Ari Bussel is a frequent contributor on my blog. This
submission is about three comments to an anti-Trump post in the Jewish Journal
by David Suissa. The three comments are pro-Trump. The third comment is penned
by Ari Bussel. If you read this blog you are probably aware that I have been in
Trump’s corner since Senator Ted Cruz looked at the math, realized he could not
secure the GOP nomination and so dropped (or
suspended) out of the nomination race. I am a Trumper primarily because the
alternative is crooked Hillary, one of the most corrupt American politicians
next President Barack Obama and former President Slick-Willie Clinton.
Ari’s submission includes the anti-Trump post entitled “Republicans must dump Trump”. Ari placed
the article at the end of the comments, but if you want to know what the three
comments are defending against you may wish to scroll down and read the Suissa
article first.
JRH 6/27/16
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3 Comments Against
Suissa ‘dump Trump’ Article
Republicans must dump Trump
Article By David Suissa
Comments Submitted by Ari
Bussel
Sent: 6/26/2016 2:26
PM
Focus: Three Comments
to Suissa Article
[COMMENTS] In
the order they were written:
David SHAME ON YOU! Do you not understand who 'We the
people' are? Do you have so much disdain for people that do not agree with you?
Do you have to be right to the exclusion of the Democratic process? Is your ego
so huge that just because you have taken a vendetta to Trump anyone that does
not also see it is wrong? Has it ever occurred to you that you may be, perhaps,
just a little wrong yourself? Do you care nothing about a free and democratic
election? Can you not even entertain that you are one of the elitists causing
the problems. Do you not understand that the SILENT MAJORITY, who do not
usually even vote, have taken the time and trouble to leave their chairs and
couches and go out and show their support for a candidate they can finally
support?
I don't know how we have survived almost 8 years of the current leadership, and
in fact we have not yet, as he has deeply and widely embedded Islamists into
every department and level of government in a way, only someone like Trump can
weed out.
But you of all people David, the wonderful father that you are, MUST understand
that to raise a family as good and supportive and respectful and dedicated to a
father like Trump, especially after 2 failed marriages, that type of father,
that type of man cannot even come close to your close minded description of his
character. The Trump kids, who grew up in wealth and privilege and the pain of
2 divorces, are exemplary citizens, ALL OF THEM, and totally support and
respect their father. Do you in any way question that as their foundation and
nurturer he could be anything but a man of solid values and integrity? You've
raised many kids, you know the challenges, and how they turned out could only
be a testament to his moral fiber.
All men have egos, and Trumps main challenge is that he is not a smooth charismatic
speaker. So yes, you elitists will jump on media extracted sound bites that
paint him so negatively, but take the time to see the substance of his
'straight from the hip, unfiltered' comments and you will not see lines of
insulted workers of all backgrounds waiting to add their stories of the despicable
boss they had, you will find stories and comments of a man that treated
everyone fairly and equally.
When the media tried to show how awful he was to women, you had those same
women come out and support him, showing the media, the folks you are
supporting, to be totally biased with a lack of integrity to the truth. Now
you, David, join them too!
You have created the most shameful column you have ever written. You besmirched
the good character of a man who doesn't need the power or aggravation or home
or airplane that come with this office. Trump is running because he really does
want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT again. With all the votes on the ground and support
of all the We The People, not acknowledging him as the Republican Candidate
shows you to have a TOTAL DISREGARD for the democracy we enjoy. I respect your
disapproval of Trump, even though it does diminish you in my eyes, but I
respect your right to your opinion. Your suggestion that we overthrow the
democratic process because you feel you are smarter than the rest of us, is
just plain ego on your part, far more vulgar than anything you describe in
Trump.
During the last 12 months nobody has won any money
betting against Donald Trump. As I understand it the gravamen
of Mr. Suissa's argument is that some method should be found to deny
the will of the primary voters either before or at the Republican
convention in July. This suggestion would have been more beneficially applied
to Obama's candidacy in 2008. Had it been successful the likelihood of a
populist Trump candidacy, which seems to horrify Mr. Suissa even more
than the 8 mirthless, poisonous and treacherous years of Obama's
presidency, would have been remote. Denying the will of the people is a conceit
of the political elite as Prime Minister Cameron just discovered on Thursday.
Those conservatives and Republicans who will not support
Donald Trump because they imagine themselves to be too politically pure,
too morally superior, too well educated and too sophisticated because
they consider Trump to be an unprincipled quasi-liberal vulgarian are
committing a costly form of sanctimony which will hand over America and the
Supreme Court to a political party which has abandoned Israel, supports the
hate-group, Black Lives Matter, and whose members have moved so far
to the left they would be unable to see the center if they were
standing on top of a ladder looking through a pair of binoculars.
Dear David,
Good writing evokes emotions and transfers the piece from
the writer to the reader.
I am not going to say you are misguided, wrong or otherwise
delusional. I have read at least two lengthy comments to that effect.
Quite on the contrary, I immensely enjoyed, as always, reading your
column. The comments show that people read your column and that what you
write affects them, sufficiently to drive them to engage in a discussion with
you and/or with the piece.
I wonder, and you might too, of all the very many columns
you have written this year, is that the single most “profound” or
“comment-enticing” one. Time will tell. And your readers may think
differently than you (each holds a different column of a writer as “most
memorable”).
I would say, though, that had your “Dump Trump" been
published a few weeks ago, it would have been timely, suggestive and
thought-provoking. As it is now, it is stale, outdated and plain sour.
The current timing is similar to all those Britons who,
moments after the final Brexit results were announced, started calling for
another vote, and will likely demand another and another … until their vote is
the one that prevails! Two million, three million and the count is
rising. But how many of them voted to separate in the first place?
You admit that “Love him or hate him, the man has earned his
delegates.” You do not question the process; you simply do not like the
results. Thus, you call to tailor new regulations, just so that we can change
what is truly rightfully earned and fait accompli.
You care not that you undermine the integrity of the
process, and that is exactly how Democrats today behave; as if they are the
owners of the process, and the process must therefore fit itself to them.
You advocate somewhat similar to Ehud Barak’s call, at
present time in Israel, for a “rebellion” or an “uprising” or anything of the
sort, simply because he does not like the current government and/or because he
is desperate seeing the “Left,” of which he is a part, evaporating to
non-existence. [I wonder what would happen if I were to use the same
about the sitting President of the United States. “Ousting” or “Rising
Against” or anything similar, and I might find myself - in a best case scenario
- in a jail cell, keys thrown to oblivion.]
You further suggest to Republican leaders to take the long
view, the high road and to set an example. You say, inter alia:
Republican leaders must say to America, "We have
decided that Donald Trump is so far out of line that we can't in good
conscience support him. Even if we have to bear the wrath of his supporters,
divide our party and forfeit the election, we will encourage delegates to go in
another direction."
Since when did party leaders - Democrats or Republicans - do
the right thing? They care about one thing, and one thing only - perpetuating
the status quo: immense power and wealth, corruption and politics all
concentrated in their hands.
Out of necessity - like the Israelites at the Red Sea, with
the Egyptians fast approaching - Republican leaders finally understood the
demand of (everyday) Republicans - we, the (simple) people, those who have a
single, legitimate vote - and internalized the call to stop “Washington
Politics.” Further they understood (not so much by choice, but by sheer
and overwhelming reality) that if the party is to survive, they must unite and
reflect the people; not the comforts of the status quo where they rule
and “let the people be damned!” Thus you call for them to do the right
thing; they have already done so.
In Biblical times, Nachshon jumped into the raging waters.
In current day Washingtonian politics, it was the Speaker of the House
who was last remaining at the edge of the cliff, refusing to jump to save the
institution, the party and himself. He had no choice but to finally
relent as well.
Once Paul Ryan announced he will vote together the entire
party behind its presumptive nominee, the last fort of opposition to the New
Reality has fallen. Had your column appeared until that moment, it would
be a wonderful, thought-provoking, reality-questioning piece.
But as it was published after that tipping point, it is
nothing but a lamentation of a sore loser; and I know you are not.
Imagine a similar column published moments after the Berlin
Wall was toppled on 11/9/1989 or at the time President Reagan said, on
6/12/1987, “Tear Down This Wall!” Timing - all the difference in the
world.
DJT might be a narcissist, but what is new under the sun?
Are we not completing eight years under another similar narcissist (“it
is my way, and only my way!”), simply from the other side of the aisle?
The difference is that with one we had to undergo eight long years of
subjugating everything we hold dear (from the Constitution, tumbled under his
feet, to the medical care we used to get to anything else that was “life in
America” before BHO) to him, and you seem to be afraid of the next four years
of “narcissism break[ing] loose.”
Anything - either Clinton or Trump - will be better than
what we have endured thus far. As a Republican all my life, and for the
sake of America, I hope it will be DJT. My vote will be for him.
Always,
Ari Bussel
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From the Jewish Journal
Republicans must dump Trump
By David Suissa
It's bad enough when a narcissist is so full of himself that
even a defeat can't humble him. Win or lose, he's always right. Imagine, then,
what happens when an extreme narcissist starts to win, and wins big. All
narcissism breaks loose. He goes from being drunk on his greatness to being
totally plastered.
This is what is happening to Donald Trump.
He has passed the drunken phase. His stunning victories in
the Republican primaries, his endless media exposure and his raucous rallies
have become like cocaine-heroin speedballs to the part of his brain that
triggers his ego. Blinded by self-love, he has doubled down on his
offensiveness and recklessness.
His critics inside the Republican party say, "What did
you expect? This is who Trump is." But I think it's worse than that.
What we're seeing now is Trump becoming more and more
Trumpish, a man so hypnotized by his own success that he can't see himself
unraveling (with a 70 percent disapproval rating). He can hire and fire
advisers, but it won't help, because he can't help himself.
If Trump pulls off a miracle and wins the White House, we
will have an unhinged leader of the free world, intoxicated by his greatness,
prone to even more recklessness.
But even if he loses, which is more likely, we will still
have to brave another few months of Trumpian bile. Come November, there won't
be anyone left to offend. We will all need a National Detox Day.
Among the many fallouts of this cringe-inducing year is how
Trump's crassness has overshadowed some genuine grievances among his
working-class voters. Many of them feel, rightfully, that the economic recovery
has left them behind and the Washington establishment has ignored them.
Some Trump voters also are tired of seeing their country
getting ripped off, whether by a badly run war in Iraq that squandered $3
trillion, a badly negotiated nuclear deal that empowered a terror-sponsoring
Iran, or unfair trade agreements that have cost American jobs.
The great GOP tragedy of 2016 is that it was a vulgar and
divisive circus clown who figured out how to tap into many of those grievances.
In the beginning, many of us saw the Trump phenomenon as a
harmless and amusing sideshow. Now, we see it is contaminating a party -- and a
nation.
That's why Republicans must do everything they can to dump
the Trumpster.
This is no longer about partisan politics; it's about
defending the honor of our country. As Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said
recently, "There'll come a time when the love of country will trump hatred
of Hillary."
With their convention only a month away, for Republicans
that time is now. Trump's beyond-the-pale behavior justifies looking for every
possible angle in the playbook to allow delegates to nominate another
candidate.
Yes, it'll be messy, but as John Fund writes in National
Review Online, there are expert opinions in support of freeing up the
delegates:
"Curly Haugland, a member of both the Republican
National Committee and the convention's Rules Committee, has co-authored with
Sean Parnell a persuasive mini-book, 'Unbound: The Conscience of a Republican
Delegate,' to make the case that delegates to the GOP convention are free to
vote their conscience."
Denying Trump the nomination is a long shot, to be sure.
Love him or hate him, the man has earned his delegates. Still, this is one of
those torturous moments when one imperative overrides another. If there is a
legitimate way to replace Trump with another candidate, it must be tried.
Republican leaders must say to America, "We have
decided that Donald Trump is so far out of line that we can't in good
conscience support him. Even if we have to bear the wrath of his supporters,
divide our party and forfeit the election, we will encourage delegates to go in
another direction."
Politicians and operatives inside the GOP who have mocked
and criticized Trump but are nevertheless supporting him are simply proving his
point about the cronyism of the political class. The only way they can salvage
their integrity is to throw themselves at the mercy of principle and work to
replace him.
This would be good not only for America -- in the long run,
it also would be good for the Republican Party.
"There will always be other Trumps until Republicans
decide to make defeating Trumpism a cause, even if that means short-term
losses," former Democratic speechwriter Jon Favreau writes on The Ringer
website. "If the party does not become more welcoming and inclusive, young
people and other voters will tune it out."
Donald Trump is too narcissistic to learn from his
experience, either in victory or in failure. The Republican Party cannot afford
to become like him.
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Edited by John R. Houk
As you might relate, there were some typos in the
comments – something we all do when placing comments ourselves. I used
spellcheck to edit.
