"We can fire you." "You can. But you can't tell me what to do." "Jesse Stone," by Robert B. Parker
August 19, 2015
By: Linda Case Gibbons
We had to beg him to wear an American flag lapel pin.
We had to beg him to say "Islamic terrorists."
In fact we had to beg him to talk at all.
And when he finally did talk, we had to beg him to stop. With nothing good to say about the country which he was elected to lead, it was tough having to listen to him.
Every step of the way, he's let us down, embarrassed us, himself and his country, and wrecked havoc on what was once the best country in the world.
With all this going on, the Republican establishment is picking on Trump?
It's enough to make a grown man cry.
The only question Republicans should be asking about Donald Trump is, "Why wouldn't he run?"
While Democrats are recycling VP Biden and trying to keep Hillary out of jail, Trump, a Republican, is leading in the polls, all the polls, everywhere, double digits and attracting 30,00 people to hear him speak.
But still he is denied a place at the Republican table.
In the midst of our country's profound problems, he emerged and announced, "I have your answer! I can see it clearly. Here's what you should do!"
And his party turned their backs and their anger on him.
Instead of support, they lined up to bring Trump down, co-conspirators all: conservative commentators, Republican establishment, their consultants and the liberal press.
It's a lopsided match, yet former Sen. Scott Brown told FOX's Judge Jeanine he doesn't understand what Trump means about "being treated fairly."
That's how bad it has gotten.
The GOP refuses to admit the positive effect Trump has had on their failed party. They didn't choose him and they will not let the American voters have him. They would rather lose than support him.
They have put their heads together to find a way to get rid of him, and Republican consultants were there to tell them how to do it -- to one of their own.
GOP consultant Rick Wilson made the way smooth, condescendingly dismissing Trump supporters as "angry, low information voters."
Then GOP consultant Alex Castellanos produced a plan from 44 B.C. Rome, "The best way to do it is how Brutus killed Caesar. Get real close, snuggle up and shiv him in the ribs."
With consultants like these reading the political tea leaves, it's no wonder our country's in the shape it's in.
What can you say? The Republican establishment is turning out to be a nasty bunch, in the same camp as the liberal media.
The New York Times headlined the Alabama rally with" "Trump Fails to Fill Alabama Stadium..." when he filled 30,000 of the Ladd-Peebles Stadium's 40,000 seats.
CNN sneered its way through its coverage, obsessing about whether Trump would fill the stadium, training its cameras on empty seats.
Politico's Ben Schreckinger compared Trump to third party candidate, accused racist, George Wallace.
But the best of cable's worst was MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who called the rally "Trump's Redneck Riviera," managing to insult the intelligence of the people of Alabama and Trump supporters nationwide.
At this point Democrats and the liberal media can sit back, put up their feet and let the conservative columnists and Republicans do their job for them.
Did members of his own party rush to defend Trump? You know they didn't.
Even after eight years of Obama. After eight years of saying "If only..."
"If only we had a leader who wasn't in someone's pocket, someone who was his own man."
"If only we had a president who enforced the laws we already have, then we could do the job we were elected to do."
But they didn't mean a word of it. We all know it. And we're not going to take it anymore.
Trump resonates. They hate it. Trump is unapologetic. They hate that. He speaks like a real person. They have forgotten how to do that.
Chris Matthews and the Republican establishment would do well to observe what is happening with open eyes. This isn't your father's politics anymore. There is a shift, a change going on in the political landscape.
Ask Hillary Clinton. She knows better than anyone.
American voters have hope for the first time.
They're in love with a guy who never allows himself the luxury of a negative thought, who says, "Yeah, I'm here, there and everywhere campaigning, but I'm not tired because I'm having a good time."
When's the last time you heard a politician say he was having a good time serving his country? George Washington? Maybe.
George didn't need anyone's money to be president, either, and he was honored to serve his country, like Trump.
Who knows? With Donald Trump on the scene, Chris Matthews might have the same thrill go up his leg that he had with Obama, and the Republican Party might actually win an election for a change.
Hold the line, America.