Submitted by Bill Bonner of Bonner & Partners (annotated by Acting-Man.com's Pater Tenebrarum),
Ganging up on the Donald
Poor Donald Trump. Everybody’s against him.
Jeb Bush says he’s “unhinged”...
...Chris Christie says he has “no idea what [he’s] talking about”...
...John Kasich accuses him of “outrageous divisiveness”…
The Donald – in reality, they love him…
...and Marco Rubio describes him as “offensive and outlandish.”
And those are just his fellow Republicans!
“Reprehensible... prejudiced...” adds Hillary Clinton.
Piling on, Martin O’Malley says Trump is a “fascist demagogue.”
Can a man with enemies like these really be bad?
Looney Leanings
Donald Trump brought the wrath, ire, and contempt of the mainstream political establishment down on his head yesterday. He called for a “total and complete shutdown on Muslims entering the United States.”
Most commentators quickly condemned him, pointing out that such a ban would be unconstitutional and completely against the principles on which the nation was founded.
Alien anchor hair discovered…
But in a spirit of pure mischief (a blustery billionaire hardly qualifies for our customary support for die-hards, lost causes, and underdogs), we rush to the defense of “The Donald.”
Yes, his proposal is reckless, stupid, unworkable, unfair, and un-American. But it might not be unpopular. Give the man credit. He’s running for president. To win, he needs the votes of people who are at least as block-headed as he is.
In that respect (perhaps the only respect) his latest proposal may not be a bad idea. Also, making preposterous and outrageous proposals hardly disqualifies you for the White House.
Some of our “best” presidents – at least, according to historians and the public – were those who did the looniest things... things that were completely at odds with the Constitution, the spirit of liberty, and their own policy goals.
President Lincoln told the crowd at Gettysburg that his war against the South was in line with the Declaration of Independence, which clearly asserted the right of a people to choose their own government.
The war would determine, he said, whether “that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.” The answer was “no.” And he made sure of it.
Contemporary cartoon of Lincoln attack him over the human toll of the Union war effort. Columbia, wearing a liberty cap and a shirt made of an American flag, demands, “Mr. Lincoln, give me back my 500,000 sons!” At the right, Lincoln, unfazed, sits at a writing desk, his leg thrown over the chair back. A proclamation calling for “500 Thous. More Troops,” signed by him, lies at his feet – click to enlarge.
Image credit: Joseph E. Baker
President Wilson did the same thing for foreigners – invading more countries than any other president… while proclaiming the right to self-determination. Elections were fine, said Wilson, as long as they chose “good men.” If he didn’t like the men chosen… he sent in the troops.
By the standards set by Lincoln and Wilson, Donald Trump has the capacity to be one of our greatest leaders.
Vote for Woodrow Wilson “who kept you out of war” (and didn’t saddle you with a Federal Reserve…)
Image credit: Punch
PS:
It doesn’t really matter who wins the race for the White House, because the Deep State already controls just about every aspect of American life. From health care, to education, to the food on our tables, to the never-ending war on terror, the Deep State is pulling the strings.