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"I Alone Can Fix It"
It's Midnight in America.
Donald Trump plays entirely according to type last night.
Trump's vision? America is a dystopian hellscape, and I am the messiah to lead you out of it.
It isn't the America that I live in. But the angry people are angry because they are frightened. And Trump has decided to capitalize on that fear.
Expect nothing else this fall.
His Tone Dark, Donald Trump Takes G.O.P. Mantle
CLEVELAND — Donald John Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday night with an unusually vehement appeal to Americans who feel that their country is spiraling out of control and yearn for a leader who will take aggressive, even extreme, actions to protect them.
Mr. Trump, 70, a New York real estate developer and reality television star who leveraged his fame and forceful persona to become the rare political outsider to lead the ticket of a major party, drew exuberant cheers from Republican convention delegates as he strode onto the stage of the Quicken Loans Arena and delivered a speech as fiery as his candidacy.
With dark imagery and an almost angry tone, Mr. Trump portrayed the United States as a diminished and even humiliated nation, and offered himself as an all-powerful savior who could resurrect the country’s standing in the eyes of both enemies and law-abiding Americans.
“Our convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation,” an ominous-sounding Mr. Trump said, standing against a backdrop of American flags. “The attacks on our police, and the terrorism in our cities, threaten our very way of life. Any politician who does not grasp this danger is not fit to lead our country.”
Mr. Trump nearly shouted the names of states where police officers had been killed recently, as the crowd erupted in applause, and returned repeatedly to the major theme of the speech: “Law and order,” he said four times, each time drawing out the syllables.
Evoking the tumult of the 1960s and the uncertainty that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Mr. Trump made a sharp departure from the optimistic talk about American possibility that has characterized Republican presidential candidates since Ronald Reagan redefined the party over 30 years ago. In promoting his hard-line views on crime, immigration and hostile nations, Mr. Trump was wagering that voters would embrace his style of populism and his promises of safety if they feel even less secure by Election Day.
Mr. Trump dwelled at length on illegal immigrants and lawless Americans, saying they are as dangerous for the nation’s security as the Islamic State and Syrian refugees. In doing so, Trump advisers said, he sought to win over undecided voters who are sickened by the recent violence against police officers and worried about safety yet are unsure if Mr. Trump has the temperament and abilities to be commander in chief.
Last edited by Goose (7/22/2016 6:35 am)
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
- Rongone
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Re: "I Alone Can Fix It"
With all the bluster, fear mongering, boastful aura of self-importance, and emotional screaming and yelling at the final night of the Cleveland balloon drop one thing was missing: factual information. Here is an analysis by factcheck.org, warning -- it's a long article:
- tennyson
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Infamous men throughout history have used the same ruse !
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
- flowergirl
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One pundit referred to the speech as a "creepy, fascist informercial." As for that speech yelling--the volume on my remote usually sits between 30 & 35. Last night for the time I could bear to listen to the Drumpster I had it tuned down to 12!
- Just Fred
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Everyone should be required to read the fact check for any politician's speech. Rongone would go along with that I'm sure.
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I liked some of the tweets from Sanders concerning the "I alone" Trump statement.
Trump: “I alone can fix this.” Is this guy running for president or dictator?
Looks like Ted Cruz was right about one thing. Trump does not understand what the Constitution is about.
Last edited by tennyson (7/22/2016 9:45 pm)
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"