Trump Losing All His Jobs But Rush Limbaugh is Impressed

      That's what matters right? I mean he loses The Apprentice and the Miss America Pageant

      http://diaryofarepublicanhater.blogspot.com/2015/06/donald-trump-greatest-jobs-president.html

     and now his job at Macy's and his Straight Talk Express on Mexicans is further eroding the GOP brand but what's it matter? He's impressed Rush Limbaugh and he's actually soaring in GOP primary polls right now. 

     What matters is Rush likes it:

     "Folks, now Macy's has told Trump they're gonna get rid of all of his merchandise, and Trump is showing everybody how this is done.  I don't care what you think of Trump, but Trump is not backing down.  Macy's cans him, says they're not gonna sell his merchandise anymore.  Univision? He's suing Univision! He goes on television and he says, "I didn't know it! Some of my best friends are at Macy's; I had no idea they supported illegal immigration.  I had no idea Macy's was in favor of this kind of law-breaking." 

    "That's the way it's done! I don't care what people think about it, this kowtowing to political correctness...  A little inside baseball story.  It doesn't matter to anything.  It's just I was playing golf at Trump's course here a couple years ago.  I happen to be a member of Trump International, and I'm out there playing and he is playing in a foursome with the CEO of Macy's, and I'm a couple of holes behind. But our paths take us right past each other.  We're on parallel fairways."

     http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/07/01/trump_gives_em_hell

    There we go, a bonus: some inside baseball from Rush. He played golf with The Donald and the CEO of Macy's last year. Rush is a man in the know. 

     "So he stops. He comes over, grabs me, and introduces me to the guy.  He says, "Hey, if you ever need anything from Macy's, this is the guy! This is the guy! This is the best guy in the world.  This guy owns retail. There's no smarter guy in retail than this guy."  I don't remember the name, but I remember meeting the guy. And then Trump said, "This guy's the richest man in Italy! Richest man in Italy." 

     "Whoever that was. Not the Macy's guy, another guy in the four. "Richest man in Italy! Yeah, he drove up here in a Ferrari. I'll show you. I'll show you the Ferrari when we finish. We put it right out in front of the front door."  I said, "Cool."  I love the guy.  I'm telling you, I love the guy.  I don't know how far his campaign is gonna go, but I'm telling you: Somebody is fighting. He and Carly Fiorina. Somebody's fighting."

     Well, it's great that Rush loves him. Maybe his love will keep Trump warm when he doesn't get the GOP nomination and his reputation and standing-along with his tv empire-is in tatters. That's an awfully high price to pay for Rush's love but evidently one Trump is willing to pay. 

     Not that I'm complaining. All his maudlin shtick does is further make the Republican party look bad-by showing it for what it is: rabidly anti Mexican, anti Latino, and anti-immigration. 

    "While everyone has treated the Trump story as an amusing sideshow to the campaign (which it certainly is), there’s a genuine danger for the GOP in his presence that goes beyond the simple fact that he makes the party look silly (which he certainly does). More than any other candidate, Trump is telling Latinos that the Republican Party doesn’t like them."

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/07/01/donald-trump-is-on-the-rise-and-thats-very-bad-news-for-the-gop/

   Of course, what he's telling is the truth: the GOP does not like Latinos. Of course, it's' absurd for Trump to be so open about it-but Rush and Tea Party Nation love it. Most Republicans though understand to be this blatant about it is suicidal. 

   "Of course, Jeb Bush or Scott Walker or Marco Rubio don’t bear responsibility for the things Trump says."

   In the weak sense of 'bear responsibility' I'd agree-they didn't literally say it and they probably even disagree with it. But objectively the GOP party doesn't like Hispanics, they fear the 'browning of America' and a vote for one of these moderates would still leave us with the same GOP anti immigrant policy. 

  People forget that Jeb's brother genuinely wanted immigration reform and even believed in the A-word, Amnesty, and he got nowhere with it. 

  "Even if all Republicans were acting welcoming and inclusive, it would be hard enough. Those voters are paying attention to the policy positions the candidates take, which means that any Republican, even one with Cuban parents (like Rubio) or one who speaks Spanish fluently and has a Mexican spouse (as Bush does), starts with two strikes against him. Trump may be a comical buffoon who stands almost no chance of getting the nomination, but by the time he’s done, the bile he spews could get his fellow Republicans dirty as well."

    But though Jeb or Rubio are victims of Trump's absurd excesses, at the end of the day, it's not unfair as it's not about persoalities but parties, and today's GOP party will give you anti-immigration policies no matter how moderate or reasonable or even fluent in Spanish-even if a Latino himself like Rubio-the nominee will tun out to be. 

  P.S. Yes, I think it will be Jeb.