If for no other reason back Trump because he’s the ‘anti-consultant’ candidate...
‘Quoting from the past’ is a liberal trick... people change their minds with new information. Trump was a business man who invited Hilary to his wedding too... You want to bring that up?
Most people change their minds with new information - well, except brain dead liberals who haven’t had a new idea in 40 years... You know that - right Lasisse faire?
Why does being the ‘anti-consultant’ candidate matter?
Here’s why we’re getting “milksop, politically correct, scared of their own shadow, pushover, pathetic excuses for public servants” (C.Danials quote) in congress - - the type of men and women who would have a hard time selling shoes at JC Penney or Target...
Perverse incentives...
Political consultants are picking the people who will represent us - and they’re picking them based traits that benefit consultants - not traits that benefit the country.
Consultants are running a business...they want people easy to manipulate - - easy to make money off of...
How?
When a person wants to run for office they hire ‘help’ in the form of a consultant...
The consultant firm... someone like a Karl Rove or James Carville group - looks over the person and DECIDES if they will allow that person to hire them.
Why?
Because consultants MAKE THEIR MONEY as a percentage of ad buys.
If the man or woman in front of them doesn’t have the charisma to raise lots of cold hard cash to spend on TV ads, mailouts, newspaper buys etc... the consultant doesn’t make money. OR if the person is unwilling to spend the millions they raise the consultant doesn’t make money.
Consultants CHOOSE who he’s willing to ALLOW to hire him. What the consultant wants is a shallow narcissist gladhander ...
The consultant knows he can get a ham sandwich elected... IF he’s pliable... follows orders... so to speak. The type chosen (like many of our current congressmen) will be focus tested, trained to say the right buzz words, and use their natural ‘charm’ to do the rest.
What do ‘the American people’ get? We get empty suits who say PC words and phrases to get elected, then go to Washington - - learn how to buy expensive suits, find cool restaurants, learn ‘to apologize’ (an art form among the shallow) and then they DO NOTHING.
If we don’t switch incentives these are the types who will continue being elected - the “milksop, politically correct, scared of their own shadow, pushover, pathetic excuses for public servants”...
“Letterman, recounting how cheap it is to treat injuries abroad: “In one case, I had my arm reattached and at the end of the procedure ... it was like $12 dollars!”
Trump: “A friend of mine was in Scotland recently. He got very, very sick. They took him by ambulance and he was there for four days. He was really in troubl,e and they released him and he said, ‘Where do I pay?’ And they said, ‘There’s no charge.’ Not only that, he said it was like great doctors, great care. I mean we could have a great system in this country.”
Letterman: “Are people afraid of socialism?”
Trump: “Well, people are afraid of a lot of things. But it’s mostly incompetence. … How do you spend $5 billion on a website, just the creation of the site itself, and it doesn’t work? … There are things you could do to give unbelievable healthcare and a much better healthcare system. It’s a complicated topic, unfortunately.” - Trump January 2015
So when can I stop? I can go to Jun where he was saying ‘deport’ and ‘don’t deport’.
Or his claim that he’s the reason anything to do with immigration has come up?
All I see with Trump is some guy who’s currently quoting every possible conservative blog out there, repeating many candidates previous words they haven’t said lately, and getting to call it all his own.
Also, really, look at the forum lately? It’s all just Trump this .. Trump that! This Trump guy has only been conservative for maybe 3 years if he’s even conservative at all.
Yeesh!
Interesting analysis. I can partially buy into it. Partially because I understand the need for the consultants to make money and to be as efficient as possible doing it. On the other hand, not all businesses run just to make the bottom line. Hollyweird movies are an example. They make a lot of movies to push an agenda. So do the TV shows. I would think that these type of consultants are looking to push an agenda more so than making the buck. I could be wrong though.... And have been, and will be again...
“‘Quoting from the past’ is a liberal trick... “
Boy, who knew that EVERY SINGLE FREEPER EVER uses liberal tricks?
“Most people change their minds with new information...”
Actually, people that aren’t tethered to any set of principles do that.
Excellent post.
lol
he’s not a conservative. That is the reason I won’t support him.
Always Always Always....quote from the future.
The anti consultant candidate.....that he is, but he’s not the only one. There is at least one, maybe two others who don’t have Washington type consultants (which is what Trump means...he too has a campaign staff.)
You know, someone should write a book about the consultant class. Oh, wait....someone DID.