Australian Politics Forum - Holier than thou rules ok

Sprintcyclist

Gold Member

Online

OzPolitic

Posts: 40769
Gender: male

Re: Holier than thou rules ok
Reply #15 - Oct 10^th, 2016 at 7:41am

bogarde73 wrote on Oct 9^th, 2016 at 2:16pm:

Billionaire GOP donors, Robert & Rebekah Mercer, issued a statement of why they would continue to support Trump and it's exactly how I feel about it:

"If Mr. Trump had told Billy Bush, whoever that is, earlier this year that he was for open borders, open trade, and executive actions in pursuit of gun control, we would certainly be rethinking our support for him. If he had admitted to Mr. Bush that he had profited privately by allowing the sale to Russia of 20% of US uranium deposits or that he had amassed his personal fortune not by hard work in the private sector but by selling favors to foreigners on the American taxpayers’ dime, we would certainly be rethinking our support for him. If he had argued that he needed both a public and a private position on issues facing the American public, we would certainly be rethinking our support for him. And finally if Trump had serially terrorized and silenced the victims of violent sexual assault whom he feared could damage his political career, we would most definitely be rethinking our support for him.

Donald Trump’s uncensored comments, both old and new, have been echoed and dissected in the media repeatedly in an effort to kindle among his supporters a conflagration of outrage commensurate with the media’s own faux outrage. Can anyone really be surprised that Mr. Trump could have said to Mr. Bush such things as he has already admitted saying? No. We are completely indifferent to Mr. Trump’s locker room braggadocio.

The same media that resolutely looked away when the most powerful man in the world, a sitting U.S. president with multiple violent sexual assaults to his credit, snared an impressionable young intern in his web and ruined her life, now expects us to gasp with revulsion at Mr. Trump’s irreverent comments. America is finally fed up and disgusted with its political elite. Trump is channeling this disgust and those among the political elite who quake before the boombox of media blather do not appreciate the apocalyptic choice that America faces on November 8th. We have a country to save and there is only one person who can save it. We, and Americans across the country and around the world, stand steadfastly behind Donald J. Trump."

The statement was first reported by The Washington Post.

X 2

Quote:

..........AmericaThe World is finally fed up and disgusted with its political elite.......

Back to top

Modern Classic Right Wing

IP Logged

Belgarion

Gold Member

Offline

Australian Politics

Posts: 5458
Gender: male

Re: Holier than thou rules ok
Reply #16 - Oct 10^th, 2016 at 10:43am

polite_gandalf wrote on Oct 9^th, 2016 at 5:18pm:

Belgarion wrote on Oct 9^th, 2016 at 2:35pm:

The professional offence takers and holier than thou finger pointers cannot grasp that the majority of people don't care what Trump said 10 tears ago, or five years ago, or about his private conversations or un-PC opinions. The majority of Americans are fed up with being talked down to by the political elite, the same people who have ensured that corruption in politics and government has become normal, the political elite epitomised by the Clinton dynasty.

It will take much more than media generated outrage to upset these voters.

Undeniably true. But that doesn't automatically translate into votes for Trump. Absolutely the American public is crying out for a candidate who will stick it to the establishment and give working men and women a voice. But a narcissistic mysogynistic entitled billionaire who made his fortune by trampling all over the very people he says now he is standing up for - is not that candidate. In fact he is pretty much the epitomy of the exploitative ecomomic elite that your majority is railing against.

On the face of it Trump is an unlikely champion of the ordinary American, however he has skilfully tapped into the disgust that the people have for the traditional political class. He may be worlds away from most Americans, but his name is not Clinton (or Bush) and as others have said in these posts, that makes him different enough to take a chance on rather than submit to more of the same and probably more importantly, stick it to the Clintons and the Bushes and their ilk who think they have a right to rule.

Back to top

"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

Voltaire.....(possibly)

IP Logged

Prime Minister for Canyons

Gold Member

Offline

Australian Politics

Posts: 26906
Canberra
Gender: male

Re: Holier than thou rules ok
Reply #17 - Oct 10^th, 2016 at 10:47am

Belgarion wrote on Oct 10^th, 2016 at 10:43am:

polite_gandalf wrote on Oct 9^th, 2016 at 5:18pm:

Belgarion wrote on Oct 9^th, 2016 at 2:35pm:

The professional offence takers and holier than thou finger pointers cannot grasp that the majority of people don't care what Trump said 10 tears ago, or five years ago, or about his private conversations or un-PC opinions. The majority of Americans are fed up with being talked down to by the political elite, the same people who have ensured that corruption in politics and government has become normal, the political elite epitomised by the Clinton dynasty.

It will take much more than media generated outrage to upset these voters.

Undeniably true. But that doesn't automatically translate into votes for Trump. Absolutely the American public is crying out for a candidate who will stick it to the establishment and give working men and women a voice. But a narcissistic mysogynistic entitled billionaire who made his fortune by trampling all over the very people he says now he is standing up for - is not that candidate. In fact he is pretty much the epitomy of the exploitative ecomomic elite that your majority is railing against.

On the face of it Trump is an unlikely champion of the ordinary American, however he has skilfully tapped into the disgust that the people have for the traditional political class. He may be worlds away from most Americans, but his name is not Clinton (or Bush) and as others have said in these posts, that makes him different enough to take a chance on rather than submit to more of the same and probably more importantly, stick it to the Clintons and the Bushes and their ilk who think they have a right to rule.

I'm not sure it can be classified as skill.

Back to top

In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)

IP Logged

polite_gandalf

Gold Member

Offline

Australian Politics

Posts: 20027
Canberra
Gender: male

Re: Holier than thou rules ok
Reply #18 - Oct 10^th, 2016 at 12:24pm

Belgarion wrote on Oct 10^th, 2016 at 10:43am:

On the face of it Trump is an unlikely champion of the ordinary American, however he has skilfully tapped into the disgust that the people have for the traditional political class.

Really, its his celebrity status that has done his legwork till now. Just think, unlike any other candidate he doesn't need to raise money - which saves not only money but also time. And probably most importantly is that he didn't have to do anything to have the media focus overwhelmingly on him. With all that head start, all he had to do was be as outrageous and offensive as he could. Hardly "skillfully tapping into" anything. And if you are sceptical with that analysis, just cast your mind back over the whole of this last year of campaigning and think about what Trump has actually said. Can you think of anything at all of substance? He literally says absolutely nothing except a) how crooked everything is - reinforced by insulting as many people as he can think of and b) how he is going to magically fix it. Thats it. There is no shred of substance to what he says, nothing at all beyond his vacuous "Hey look at me, I'm the biggest clown" routine. And when people are as desperate as they are to stick it to the establishment, of course they will latch on to the biggest and most bafoonish clown.

Back to top

A resident Islam critic who claims to represent western values said:
Quote:

Outlawing the enemy's uniform - hijab, islamic beard - is not depriving one's own people of their freedoms.

IP Logged