Who specifically are his voters ... seems he has a broad spectrum of people who support him!!!
On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > *Elites and media really hate Donald Trump’s voters > <http://nypost.com/2015/12/26/elites-and-media-really-hate-donald-trumps-voters/>* > > By Michael Walsh <http://nypost.com/author/michael-walsh/> > > December 26, 2015 | 2:55pm > > To hear the patronizing wise men of the Republican Party tell it, anyone > who would vote for Donald Trump for president must be deranged. > “Trumpkins,” they call them, mental midgets and xenophobic troglodytes > who’ve crawled out from their survivalist caves in order to destroy the > Beltway Establishment. > > How their resentful attitude galls the crack cadres of campaign > consultants who brought conservatives halfhearted standard-bearers like > John McCain and Mitt Romney to do sham battle against Barack Obama in 2008 > and ’12, then return to the safety of the US Senate and a beachfront > mansion in La Jolla. > > The peasants are revolting! > > “[Trump] would be an “embarrassment” to half the country. That the > “short-fingered vulgarian” — as the old Spy magazine famously dubbed him — > is neither a real Republican nor a real conservative” > > And all on behalf of a bloviating billionaire whose conservatism and party > loyalty are suspect. > > Now, after months of whistling past the graveyard of Trump’s seemingly > inexorable rise and assuring themselves that his candidacy will collapse as > voters come to their senses, a CNN poll released Wednesday > <http://nypost.com/2015/12/23/donald-trump-extends-national-lead-in-gop-race-new-poll-says/> > showing Trump now lapping the field has the GOP establishment in full > meltdown mode. The survey shows Trump with nearly 40% of the primary vote, > trailed by Ted Cruz at 18%, Ben Carson and Marco Rubio tied at 10%, and the > also-rans (including great GOP hope Jeb Bush) limping along far behind. > > Their panic was best articulated last week in The Daily Beast by GOP > consultant Rick Wilson, who wrote that Trump supporters > <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/16/how-the-tea-party-got-hijacked-by-trump-s-troll-party.html> > “put the entire conservative movement at risk of being hijacked and > destroyed by a bellowing billionaire with poor impulse control and a > profoundly superficial understanding of the world . . . walking, talking > comments sections of the fever swamp sites.” > > Some might take that as a backhanded compliment. Can the GOP really be so > out of touch with the legions of out-of-work Americans — many of whom don’t > show up in the “official” unemployment rate because they’ve given up > looking for work in the Obama economy? With the returning military vets > frustrated with lawyer-driven, politically correct rules of engagement that > have tied their hands in a fight against a mortal enemy? With those who, in > the wake of the Paris and San Bernardino massacres by Muslims, reasonably > fear an influx of culturally alien “refugees” and “migrants” from the > Middle East? > > Modal Trigger[image: > https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/501500132.jpg?quality=100&strip=all&w=300&strip=all]Jeb > BushPhoto: Getty Images > > With those who fear for their own families’ futures and the future of the > country as founded? > > In other words, has the junior wing of the Permanent Bipartisan Fusion > Party, ably embodied by Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan, forsaken even token > opposition to the “progressive” ethos? Can it be true that everybody’s > fondest wish for Campaign ’16 is the dynastic-restoration battle of Clinton > vs. Bush? > > Jeb Bush seems to think so, suggesting recently that he might rethink the > pledge he signed vowing to support the eventual Republican nominee. To > which The Donald characteristically responded: Who cares? “He is a > low-energy person, and he does not represent strength, power and stamina, > which are qualities our country desperately needs.” > > Others have suggested, half in jest, that should Trump win the nomination, > the GOP might have to go third party — against its own nominee. > > Even lame-duck Obama has waded in, cheekily blaming “economic stresses” > and flatlining wages for Trump’s groundswell. “Particularly, blue-collar > men have had a lot of trouble in this new economy, where they are no longer > getting the same bargain that they got when they were going to a factory > and able to support their families on a single paycheck . . . Somebody like > Mr. Trump is taking advantage of that.” > > Remember when Obama apologized for saying that voters who disagreed with > him “cling to guns or religion”? Yeah, guess he wasn’t really sorry. > > Modal Trigger[image: > https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/502203482.jpg?quality=100&strip=all&w=300&strip=all]A > Donald Trump supporter holds a sign supporting the Republican presidential > hopeful.Photo: Getty Images > > Objections to Trump include that he has no clue that politics is, as the > saying goes, the art of the possible. That his reality-show candidacy — as > a recent Quinnipiac poll purportedly found — would be an “embarrassment” to > half the country. That the “short-fingered vulgarian” — as the old Spy > magazine famously dubbed him — is neither a real Republican nor a real > conservative. > > To which his supporters, to whom he is an anger-directed guided missile > heading straight for Washington, retort: So what? The irrepressible Trump > is already ignoring his rivals and gleefully taking the fight to the > presumptive (if she doesn’t get indicted) Democrat nominee, noted > prevaricator Hillary Clinton. > > In the movie business, there’s something called the “cheer moment,” when > the long-suffering hero finally decks his tormentor with a satisfying right > cross. What the Beltway Republicans fail to understand is that their > conservative base — which gave them stunning congressional victories in > 2010 and 2014 and has nothing to show for it — has been longing for > precisely that moment since Reagan crushed Mondale 49-1 in 1984. > > The Trumpkins are sick of winning and having nothing to show for it, and > their vengeance will be terrible. Maybe the Establishment should stop > belittling them and listen instead. > > © 2015 NYP Holdings, Inc. 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