Donald Trump Doesn't Have a Ground Game. Does He Need it to Win?

[Hoodat]

@Hoodat  lose the Nazi references

@Mod1 - It wasn't a Nazi reference.  It was a big rally reference.  When someone points at rally size as an indication of future success, I am always going to challenge that premise.

If you have any other example of big rallies that I can use as a substitute, then by all means name them so that I can use them as an illustration instead.  Absent that, I am not about to discard my argument simply because the other side cannot defend against it. 

If the other side is going to continue using this asinine premise about rally size, then I am going to continue refuting it with obvious historical examples.  So why don't you tell them to lose their bogus rally size arguments first. 

[Hoodat]

FYI a Trump rally looks exactly like a Tea Party rally.

The TEA Party lost.  But thanks for proving the idiocy of the 'big rally' argument.  That whole bandwagon appeal schtick ain't working with me.

[Right_in_Virginia]

No.  Reagan was the American spirit and the American patriot.

Of course he was.  But Reagan ran in 1980 as a true blue American populist.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Populism is basically anti-elitism, so conservatism has definitely had populism as a part of it for a while (Ie. complaining about "liberal elites"). Can't recall ever hearing Reagan say anything specifically populist though.

"Let's Make America Great Again" ---

[Right_in_Virginia]

What the hell does this mean?

[sinkspur]

@Mod1 - It wasn't a Nazi reference.  It was a big rally reference.  When someone points at rally size as an indication of future success, I am always going to challenge that premise.

If you have any other example of big rallies that I can use as a substitute, then by all means name them so that I can use them as an illustration instead.  Absent that, I am not about to discard my argument simply because the other side cannot defend against it. 

If the other side is going to continue using this asinine premise about rally size, then I am going to continue refuting it with obvious historical examples.  So why don't you tell them to lose their bogus rally size arguments first.

Here's a Huey Long rally in Philadelphia:



That image is found on this site next to this article, which is written by an anti-semite, or the "alt-right" (massive Trump supporters) as they are known today:

https://starrynews.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/is-donald-trump-the-huey-long-of-2016-did-he-arouse-the-same-enemies/

[sinkspur]

Trump today: "We're doing great with women. I don't believe the polls." 

Says the guy who believes in polls.

[don-o]

What the hell does this mean?

What it feels like in my head when I read this newest nonsense about Reagan being a populist.

[sinkspur]

"Let's Make America Great Again" ---

Reagan was never a populist.  He was a solid conservative Republican, open to immigration, free trader, and a principled man.

He in NO WAY is comparable to your coprophagic candidate.