Posted on 08/09/2015 10:13:10 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
That Fox and the other "contestants" onstage were ganging up on Trump was clear enough, but it hasn't stopped there. Trump is now also seeing a wave of punditry pieces flowing in from traditional conservative outlets slamming his campaign. The National Review's Jonah Goldberg wrote a long piece this month, "Trump fans, it's time for an intervention."
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Meanwhile, Rich Lowry at the Review called the debate a "fabulously awful" night for Trump. He slobbered over the rest of the field. He said Bush "made no mistakes, " Christie was "forceful," Carson was "winsome," Kasich "more of a presence than I would have thought," and Huckabee was "incapable of having a bad debate."
Meanwhile, Fox contributor Charles Krauthammer gleefully declared the debate to be the "end of Trump," saying that he looked "lost." He's been an ongoing critic of the Donald, along with other Republican stalwarts like George Will, who not long ago asked, "If Trump were a Democratic mole, how would his behavior be any different?"
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What the Goldbergs and the Wills and Krauthammers of the world probably don't get is that by singling Trump out for abuse, they're almost certainly boosting his campaign. First of all, while it might have looked like a damning image to see Trump alone onstage with his hand up and refusing to pledge not to run as an Independent, on another level it was a great Trump moment. As it has been all season, there was Trump, and everyone else. That scene just made the other nine guys onstage look like what they are, stooges beholden to their party and their donors, unable to think for themselves.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollingstone.com ...
The elitist Republican machine has become so loathsome, that being its enemy is a kind of endorsement.
I urge FReepers to read the rest of the article at the link, to learn what an unreconstructed Communist thinks.
Next thing you know, Fox will be warning us that Trump is more powerful than p*ssy. The Republican base will naturally assume Trump is immune from the “War on Women”, and his poll numbers will reach astronomical levels.
There are lots of serious Republicans here who do not understand how hated the Republican party is.
There are lots of Democrat voters - millions - who vote for what they perceive as the lesser of two evils. The right guy can win their votes.
In war, whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
They fired their best shots at the Donald. They missed. He fired back. He hit the target.
At this point in the battle, there is no such thing as bad publicity.
I remember election 1964..
Borrowing the words of the dominant Rockefeller Republicans in 1964 "We [have] to destroyBarry GoldwaterDonald Trump as a member of the human race."The original quote is from Nelson Rockefeller's public relations head, Stuart Spencer.
And all that was before the convention that selected Goldwater and continued through the election with lots of help from MSM employees.
I feel 50 years younger. Thank y'all!
And read the comments to see the way the left is thinking.
The GOPe has yet to understand, the only person who can destroy Trump, is Trump. They have had their way in previous years, withholding funds when a Republican says something that causes the liberals to feign outrage, thereby ruining otherwise good candidates. Trump doesn’t need their money, and it appears a good percentage of voters are showing that they are tired of elites in the party telling us who can run. The media, and party elites are simply showing us how out of touch they really are.
Rich Lowry, pfffft. National Review helped elect Obama the first time — every NR cover in the entire run-up to the election was some kind of political cartoon of Obama. Like they say, "I don't care what you say about me as long as you mention my name" — an old marketing maxim. Canceled my subscription after that. GOP isn't called "the stupid party" for nothing.
Trump is a gift. Using his own money and high-visibility brand, he is helping span the huge divide between the silly, selfish and completely out-of-touch GOP-e and their constituents, who are enraged about many issues — issues that Trump understands, speaks about in plain language, and has identified clearly to the insufferable boy's club that is the GOP-e. You'd think they'd be grateful for the free market research and try to work out a way to make use of his influence over potential voters while still showcasing their other top five — but noooooooo.
I've raised this point several times--Where do the Republican wizards of smart think Trump's supporters are going to go if Trump is indeed knocked off by the party establishment? They sure in Hell won't meekly line-up behind the GOPe anointed torchbearer.
The same can't be said for the Rolling Stone after their UVa fiasco and libel.
We Trumpster supporters can only hope that he comes out and wipes the whole of the democrat party and the republican party wide open for all of us to see....then we’ll go from there..
There is so much rampant corruption going on inside Washington D.C. that we need to ‘trump’ it out and clean it up!!!
I honestly think the GOP wants to lose. It's been the minority party for so long, that it is more comfortable there, than being accountable.
Excellent idea: read the comments!
“Where do the Republican wizards of smart think Trump’s supporters are going to go if Trump is indeed knocked off by the party establishment?”
George Will, on Fox News Sunday, insists that the grown-ups will chide them back into line.
Laura Ingraham, on the same panel, said that Jeb! won the debate and it seems she meant he won by just showing up. I evidently credited her with intelligence she doesn’t have.
If that were true, Fox would hire him as a "news" anchor.
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