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2015-08-11 Government

Thomas Sowell: Will Trump Rescue Clinton And Democrats?

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-11 05:04|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The hand wringers are worried about offending people who'll never vote for them, and playing PC for the Left's media monopoly. Meanwhile the people they need to actually turn out to vote are sick and tired of pablum candidates who will not fight but pander and posture and talk civilly while the enemy wages war on them. If your strategy is not to fail because of fear saying the 'wrong' thing rather than the content, you've already lost the game cause you're playing the enemy's game by the enemy's rules.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-08-11 06:07|| 2015-08-11 06:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I've been trying to understand the Trump phenomenon. Byron York said this morning that "Trump is always on the offensive" which got me to thinking about something George S. Patton said a long time ago. He said Americans are winners, they can't stand to lose. With that said:

1. We have been embroiled in half-hearted wars for too long, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and each time, we have reached a stalemate or worse. Our people want our armies to come back victorious--not feeling like they have been defeated. We are not accustomed to losing.
2. Because Trump always seems to be on offensive, he seems like he has the possibility of being a winner to a good many voters. People are tired of pissing away our blood and treasure. They are tired of Rhinos and they are tired of Democrats. They are tired of being handcuffed by political correctness. They are tired of self-serving Washington politicians.
3. Trump has tapped this wellspring of discontent with the Washington Beltway and a big uncontrollable government that is not answerable to the voters.

With all that said, we need to be wary of substituting one self-aggrandizing, egotistical, narcissist for another.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-08-11 11:03|| 2015-08-11 11:03|| Front Page Top

#3 I agree. Trump is using up all the oxygen. He will suffocate many good candidates, and we will be left with Jeb.

Posted by Iblis 2015-08-11 12:08|| 2015-08-11 12:08|| Front Page Top

#4 I believe I heard it on the radio this morning - Jeb has the largest war chest. BY far.

Posted by Bobby 2015-08-11 12:40|| 2015-08-11 12:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Trump is using up the oxygen early in the game. If he bows out early to concentrate on book sales or something his damage will be minimal and might be a net boom as it got people watching the debates.

If he continues to suck the air he will be a pariah the way Perot is and will probably end up moving to Europe to avoid the sneers every time he leaves his office building.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-08-11 14:40|| 2015-08-11 14:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Let me make a prediction. Trump will run as independent if, and only if, Hillary gets the Democratic nomination.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-08-11 15:57|| 2015-08-11 15:57|| Front Page Top

#7 I think it's JEB and Walker he's hurting most, they are sitting on their hands.

Posted by Shipman 2015-08-11 16:34|| 2015-08-11 16:34|| Front Page Top

#8 I have said from the beginning that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are playing "good cop - bad cop" with the Republican party. Donald Trump shouts from the rooftops anything that would be considered too radical for Ted Cruz to say himself.

Without a doubt Donald Trump brings right wing conservatives out of the woodwork. The longer Trump stays atop the polls the better for true conservatives. Although it may be Trump who gets the conservative voters out to vote, the voters, in my opinion, will choose someone more presidential than Trump (like Rubio or Cruz) behind the curtain of the voting booth.

Donald Trump without a doubt enjoys the media spotlight and is not afraid to make outrageous statements because, in my opinion, he does not really want to be U.S. President in the first place.
I think what Donald Trump wants, above all else, is to be mayor of New York City.
And if Trump can promote Ted Cruz into the White House along the way, he sees that as all the more gravey for himself.

Posted by junkiron 2015-08-11 17:29|| 2015-08-11 17:29|| Front Page Top

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