Posted on 09/23/2017 12:03:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Regarding Trump’s fire-the-NFL-protesters line last night that Teddy noted, it is a classic example of Trump’s, at times, gut-level political savvy. This kind of thing is why he’s president. He takes a commonly held sentiment — most people don’t like the NFL protests — and states it in an inflammatory way guaranteed to get everyone’s attention and generate outrage among his critics.
When those critics lash back at him, Trump is put in the position of getting attacked for a fairly commonsensical view. Of course, NFL owners firing players on the spot for protesting isn’t necessarily common sense, but this is where “seriously, not literally” comes in. Since everyone knows that owners aren’t going to do this, Trump’s statement registers for his supporters merely as forceful opposition to the protests, not as a specific plan of action.
His advocacy for a Mexico-funded border wall and for the Muslim ban played in a roughly similar way (although The Wall was taken more literally, hence Trump’s exertions to make a colorable case that it is being built).
Finally, when Trump is criticized and doesn’t back down it is taken by his supporters as a sign of strength. If a political consultant came up with this strategy, he’d deserve a huge raise. But it’s just Trump himself operating on instinct.
So Rich, how long did it take you to figure this out? Those of us outside the swamp have know this for a long time, especially when you were doing your Never Trump thing.
I don’t get why people fill Free Republic with articles by clueless NeverTrumper pajama boys. If anything, you become more stupid after reading them.
The President is not talking thru his ear-hole.
What most forget is, Pres. Trump owned a football team.
Most people are sick to death of the cowardly groveling and begging forgiveness that the gop establishment has engaged in for the last several decades. It’s only those like Lowry and the other Never Trumpers who didn’t and probably still don’t realize that.
AMEN!!
Trump says exactly what mainstream America thinks that is not politically correct and therefore not allowed to be said for fear of making a vocal minority of people upset. It is called the Silent Majority for good reason. A term coined in the 1960s and in the Politically Correct 21 st Century required to remain silent.
Why we love Trump
He’s like an amusement park ride. Super fun at times but makes you vomit at others.
This is true, and it's a pathetic reflection on how far we've fallen as a country -- even among many of the knuckleheads there at National Review. Common sense is a political asset? Imagine that.
Pitchfork Pat had a hand in popularizing the term.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_majority
Thirty-five years later, Nixon speechwriter Pat Buchanan recalled using the phrase in a memo to the president. He explained how Nixon singled out the phrase and went on to make use of it in his speech: “We [had] used ‘forgotten Americans’ and ‘quiet Americans’ and other phrases. And in one memo I mentioned twice the phrase ‘silent majority,’ and it’s double-underlined by Richard Nixon, and it would pop up in 1969 in that great speech that basically made his presidency.” Buchanan noted that while he had written the memo that contained the phrase, “Nixon wrote that speech entirely by himself.”[18]
Because he's the only American that ran, Rich?
So President Trump is not supposed to be critical of Flag despisers, but Hillary Clinton is free to slam the President for being honest.???????
From the article: “I really had such deep doubts about his preparation, his temperament, his character, his experience, but he’s been even worse than I thought he would be,” Clinton told MSNBC’s Joy Reid on “AM Joy.”
Ah yes, Trump owned the New Jersey Generals in the USFL in the mid 1980s.
Be prepared for more idiot players playing politics and more crashing NFL ratings!
In other words, a win-win.
Oh, shut up, Rich. And get your hair cut - the 80s look is ridiculous. And do something about that creepy lower lip.
Rich Lowry is engaging in propaganda here.
There is disrespect of the flag going on here
Period
employees are exploiting their public status in the job to engage in it and doing it while on the job
Their employers are necessarily complicit. They must shut it down They don’t. It is disordered not to. Has consequences. It’s the flag
Their audience can shut it down by walking out. They must. They don’t. This has consequences
Anything else is a lot of propaganda twisting of the situation which is simple
It’s desrespect of the flag. Like leaving embassy folks to be killed in country. Cannot get away from it no matter how the media tries to sway opinion
It’s a simple matter
You’re in the stadium get up and get out until the employers stop it
It’s simple Rich Lowry
Actually, you make me vomit.
...from a variety of different viewpoints?
Because we're not DU, that's why.
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