Posted on 01/18/2016 6:23:12 PM PST by Isara
Well in that case it would help cut down the stupid talk if Mark Levin would just shut up.
“Stupid Talk” like they kind we’ve been hearing about securing the Southern Border for twenty years? That kind of talk?
No need to be upset with me because of what I think about a couple of media personalities. In truth, Rush and Mark are my main go-to guys in talk radio, and have been for as long as I've been aware of them.
And yes, I do believe in our shared conservative values as the long term template for properly managing our ship of state.
What I can't ignore, however, is the fact that our nation is in a pre-revolutionary state of turmoil and unrest. We're like a vast dry prairie, just waiting for a lightning strike to set off a conflagration that no one on earth can extinguish.
Ask yourself about the proverbial 'Four Boxes'. Is the Jury Box working? No. Is the Soap Box working? No. Is the Ballot Box working? No.
You've got but one box left, if you want to save your country. Do you really want to open it? I don't, and neither do 300 million other Americans.
So where does that leave us? How are we going to stave off the inevitable by 'working within the system', when we all know the civil systems are broken?
The only possible, peaceful solution left to us, is to elect someone to the highest office who has the courage, requisite skills, executive experience, right attitude, correct orientation, and proven track record, to make Large Things Happen.
It's a shot in the dark, a calculated risk. One that we wouldn't otherwise make under normal circumstances. But these aren't normal circumstances. We're not fighting for our political life. We're fighting for the very survival of this nation and we're going to need a commander in chief who is willing to start swinging a sledgehammer on day one of his administration.
There's only one man in the race who's even remotely capable of doing that, and it's Donald Trump.
I caught a few minutes of him in my car driving.
He wasn’t very happy with Trump.
He said Trump should stop the smears against Cruz.
So according to Mark if we don’t agree with him and his choice for President there we are all stupid. Hey Mark, up yours buddy.
“There’s only one man in the race who’s even remotely capable of doing that, and it’s Donald Trump.”
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It was a simple query, no emotion involved, I just couldn’t make sense of your comments about Limbaugh/Levin being “purely partisan”. They have been very much on the record as being conservative before being Republican,,, the same is true of Cruz who has demonstrated this at much professional cost. I understand that Trump has a sledgehammer, I’m just afraid he doesn’t know where to aim. Cruz does.
And that’s our conundrum, one candidate has the demonstrated willingness and intelligence while the other has captured populist support.
I have no disagreement with that, but I think you're still missing the crux of what I said earlier.
America is in an existential crisis. There are perhaps three issues of national import that will doom this nation to utter failure and dissolution, if not competently and correctly handled over the course of the next administration.
Politics and political ideology will certainly have an impact on the effectiveness of the next President's actions while in office, but they are of secondary importance to actually doing what's required to rescue the nation from certain destruction.
Do I think a conservative/Republican will do a better job of executing the vital life saving functions I speak of? Yes. Do I think a liberal/Democrat would do just the opposite, and actually reinforce and double down on the failed Socialist policies that got us here in the first place? Without a doubt.
My point is, none of that is of paramount importance. What the next Commander In Chief actually decides to DO about our structural problems is all that matters, be they Republican, Democrat, Independent, Green, Constitution, Libertarian, or Pastafarian.
I'm saying that the country's issues require a non-political approach. An approach that casts aside politics, in favor of simple common sense survival solutions.
It's those things that our favorite talkers are ignoring, in my estimation. Listening to them talking about political solutions just drives me up the wall. They're stuck in a paradigm that is out of step and out of place for the situation the nation is in, in the current moment.
As I said before, we're in a pre-revolutionary state. It won't take much more pressure for the thing to snap.
The ringing in the hollow space between your ears.
Seriously? For one thing, Cruz is going to need allies among the Republican establishment and Mary Matalin (”Mrs. Carville”) is extremely influential within the party. She has been a consultant and advisor to Republicans for almost 40 years. She served under Reagan, GHW Bush, G. Bush and was an advisor to Dick Cheney. Her support would/will be valuable to any Republican candidate, even Donald Trump.
Furthermore, if you’re going to draw conclusions about candidates by their associates and those who’s support they seek, you’d discard Donald Trump out of hand, which would be equally assinine.
Honestly, I desperately hope he is because I think he’s very likely to be the nominee and is likely to win. I have questions about Trump, just as I do EVERY candidate - some many more than others. I am not willing to overlook or disregard my doubts about any candidate, including Ted Cruz.
Just so you know, I was assigned to the Bush White House shortly after 9/11 as a senior counterterrorism advisor - not beccause I was politically involved, but because of my experience. I learned a great deal about the workings of the government at the very highest levels. There is a great deal more to public figures than what the public sees. Assuming some level of character, things you would think the president would want known to the public frequently aren’t. Alliances, temporary and permanent, are formed to accomplish specific policy objectives and occasionally deals are made that we might find objectionable. Read Trump’s book, “Art of the Deal”, read between the lines and you’ll find he operates the same way; he’s a negotiator.
There are no perfect candidates - not Donald Trump and not Ted Cruz. If I think I’ve found one, I’ll probably begin to question my sanity. My interest is in seeing Trump’s willingness to address uncomfortable issues in a direct, straightforward manner blended with Cruz’s commitment to constitutional principles. In other words, I’d like to see both men emerge from the campaign with their reputations intact.
Thank you for your excellent response and your great service to the Nation. I think that the most pressing issues, currently, are the borders/immigration and trade/sovereignty.
I don’t dislike Cruz and I think that he is a forceful advocate for the Constitution . I hope that he will be included in a Trump administration but I just don’t think Cruz can win if he is the nominee .
Perhaps Trump isn’t 100% Conservative on all issues ,but he’s making a heartfelt genuine effort at trying to repair the decline we are in ...hopefully pragmatism will prevail .
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