Posted on 01/22/2016 7:18:54 AM PST by SeekAndFind
“his partyâ€...you mean “his party as of todayâ€
As always with DT his positions are subject to change...whatever keeps his name in the media.
BTW Not that it will matter in the least to the T-Bots
William F. Buckley on Trump
January 22, 2016 by Steven Hayward
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/01/william-f-buckley-on-trump.php
Turns out that William F. Buckley Jr. took the measure of Trump in an essay written way back in 2000 for Cigar Aficiando. (By the way, if only Marvin Shanken had taken my advice and started Trophy Wife Aficiando, this essay on Trump would have fit even better there.) National Review helpfully reprints most of it today, but here are the most relevant two paragraphs:
” What about the aspirant who has a private vision to offer to the public and has the means, personal or contrived, to finance a campaign? In some cases, the vision isn’t merely a program to be adopted. It is a program that includes the visionary’s serving as President. Look for the narcissist. The most obvious target in today’s lineup is, of course, Donald Trump. When he looks at a glass, he is mesmerized by its reflection. If Donald Trump were shaped a little differently, he would compete for Miss America. But whatever the depths of self-enchantment, the demagogue has to say something. So what does Trump say? That he is a successful businessman and that that is what America needs in the Oval Office. There is some plausibility in this, though not much. The greatest deeds of American Presidents — midwifing the new republic; freeing the slaves; harnessing the energies and vision needed to win the Cold War — had little to do with a bottom line.
So what else can Trump offer us? Well to begin with, a self-financed campaign. Does it follow that all who finance their own campaigns are narcissists? At this writing Steve Forbes has spent $63 million in pursuit of the Republican nomination. Forbes is an evangelist, not an exhibitionist. In his long and sober private career, Steve Forbes never bought a casino, and if he had done so, he would not have called it Forbes’s Funhouse.”
How do you propose to fix this?
“How do you propose to fix this?”
Which This are you talking about?
exactly.. I have enjoyed Trumps trolling of the media ratings whores. The volume of free advertising he has gotten is quite remarkable. They know this, but at the same time can’t help themselves and continue to report his every movement.
Lol
bookmarked for reference. I don’t want to ever forget who the traitors are among us. 22 chest beaters, without a clue about true Americans.
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