My friends in freedom, here is Mr.
Conservative himself on the Trump/Fox News debate
issue. Please read. He makes a lot of sense.
Says Limbaugh, "The Establishment's
reaction to Trump is a strong indication they are
about power not the will of the people!"
Conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh spent a
chunk of his show on Wednesday talking about — and
defending — Donald Trump's decision to skip
Thursday night's Fox News debate because of a
dispute with the network over moderator Megyn
Kelly. Here's what Limbaugh said of Trump:
"Everything he's doing
goes against the book. Everything that any analyst
or consultant or professional would tell you not
to do, Donald Trump is doing it, and he's leading
the pack. This creates its own set of emotions and
feelings and thoughts that run from person to
person. Now, the political business, if you want
to look at it that way, is like any other
business. It has its people who are considered the
elites in it — and like any business, they hate
outsiders. They don't want outsiders just storming
in trying to take over, and much less succeeding
at it. Like any group of elites, they're
exclusionary. They want to keep people out. They
want to be in charge of who gets in the club. They
want to be in charge of who's allowed to rise or
climb the ladder in the club. Politics is no
different, and all of those determinations are
made by who gets money and who doesn't. But Trump
is functioning totally outside this structure that
has existed for decades. As such, the people who
are only familiar with the structure and believe
in it and cherish it and want to protect it, feel
threatened in ways that you can't even
comprehend."
That's a very astute analysis of not only
Trump but the broader Republican establishment and
its reaction to Trump. What Limbaugh grasps is
that there is simply no blueprint for what Trump
has done and is doing. No one has ever — or at
least in modern presidential politics — said the
sorts of things that Trump has said and succeeded
Limbaugh continues, "Trump is rewriting
how you run for president with each day he stays
in this race (and leads it). And, someone who is
not only committed to breaking every rule of how
politics works but is also succeeding with the
electorate while doing so, is a very dangerous
thing indeed to entrenched interests."
"Power protects power", as Limbaugh notes.
"The realization that Trump could be the
Republican nominee has sent the GOP establishment
into a tizzy over the last few days — a panic made
worse by the creeping realization that the
powers-that-be have very little control over Trump
or his voters."
Mr. Limbaugh states, "That Trump chose this
moment to walk away from a debate (on Fox News no
less!) is telling. The debates are one of the last
pieces of the puzzle that the establishment
controls. They set the dates. They decide on the
media sponsors. They make the rules. Except that
Trump is now flouting the rules because he doesn't
think they are fair — or, more accurately,
advantageous — to him. The establishment can't do
anything about it. And Trump — and his supporters
— love that. Giving the middle finger to the
establishment is what energizes them."
Please forward to all.
Until next time
John Porter
Harrison, Arkansas
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