Posted on 09/17/2015 7:25:13 AM PDT by IChing
And the downside is?
No downside. I do think now that Trump will exit once Bush is knocked out. The upside is Cruz is where he needs to be.
I think there is a strong undercurrent of anti-establishment sentiment in the United States; it’s shown by the very high negatives in polling about just about every public institution. Everyone has a sense that “things are not right.” We all know there are a number of things wrong. The political conundrum is that identifying the problems and proposing a solution on most of those issues tends to divide Americans.
But immigration is fundamentally different. It’s the lightning rod, the one visceral push-button issue that unifies Americans, and they all say “That’s it!” At least to themselves, just not in public. On this issue, the vast majority of Americans sense their government has betrayed them and sold them out.
Trump did some very good focus poling to discover this, and he’s tapped into it.
Rumor had it that Ross Perot had some business grudge against “Read My Lips” Bush. That says something about the real face of a family if they can repeatedly draw enemies at that level with so much determination. That is not mere rivalry, that is hatred. One has to wonder why.
He's been specific on immigration and taxes so far. Who the hell else is laying out their specific plans now?
Its like a magnified view of the tumblers of the safe as the knob is slowly turned.
Conservatives pride themselves on high standards.
But they give Trump a pass because they read into him whatever they want.
Intellectually, he’s unimpressive.
The same things people ridiculed about Ross Perot, they swoon with over Trump.
Agree...
Perhaps you should read the article.
But when it comes to her point that Trump is popular because of his stance on immigration, and that is now the single unifying touchstone political issue, how is Coulter wrong?
Its pure emotion that’s driving his support. Its difficult for his supporters to look at him objectively.
Ted Cruz is the person best suited for the Presidency but conservatives would rather have a shallow suit nominated for the nation’s highest office.
The desperation to win at all costs is leading conservatives to abandon life-long held convictions to back a candidate who tells them what they long to hear.
She’s wrong because there’s nothing conservative about Trump.
Others have made the point cogently.
And her track record in backing loser RINOs is not a reassuring one.
Naw, it’s that many are waking up to the fact that they’ve been #cuckservatives all along, and that it’s time to reject #cuckservatism in favor of nationalism.
Trump is no shallow suit, as you say. Wonkish he isn’t either — that’s the point.
Throw in prosecuting race hate criminals like the NBP and the NOI, and take all the money we give to Muslim toilet countries and give it to the families of fallen cops and US servicemen.
I think your intellectual measurement radar is off.
Trump is very sharp.
That was not how I read the article; I believe she made the point that immigration is a winning issue, it has been all along. Trump is the only candidate capitalizing on it and is ignoring all the other issues that would otherwise divide Americans politically. His position on immigration is certainly in line with what most conservatives believe. It also happens to be the belief of a vast majority of Americans, and is an issue about which most Americans feel passionate. If he can keep to the game plan of sticking as close to the immigration issue as possible and avoiding the others, he wins the election.
Whether or not he is conservative, whether or not Ann Coulter carries his water, or whether or not she is bad person, isn’t the real point of the article. Not to me, anyway.
I don’t know how you could watch last night’s debate (or, really, any of Trump’s speeches or interviews) and come away with the impression that he is “very sharp.” He looks and sounds so far out of his depth any time substantive questions come his way, that it’s not even funny anymore. Any time he’s asked some variation of “How do you plan to do [X]?” his response is some variation of “Trust me, I’ll handle it.” It’s baffling.
Politics without principles is demagoguery.
History is full of men who have taken a hold of people’s passions only to reveal its not their interests they serve.
Most Americans look in askance at Trump for good reason.
Yes!
Trump is an AMERICAN.
He is NOT a Kenyan Muslim punk commie gay bastard, either.
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