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Politics : A Real American President: Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James Seagrove who wrote (22523)	1/31/2017 8:08:15 PM
From: FJB	5 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee James Seagrove locogringo toccodolce Woody_Nickels Respond to of 458107

A movement trumps a cult, Democrats Don Surber by Don Surber Every morning I wake up happy knowing Donald John Trump is the President of the United States, because that means Hillary ain't president, Barry ain't president, and Barry can never be president again. But Barry has begun trying to butt in. Barry wants to pretend he is the President of the Confederated States of America, which includes the West Coast, New England, a few mid-Atlantic states, and the headquarters of CNN in Atlanta, Georgia. And so Jefferson Davis Obama and his hordes in the Hamptons, Hollywood, and the 'hood are digging their heels in, making a ruckus, and trying to cause trouble. Republicans in D.C. may be nervous. They should not be. Like Bill Clinton before him, Obama's presidency was built on a Cult of Personality. Like Bill, Barry followed a President Bush damaged by a war with Iraq. Both Bill and Barry fit the mood of the people, however, each was the figurehead for a socialistic ideology that most Americans reject. While both remain popular, neither is in power and neither can regain power. They are political eunuchs. Sure, they can raise money for their party but as we saw in November, money doesn't buy everything. Indeed, in the post-cable age of the Internet, money may be a hindrance. President Trump has the opposite of a cult of personality. Oh sure, he has a rock-solid core of supporters who, as Reihan Salam of National Review put it, see him as a combination of Santa Claus, Scrooge McDuck, and Vito Corleone. But I dare say most of Trump's supporters voted for his ideas, not the man. Many voted for him despite the man. One would think that would hinder Santa McDuck Corleone. Actually, the Cult of Ideas works well for Trump. His ideas are so strong -- his opposition to a large central government works against the national interest is so powerful -- that his human foibles are dismissed as just that: human. Trump can say and do stuff without consequence as long as he delivers programs such as: Ending illegal immigration. Ending the Islamic State. Ending the nine-year recession. He must stand and deliver. Americans want to put America first. His favorables are in the 40s? The media's are in the toilet. As long as he pushes back against the scoundrels, he wins. Trump heads a movement -- one that gave Republicans the House in 2010, the Senate in 2014, and the White House in 2016. Republicans have reversed the political polarity in the Statehouses, shortening the Democratic bench. Democrats need to work fast to win big this year and next, otherwise they face longer odds in 2020. They seem to be where Republicans were in 1964 or 1974 -- but without a Nixon or Reagan on the horizon.

To: James Seagrove who wrote (22523)

1/31/2017 8:09:30 PM

From: FJB

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Democrats, you now own any future violence
Don Surber

The man Democrats selected to be a heartbeat from the presidency last July has called for riots.

I am serious. Hold them to their own rules.

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia did just that this morning.

From CNS:

He pointed to recent rallies in support of health care, in support of women, and against President Trump's executive orders on immigration, saying Democrats must "take advantage" of the "tremendous public outcry."

"What we've got to do is fight in Congress, fight in the courts, fight in the streets, fight online, fight at the ballot box; and now there's the momentum to be able to do this," Kaine told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday.

"And we're not afraid of the popular outcry, we're energized by it, and that's going to help us do our job, and do it better."

Given that some of that "tremendous public outcry" included Inauguration Day riots -- not condemned by any Democrat, as far as I can tell -- we must take Kaine's words literal.

Also given that Barack Obama's political mentor -- terrorist Bill Ayers -- helped organize that "protest," any other interpretation makes little sense.

The media said Trump encouraged violence in his rallies -- and one supporter punched a heckler -- and called that fascist. That was an over-reaction.

In light of anti-Trump violence for the past year, Kaine's encouragement to "fight in the streets" deserves real condemnation.

They told me that if I voted for President Trump fascists would seek power -- and they were right!

You encourage people to "fight in the streets," you own it, Democrats.

To: James Seagrove who wrote (22523)	1/31/2017 8:39:59 PM
From: Honey_Bee	3 Recommendations Recommended By AJ Muckenfus Investor Clouseau Triffin Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 458107

So many of these old, leftist women who have been hanging out in Congress for decades, and think they are hot stuff - like Diane Feinstein, Pelosi, Boxer (all from California) and pretend-squaw Warren are all insane, IMO.