Posted on 03/03/2016 2:18:02 PM PST by Jeff Head
Mitt
March 3, 2016.
I am writing this with quite a bit of consternation.
I am not sure you will see it, much less read it. But I hope you will. Please forgive the length in advance.
I watched your speech today about Donald Trump, and I have to say, I was disappointed.
I watched you in 2012 accept Donald Trump's endorsement in Las Vegas. You said glowing things about the man. You were clearly glad to get his endorsement and talked about his success in business and that he was someone who saw the dangers our nation faces oversees.
Now, you return that favor with today's diatribe? As if though you never said those things?
This is not honorable. You could easily have met with Trump privately and talked this over. I have no doubt he would have made the time for you.
But instead you chose to make a public spectacle, and quite honestly, and spoken as a person who has had great respect for you...you came off looking like a stooge for the Republican Party elite.
Donald Trump does indeed come across as a crass, egotistical, and often profane man. But he was in 2012 as well. People know this about the man. It has been apparent for a long time, and particularly for the last six months as he has gone through this process and is energizing more and more voters.
Where was your speech then?
I know you will probably not like to hear what I have to say. But I think enough of you to know that you know that one of the qualities of any good leader is an ability to listen. Particularly to listen to things that may not be what they want to hear, but could be what they need to hear.
That is true in friendships. That is true in marriages. That is true as a father. That is true as a Mayor or Governor. That is true of an officer or squad leader in the military. That is true in Church positions. It is true of a group manager or CEO in a business. It is true in any position of leadership.
The fact is, Donald Trump’s rise in this election season is the product of a very broken GOP leadership.
This has gone on most of my adult life. A great exception was during the Reagan years where another outside the beltway individual, whom the establishment scoffed at, but who was as true as he could be to the people who elected him...and who, because of those qualities, delivered the largest Republican victories for the Presidency in my life time, and probably in all history. That’s simply the truth…I know there are a lot of details that went into it…but it is the truth nonetheless.
It is true that Donald Trump is not Ronald Reagan.
But Trump is a person who speaks directly, and says what most of us have thought when it comes to things like immigration, when it comes to the unbridled importation of immigrants into the country who may be a risk, when it comes to Obama Care, when it comes to the Iranian deal, and numerous other initiatives, including his tax and corporate tax plans. It is true that Donald Trump is not politically correct.
But the people are frustrated and they are angry because of career and establishment politicians and their attitudes. They care more about fixing the country than they do about political correctness or “reverence,” for broken leadership.
Trump is tapping into the real frustration of the people.
And you know what, despite the irreverence…or maybe because of it… the people believe he will do what he says, establishment be hanged.
Historically it’s not the first time. Andrew Jackson was sent to Washington DC in his day to “route the vipers out.” People may argue about how effectively he did or did not do…but from time to time, if the “go along to get along,” attitude festers too much, it needs lancing for the good of the nation.
Some may not fathom it, but the more establishment types attack Trump, the bigger the flames will be stoked. The people will properly view it as the establishment, omnce again rejecting them and they will simply be all the more determined to put someone in there who will not do so. Some may not "get" that...but it is true nonetheless.
Maybe a personal example from my own career will help you understand it.
At a former job, at one of our remote facilies, we had a couple of employees who ran the place. They we unbelievably good at what they did. But they were absolutely blue collar and not "spit and polished." They were what the management types felt was irreverent and they were profane. They were both raised in such an environment.
I was given the task of working with them with the warning that it would be next to impossible because of these qualities.
You know what I found? I went there with an open mind...determined to live out Jesus Christ's golden rule. Not as a goody two-shoes of some type, but too simply work with them and get the job done.
I worked with them...I listened to their language, I listened to their frustrations with management whom they felt always looked down their nose at them.
I found that they were unbelievable talented at what they did...which is why management told me was the only reason they kept them around.
Over time, I found these two men, despite their rough exterior, their profanity, and their ways, to be gems...to be diamonds in the rough.
They were honest. I have never heard them be anything but brutally honest.
They were loyal. Once they learned I was out there to work with them and get the job done, they would bend over backwards not only to do their part...but to help me do mine.
The listened well. They did not here me cursing and eventually, they asked me about it. I told them is was not my place to tell them how to talk in their plant…but that I for myself did not use such language. You know what? They honestly tried to lessen their own profanity. Now, they were not real good at it…but they clearly, consciously tried and that endeared them to me.
Over a ten year period, they became my friends.
Many in the larger office, despite my own protestations and testimony to the contrary, still looked down their noses at them and would not open their minds to them.
But I found that if I needed help on a cold night and needed to call someone to come to my assistance, that the more spit and polished people, particularly those that looked down their nose at those two individuals, were somehow not available to help. I am sure they had their reasons and that those reasons were probably more than adequate justification. But guess who was willing to drop what they were doing at a moment’s notice and help? You got it…those two supposedly irreverent, profane, no good guys at that remote location.
There’s an important life lesson in that…at least there was for me.
Sometimes we need to look beyond the party line.
Sometimes God in Heaven puts people in our path who may be indeed rough around the edges. Who may be irreverent and profane in our eyes and ears...but whom He has put there for his reasons, and to maynbe do some hard work. Who underneath all of that are really good people. But we will never know if we taek such views of them and do not try and get to know them.
It's not like they were aliens. It's not like they were mortal enemies. They were just Americans trying to make a living for themselves and their familes.
I do not know Donald Trump well enough to make that judgement. But I do hear what his daughters say. They say he is rough on the outside, but that there is a different man underneath all of that. There probably is.
Mitt, to close, I am a dyed in the wool Ted Cruz supporter and intend to support him until he either wins the nomination, or until he drops out.
But I tell you this...if Donald Trump wins the nomination I will support him 100% against the absolutely corrupt Hillary Clinton who is promising to double down on Obama's disastrous policies. I will support him 100% against the open socialist Bernie Sanders, who though himself is very honest about what he is...is nonetheless honest about wanting to create an ideology and government form that will simply put the pedal to the metal in terms of Obama's policies.
THAT is what we need to unite against.
If Trump wins...and it looks like he will, and it looks like he will do so with an absolute majority of the delegates...THAT Is how we unite. We stand against the far greater evil.
I intend to do that.
In the end, I believe most Americans are tired enough of the political establishment, and educated enough to see what the goal is here.
Sincerely,
Jeff Head
Emmett, ID
March 2016
See the following links for more of my messages to all Americans:
Donlad Trump Phenomenon
Black and Latino Americans: For God's Sake Wake Up!
My Oath to the Constitution as a US Citizen
Mass Shootings and Gun Control
My Message on Islamic Terrorism
The Boston Marathon Terror Bombing
Sharia Law must be outlawed in the United States
Fast & Furios and the Obama Administration
Ferguson Missouri and False Narratives
Secure our Southern Border
Thank you for this wonderful letter, Jeff...I, too, am a Cruz supporter but I agree with every word.
I will vote for Trump if he wins the nomination and talk of undermining the leading candidate at convention angers me.
Amen! Me too.
Oh! Good! Had me a bit worried for a while. Welcome to FR!
Bogie
Well done Jeff.
If a person want to remain true to an oath they made, so help them God, to “protect and defend the US Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same,” why should that annoy anyone?
I took that oath, and intend to remain true to it the rest of my life.
If someone tries to use “their” oath to bully me, or to force me to do things “their” way...that is a different matter.
My oath is between me and God. No one else.
The good news: This likely isn't going to work. I just hope people like Mitt, and those that helped talk him into this stupidity, can handle the blow back and the withering response they are about to receive.
They are much further out there than I ever suspected. Shamefully out of touch.
I knew it as soon as I clicked post
I did see it. Here on FR, and responded there.
She was spot on.
Ted Cruz has thrown in with the Romney GOP (E) gang. He highly touted the “Romney Speech” this afternoon. Major shame on all you Ted Cruz nutcases that supported, ranted, raved, & voted for him. He has been falsely leading you all down the path to becoming forever GOP (e) slaves. You have no say now and with the Cruz/Romney team...you will never have say about anything!!! You have been like pigs going to slaughter...dummies!!!
...........................................”GO DONALD J. TRUMP”.............................................
I look forward to more of your writings!
The answer is the meek minded toad who made a mockery of a presidential campaign, never even hinting at his opponents many weaknesses. Yet, he chooses to launch torpedo at the SS Donald Trump? Sickening...The GOP is doomed, thanks to men like Romney, McCain, Rubio, Boehner, Ryan, McConnell, ad nauseam.
Well said Jeff.
As I said...I will vote for whomever my convictions tell me too...and for the reasons I have often stated associated with the Constitution and conservative principles.
If you are attempting to brow beat or bully me into something different....then you are using the same tactic as Romany IMHO...and will fail as much as he is going to fail trying to do the same to Trump.
As I stated in my letter to Romney...if Trump wins the nomination I will support him 100%.
True, that is not an official endorsement, but I would call it a casual or informal one. Maybe it would be better to use the word “supports” ...gotta be careful with all these political terms...He is clearly doing the opposite of endorsing Trump—tho that is ironic because he came out a strong Trump “supporter” last year for Trump.
That said, my question still stands. For those Freepers who support Cruz now, but in 2012 were extremely anti-Romney~even to the point of not voting for him, it should present a problem now that Romney “supports” Cruz.
>>If a person want to remain true to an oath they made, so help them God, to “protect and defend the US Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same,” why should that annoy anyone?
Because that is an obligation that EVERY American should have. The oath of enlistment includes a lot more stuff than that basic oath to the Constitution. When someone claims they swore THAT oath and that it still applies, then they are accepting the whole thing. You can’t swear an oath and ignore part of it. Its an all or nothing thing.
We were released from our oath at the end of our enlistment. I “protect and defend the US Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same” BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER the term of my enlistment.
Yeah, Romney thought that by joining the pack of Cuban sh-twawas he’d be a big dog.
Actually revealed himself the S.O.B he really is.
Wonder how big a room he’ll have to rent to rerun his spiel?
The goal is to defeat Hillary or Sanders and get a President who will start turning around Obama’s policies.
Romney was about my 4th choice in 2012. But when he took the nomination, I voted for him against Obama.
If you read my letter above, it is clear that I have stated the exact same thing about Trump, but in much more glowing terms.
... and made that case for anyone who would read it.
Excellent...as do I.
I mistook your post to refer to that oath...which is the oath I took.
Apologies for the mis-comm.
I just had this happen with a guy from our marketing department. He’s new, somewhat a skull full of mush with a big glass of Kool aid.
I am one of two people in our company, a household name you would know who works directly, full time with end user customers. He argued strongly about how a competitive product was the main choice of these end users because the research showed it. I replied that I almost never see these products on jobsites. But he’s got RESEARCH rather than the KNOWLEDGE that I have. It was fun.
The only thing Mutt did today is make it loud and clear that the GOP is absolutely infested from top to bottom with Democrap operatives.
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