Trump could prove greater than Reagan - Larry Klayman, Founder of Freedom Watch and Judicial Watch

[TomSea]

Not to post because of the inflammatory title, it's not a bad read.

Trump could prove greater than Reagan
- Larry Klayman, Founder of Freedom Watch and Judicial Watch

I don't want this column to take anything away from Ronald Reagan, the president I admire most in my lifetime. He was a man of great vision, moral and ethical consistency, resolve and courage. Reagan knew who he was and what he wanted to accomplish as president. He not only jump-started an economy brought to its knees under President Jimmy Carter, but he broke the back of the "Evil Empire," the Soviet Union, and thus communism for decades until its re-emergence in Putin's Russia. Reagan was also a great communicator, as we called him, someone who "kept it classy" in Washington, D.C., and did not need to raise his voice to make his point and win over the American people. You could feel his strength and optimism from his simple demeanor, which translated into a country high on confidence and results. On my frequent visits to the Reagan Library, I routinely tear over watching videos of his many speeches.

Now, after 16 years of failed presidencies, under George W. Bush and later Barack Hussein Obama, we are about to embark into a new era. This new era was triggered by the prejudices and reverse racism of Obama himself. Pitting black against white, Muslim against Jew and Christian, illegal immigrant against legal immigrant, woman against man, and atheists against people of faith, with the aid of the likes of self-hating Jew and Nazi collaborator George Soros and his ilk at Media Matters and with allies in the leftist press, Obama sought to deconstruct the nation and build it back up in his ultra-leftist, socialist, "Black Muslim" image and vision. After Obama's rule, one might have thought that George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were not just the Founding Fathers, but also the founders of the Nation of Islam and that he sought to follow in their wake.

I do not need to belabor this, as the nation and the world now knows how well this sold in the 2016 presidential and congressional elections. Hillary Clinton's failed attempt to wrap herself in the shroud of Obama by mimicking his hateful divisiveness drove middle-class whites and others to the polls to vote for a man who, while not as smooth and fatherly as Reagan, promised real, forceful change by "draining the Obama-Clinton-Washington, D.C., swamp," all the while showing the strength of his conviction.

It did not matter to the voters that Donald Trump sometimes used coarse words and phrases, or that he may have done other things in his past that caused concern to women and others. Trump was someone who could get things done, particularly given his previous success in business and the entertainment industry. He also knew how to communicate at street level, something that served him well given the state of society today. Despite Trump's success at banishing 17 opponents in the Republican presidential primary, and later the Wicked Witch of the Left herself in the general election, some conservatives were unconvinced that Trump would re-establish so-called conservative principles to government.

Continued: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/klayman/161226

[geronl]

That man needs psychiatric help

[INVAR]

The Seig and Heiling is not limited to Leftist messiahs anymore.

But "Populists" all.

[Frank Cannon]

Trump could prove greater than Reagan

Or he could be worse than Obama. What a stupid article.

[montanajoe]

I can't wait for the inauguration so I don't have to read another of these stupid articles..

[Cripplecreek]

The Seig and Heiling is not limited to Leftist messiahs anymore.

But "Populists" all.

Populism is just progressivism with a slightly different shade of paint.

[goatprairie]

Populism is just progressivism with a slightly different shade of paint.

It's astonishing how many so-called "solid conservatives" junked their principles to elect a person who shares little of their "principled" beliefs. Obviously, many of these people never were conservatives. Or they're looking for the main chance they think they might be offered by throwing in with His Royal Orangeness.
But there are millions of the true believers who really and truly believe Trump is the Savior Of The Country. These were the same people who laughed at Obamatons for believing fanciful promises. Now they believe Trump will do what Obama could not.
I understand that many Pubbie pols have no choice but to work with Trump to try and save the party. But what are they saving? Do they think allying with Donald on tariffs and threats to businesses is what conservatives do? We'll find out. I still think the party is close to being shattered. At any rate I cut up my Republican Party member card.

[geronl]

I can't wait for the inauguration so I don't have to read another of these stupid articles..

That won't stop them

[geronl]

We'll find out. I still think the party is close to being shattered. At any rate I cut up my Republican Party member card.

I agree. What is left of the GOP when Trump is finished will have to change its name to dis-associate with his stank

[Cripplecreek]

It's astonishing how many so-called "solid conservatives" junked their principles to elect a person who shares little of their "principled" beliefs. Obviously, many of these people never were conservatives. Or they're looking for the main chance they think they might be offered by throwing in with His Royal Orangeness.
But there are millions of the true believers who really and truly believe Trump is the Savior Of The Country. These were the same people who laughed at Obamatons for believing fanciful promises. Now they believe Trump will do what Obama could not.
I understand that many Pubbie pols have no choice but to work with Trump to try and save the party. But what are they saving? Do they think allying with Donald on tariffs and threats to businesses is what conservatives do? We'll find out. I still think the party is close to being shattered. At any rate I cut up my Republican Party member card.

They declare conservatism to be things like Border Control and bringing jobs home neither of which are really ideological things. Conservatism is a lot more complex than the handful of issues Trump has been sloganeering on. Conservatism is about preserving the constitution, not changing it at every opportunity. Conservatism is about less government not using government to force companies to do business here.

Trump's brand of "conservativism" is an inbred ideology born in an echo chamber where only the loudest voices are heard which is an anti constitutional concept.

[Wingnut]

These people have heaped such high hopes on a man of such low moral character, so early.  The man isn't even in office. It is sad, really.

[jmyrlefuller]

These people have heaped such high hopes on a man of such low moral character, so early.  The man isn't even in office. It is sad, really.

The author of this article once sued his own mother. It's not exactly like he has high moral character to begin with.

[musiclady]

I agree. What is left of the GOP when Trump is finished will have to change its name to dis-associate with his stank

I firmly agree.  And I'm not sure if part of Trump's goal has been to destroy the Republican party.

It no longer stands for anything.

And what is this mindless effort of the muddleheaded to say that Trump is like Reagan?

There is not one thing in Trump that even remotely compares with Reagan.

In fact, he is the anti-Reagan.   What Reagan did to strengthen conservatism within the Republican party, Trump is tearing apart.

[musiclady]

These people have heaped such high hopes on a man of such low moral character, so early.  The man isn't even in office. It is sad, really.

It's exactly what was done with the Obama droolers.  They praised him to the hilt before he was in office, and the fact that he accomplished none of the things he promised for them didn't seem to dissuade them a bit.

That's the way idolatry works.   What actually happens will have no bearing on their devotion.

[Cripplecreek]

I firmly agree.  And I'm not sure if part of Trump's goal has been to destroy the Republican party.

It no longer stands for anything.

And what is this mindless effort of the muddleheaded to say that Trump is like Reagan?

There is not one thing in Trump that even remotely compares with Reagan.

In fact, he is the anti-Reagan.   What Reagan did to strengthen conservatism within the Republican party, Trump is tearing apart.

I've said since early on that Trump is a political suicide bomber inside the wire. I was saying it at TOS before JimRob forgot how much he hated "liberal scumbag" Trump and it became verboten.

[Wingnut]

The author of this article once sued his own mother. It's not exactly like he has high moral character to begin with.

Wow.  That guy is an alt-right nut job who sues everyone..

[Cripplecreek]

Wow.  That guy is an alt-right nut job who sues everyone..

If it weren't for their tiny group of support, Klayman would join the Westboro baptists