Posted on 12/30/2018 9:16:20 PM PST by TBP
Nearly two years after his inauguration, I have concluded that President Trump has made me a better person.
For starters, I’m more compassionate. After the election, I was as dazed and confused as anyone in the political-media bubble. To understand what happened, I devoured reporting about Trump voters and sought to understand them.
I wasn’t some liberal, mind you. I had worked for years in Republican politics. Yet I hadn’t known any Trump primary voters. I didn’t know his fans, his base.
Reading their concerns was eye-opening. They weren’t stupid, and they weren’t hateful. Mainstream politicians had ignored them for so long that they took a wild chance on the reality-TV star from Queens.
At the same time, because I wasn’t a Trump voter, I understood the pain of people frightened by his win. Caring about his voters didn’t preclude caring about his opponents, I found.
“The part where she says Trump primary voters weren’t stupid or hateful would indicate great sincerity.”
True.
She also seems to get the bias in media quite clearly.
Anyone who is OK with a Democrat being appointed to a Federal court judgeship is a Democrat.
It's a real simple test. ;-)
Good point, but she goes on to describe Trump as a reality figure, and not necessarily someone she respects.
Very important point.
Come to think of it, one of the oldest tricks in the book is to tell your audience you think they’re smart right before you douse them in propaganda.
This whole article is horse droppings. She talks and writes like a Brit lefty. MAGA and F her or him.
Not gonna bother. How do you spend “years” in Republican politics and not know a SINGLE Trump voter???
The man is part of the elitist establishment
Not so much an infiltration. Known as the Rockefeller wing of the party. They have been around for over a century
Well said, rlmorel. Trump is saving the conservative movement by actually standing up for its principles — and fighting back!
Well said, spokeshave. Trump was as close to a sure-bet competent POTUS as you could get.
Every story like this is another signal that corruption in our government is vast and deep.
I’m still waiting to learn of accomplishments made by Hillary and Obama that were good for the country.
The Two Showered the
White House in Rainbow Colors!
It’s the cusp of 2019....and articles like this are still coming out? They will never understand....
Sorry, not impressed. Tariffs bad. She’s an idiot.
Are you one of them? Tariffs being applied to China is not only necessary it is critical and long overdue. Those who really understand realize that President Trump is absolutely correct with his actions.
Most economists disagree with you.
They are probably for open borders too.
Some believe we should be in perpetual war around the world and play the policeman to the world.
There are a lot of stupid "experts" in every field, so why would I care about the "experts" who are wrong when it comes to economics?
Alan Tonelson - Why Trump Is Right to Target China With Tariffs
You know more about it than they do?
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