Posted on 04/22/2016 3:24:16 PM PDT by markomalley
Donald Trump's enduring appeal in the Republican presidential contest has the GOP in a quandary, as it's forced to contend with voters fed up with party politics.
Some 50 years ago, another vociferous candidate put the scare in traditional power brokers. George Wallace fired up crowds with a similar anti-establishment message, and drew protests as passionate as are being seen at Trump's rallies today. Wallace also became a face of racial tension in America as the leading symbol for segregation in the 1960s.
When Wallace entered presidential politics in 1964, the then-Alabama governor was famous for declaring, "Segregation now. Segregation tomorrow. And segregation forever."
Wallace allies and family see parallels today in Trump.
"It's just a replay," Charlie Snider, one of Wallace's most trusted political aides, told NPR. "We're looking at a modern-day George Wallace."
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Better title would be: “Is NPR really just a taxpayer funded arm of the fringe left?”
“Is Hillary Clinton a Modern-Day Evita Peron?”
And who created that image? Research Wallace and you'll find that he just went through the motions for the sake of a campaign pledge. His heart really wasn't in it.
More Anti-Trump moves to Tar him as a racist-—He isn’t. Hillary is NOT eva Peron—Eva had talent.
Cruz sold out to the GOPe, but he doesn’t realize that they are just using him and he’ll get nothing in the end.
GOPe is in bed with the Democrats for a Hillary presidency.
See:
Tech billionaires (major Dem donors, Hillary supporters) plot with GOP leaders at exclusive island resort to stop Trump
George Wallace carried 5 states and won 46 electoral votes as a third-party candidate in 1968. In the 1972 election, he ran as a Democrat and was a leading contender, which was intolerable for the Establishment. So a mysteriously funded Lone Nut shot him five times.
So, NPR considers a key Wallace aide as a credible source?
There is no principle at work on the left - only tactics.
Oh, sure because enforcing immigration laws against fraudulently documented foreigners who broke in and are tresspassing at the very least and at worst are killing Americans is just like George Wallace....../s
Do not know if he is, but so what, Trump is much better than those selfish and incompetent idiots now in office.
Maybe they’ve run out of Hitler memes.
More like a Harry Truman!
Donald Trump is going to make a hard left if he gets the nomination. He is going to make all of the rabid supporters of his look like idiots.
Like George, he will run third party.
Actually, this election has substantial parallels to 1968. Race riots and riots at the convention. Corrupt, old establishment dem (LBJ, HRC). Far left contender (McCarthy/Sanders). Kind of unlikable R front runner (Nixon/Cruz). Blue collar/dixiecrat self-styled anti-establishment hero (George Wallace/Trump). Waiting in the wings for the corrupt old dem to crash (Humphrey/Biden).
Most people don’t remember Wallace got about 50 electoral votes.
That would be racist DEMOCRAT George Wallace. Never forget the racists segregationists are all democrats.
Hillary is much more a modern day George Wallace! Observe: they are both Democrats!!
NPR got it screwed up.
And some Democrat hack from the 1960s just got a new deposit to his bank account in the Cayman Islands to drag Trump’s name down into the racist Democrat mud.
NPR is a modern day Ministry of Propaganda!
... so says I!
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