rs-lorenz-rdg
2011-05-18 18:43:06 UTC
<posted to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh>
Republicans finally have a chance to put up or shut up. Donald Trump
has the balls, the macho, the MONEY, and the connections (clout) to
get the job done. Paul Ryan and Glenn Beck only talk about kicking
seniors off their entitlements (social security, medicare) kicking the
freeloaders off student loans, subsidy housing (GI Bill), welfare
benefits for veterans, and "Obamacare" for the working poor. Talk show
celebrities talk loudly (and without stop) about the persistence of
the multicultural crowd, the libbers, the Obamacrats.
Donald Trump has the MOUTH, and he also has the cajones, the testicles
-- to DO something about it. Trump says (I quote), Obama will almost
surely go down as the worst president in history. (Except Lincoln, of
course). The red states sure taught the arrogant federals a lesson on
that one. DIXIE FOREVER!!
Here's May day encomium for the Donald from Mark Halpering (Time)
What is Donald Trump doing to the GOP field?
Turning it upside down. Trump’s sudden surge to the top of several
national horse-race polls has left his rivals dazed and confused. His
iconic persona; global fame; big, swinging pocketbook; and unerring
sense of self-promotion have sucked up airtime and oxygen. Trump is
generating so much grass-roots excitement that he has added staff to
handle the ringing phones and is collecting hundreds of thousands of e-
mail addresses from callers begging him to run. If Trump has not been
particularly specific or consistent on policy issues, neither have his
potential rivals.
Who is suffering most from Trump’s gambits?
The Donald’s rise has dented Mitt Romney’s claim that he is the best
businessman in the race and the Republicans’ undisputed front runner.
The mogul’s no-holds-barred verbal assaults on President Obama have
made even the bilious Newt Gingrich seem mild and discursive. And
Trump is dominating the dialogue on his terms: GOP potentials and even
Obama have been obliged to comment publicly on his clout and his
views.
Can the others borrow anything from Trump’s bag of tricks?
Trump has gotten a lot of mileage out of his demand for access to the
President’s birth certificate. It’s not clear, however, that his mix
of Fifth Avenue populism and aggressive nationalism can be copied. But
his brusque repudiations of China and Saudi Arabia, his demand that
the U.S. stop playing the patsy and his assessment of Obama’s
presidency as the “worst ever” touch a nerve in GOP circles. Rivals
can cadge the substance; re-creating Trump’s singular style is
impossible.
TIME MAGAZINE (May 2, 2011)
Republicans finally have a chance to put up or shut up. Donald Trump
has the balls, the macho, the MONEY, and the connections (clout) to
get the job done. Paul Ryan and Glenn Beck only talk about kicking
seniors off their entitlements (social security, medicare) kicking the
freeloaders off student loans, subsidy housing (GI Bill), welfare
benefits for veterans, and "Obamacare" for the working poor. Talk show
celebrities talk loudly (and without stop) about the persistence of
the multicultural crowd, the libbers, the Obamacrats.
Donald Trump has the MOUTH, and he also has the cajones, the testicles
-- to DO something about it. Trump says (I quote), Obama will almost
surely go down as the worst president in history. (Except Lincoln, of
course). The red states sure taught the arrogant federals a lesson on
that one. DIXIE FOREVER!!
Here's May day encomium for the Donald from Mark Halpering (Time)
What is Donald Trump doing to the GOP field?
Turning it upside down. Trump’s sudden surge to the top of several
national horse-race polls has left his rivals dazed and confused. His
iconic persona; global fame; big, swinging pocketbook; and unerring
sense of self-promotion have sucked up airtime and oxygen. Trump is
generating so much grass-roots excitement that he has added staff to
handle the ringing phones and is collecting hundreds of thousands of e-
mail addresses from callers begging him to run. If Trump has not been
particularly specific or consistent on policy issues, neither have his
potential rivals.
Who is suffering most from Trump’s gambits?
The Donald’s rise has dented Mitt Romney’s claim that he is the best
businessman in the race and the Republicans’ undisputed front runner.
The mogul’s no-holds-barred verbal assaults on President Obama have
made even the bilious Newt Gingrich seem mild and discursive. And
Trump is dominating the dialogue on his terms: GOP potentials and even
Obama have been obliged to comment publicly on his clout and his
views.
Can the others borrow anything from Trump’s bag of tricks?
Trump has gotten a lot of mileage out of his demand for access to the
President’s birth certificate. It’s not clear, however, that his mix
of Fifth Avenue populism and aggressive nationalism can be copied. But
his brusque repudiations of China and Saudi Arabia, his demand that
the U.S. stop playing the patsy and his assessment of Obama’s
presidency as the “worst ever” touch a nerve in GOP circles. Rivals
can cadge the substance; re-creating Trump’s singular style is
impossible.
TIME MAGAZINE (May 2, 2011)