I actually like Clyde and semi-agree with him.....Especially the part about "Watching and Hoping".....I didn't know all that much about Pence, but I've watched several interviews with him and listened to his speech yesterday.....I'm not turned off, and he's likable; in what Wilson describes as that "Presidential Way"....
Time will tell.... On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 9:59 AM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > July 15, 2016 > > *Oh, Donald, Say It Ain’t So *By:Clyde Wilson > > Back when the Republican feedlot was full of wannabes for the next > presidential nomination, this site published my little tongue-in-cheek > pieces, “ Looking for Mr. Republican > <https://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/looking-for-mr-republican/>” (Sept. > 13, 2013) and “ Don’t Look Any Further, Mr. Republican Has Been Found > <https://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/dont-look-any-further-mr-republican-has-been-found/>” > (April 3, 2015), describing the ideal Republican candidate. First, he must > be presentable and respectablesomeone you would consider a good neighbor > and who would never violate the standard of American Niceness. He should > look presidential, like William McKinley and Warren G. Harding. He must be > from north of the Ohio River. He must not have any taint of “extremism,” > i.e., must never have resisted any leftist pressure. He must be lacking in > any ideas or principles, able smoothly to deliver meaningless Republican > boilerplate (“compassionate conservatism,” “No Child Left Behind,” etc.) He > must be completely without any intellectual distinction or force of > character, either of which might alarm the voters with lack of a moderate > and responsible persona. The Republican Party has long specialized in the > dumb but nice (Dan Quayle, Bush *minor*, *ad infinitum*). > > Having established all these desirable characteristics, I declared in 2015 > that I had found the perfect Mr. Republican: “Pence of Indiana,” the > perfection of an Establishment Republican empty suit, who had declared > himself boldly for “family values” and then run away at the first enemy > probe. > > Donald Trump has done his country great service by simply telling the > truth, tearing a few holes in the great fabric of lies that makes up > American public discourse. The American people have responded to his > boldness and independence. I believe that I am not alone in fearing that > he has now betrayed himself, his cause, and his country by giving in to > his discredited Establishment enemies. It is not at all clear that Pence > adds any strength to the ticket or to a future administration. He could > well prove a bleeding ulcer to Trump. His selection confuses a clear and > winning message. Trump should have, if true to himself, chosen a new > mansomeone young and dynamic and dedicated to destroying Establishment > power and obfuscation. > > I do not go so far as to think that Trump will be assassinated or > impeached, as some have suggested, to make way for a more pliable > President, although these things are not entirely beyond possibility. All I > can do now is watch and hope. > > https://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/oh-donald-say-it-aint-so/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
