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Grasswire2

(13,569 posts)
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:09 PM Aug 2018

Conservative publication Town Hall makes the case for sticking with Trump

Here's why:

"He fights."

The first two paragraphs:



"We Right-thinking people have tried dignity. There could not have been a man of more quiet dignity than George W. Bush as he suffered the outrageous lies and politically motivated hatreds that undermined his presidency. We tried statesmanship. Could there be another human being on this earth who so desperately prized “collegiality” as John McCain? We tried propriety – has there been a nicer human being ever than Mitt Romney? And the results were always the same.

This is because, while we were playing by the rules of dignity, collegiality and propriety, the Left has been, for the past 60 years, engaged in a knife fight where the only rules are those of Saul Alinsky and the Chicago mob."


Next come many paragraphs about the righteousness and moral authority, "collegiality and dignity" of their cause, with plenty of attacks on the left, projecting their offenses against the social contract onto Dems. The author makes the argument that Trump is using the Saul Alinsky playbook against the Left -- a new twist!

The author believes that the left has been waging asymetric war for sixty years, but this is the first time the right has had a fighter. And that's why they are keeping him.

Lots of insight here. I won't post the link unless someone asks for it.
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Conservative publication Town Hall makes the case for sticking with Trump (Original Post) Grasswire2 Aug 2018 OP
What is lacking, Dems coming together Iliyah Aug 2018 #1
a lot of bull Angry Dragon Aug 2018 #2
What have they done, ditched Reagan? I can't recall the last time they mentioned him. Frustratedlady Aug 2018 #3
Two of Reagan's kids SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #5
Let's see: SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #4
it's pathetic whining and alternate facts. Grasswire2 Aug 2018 #6
Nothing says quite dignity like... czarjak Aug 2018 #7

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. What is lacking, Dems coming together
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:17 PM
Aug 2018

on the DU because there is always pro-gop and neg Dems.

King in Maine for the win.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
3. What have they done, ditched Reagan? I can't recall the last time they mentioned him.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:36 PM
Aug 2018

Did they figure out he was simply a place marker for the guys behind the curtain?

I always enjoy listening to Ron's comments and haven't heard him defend his father in a long time. I also noticed Patti Davis has come forward this week against Trump.

My goodness, they had Reagan on such a high pedestal I didn't think they'd ever let him RIP.

What did I miss?

SCantiGOP

(13,870 posts)
5. Two of Reagan's kids
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:42 PM
Aug 2018

Are saying publically and adamantly that Trump sucks and their Dad would have agreed, so Ronnie becomes fake news.

SCantiGOP

(13,870 posts)
4. Let's see:
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:40 PM
Aug 2018

....has there ever been a man of more quiet dignity than.....Donald Trump?

... who so desperately prized “collegiality” as.....Donald Trump?

...a nicer human being ever than.....Donald Trump?

Yeah, your argument for supporting Trump boils down to “We know he’s horrible, but you wouldn’t support the guys who were better.”

Grasswire2

(13,569 posts)
6. it's pathetic whining and alternate facts.
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 12:22 AM
Aug 2018

We on the left are always asking, though, why they stick with him.

I think the explanation that they hate us more than they dislike him fits in with "he fights".

czarjak

(11,277 posts)
7. Nothing says quite dignity like...
Sun Aug 19, 2018, 05:24 PM
Aug 2018

“The Mores and Have Mores”.
Or a nicer guy than someone who made 200 million dollars sending American jobs to China.

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