"A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of the sheep." Vernon Howard, American philosopher
February 10, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Who do heck do these people think they are?
The unbridled nastiness! Ganging up on one candidate! Rooting for him to fail! Telling us we can't choose who we want for a candidate!
The attacks on Trump are brutal and they're coming from all sides, the media, un-expert experts, and especially his own party.
They are saying the only reason we are supporting him is because we're angry and stupid! And so is he.
It's bullying at its finest.
"Aren't they supposed to report the news," you ask, puzzled at what you are reading and hearing in the "news" about The Donald.
Yes, they are. But when you ask the "reporters" about it, they frown and snap, "We're not reporters. We're commentators, and commentators can have opinions."
And their opinion is they don't like Trump. And neither do their bosses, who smile and encourage their "commentators" to do more of the same.
Take Chris Stirewalt, a FOX political reporter.
Smirking into the camera, with sidekick Megyn Kelly smirking at his side, Stirewalt reported on Trump's above-thirties poll numbers, then added, "If the Republicans want to take Trump out, they'd better start working together."
It was a proud moment for Rupert Murdoch and the Republican Establishment.
"Isn't the Republican Party supposed to support their own candidates," you ask, puzzled at what the Party is doing to Trump. "Aren't they supposed to listen to what we want?"
Yes, they are, but they're not, and if you've noticed, they haven't for eight years, even with majorities in both Houses.
In her Republican rebuttal to the president's State of the Union address, Former Tea Party candidate, now Establishment governor, Nikki Haley, chose to take aim, not at Obama, but a Republican candidate in the race for president.
Funny.
We guessed she was talking about Trump. He did, too, and he agreed with her! He is angry, but so are the American people. That's why he's so high in the polls.
And it's not just because of his anger, or our anger, or our stupidity, or his, or because he's just an "entertainer," as we are told, and told. It is because people know he has the guts to take our country back to what it was before Barack Obama.
People like him. They trust him.
They do not want any more "weak" candidates, chosen by the GOP, like Romney, like McCain, like Jeb, whose only strength is that they know how to lose. Or turncoat politicians like Nikki Haley and her turncoat endorsement for president, Marco Rubio.
Our country can't afford that anymore, if it ever could.
Donald Trump has turned "politics as usual" on its ear and Washington is scared.
He is eliminating the lobbyists' and politicians' place at the trough, and they are scared.
The GOP power structure and the media's, "You can't join our club," tactics aren't working. And they're scared.
Power. Money. They could lose it all.
Can you imagine what would happen if Chris Cuomo or Megyn Kelly or Nikki Haley were being slammed the way The Donald is.
They'd be crying like babies!
How do these people have the nerve to do what they do?
Because we have let them.
Sneer at Trump, stack debate audiences with Trump-hating-Republican-donors, and tell us, "You don't get to pick the presidential candidate. We do!"
But Trump is changing all of that.
He tells the truth and they don't like it.
He's paying for his own campaign. They don't like that, either. That makes him beholden to no one. So the "news media" and the "Republicans" never talk about self-funding. If they did, they'd have to talk about the other candidates and SuperPacs and who wants to do that?
It would only make Trump look good. And who wants to do that?
Does Trump appear "presidential?" Can he stand the pressures of the presidency?
I'd say if he can take what the media and the Republican Establishment are throwing at him, he can handle the demands of the Oval Office.
Because, the clear fact is, even if the Republican Establishment folks and the Bush family are insulted that Trump dares to run for "their office;" even if they don't want him in their club, the American people do.
Hold the line, America.