Levin is clearly off his rocker.
And believe me when I tell you I stood in line for four hours to have Levin sign my copy of Liberty and Tyranny.
I was a devoted listener, but NO MORE.
I find it funny so many (bowel) “movement conservatives” have a problem with a strong Nationalist Patriot running for president. Very eye opening.
Everytime I have listened to Levin it’s all about Statism.
Levin should truly look at the last 20 years of Republican control in the house and senate all of it was Statism.
I think the only major reform done by the Republicans was Welfare Reform almost 20 years ago with Newt and that was it.
The Republicans have talked a great game but they never learned to play hardball like the democrats and caved every chance they had. Never again will I support that party as it stands now.
Okay Mark, Take a deep breath.
The eGOP is Statism.
No populism is not always progressivism.
It can come from right, left or center. Trump probably closer to center.
Mark Levin Unwittingly Helped Trump [arthur march vanity]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3411438/posts
Who is more statist? Trump or Cruz?
Mark Levin attempted to paint Trump as a ‘statist’.*
‘Statist’ means ‘big government’ and ‘centralized power’.
So let’s compare Trump and Cruz.
First there are two points in Cruz’ favor:
Cruz is opposed to Big Ethanol and wants to completely defund Family Planning. Small differences fiscally speaking, but those are two examples of Trump being a ‘statist’. [Two for Levin.]
Health care is a wash. Trump and Cruz are both anti-statist on that issue because they both seek to de-centralize.
Now for important differences:
Point 1: Twenty five percent of federal employees would quit under the Trump presidency.* Trump is notorious as a cost-cutter. Is that statist? It’s a stab at the very heart of Levin’s point.
Point 2: Leftist rent-a-mobs are statist. Cruz blamed Trump for his anti-statist attitude about these brown shirts.
One reason democrats seem more popular than they do is because they have followed the Nazi maxim to ‘conquer the streets’. These goons even conquer public rallies.
This is the most dangerous aspect of statist power and might be the worst political error Cruz has ever made.
Point 3: Senator Cruz did much more than simply vote for Chief Justice Roberts. He pushed for him. On the flip side, Trump’s top two judicial considerations are anything but statist. Cruz is actually closer to being a statist regarding judicial nominees, and that is supposed to be his greatest strength!
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Why Mark Levin is in Error
Levin equates populism with progressivism and statism.
But the dominant element of Trump’s populism has nothing to do with big ethanol or family planning.
Here are the driving forces behind Trump’s populism:
Point 1: Trump promises to waterboard. [Cruz ducks that particular issue.]
Point 2: Trump’s trade policy. [Cruz opposes.]
Point 3: Trump’s muslim ban. [Cruz opposes.]
Point 4: Most definitive of all is Trump’s enthusiasm for a border wall. Cruz agrees, but he failed to be as confrontational with Mexico, thus his enthusiasm was less intense.
What do all four of those differences have in common?
Patriotism.
That’s why Trump is referred to as a ‘nationalist’.
Patriotic populism is not ‘progressivism’.
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I still admire Mark Levin.
His Liberty Amendments movement which is downright revolutionary. He’s the Madison of this century. And Trump is also revolutionary in his patriotic courage.
I hope that Levin will one day appreciate what is being achieved.