The rise of Donald Trump in the polls and the enthusiasm for his campaign among the Republican base has confused and panicked the mainstream media and the GOP Establishment. In an attempt to slow his momentum, both have reacted by bringing up evidence from his past that Trump is not a cookie-cutter conservative, which seem so far to roll off his back and even rally his supporters who see it as evidence that his detractors are desperate. Is Trump pro-life or pro-choice? Is he pro-gun or pro-gun control? Is he anti-amnesty or pro-amnesty? Does he really want Oprah to be his running mate? Did he give more money to Democrats? None of this should surprise anyone who has followed Trump’s politics over the years.
Trump is confusing the Powers That Be and the commentariate because he does not neatly fall into one of the two tidy dichotomous ideological boxes that “serious” partisan candidates are supposed to conform to. Trump is not primarily an ideological candidate. He is at his most basic an economic nationalist and a patriot who loves his country and wants to see it thrive, hence his campaign slogan, Make America Great Again.
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Trump AND Rush have come to realize, like most of us, that there is only one party...the elitist party that produces legislation that serves itself and to hell with everyone else. With the squishes in the RNC and the Rino leadership there is plenty of room for an opposing view in the party and it scares the hell out of them just as the still operating Tea Party scares them. The Rinos, progressives, and media should remain sleepless for the duration of Obamas term.
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DeleteRon Paul does not support Trump saying he is an authoritarian. He is definitely
ReplyDeletea take charge kind of person. Ron Paul could have had a little more of the 'take
charge' attitude by standing up to the conniving foreign government who pushed
him out. A lot of people were disappointed Ron Paul didn't fight back more
aggressively. I was one of them.
At one point in December, I thought that Ron Paul might actually win it.
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