhimmicrats' invaders du jour they'll be wishing for a do-over ? !

This is War and the Women of America have to take this seriously and think about the deranged animals invading our country. Does that mean anything to them? Do they have any worries about their daughters? Themselves? I just don't get it. . . "I'm voting for Hillary because she's a woman" borders on psychotic thinking. Geez. .

35 posted on 10/15/2016 6:25:23 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Kaslin
We don't have 40 years or 400 hundred years as the author suggests. We are in the Biblical Last Days. God's judgment is coming. Soon.
36 posted on 10/15/2016 6:26:35 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Kaslin

It’s a revolution!


37 posted on 10/15/2016 6:27:58 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent MajorityStands With TRUMP!)
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To: Art in Idaho
Many studies have shown that 1 in 3 women have had an abortion. Most of them have not come to Christ to seek forgiveness. Thus, millions of women will vote Democrat, until they die and find themselves in Hell, forever. Satan will have done his will.
38 posted on 10/15/2016 6:30:35 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Quickgun

I have a brother who is clueless, an airhead niece, and several southern Calif cousins who think Trump is the devil and won’t even consider that Hillary has ever done wrong! It sickens me!


39 posted on 10/15/2016 6:32:56 PM PDT by LYDIAONTARIO
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To: Art in Idaho
Like the shameful debacles of '08 & '12, only this time the charlatan is a female (arguably) instead of a negro.

Imho, many many MANY of them have no clue other than to have as many Oprah moments per day as possible,
without the slightest idea of the actual geopolitical peril their moronic choices have caused.

40 posted on 10/15/2016 6:41:49 PM PDT by tomkat
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