Will is not amused.
"In every town large enough to have two traffic lights there is a bar at the back of which sits the local Donald Trump, nursing his fifth beer and innumerable delusions. Because the actual Donald Trump is wealthy, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly and incorrigibly vulgar presidential candidate. It is his right to use his riches as he pleases. His squalid performance and its coarsening of civic life are costs of freedom that an open society must be prepared to pay."
"When, however, Trump decided that his next acquisition would be not another casino but the Republican presidential nomination, he tactically and quickly underwent many conversions of convenience (concerning abortion, health care, funding Democrats, etc.). His makeover demonstrates that he is a counterfeit Republican and no conservative."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-counterfeit-republican/2015/08/12/c28c2968-4052-11e5-bfe3-ff1d8549bfd2_story.html?tid=pm_opinions_pop_b
Well, Mr. Will, you're not the only one who says that:
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/it-should-be-obvious-trump-is-no.html
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/trumps-legendary-trolling-of-gop.html
He's kind of a Right wing populist in the tradition of Pat Buchanan.
"He is an affront to anyone devoted to the project William F. Buckley began six decades ago with the founding in 1955 of the National Review — making conservatism intellectually respectable and politically palatable. Buckley’s legacy is being betrayed by invertebrate conservatives now saying that although Trump “goes too far,” he has “tapped into something,” and therefore. . . ."
"Therefore what? This stance — if a semi-grovel can be dignified as a stance — is a recipe for deserved disaster. Remember, Henry Wallace and Strom Thurmond “tapped into” things."
It's interesting that he mentions Buckley. Some conservative pundits have recently urged Rush Limbaugh to assume the mantle of today's Buckley who will simply drum out of the movement candidates and personalities that get a little too wild and woolly-you know, the Birchers, Ayn Rand, etc.
Buckley would simply excommunicate them and that would be that. That isn't Rush's game. He doesn't believe in ever criticizing any Republican. He takes Reagan's eleventh commandment seriously.
He has done it on occasion-like even Akin he did end up arguing for Akin to recuse himself. But he clearly didn't relish it. I might be concerned about Will's above comments-after all we don't want any GOPers to lose confidence in Trump.
But Rush's show today is reassuring. Especially as he has much more standing in the Tea Party movement than the fussy, pompous Will who fancies himself an old English Victorian.
"Except the way he said it, in context of answering a question, just looking at him, was just hilarious. I mean, the guy is a laugh riot. You need to be an Iranian nuclear scientist to understand the IRS. Anyway, in Iowa, "Donald Trump has a significant lead in the race to win over likely Iowa caucus-goers, according to the first CNN/ORC poll in the state this cycle. Trump tops the field with 22% and is the candidate seen as best able to handle top issues including the economy, illegal immigration and terrorism."
"He's most cited as the one with the best chance of winning the general election, and, by a wide margin, as the candidate most likely to change the way things work in Washington." Now, folks, say what you want: That sounds pretty specific to me."
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/08/13/drive_bys_target_trump_supporters
You got it Rush. Don't let those media drive-bys rain on the Trump parade.
"In every town large enough to have two traffic lights there is a bar at the back of which sits the local Donald Trump, nursing his fifth beer and innumerable delusions. Because the actual Donald Trump is wealthy, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly and incorrigibly vulgar presidential candidate. It is his right to use his riches as he pleases. His squalid performance and its coarsening of civic life are costs of freedom that an open society must be prepared to pay."
"When, however, Trump decided that his next acquisition would be not another casino but the Republican presidential nomination, he tactically and quickly underwent many conversions of convenience (concerning abortion, health care, funding Democrats, etc.). His makeover demonstrates that he is a counterfeit Republican and no conservative."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-counterfeit-republican/2015/08/12/c28c2968-4052-11e5-bfe3-ff1d8549bfd2_story.html?tid=pm_opinions_pop_b
Well, Mr. Will, you're not the only one who says that:
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/it-should-be-obvious-trump-is-no.html
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/trumps-legendary-trolling-of-gop.html
He's kind of a Right wing populist in the tradition of Pat Buchanan.
"He is an affront to anyone devoted to the project William F. Buckley began six decades ago with the founding in 1955 of the National Review — making conservatism intellectually respectable and politically palatable. Buckley’s legacy is being betrayed by invertebrate conservatives now saying that although Trump “goes too far,” he has “tapped into something,” and therefore. . . ."
"Therefore what? This stance — if a semi-grovel can be dignified as a stance — is a recipe for deserved disaster. Remember, Henry Wallace and Strom Thurmond “tapped into” things."
It's interesting that he mentions Buckley. Some conservative pundits have recently urged Rush Limbaugh to assume the mantle of today's Buckley who will simply drum out of the movement candidates and personalities that get a little too wild and woolly-you know, the Birchers, Ayn Rand, etc.
Buckley would simply excommunicate them and that would be that. That isn't Rush's game. He doesn't believe in ever criticizing any Republican. He takes Reagan's eleventh commandment seriously.
He has done it on occasion-like even Akin he did end up arguing for Akin to recuse himself. But he clearly didn't relish it. I might be concerned about Will's above comments-after all we don't want any GOPers to lose confidence in Trump.
But Rush's show today is reassuring. Especially as he has much more standing in the Tea Party movement than the fussy, pompous Will who fancies himself an old English Victorian.
"On the rebound side in Iowa, there's a new CNN/ORC poll, O-R-C, out of Iowa, and Donald Trump... Did you hear Trump was on Hannity last night? He had one of the funniest lines. I don't know if we've got it in the audio sound bites. I didn't have a chance... No I had a chance. I just haven't read every word of every transcript. Cookie, if I don't have it, I don't need you to go find it just for this. I can do it myself. He said, "You'd have to be an Iranian nuclear scientist to understand the IRS."
"Except the way he said it, in context of answering a question, just looking at him, was just hilarious. I mean, the guy is a laugh riot. You need to be an Iranian nuclear scientist to understand the IRS. Anyway, in Iowa, "Donald Trump has a significant lead in the race to win over likely Iowa caucus-goers, according to the first CNN/ORC poll in the state this cycle. Trump tops the field with 22% and is the candidate seen as best able to handle top issues including the economy, illegal immigration and terrorism."
"He's most cited as the one with the best chance of winning the general election, and, by a wide margin, as the candidate most likely to change the way things work in Washington." Now, folks, say what you want: That sounds pretty specific to me."
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2015/08/13/drive_bys_target_trump_supporters
You got it Rush. Don't let those media drive-bys rain on the Trump parade.
Speaking of Trump in Iowa, he seems to be building an actual campaign machine out there.
"Philip Rucker and Robert Costa report that something strange is happening in Iowa: Donald Trump is mounting an actual campaign."
"For many Americans, the Trump presidential campaign amounts to a billionaire talking endlessly, and entertainingly, on television. But here in Iowa, it’s another story. Trump is trying to beat the politicians at their own game, building one of the most extensive field organizations in the Republican field."
"The groundwork laid by Trump’s sizeable Iowa staff, with 10 paid operatives and growing, is the clearest sign yet that the unconventional candidate is looking beyond his summer media surge and attempting to win February’s first-in-the-nation caucuses."
"This is becoming a cause of concern for rival campaigns."
"Philip Rucker and Robert Costa report that something strange is happening in Iowa: Donald Trump is mounting an actual campaign."
"For many Americans, the Trump presidential campaign amounts to a billionaire talking endlessly, and entertainingly, on television. But here in Iowa, it’s another story. Trump is trying to beat the politicians at their own game, building one of the most extensive field organizations in the Republican field."
"The groundwork laid by Trump’s sizeable Iowa staff, with 10 paid operatives and growing, is the clearest sign yet that the unconventional candidate is looking beyond his summer media surge and attempting to win February’s first-in-the-nation caucuses."
"This is becoming a cause of concern for rival campaigns."
Trump, Like I always say, his campaign just always gets better.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/why-theres-no-downside-to-trump.html
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