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This is the bluster of a phony: Donald Trump represents rage and rudeness, not populism (barf-alert)
Salon.com ^ | 15 Dec 2015 | Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

Posted on 01/10/2016 4:53:26 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal

For a moment, earlier this year, Donald Trump was being taken seriously for his supposed straight talk, the idea being that he said what others were thinking but were held back from saying because of political correctness or some such thing. (SNIP)

“The Donald” is theatrical on some (boorish) level, intentionally going without a Hollywood hairstylist or a politician’s conventional coiffure. Remember the felonious Rep. James Traficant of Ohio and his noteworthy hairstyle? It worked for him, too. He got noticed.

(SNIP)

Trump is a caricature of a populist, come to life, who exists before the television camera and for embarrassingly large crowds. There is nothing beyond the show. There is no relevant experience, no knowledge of policy, no statesmanship. Just an act.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: andrewburstein; demagogicparty; hollywood; jamestraficant; memebuilding; nancyisenberg; ohio; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; salon; steel; trade; traficant; trump; whataretheirfrnicks
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Im a big fan of Trump and Traficant's style.
1 posted on 01/10/2016 4:53:26 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Listen to what Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman David Betras, who has been on the front lines of his party’s implosion in statewide elections, had to say:

“I hope Donald Trump isn’t around when Ohio’s primary election is held because we’ll have a number of Democrats pulling the Republican ballot to vote for him. His anti-free trade position will sell huge here, as will his populist message, a la Traficant.”

http://www.vindy.com/news/2015/jul/26/trumps-outrage-familiar/

I think the rat worded his concern wrong. He’s not worried about the primary but the general. Only concern there would be it makes Clinton win the rat primary easier if all these rats are voting for Trump instead of Bernie in the primary.


2 posted on 01/10/2016 4:58:00 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal (Savage BLASTS Megyn Kelly, Fox News Over Treatment Of Trump)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

I’m going with everything they say about him.

I’m voting for him because he’s a celebrity.

I’m voting for him because he’s a phony.

I’m voting for him because he’s a populist.

I’m voting for him because he’s going to take our guns.

I’m voting for him because he’s for big government.

I’m voting for him because he’s for single payer.

I’m voting for him because he wants to give it all to Hillary.

I’m voting for him because he’s a Democrat stooge.

This is what seemingly sane people think.

Why not go with it. Perhaps they’ll gain comfort and avoid the total meltdown when Trump trumps.


3 posted on 01/10/2016 4:58:06 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

The only thing the left does is frame. It doesn’t discuss. It’s in fact anti-discussion. You can only discuss things if you agree with them. Otherwise they frame you and your arguments as already-discredited X, Y, Z. We have to get out of the trap of trying to discuss things with them because we can’t.


4 posted on 01/10/2016 4:58:15 PM PST by Faith Presses On ("After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations...")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

5 posted on 01/10/2016 4:58:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Gonna be hard to be a liberal for a while. Snicker.


6 posted on 01/10/2016 4:58:59 PM PST by FreeperCell
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To: DoughtyOne

Gay Salon, the Liberal rag. What you expect them to like a capitalist?


7 posted on 01/10/2016 4:59:40 PM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

>>Trump is a caricature of a populist, come to life, who exists before the television camera and for embarrassingly large crowds. There is nothing beyond the show. There is no relevant experience, no knowledge of policy, no statesmanship. Just an act.

Trump Tower is just a facade behind a tin shack??

His relevant experience is something that the politicians and especially the chattering class has no experience with—he built something that earned a profit.


8 posted on 01/10/2016 5:00:23 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

If one needs a definition of “bluster of a phony”, google “Dorkbama the Quota Boy Muslim”.


9 posted on 01/10/2016 5:00:40 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Salon comes out with another hit piece on Trump. Net result like the many before.....an endorsement for Trump.


10 posted on 01/10/2016 5:01:33 PM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Remember, the white liberal elites and the white conservative elites prefer a smiling, inept, non-threatening, and easily intimidated GOP candidate, and will do their part to get one.


11 posted on 01/10/2016 5:02:26 PM PST by Ted Grant
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To: TruthWillWin

And if they keep this up I’m going to switch my support from Cruz to Trump.


12 posted on 01/10/2016 5:02:57 PM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

The 2 authors of this tripe.

13 posted on 01/10/2016 5:03:04 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Zenjitsuman

Agreed.


14 posted on 01/10/2016 5:03:09 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

In both cases, it’s the hair.


15 posted on 01/10/2016 5:04:12 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal
Someone should send this fool a copy of Trumps Book

Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again

Everyone should read this book and then give it to an undecided friend

An Amazon review

Awesome book and perfect antidote for the “Trump has no ...
By N. Haug on November 3, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
Awesome book and perfect antidote for the “Trump has no specifics” lie. Trump, if anything, is the ultimate pragmatist, he wants results and uses common sense to D.C.’s troubles.

Subjects covered include taxes, education, immigration, foreign policy, military, veterans, trade, jobs and much more.
The solutions presented are not ideological, but really common sense that seems to evade D.C. and the press. What impressed me most is how Trump comes across: Honest, really loves America and wants to genuinely fix the broken system. And with his extensive success in the business world, I believe he can.

16 posted on 01/10/2016 5:05:06 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Faith Presses On
We have to get out of the trap of trying to discuss things with them because we can’t

This is exactly what Trump has been doing. They say they want a debate, but they don't, and Trump knows it. Watch him. He just cuts through the crap, tells it like it is in an over the top outrageous fashion and then changes the subject to something else they don't actually want to talk about either because it is another loser for them.

17 posted on 01/10/2016 5:11:53 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Trump has all the right enemies.


18 posted on 01/10/2016 5:12:26 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

I must be missing the hairstylist look on the guy.


19 posted on 01/10/2016 5:12:49 PM PST by MarMema
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To: Hojczyk
“Trump has no specifics”

Obama had specifics? Hope and Change -how's that working out for everyone. We only finally got the specifics on Obama care after the lobbyists wrote the bill and Pelosi passed it so that she could find out what was in it.

Some cans you just don't want to open.

20 posted on 01/10/2016 5:14:15 PM PST by AndyJackson
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