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
Of the 6 largest GOP donors 4 support Cruz.
Cruz is an insider.
My letter starts with: You FOOL! You DUNCE! and so on.
I disagree, if the GOPeahens hijack and nominate Mittens or Marcoid in spite of the overwhelming support for The Donald, they are done. And I believe there are enough pi$$ed off people, we will win.
Two dirty words. KARL ROVE. Also, why does Hannity insist on having Newt on 29 times a week? SMH.
Yes, I read and said I liked your letter. My comments were really directed at the many Cruz supporteers here are very vitriolic when it comes to Trump—they will only support Cruz, yet it is beginning to appear that a Cruz may become a vote for Romney in a blocked convention...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3404801/posts?page=8
That is one GREAT letter !!
My father and I have argued for years over his assertion that “there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the two parties”...
And after today I now say there is absolutely NO difference between the two-and there hasn’t been any in YEARS!
They brought every single bit of this on themselves and I hope and now I pray that it buries them!
Ping
As always, very good read.
I am totally in for Donald Trump.
BUT should, some how, Cruz win the nomination?
I WILL VOTE FOR HIM!
I don’t care what stupid things some Cruz people say about Trump.
I don’t care how nasty people say things about Trump supporters.
I WILL KEEP MY EYE ON THE PRIZE!!!
I hope and PRAY every CRUZ and TRUMP person will DO THE SAME!
To: Helicondelta
Is this for real?
Romney/Ryan filing for President/VP. Jan, 2016
http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/662/201601309004959662/201601309004959662.pdf
6 posted on 3/3/2016, 3:49:09 PM by combat_boo
HOORAY Jeff Head. Thank you, sir.
single payer, agree with Pelosi and Reid, doesn’t disavowal Duke and KKK, anti-second amendment... on and on all lies. His statements and his PACs run the lies consistently. You really don’t follow Cruz much do you?
The worst of his lies is the race-baiting where he claims Trump didn't disavowal Duke/KKK - as a Republican he knows this disavowal crap is pure democrat demagoguery, yet he indulged in it consistently over the last week.
FYI...sorry for any double pings.
Any Republican is preferable to Hillary. We don’t need prominent Republicans to cause division and help to elect her.
Very well written, (although I must say I spotted a few typos...) And I’m half missing the debates to respond...
I agree 110%, and I hope Romney sees it.
I too was totally disappointed, even disgusted. Romney showed himself to be a lying, backstabbing slimeball today, I’ll never believe a word he says again. Funny, I’ve been saying that about Bill and Hillary Clinton for over 20 years...
In 2012 Mitt spoke of Trump as if he was the greatest thing since peanut butter, today he did everything but call him the anti Christ. Deplorable, backstabbing twit...just like a politician. and exactly the reason we’re all sick of the politicians running things in DC and ready for someone who is not controlled by the same group of donors and lobbyists.
One of those two statements was a lie, which one matters not at all to me, although I think today was the lie. The fact is, one was a lie, plain and simple, and Mitt should be ashamed of himself. He claims to be a Christian. He forgot the golden rule. Would he want Trump to talk about him like that? I seriously doubt it. So he shouldn’t have done it.
Treat other people they way you want them to treat you. Just thought I’d remind you what it says...since you seem to have forgotten...
Everything Jeff said in his letter is true, wish I could say that about anything Romney says. We don’t need you Mitt, we don’t want you, and I, for one, will never ever believe a word you say again.
I’m a Cruz fan too, although my first pick for President is Trump, but I will support and vote for either without a twinge of remorse.
Today showed me just how terrified the GOP is, and how low they will stoop to try and derail their own front runner, who has a very good chance of being their eventual nominee. We should be pulling together to support that front runner, in the interest of defeating Hillary Clinton. With the divide currently being perpetuated by the establishment politicians in DC right now, she’s looking at a very good chance of waltzing right into the White House. THAT needs to change.
I seriously hope we can find a way to get this letter (and mine) to Mitt Romney, he needs to know just how much damage he is doing if he continues down this path. The one thing the GOP is not doing is the same thing they haven’t done for at least 30 years. They are NOT LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE’S WISHES.
Listen up Mitt, if you have three functioning brain cells, you need to start trying to pull the party together in support of the person who looks a whole lot like their next nominee, rather then perpetuating this division in the party that is almost certain to hand the White House to the socialist who has already thrown this country under he bus repeatedly. And lied about it. Repeatedly.
Billy Griffis Jr
AMERICAN
Huntington TX.
PING!
You said it far more politely than I would have, Jeff. Well done.
My friend, we have talked about these things for almost 18 years.
These people simply do not get it. They honestly believe that they talk to us, the voters, as if though things they have said before are non-existent.
They honestly believe that they can push for an agenda with as straight face that will lead to the will of the people being subverted so that they, in their high minded positions can chose a candidate for us.
And what’s really pathetic is that they apparently cannot see the tsunami that is bearing down on them as a result of their own actions.
I honestly believe with this election that the American people are finally aroused enough to make s big change...and it is past time.
What Mitt did today was simply stroke the flames higher.
bttt
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