RAG Perspective: An American Pro-Liberty Conservative: Miscellany: 4/14/16

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Miscellany: 4/14/16

Quote of the Day
Become a student of change.
It is the only thing that will remain constant.
Anthony J. D'Angelo

Tweet of the Day

Headline of the Day (LA Times): "Minimum wages were first designed to keep women and minorities out of jobs." Today, it includes youth.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Interesting post by Joondeph in American Thinker that Donald Trump knew about and used the CO convention to motivate cultists for primaries.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

The fact is that Cruz would have killed Trump in Colorado, no matter how it played out.But Trump pretends that "the establishment" rigged it
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Trump has the hubris of believing that he is a master manipulator. Of course, he's playing his Drudge & Breitbart allies to stir up cultists
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

In other words, Trump gave up a handful of delegates in Colorado as pawns in a play to maximize his take from the NE/mid-Atlantic primaries.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Trump earlier this week addressed his electability issue by arguing that he is doing better than Reagan did against Carter, Reagan 30% appr.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Trump's Reagan hype is bullshit denial. Reagan's favorables were about 30% higher and unfavorables 30% lower, gaining on Carter, won a poll.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Reagan was running against an incumbent with tanking approval numbers and a huge misery index. Obama's approval, employment are improving,
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

In contrast, Clinton and Sanders are opening up ground on Trump and have been leading him for months. And Trump has divided the GOP.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Is there a bigger fool than Trump ally Roger Stone anywhere? He's arguing that Drudge Report is the "free press" and Cruz doesn't like it.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Anyone who thinks Drudge Report is not cherrypicking sources favorable to the Trump scam candidacy is in a state of denial. 1st Amendment Y.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

I got introduced to the Drudge Report by a former Chicago manager. Drudge, who won his fame over Clinton scandals, is pushing Hillary donor
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Going back to Drudge, Ted Cruz has got to stop bashing adversarial media. It just encourages them. We know Drudge has a dog in the fight.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

But let's take a moment to laugh at Roger Stone.First Amendment?Matt Drudge has a page of links;he is not a reporter.He chooses/labels links
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

The reason I pick Cruz is because he is consistent with the thrust of GOP policy over the past generation. Trump is not; he's seat of pants.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Trump has about 40% of the base. Period. Remember, that's of the GOP, which is outnumbered by Dems and independents. Done unless freak event
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

I have little doubt that the 40% of the base which has supported Trump will be unhappy if someone else gets the nomination.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

But what's more important is over 60% of the base voted against Trump and see the signs of a Trumpocalypse this fall on the GOP ballot.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

This Presidential cycle should have been a gimme for the GOP; it's a change election year, and yet somehow the GOP has completely blown it.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

All Romney had to do in 2012 was run against 12 years of Bush/Obama policies. Not to mention Romney was the intellectual father of ObamaCare
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Romney also was an immigration restrictionist at a time unauthorized visitors were actually down over 4 years. He lost big n ethnic groups.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

You have to give Trump credit for knowing he could con the votes of almost 40% of the GOP by running against the all-powerful establishment.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

In Trump, you have someone who after winning NH, SC and much of Super Tuesday, could have started running a general campaign, outspend rest.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

@Trumpbart . We don't build good watches anymore. You know, who sells more watches? China, Hong Kong, Switzerland, where I bought my Rolex.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

There are a few recent NY polls showing Trump between 50 and 52. Cruz will not win, but that suggests some delegates outside NYC are in play
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Trump CM Lewandowski basically got away with his unnecessary roughness in grabbing Michelle Fields' arm hard enough to cause bruising.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

No doubt the Trump campaign feels vindicated by the dropped charge, but it's a Pyrrhic victory. If Lewandowski had apologized, no charge.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

Trump by defending Lewandowski hurt his standing with women and men who were brought up with chivalrous values. Trump's reaction: insane.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 14, 2016

I stand corrected by Reason, which points out in 92 David Duke, former Dem & Grand Wizard of the KKK, was 2 pts more unfavorable than Trump.
— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 15, 2016