Trump, the Unhappy Warrior, Woos Angry Voters by Telling Them What They Want to Hear

National Review ^ | 07/13/2015 | John Fund

[exnavy]

I am amazed at the “conservatives” getting suck into the BS hype of the moment. There is no one to the left of this man except Elizabeth Warren.

[TomGuy]

He’s not telling us what we want to hear. He’s ARTICULATING, for the rest of the country... what WE already know!!

It is amazing how many Republicans were sent to DC in 2010 and 2014 and went deaf regarding what the voters wanted and expected.

[drypowder]

According to the ruling establishment Trump is crude and not PC for telling the people the truth. His message is common knowledge and I hope he survives to carry out what he says he'll do as president. My pick for his cabinet; Ted Cruz as his VP, Ron Paul as his Treasury Secretary, Sarah Palin as his Secretary of State, Col Allen West as his Defense Secretary and Judge Roy Moore or Judge Andrew Napolitano as his AG and Sheriff Joe Arpairo as his DHS chief.

[cripplecreek]

3 years ago Trump was complaining about the GOP doing exactly what he's doing now. He said republicans would lose by doing exactly what he's decided to ramp up by orders of magnitude.

Donald Trump: Mean-Spirited GOP Won’t Win Elections

Hell, he praised the democrats for not being meanspirited toward illegals.

[Calpublican]

Hello, National Review, we are sick of the traitorous Republicans in Congress. We are sick of the whining and blaming from the Left. Trump is a fresh voice who is speaking plainly to an audience that is starved for plain-speaking. Quit wallowing around trying to figure it out. That’s it.

[miss marmelstein]

What I don’t understand is how these lock-jawed, white bread writers don’t understand The Donald’s wonderfully droll sense of humor - it is classic NYC, Jewish humor with a bit of street smarts and Rush Limbaugh-like egotism thrown in for good measure. The pearl-clutching and fainting-couch collapses are either a sign of humorlessness that is expected in Washington circles or a cynical attempt to convince voters not to pay attention to Trump. I’m not voting for the guy but he breaks me up. He’s always made me laugh. He’s a very funny guy.

[Calpublican]

I think he had a come-to-Jesus moment. I know I have. After watching what’s going on in recent years, yes I have.

[South40]

I am amazed at the “conservatives” getting suck into the BS hype of the moment.

Amazing and sad. Donald Trump has a well-documented record as being a lifelong liberal. He says a few things these people want to hear and he's apparently supposed to be this country's savior. I'm fine with the discussion of ILLEGAL immigration, we need it. But any serious consideration of this liberal for the Republican nomination is just insanity.

[TADSLOS]

Amazing and sad. Donald Trump has a well-documented record as being a lifelong liberal. He says a few things these people want to hear and he's apparently supposed to be this country's savior. I'm fine with the discussion of ILLEGAL immigration, we need it. But any serious consideration of this liberal for the Republican nomination is just insanity.

Bingo. A bunch of FReepers have lost their FReepin' minds over another lib republican.

[Darren McCarty]

“Trump scored big when he said the GOP in Congress complains about Benghazi and the IRS scandal but then seems to forget about them,

And Donald, what the hell have you done outside of running your trap now that you are running for president?

[Norm Lenhart]

Some. Others have just been liberals all along. But since this is High School, they get to sit at the conservative kids table because they claim to be what actions prove they aren’t.

[exnavy]

I know, I was flabbergasted when he came out as a republican.

[exnavy]

Yeah, it is almost the same as the obamabots.

[pfflier]

"When I pointed out that Trump never presents any evidence for his charges that the Mexican government deliberately sends rapists and killers to the U.S. ... "

Really? Is it the job of "reporters" to point out their agenda? Perhaps that is why we almost never hear any criticism of obummer.

[cripplecreek]

And Donald, what the hell have you done outside of running your trap now that you are running for president?

Yup. Trump has had a big megaphone for years yet has only now chosen to use it. Meanwhile, I've been supporting the Shaw family, the Terry family, and many others for years.

[Steve_Seattle]

Trump has overcome all his negatives by basically telling a little truth about an issue that everyone else wants to ignore. It's too bad that on this issue the truth is not considered "mainstream," but that's not Trump's fault.

As far as "anger" is concerned, progressives value their own anger as a sign of righteous indignation, but deny the same emotion to others, labeling it a pathology.

[Steve_Seattle]

I should add that I do not regard Trump as presidential material, even if he is helping to clear the air on the immigration issue.

[DungeonMaster]

At some point people are too angry to bother voting anymore.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: At some point people are too angry to bother voting anymore.

Well, if they do that, they have just surrendered the country without a fight.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: At some point people are too angry to bother voting anymore.

EDIT TO ADD: Maybe that’s the plan of the Democrats ... pile one outrage after another until decent people simply give up and say .. it’s not worth it anymore.

Saul Alinsky is smiling in hell....