Posted on 08/05/2015 4:54:21 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
They're shooting at Trump but they have nothing in their playbook that tells them what to do when he remains standing. America is saying to the media, "OK, you whiners, what else you got?"....and eagerly anticipating Trumps' response.
Every poster on this blog ties to analogize Trump to someone else. RWR was a great man and the beginning of a new revolution in the US political system that had been dominated by the Uniparty since LBJ’s corrupt reign. Trump is like no one else, IMHO. He will change politics I believe in many ways similar to RWR and will have power in his ability to go over the heads of the media the way Reagan did.
I am very pleased with what I see...
I only hope the people are waking up, we have this one chance to bring back America and the only two I see doing this is Trump/Cruz...
My reasons are these:
Trump goes in as Pres, Cruz as V.P. Even if Trump only goes for 4 years instead of 8, he does the ‘dirty’ work, then Cruz goes in as Pres for 8years...maybe by then we’ll have people in the House and Senate that can keep America on track for the American People....
I guess I don’t understand the concern about Trump’s candidacy. He’s locked in on the anger of Americans and is plain-speaking, which is what we’ve been sorely missing.
I think many people live in this bubble where America only sort of existed as a global entity in the 20th century. There were sober men among presidents in the 20th century including (Teddy) Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, Eisenhower and Reagan. There were revolutionaries including Wilson, FDR, and LBJ. It was only in the last 30 years, however, that media presence was a big deal insomuch as we’ve had presidents who were obese, drunk, misogynist, and racist, but they were still elected.
I’m not saying that Trump is any of these things, but I think it’s time we have a president who calls back to old world ideas while not afraid to shoot from the hip. I’m tired of the politically correct bullshit we’re fed from Washington, and I think most Americans are seeing that as well.
I recall the Reagan election and the time leading up to it. I was SO anxious to vote for him. At the time, I was living in Alaska so, due to the time zone, he’d already won before I left work to head for my polling place. (I still voted for him, though.)
Trump can’t be a Reagan because he has no core ideals driving him.
I do believe that he would win in a three way against Jeb and Hillary or Bernie.
He is still a globalist and he would be just a bit less bad than GWB. GWB, but with sealing the border.
I don’t plan to vote for him because I do not believe that he would stop the onslaught on religious freedom.
Jimmuh the Jew-hater (my pet name for the useless moron) made one hell of a mess in GA long before he made such a mess of the country. We-as in us Georgians-tried to warn everyone just how incompetent he was but nobody would listen (much like Arkansan’s tried to warn us about Anklepants and Cankles).
I actually think anyone with a pair would have beaten the useless wuss but thankfully Reagan was the one. He was savaged by all the usual democommies with all the usual democommie lies and wailings. “He’ll start WW III” and “he’ll kill SS” and “end a woman’s ‘right” to murder her unborn child”(my words) and on and on and on. But he’d just make fools of his detractors and laugh at them while he did it. And it would infuriate the leftards to no end. And once it was known that a lot of their very own helped vote him into office? Well, just mention his name around one these days and watch their little head full of hatred quickly explode.
I only wish I had paid more attention to him back then. I wasn’t nearly as interested in politics as now but he was truly something to behold. And most everybody loved him dearly.
When he passed away my Dad and I watched his funeral together and when Nancy leaned over his coffin to say her final farewell I looked over and saw my father crying for the first and only time in my life.
Guess I best stop now as I seem to have something in both my eyes...
Two major differences that I see:
Reagan was a skilled politician (in the best sense) - I don’t know if that’s the case with Trump, because we haven’t seen him in an elected office. As Rush Limbaugh often points out, he could never make it as a candidate because running for office (and successfully serving in office) requires a particular skill set, different from Rush’s. Trump certainly knows how to identify much of what’s wrong in today’s political structure - whether he’d be able to herd the cats needed to fix it is another story. Reagan had a track record (California) that demonstrated he did have that skill. Trump can run a successful corporation, which might port over to running a successful administration - but that’s not a sure thing by a long shot.
Secondly, Reagan was a true patriot - I think he was one who repeated the aphorism that it’s surprising how much can get done if you don’t worry about who gets the credit. He took a lot of pipe (”amiable dunce”) in a good-natured fashion while plugging away to fix the economy, restore American self-confidence and defeat the USSR. Trump? Well, I’m not so sure - up to now, Trump has been all about Trump. Is the good of the country a higher calling to him? I really don’t know.
For me, it’s not would I vote for Trump, but what’s the choice. I’d definitely take Cruz over Trump. I’d definitely take Trump over any Democrat. With the current GOP field, it depends a lot on the specific individual.
There's a lot of Freepers getting enraged as well.
To them, Reagan and Jesus were RINO's, and no candidate is good enough, or ever WILL be good enough.
In fairness, I have reservations about Trump myself, due to his past associations with the Left - and could be just tapping into a tsunami of populist rage.
When I see exactly what his positions will be, then I'll decide. Until then, I'm popping popcorn...
Best thing that could happen is Trump wins nomination and election and immediately rejects the Repubs and starts another party.
I remember watching the Republican National Convention in 1976 with my parents. I didn’t quite understand everything that was going on, but I do remember of lady crying because Reagan had not won the nomination.
I did not know who Ronald Reagan was at that time, but four years later I did. My parents were Democrats generally speaking, and they supported Carter. I also did, thinking just like my folks. Carter beat Ford.
Reagan definitely made an impact though, and four years later he beat Carter. My family supported Carter over Reagan, but when 1984 rolled around, they abandoned Mondale.
It might be hard to imagine, but in many ways the US was in worse condition in 1979 then it is today. Carter was a complete bungler, in way over his head. The economy was so bad they had to invent a new word to describe it, "stagflation". Endless inflation with no growth.
Carter's response to the situation was to blame the American people. He said they suffered from a "malaise". Of course, the malaise was a lack of leadership. His leadership.
But his economic disaster paled in comparison to his foreign policy mistakes. Carter engineered the fall of the Shah of Iran, and ushered in the rule of the mullahs. The mullahs declared war on America by seizing the US embassy and holding its occupants hostage. Carter was helpless and hopeless as he himself became a hostage in the White House. Meanwhile the daily hostage drama was played out endlessly on all three networks.
And then came Reagan. Reagan ran an optimistic campaign. He promised to get the hostages out, revamp the economy, and make America mighty again. He kept his promises and more. His very election ensured that the hostages would be released. No one alive at the time can forget the split screen of Reagan being inaugurated and the plane full of hostages lifting off from Tehran.
Sorry, I got carried away to a time when America was feared by its enemies and loved and respected by its allies. Good times.
Yes, Reagan was considered a lightweight by the cognoscenti. Despite more achievements than any other 20th century president he was not taken seriously before, during, or after his presidency by most of the punditocracy. Trump is no Reagan, but there are many many similarities.
the establishment republicans that were around at the time hated Reagan with a passion for a lot of the same reasons that trump is not liked. I was only 10 when he came into office but from what I remember most of those that were crony capitalists hated Reagan and only begrudgingly came over his side after he got into office as his presidency developed he won over most his critics and those that still did not like him in the party just kept there mouth shut for fear of loosing political power if the voters found out how they felt.
It might be hard to imagine, but in many ways the US was in worse condition in 1979 then it is today. Carter was a complete bungler, in way over his head. The economy was so bad they had to invent a new word to describe it, "stagflation". Endless inflation with no growth.
Carter's response to the situation was to blame the American people. He said they suffered from a "malaise". Of course, the malaise was a lack of leadership. His leadership.
But his economic disaster paled in comparison to his foreign policy mistakes. Carter engineered the fall of the Shah of Iran, and ushered in the rule of the mullahs. The mullahs declared war on America by seizing the US embassy and holding its occupants hostage. Carter was helpless and hopeless as he himself became a hostage in the White House. Meanwhile the daily hostage drama was played out endlessly on all three networks.
And then came Reagan. Reagan ran an optimistic campaign. He promised to get the hostages out, revamp the economy, and make America mighty again. He kept his promises and more. His very election ensured that the hostages would be released. No one alive at the time can forget the split screen of Reagan being inaugurated and the plane full of hostages lifting off from Tehran.
Sorry, I got carried away to a time when America was feared by its enemies and loved and respected by its allies. Good times.
Yes, Reagan was considered a lightweight by the cognoscenti. Despite more achievements than any other 20th century president he was not taken seriously before, during, or after his presidency by most of the punditocracy. Trump is no Reagan, but there are many many similarities.
The Republican party was like an island with the population happily engaged in subsistence living.(graft) Then, a 58 gun English man-of-war shows up.
For the moment, let’s assume that Trump is president.
It’s Jan 20, 2017 at 13:00 and the swearing-in ceremony is done. What does Trump find?
A State Dept. staffed with Obamatards/loyalists...needs to be cleaned and fumigated.
A Just-Us Dept staffed with Obamatards and racist loyalists. Needs to be cleaned and fumigated.
A federal Judiciary staffed with Obamatards and democRAT loyalists....again they need to all be fired and replaced.
This is the immovable object that Bush tried to live with, instead of clearing them out wholesale. Trump is going to have to start firing in en-mass.
Say to them...beginning Jan 21, you are all out of here. Clean out your offices and desks in the days leading up to the inauguration because the day after, you’re done. The bureaucracy will push back hard.
I wonder what will happen when the media stops talking about his “meteoric rise” and his “controversial opinions” and starts talking about his mob ties in Atlantic City, his shady business deals in the 90’s, people who have been hurt by his business practices, the details of his various divorces, moral failings of his children, behind the scenes gossip from his TV show, etc.... etc....
Is he going to be able to bring the conversation back to the issues and his vision for the country?
Maybe it would be better to have a champion debater who does not have to rely on his cult of personality and media coverage to keep interest with the voters.
Meanwhile, Jeb let the libs turn it into an assault against women's health. He's so deficient or so immoral (or both) that he doesn't even get what the issue is. How can we have any faith in establishment candidates when he's the prime example of what they're trying to force-feed us?
It's a reason to support Trump. Without him, Jeb Bush would've already been declared unstoppable.
JMHO
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