hprinze Loc: Central Florida

No matter who your favorite candidate might be … the article is an interesting read, VERY INTERESTING AND HONEST

The author is the political correspondent for Bloomberg and wrote extensively about Obama even before he was elected.

"Who is Donald Trump?" The better question may be, "What is Donald Trump?"

The answer? A giant middle finger from average Americans to the political and media establishment.

Some Trump supporters are like the 60's white girls who dated black guys just to annoy their parents. But most Trump supporters have simply had it with the Demo-socialists and the "Republicans In Name Only." They know there isn't a dime's worth of difference between Hillary Rodham and Jeb Bush, and only a few cents worth between Rodham and the other GOP candidates.

Ben Carson is not an "establishment" candidate, but the Clinton machine would pulverize Carson ; and the somewhat rebellious Ted Cruz will (justifiably so) be tied up with natural born citizen lawsuits (as might Marco Rubio). The Trump supporters figure they may as well have some fun tossing Molotov cocktails at Wall Street and Georgetown while they watch the nation collapse. Besides - lightning might strike, Trump might get elected, and he might actually fix a few things. Stranger things have happened (the nation elected an islamo-]Marxist in 2008 and Bruce Jenner now wears designer dresses.)

Millions of conservatives are justifiably furious. They gave the Republicans control of the House in 2010 and control of the Senate in 2014, and have seen them govern no differently than Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Yet those same voters are supposed to trust the GOP in 2016? Why?

Trump did not come from out of nowhere. His candidacy was created by the last six years of Republican failures.

No reasonable person can believe that any of the establishment candidates [dems or reps] will slash federal spending, rein in the Federal Reserve, cut burdensome business regulations, reform the tax code, or eliminate useless federal departments (the Departments of Education, Housing and Urban Development, Energy, etc.). Even Ronald Reagan was unable to eliminate the Department of Education. (Of course, getting shot at tends to make a person less of a risk-taker.) No reasonable person can believe that any of the nation's major problems will be solved by Rodham, Bush, and the other dishers of donkey fazoo now eagerly eating corn in Iowa and pancakes in New Hampshire .

Many Americans, and especially Trump supporters, have had it with:
· Anyone named Bush
· Anyone named Clinton
· Anyone who's held political office
· Political correctness
· Illegal immigration
· Massive unemployment
· Phony "official" unemployment and inflation figures
· Welfare waste and fraud
· People faking disabilities to go on the dole
· VA waiting lists
· TSA airport groping
· ObamaCare
· The Federal Reserve's money-printing schemes
· Wall Street crooks like Jon Corzine
· Michelle Obama's vacations
· Michelle Obama's food police
· Barack Obama's golf
· Barack Obama's arrogant and condescending lectures
· Barack Obama's criticism/hatred of America
· Valerie Jarrett· " Holiday trees"
· Hollywood hypocrites
· Global warming nonsense
· Cop killers
· Gun confiscation threats
· Stagnant wages
· Boys in girls' bathrooms
· Whiny, spoiled college students who can't even place the Civil War in the correct century... and that's just the short list.

Trump supporters believe that no Democrat wants to address these issues, and that few Republicans have the courage to address these issues. They certainly know that none of the establishment candidates are better than barely listening to them, and Trump is their way of saying, "Screw you, Hillary Rodham Rove Bush!" The more the talking head political pundits insult the Trump supporters, the more supporters he gains. (The only pundits who seem to understand what is going on are Democrats Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell and Republican John LeBoutillier. All the others argue that the voters will eventually "come to their senses" and support an establishment candidate.)

But America does not need a tune-up at the same old garage. It needs a new engine installed by experts - and neither Rodham nor Bush are mechanics with the skills or experience to install it. Hillary Rodham is not a mechanic; she merely manages a garage her philandering husband abandoned. Jeb Bush is not a mechanic; he merely inherited a garage. Granted, Trump is also not a mechanic, but he knows where to find the best ones to work in his garage. He won't hire his brother-in-law or someone to whom he owes a favor; he will hire someone who lives and breathes cars.

"How dare they revolt!" the "elites" are bellowing. Well, the citizens are daring to revolt, and the RINOs had better get used to it. "But Trump will hand the election to Clinton !" That is what the Karl Rove-types want people to believe, just as the leftist media eagerly shoved "Maverick" McCain down GOP throats in 2008 - knowing he would lose to Obama. But even if Trump loses and Rodham wins, she would not be dramatically different than Bush or most of his fellow candidates. They would be nothing more than caretakers, not working to restore America 's greatness but merely presiding over the collapse of a massively in-debt nation. A nation can perhaps survive open borders; a nation can perhaps survive a generous welfare system. But no nation can survive both - and there is little evidence that the establishment candidates of either party understand that. The United States cannot forever continue on the path it is on. At some point it will be destroyed by its debt.

Yes, Trump speaks like a bull wander[ing] through a china shop, but the truth is that the borders do need to be sealed; we cannot afford to feed, house, and clothe 200,000 Syrian immigrants for decades (even if we get inordinately lucky and none of them are ISIS infiltrators or Syed Farook wannabes); the world is at war with radical Islamist's; all the world's glaciers are not melting.

Is Trump the perfect candidate? Of course not. Neither was Ronald Reagan. But unless we close our borders and restrict immigration, all the other issues are irrelevant. One terrorist blowing up a bridge or a tunnel could kill thousands. One jihadist poisoning a city's water supply could kill tens of thousands. One electromagnetic pulse attack from a single Iranian nuclear device could kill tens of millions. Faced with those possibilities, most Americans probably don't care that Trump relied on eminent domain to grab up a final quarter acre of property for a hotel, or that he boils the blood of the Muslim Brotherhood thugs running the Council on American-Islamic Relations. While Attorney General Loretta Lynch's greatest fear is someone giving a Muslim a dirty look, most Americans are more worried about being gunned down at a shopping mall by a crazed [Islamic] lunatic who treats his prayer mat better than his three wives and who thinks 72 virgins are waiting for him in paradise.

The establishment is frightened to death that Trump will win, but not because they believe he will harm the nation. They are afraid he will upset their taxpayer-subsidized apple carts. While Obama threatens to veto legislation that spends too little, they worry that Trump will veto legislation that spends too much.

You can be certain that if an establishment candidate wins in November 2016 … [their] cabinet positions will be filled with the same people we've seen before. The washed-up has-beens of the Clinton and Bush administrations will be back in charge. The hacks from Goldman Sachs will continue to call the shots. Whether it is Bush's Karl Rove or Clinton 's John Podesta, who makes the decisions in the White House will matter little. If the establishment wins, America loses.


​ If you stil l don't get it, re-read the list under, "

Many Americans, and especially Trump supporters, have had it with: ​

​ " above and let it sink in! Then pass this along to everyone you send email to.

jelun

Average Americans? I don't think so.

sboy

Nice article, but Trump is not the only non-establishment candidate in the race. There is also Gary Johnson, who is a candidate who actually thinks before he speaks. In addition, Gary actually has the knowledge and experience to do the job and is running on the Libertarian Party ballot, not as an independent, but with the support of a well established political party, which will be on the ballot in all jurisdictions and CAN WIN.

the waker Loc: 11th freest nation

Best summarization yet, pretty much spot on.

I've been saying it for over a year now,
No more Bush's and No more Clintons

robmull Loc: florida

Pretty spot-on, hprinze. Mr. Trump is a direct reflection of the "middle finger salute" that "BHB" has been giving the entirety of "infidel" {Imperialist} America since his "devout" Qur'an training in Indonesia; from 27,000, mostly un-Constitutional rules and regulations [to shut America down] to feet up, soles pointed directly at stupid Americans who don't realize what a horrible connotation ANY feet-up on the furniture actually means to a Muslim. It's the greatest insult known in the Islamic "Complete System of Life," and I'd love to see "BHB" put his feet up on the Grand Mufti's desk or furniture in Iran or Saudi Arabia. What are the odds {he} would??? And I didn't even MENTION the dismantling of our military, the aggression towards our police, the forced "rainbow" infiltration to civilization and military, forced Islamic studies in American schools, outlawing of Christian literature and Holy Bibles, and the exchange and direct transfer [Sunni Iraqi forces to Sunni ISIS forces in Iraq] of a trillion dollar$ worth of advanced American military equipment, trucks, tanks, half-tracks, Humvees, troop transporters, weapons, ammunitions and explosives to ISIS, the Iranian "deal," and transfer of the $151 billion dollar$ CASH, directly into Iran's coffers to re-initiate and finance the process to "push Israel into the sea." Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUMP!!!

Liberty Tree

I get it but Trump is not the one to do anything about it. He just wants to replace one establishment with another one with him as king. Just look at how he treats anyone who does not bow down to him. His campaign is not about America but it is all about him.

crackerjack

It's a little late for an independent, don't you think? It will only insure a "shoo-in" for Hillary. The democrats would love that.

robmull Loc: florida

Any vote for ANYBODY but Mr. Trump, or no vote at all, LT, is a direct vote for Hillary, American civilian disarmament and a Sharia deciding vote on the Supreme Court. No ifs ands or buts!!! Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUMP!!!

waltmoreno

I get it. You're all in for Trump. A true Trumpbot!
Except that you don't write about why Trump has no appeal whatsoever to true conservatives. Like myself. Notice how little his positions differ from the liberal positions of candidates who have gotten us in the mess we're in.
How he's for higher taxes, in the form of tariffs, protectionism, abortion, minimum wages, universal health care, etc. Where does personal responsibility fit into the equation? But mainly why I can't support him is his complete disregard for the Judeo-Christian values that are 100% responsible for us becoming the superpower of the world. Trump says he has no need to ask God for forgiveness. That's to me is the real clincher! He's denying the very higher power that made this country great! He thinks he can do it himself?! Without God? What a laugh!
He's lied and cheated his way to the top, ducking out of real meaningful debates with 1 or 2 candidates, (after saying he'd love to debate them one-on-one) which would have shown him to be the buffoon he is, saying there had been enough debates already. (Then he tried to cover up ducking the debate, by having a so-called benefit for veterans boasting that he'd raised $6 million dollars which was another lie to cover his first lie. Until veterans groups complained they'd not received any money. So the scramble began to pay them something.)
His tactics here are similar to how he operated Trump University. Lie, cheat, then smear your opponents when called out, and when that doesn't work, then cry 'unfair'. Like with the judge now overseeing his case. It's all so predictable. I'm surprised Trumpbots don't see his continuing pattern.
He won't be able to duck out of a debate with Hillary and will then be shown to be totally out of his league when it comes to discussing serious political matters. He's already began backsliding in the polls which will continue as long as he talks unscripted. Trump supporters are already like rats, abandoning the sinking ship. Scripted Trump sounds worse than a robot. He's a know-nothing blowhard and know-nothing blowhards don't earn my vote.
So far, he's gotten all this free coverage because, for the media, it's good publicity for them. The media could care less whether it's good or bad publicity. People tune in and that's all the media care about.
I get it that the Trumpbots are all in for this charlatan. As a staunch conservative there's little about Trump that appeals to me. Only a true conservative with an iron, nay a titanium backbone will get us back to where we need to be. And Trump ain't that guy! Not by a long shot.

sboy

How is it late? The major parties have not yet even formally selected their candidates. At least the Libertarian Party has selected its candidate. When the Repubs and the Dems get around to formally selecting their candidates, it will be time to call it too late. Maybe it will be too late for THEM. Hillary could be indicted and Donald could explode from the stupid remarks that he has a penchant for making.

the waker Loc: 11th freest nation

That's what i would be worried about this late in the game.
Remember Perot jumping in against Bush and Clinton.
All it did was hand Bill a win.

the waker Loc: 11th freest nation

Well that's great, so you believe Hillary is the gal for the POTUS position, because at this point, Trump is what the right has.

waltmoreno

You're right! It's not too late! Trump is only the PRESUMPTIVE nominee. Many conservatives are seeing ways around having him be the actual nominee. He would be an unmitigated disaster! After all far more people voted against him than for him.
For example, the Republican Party rules, a private party, doesn't require that the delegates vote for whom their state voted for. There are exceptions. I'm hoping Trump implodes before the convention.
That's the breath of life I'm hoping for.

Liberty Tree

Yeah, and the Democrats tell their people that a none vote is a vote foe Trump. Both sides use the same tactics to try and manipulate people into voting for their candidate. I will vote against both by either a non vote or a vote for a third party candidate. I will not vote for someone who is not fit to be President just because someone tries to say they are less unfit than someone else. Once one reaches the unfit level it does not matter to what degree they are unfit.

Airforceone

I enjoyed reading your post but what confuses me is you just kept jabbing at the left and Obama. You did in all fairness throw a few on the right, but let's look at this post as being an attempt to make Trump this guy that will be the answer to our non establishment agenda. What has he said that gives you any indication that he is the person to take this country forward. Oh by the way Donald Trump is an avid golfer. I read your list and it did shake my memory of how many times the right wing has either blocked , obstructed, or filibustered any kind of a fix. The right wing conspiracy of lies all came to the surface.

Our system of government is built on lies, misinformation, and conspiracy theories, and if you think Trump is the answer to fixing that problem than your really out of touch.