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Hillary’s Sputtering Campaign: Facing Trump, she is weighted down by tons of baggage
National Review ^ | May 24, 2016 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 05/24/2016 2:40:28 PM PDT by billorites

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To: Louis Foxwell

VDH remains committed to thinking Trump is no different from Don Rickles, and that Trump supporters all subscribe to The National Enquirer.


21 posted on 05/24/2016 3:17:22 PM PDT by jobim
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To: virgil

The differences are substantial. Obama led Romney in poll after poll. O had the race that he played so well. And Romney is and was everything that is wrong with the GOP and DC political class

We must no be over confident or rest on our laurels. Trump can win. We all just need to get out and vote


22 posted on 05/24/2016 3:21:21 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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They may well have their best friend in DT if they are disciplined enough to accept his input and reason with him as an equal.

That's a point to ponder all right. VDH has departed the realm of reason on the topic and only now, and perhaps only apparently, is trying to view the thing through unjaundiced eyes.

Point - Donald Trump is not a "buffoon" or we wouldn't be having this conversation. He is marvelously adept at turning media bias into a virtue and conversant enough with their habits and practices to stay ahead of the Goebbels juggernaut.

Point - Hillary is nearly equally inept at participating in any media event that isn't pre-scripted and whose participants pre-screened. This is 0bama's infamous dependence on his teleprompter on steroids. Were it not for her thorough corruption of party resources she would not have made it this far based only on her inability to communicate, and at some point she will have to face live, unscripted media events in the face of an experienced and articulate opponent.

Point - Trump's "bombast" is simply the forcible statement of fact, and only media figures and political wonks conditioned to consider "fact" as infinitely mutable are confused in the matter. These aren't random statements based on emotion, there are programs behind them, and they're programs the voters are beginning to find increasingly attractive.

Point - Hillary has failed to capture the "women's vote" by being unsympathetic and unattractive to women, depending instead on grievance to cement her appeal. This is true of her drive to capture minority, especially black, support as well. She can't pander unless she has something to offer more than hatred, and she doesn't.

Point - the worst possible upshot of this from the Democrat point of view is for it to settle out as an establishment versus people dichotomy with their party in the role of the establishment, and that is exactly how it is settling out. Hillary had the nerve to pose as an "outsider" for awhile, and her "war on women" campaign depended on it. I can think of few women in politics less capable of pulling that off.

Point - CrookedHillary is corrupt, wealthy as a result, unapologetic, and seemingly mystified as to why anyone would resent the fact. That can no longer be hidden or dismissed as political hostility. CrookedHillary is a crook, and it's a fact.

How the Dems come out of this mess will be an interesting thing to watch, but the odds, despite all the negatives, are still on them nominating the most unattractive candidate they have in decades and trying to sell a sow's ear full of donkey crap as a silk purse full of gold. They've managed it before, but this time they're going to be called on it.

23 posted on 05/24/2016 3:21:44 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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The fearless non- PC crippled Donald will expose every crooked, evil thing she has done- but keep in mind she will cheat and use every dirty trick in the Lib book to win.

We MUST put aside our differences, unite and turn out the biggest republican vote in history!!


24 posted on 05/24/2016 3:24:31 PM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan (girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!!!)
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