Nearly everything Rick Wilson, "a Republican strategist," writes here I believe myself and have written myself. He is the first serious commentator that I am aware of to call for a "purge" of Trump supporters as have I. Purge is the apposite term. The body purges itself of infection; our body politic is infected with Trump supporters.
Mr. Wilson does not expand on "Vichy." That too is apposite and also has been used here. But Wilson does not expand. By far the greatest danger of Donald Trump is to American sovereignty. Vichy France was not sovereign, Petain took his orders from Hitler in Berlin. Trump is an "agent," ex-CIA boss Michael Morell's term, of Vladimir Putin and Moscow. His campaign is infected at top with others who do, and have done, Moscow's bidding.
"Purge" is not the apposite term to rid a sovereign nation of a foreign invader who would change from without "America's character." "War" is the apposite term.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/rick-wilson-beat-trump-drum-article-1.2739979
New York Daily News, Rick Wilson.
It's been a little over a year now. It's been a year of spectacle and showmanship, fury and farce, demagoguery and disaster. A year in which Donald Trump's con game tricked about 35% of Republicans into voting for him, before Vichy Republican leaders meekly bowed to his will.
The single worst major party nominee in modern history — a man who has no political core, lies practically every time he speaks and is patently unstable — reached this point because every leader and institution in my party, the Republican Party, has failed again and again to grapple with the grim realities of Trump's impact on the election, the conservative movement and the character of our nation.
A growing number of Americans are coming to the realization that Trump is more than just a political train wreck; he's a real threat to the nation, what with the fear of nuclear weapons and the sweeping power of the federal government in his tiny paws.
Those of us who believe, who know, that Trump is dangerous can't just settle for him being beaten in November. We need to ensure that he is on the business end of a decisive, humiliating defeat — so that the terribly divisive forces he has unleashed are delivered a death blow.
...
The...Party of Lincoln needs a complete, top-to-bottom reset — one that completely purges the Trumpkins who believe racial animus is a governing philosophy and that their ignorant and angry primal screams can ever build a Republican majority.
My Southern grandmother often used a phrase that a lot of folks south of the Mason-Dixon line of a certain age will remember. It was always delivered in a low, calm voice: "Go outside get a switch." You knew at that point that whatever childhood misbehavior you were engaged in was about to come to a halt, painfully.
[My Northern mother used the phrase "Go get the ping-pong paddle." :)]
Well, Trump voters, it's your turn. Go get a switch. I'm not going to coddle you and say you're really smart and good people and this is just a misunderstanding. That's just what the PC crowd does on the left.
[Wilson is absolutely correct here as well. The New York Times wants to "listen" to Trump supporters. Brooks, maybe others, are out in the country "listening." Trump supporters should be rendered mute permanently.]
Trumpkins don't deserve a participation trophy...
[No, they don't. The Republican Party "let a hundred flowers bloom." Now, these fleurs du mal must have their heads chopped off.]
They made the crazy the enemy of the good, and centered an entire campaign on rage, fear and an eternally shrinking spiral of cult-worship and fanaticism.
[It has turned into cult-worship and it is fanatical.]
...
So when it's over, Trumpkins, remember: You're not purging us. We're purging you.
...
I know Trump fans think of professionalized campaigning like this: "We don't need you fancy smart people with experience and your campaign discipline and your writers and polls and your computers and your TV ads. All we need are hats and Trump's Twitter account. Hold muh beer while I build a wall and make Mexico pay for it."
They're wrong — but only a resounding defeat will get it through their thick skulls.
Perhaps the most important reason Trump needs to suffer an epic loss is to destroy the aura around Donald himself.
Donald Trump and the revolting personality cult he has built around himself are an affront to the Party of Lincoln, to constitutional conservatism and to the fundamental beliefs of the American republic.
["the fundamental character." We will cease to exist as the sovereign United States of America. We will become a satellite state of Russia.]
He needs to be put as far into exile...
[Mr. Wilson, I have proposed sending Trump to Russia. Don't you agree? I think he may flee on his own.]
...as is humanly possible so that the country can heal from the deep wounds he's inflicted upon it.
I want to be clear here. As a principled conservative, I loathe the high likelihood that Hillary Clinton will — barring a bear attack or some other unforeseen externality — win this election.
However, Trump would be far worse. He'd be more dangerous to our safety and our republic. And since I know his loss is coming, I pray to God that it is total. You should, too.
Wilson is a Republican political strategist.
Mr. Wilson does not expand on "Vichy." That too is apposite and also has been used here. But Wilson does not expand. By far the greatest danger of Donald Trump is to American sovereignty. Vichy France was not sovereign, Petain took his orders from Hitler in Berlin. Trump is an "agent," ex-CIA boss Michael Morell's term, of Vladimir Putin and Moscow. His campaign is infected at top with others who do, and have done, Moscow's bidding.
"Purge" is not the apposite term to rid a sovereign nation of a foreign invader who would change from without "America's character." "War" is the apposite term.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/rick-wilson-beat-trump-drum-article-1.2739979
New York Daily News, Rick Wilson.
It's been a little over a year now. It's been a year of spectacle and showmanship, fury and farce, demagoguery and disaster. A year in which Donald Trump's con game tricked about 35% of Republicans into voting for him, before Vichy Republican leaders meekly bowed to his will.
The single worst major party nominee in modern history — a man who has no political core, lies practically every time he speaks and is patently unstable — reached this point because every leader and institution in my party, the Republican Party, has failed again and again to grapple with the grim realities of Trump's impact on the election, the conservative movement and the character of our nation.
A growing number of Americans are coming to the realization that Trump is more than just a political train wreck; he's a real threat to the nation, what with the fear of nuclear weapons and the sweeping power of the federal government in his tiny paws.
Those of us who believe, who know, that Trump is dangerous can't just settle for him being beaten in November. We need to ensure that he is on the business end of a decisive, humiliating defeat — so that the terribly divisive forces he has unleashed are delivered a death blow.
...
The...Party of Lincoln needs a complete, top-to-bottom reset — one that completely purges the Trumpkins who believe racial animus is a governing philosophy and that their ignorant and angry primal screams can ever build a Republican majority.
My Southern grandmother often used a phrase that a lot of folks south of the Mason-Dixon line of a certain age will remember. It was always delivered in a low, calm voice: "Go outside get a switch." You knew at that point that whatever childhood misbehavior you were engaged in was about to come to a halt, painfully.
[My Northern mother used the phrase "Go get the ping-pong paddle." :)]
Well, Trump voters, it's your turn. Go get a switch. I'm not going to coddle you and say you're really smart and good people and this is just a misunderstanding. That's just what the PC crowd does on the left.
[Wilson is absolutely correct here as well. The New York Times wants to "listen" to Trump supporters. Brooks, maybe others, are out in the country "listening." Trump supporters should be rendered mute permanently.]
Trumpkins don't deserve a participation trophy...
[No, they don't. The Republican Party "let a hundred flowers bloom." Now, these fleurs du mal must have their heads chopped off.]
They made the crazy the enemy of the good, and centered an entire campaign on rage, fear and an eternally shrinking spiral of cult-worship and fanaticism.
[It has turned into cult-worship and it is fanatical.]
...
So when it's over, Trumpkins, remember: You're not purging us. We're purging you.
...
I know Trump fans think of professionalized campaigning like this: "We don't need you fancy smart people with experience and your campaign discipline and your writers and polls and your computers and your TV ads. All we need are hats and Trump's Twitter account. Hold muh beer while I build a wall and make Mexico pay for it."
They're wrong — but only a resounding defeat will get it through their thick skulls.
Perhaps the most important reason Trump needs to suffer an epic loss is to destroy the aura around Donald himself.
Donald Trump and the revolting personality cult he has built around himself are an affront to the Party of Lincoln, to constitutional conservatism and to the fundamental beliefs of the American republic.
["the fundamental character." We will cease to exist as the sovereign United States of America. We will become a satellite state of Russia.]
He needs to be put as far into exile...
[Mr. Wilson, I have proposed sending Trump to Russia. Don't you agree? I think he may flee on his own.]
...as is humanly possible so that the country can heal from the deep wounds he's inflicted upon it.
I want to be clear here. As a principled conservative, I loathe the high likelihood that Hillary Clinton will — barring a bear attack or some other unforeseen externality — win this election.
However, Trump would be far worse. He'd be more dangerous to our safety and our republic. And since I know his loss is coming, I pray to God that it is total. You should, too.
Wilson is a Republican political strategist.
