Posted on 03/03/2019 11:15:51 AM PST by a little elbow grease
It's way too early to be thinking this, much less saying it, but what the hell: If Donald Trump is able to deliver the sort of performance he gave today at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual meeting of right-wingers held near Washington, D.C., his reelection is a foregone conclusion.
There is simply no potential candidate in the Democratic Party who wouldn't be absolutely blown off the stage by him. I say this as someone who is neither a Trump fanboy nor a Never Trumper. But he was not simply good, he was Prince-at-the-Super-Bowl great, deftly flinging juvenile taunts at everyone who has ever crossed him, tossing red meat to the Republican faithful, and going sotto voce serious to talk about justice being done for working-class Americans screwed over by global corporations.
In a heavily improvised speech that lasted over two hours, the 72-year-old former (future?) reality TV star hit every greatest hit in his repertoire ("Crooked Hillary," "build the wall," "America is winning again," and more all made appearances) while riffing on everything from the Green New Deal to his own advanced age and weird hair to the wisdom of soldiers over generals. At times, it was like listening to Robin Williams' genie in the Disney movie Aladdin, Howard Stern in his peak years as a radio shock jock, or Don Rickles as an insult comic. When he started making asides, Trump observed, "This is how I got elected, by going off script." Two years into his presidency and he's just getting warmed up.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
It was funny, educational, completely off script, very revealing of an incredibly smart, capable President and insightful of his views.
What struck me (one of many things) was his his accounting of why he fired Mattis who he had nicknamed’Mad Dog’.
POTUS really wants to put a stop to endless wars so he asked Mattis how long would it take to get out of Iraq. The answer was two years. POTUS secretly flew to Iraq to talk with generals on the ground. They told him if they were allowed to hit ISIS from every direction, they could annihilate them in two weeks.
POTUS gave them the orders, flew back and fired Mattis.
What I thought was astonishing was that he was able to spend all that time in Vietnam, fly the distance back through the maximum number of time zones, and within a short time deliver a speech with that much energy!
He outworks people a quarter his age!
By the way, McCabe and the rest don't understand how the 25th Amendment is designed--if their attempted coup had succeeded, Trump would still be President Trump, and Pence would just be the Acting President.
What...no affectionate references to the plain talk express, or Give em hell, Donald!?
Ohsorryonly rats get that kind of a pass.
Yeah, Nick, when you read this, you are a douchebag. You need to grow the f up.
I think now what I thought in 2016:
He will be (re-)elected if he A) stays in the race (office), and B) avoids unprecedented voter fraud.
B) concerns me.
I totally busted a gut when he said this! I still laugh when I read it.
Best speech ever! So proud of our President! #MAGA
The great thing about a great speech, in this age of the Internet: It lives forever and will, in, say, 2 years, be just as accessible to those who may have missed it as it today...
Well, yeah. Thanks a little elbow grease.
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Every source I watched had terrible audio with echo due to location of the mics. Do you have any good sources?
Enjoy:
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=147950
MSNBC Reporter Can’t Sway Trump Supporters in Ohio Diner
13 hours from Beijing to NY over the north pole (sort'a), following the sun with the shades drawn down, arriving 2 hours after we left on the same day ..... yeah ... THIS 70 year old took a frikkin' WEEK to recover from THAT jit !
Good point. We must make the distinction between the Left’s perjorative/denigrating/smearing use of the term “right-wingers” s versus “conservatives”, “free thinkers”, “independent thinkers”, Republicans, and “politically aware”.
This should be challenged wherever terms like “right-wing”, “far right extremists”, “neo-fascists”, etc. is used.
It's good to see how strong the President's support is with some ...... I just hope we have enough who feel the same way when Nov. 2020 rolls around.
Voter Fraud “MUST” be exposed and dealt with before 2020. That’s a priority!! Voter Fraud MUST be dealt with and those involved indicted and sent to prison.
Start with California, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Virginia, and go through every state; every single one with a microscope.
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Hillary was ponderously talking about voters' rights yesterday in Selma.
When she spews about the right to vote, she really means .... the right to vote more than once.
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