Why the Left So Despises Donald Trump
New York Sun,
by
Conrad Black
Original Article
Posted By: abuela10,
7/26/2019 10:41:17 AM
Like many others, I have for some time been trying to understand Trump Derangement Syndrome, the phenomenon of otherwise reasonable people reacting irrationally to some peculiar quality of the president, a quality especially in evidence when he is in the presence of his supporters. Some of it is easy enough to comprehend. Unlike any president since at least Jackson, Mr. Trump was elected by attacking the entire political class from right to left and practically all leaders of both parties and the parties themselves.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
kennedylaw 7/26/2019 11:15:30 AM (No. 134371)
Just like with Nixon, no one that they know voted for him. Therefore he stole the election and must be destroyed.
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Quigley 7/26/2019 11:20:44 AM (No. 134378)
FTA: "All four of them qualify as anti-Semites. As has been widely mentioned, the president is doing what he can to help make these four the best publicly known face of the Democrats. They are, to adapt other lavatory images, drinking their own bathwater, and the president will hang their insane ideas around the Democrats’ necks like a toilet seat."
This paragraph comes after Black recalls Dim false claims of illegals being forced to drink toilet water.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DynomiteThings 7/26/2019 11:49:27 AM (No. 134415)
Excellent article by Mr. Conrad Black, but I would to add to his list the following; President Trump is in no one's pockets. He donates his salary to various charities and even some Government agencies. He does not intend to get rich by being a perennial public servant, but is instead a business man who applies his "Rule of the Deal" to his public service. THAT is something we have never seen before and is quite refreshing. It is also part of the reason why those on both the Left and the Right hate him with a fury, for they cannot influence him into go along with their nefarious plans.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Laotzu 7/26/2019 12:00:22 PM (No. 134430)
Interesting summary of political forces and events, but I'm too dumb to understand why Mr. Black thinks the Left despises President Trump.
I believe the Left despises, demonizes and destroys all who dispute their moral and intellectual rectitude. GW was a Nazi, too. Remember? And before that Regan invented AIDS to kill Gays. If that's the point Conrad is making, he left out the historic excursiveness of Leftist opposition. Nobody hates like the Left. It really deserves a good book treatment right about now, as the historic record is so well established.
Why they do it? One plausible reasons is, they, historically, can get away with it and it is effective. They pay no price for being principally a force of destruction for America and nothing else. The are the walking, talking personality disorder that never gets reprimanded or fired, because they keep making the big sale. In the case of national politics, the big sale is More Free Stuff.
It would seem to me the Left needs to be pondering what their principal tactic will be when the money runs dry. But I don't Democrats (who gave us accelerated judicial appointment) ever consider the long term.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
stablemoney 7/26/2019 12:10:25 PM (No. 134442)
They despise Trump because he reversed socialism. But in truth, they despise all those who support Trump. That's ok, as I despise them.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/26/2019 12:30:35 PM (No. 134461)
Black ponders to the “he has done some good things but he is just not polite” crowd in this one. For the first time in memory, a Black piece I could have skipped.
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Conrad Black notes what Trump said in response to a question about Puerto Rico and that he wishes he had not said. My inclination is to agree with Mr. Black that I wish Trump had refrained from making his answer to that question about himself. HOWEVER, when I thought about it I realized that it is statements like this by Trump that cause the press to pass on what he says to the general public. Sure, this particular quote, in and of itself, served no positive purpose for Trump, but the media are unable to distinguish between this one and others which DO serve a positive purpose. IF he only ever uttered the things which serve a positive purpose the media would figure that out.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jalo1951 7/26/2019 12:55:04 PM (No. 134487)
Mr. Black's premise is wrong. We are not dealing with "otherwise reasonable people".
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
LaValette 7/26/2019 1:04:28 PM (No. 134495)
I too wish Trump would be less uncouth in his speech and tweets, but he may realize something most of us don't, that you have to fight fire with fire. The left has adopted the most extreme and foul speech to drive its decent opponents off the battlefield. Trump may have realized that if you want to stay on the battlefield you have to be willing to match your enemy. If they resort to poison gas, you have to answer with poison gas or leave the battlefield to your adversary.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Krause 7/26/2019 1:41:03 PM (No. 134520)
What would the left do if Trump quit twittering?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Wary American 7/26/2019 2:20:09 PM (No. 134545)
It is very simple to surmise why the left hates THE DONALD.
"HE'S A MAN, BABY"...that's why.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 7/26/2019 2:20:39 PM (No. 134546)
Black acts as if the battle is won so Trump can settle down and be nice.
BALONEY!
The bad influences are still in place. The dems are still in power in the House. The media is still making top lies and is eager to get Trump over anything they can. The opposition has NO intention of being civil. In reality, as they become more desperate they will become more vicious. There are many nasty fights ahead.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
mathman 7/26/2019 5:29:21 PM (No. 134680)
Come on. Watch the tape.
Trump is hated because you must have an enemy in order to have a war.
The War is the War of Marx, as postulated by Gramsci. (You will have to look him up.)
For the Proletarian Revolution to succeed, all owners of property must die. Then all property can be justly divided among the survivors. Because the revolutionaries are pure, you see.
Remember: the State cannot err. Individuals may make mistakes, but the State is Pure.
How do I know? They say so.
They are so pure that you don't get to see their prospectus. Just believe them. This time it will work. For 7,000 years and counting socialism has not worked, but this time will be different.
You will have to endure the death of the intellegensia to see that they are correct. And we know that they are intelligent because they say so. And they must be believed because they are pure. And we know that they are pure because they say so.
It is just circular reasoning.
Assume the conclusion and get over it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Annie Xango 7/27/2019 1:06:55 AM (No. 134925)
It really drives me nuts when people on "our" side use terms like vulgar, uncouth.yada,yada,yada...to describe POTUS demeanor , language etc. PULEEZE!!!! you have to be kidding me...I just read the great book about POTUS by the wonderful Walter Davis Hanson..even he was guilty of it..not that he will care, but I intend to mention it to him in an email...
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