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Title: Game Change: Jeff Sessions Endorses Trump from Stage in Alabama; Stunning Event Unites Populist, Nationalist Movement
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URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern ... -populistnationalist-movement/
Published: Feb 28, 2016
Author: Matthew Boyle
Post Date: 2016-02-28 17:11:00 by cranky
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Sessions, the intellectual leader of the future of the conservative movement, has provided the brainpower behind the populist nationalist revolt against political elites that’s been emerging since at least 2013. At a warm and windy rally here with thousands present in a packed football stadium just outside Huntsville, Sessions will appear on stage with Trump to back him for president. Sessions’ endorsement provides Trump with even more legitimacy as Trump’s two remaining serious opponents—Sens. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)—attempt to undermine him in a desperate bid by the donor class to regain control of the party from populists revolting in elections around the country. Sessions backing Trump is a significant blow to both Rubio and Cruz, as now the powerful Alabamian will be putting his entire operation all in behind Trump. Sessions’ backing is the latest and highest-profile in a string of significant endorsements for Trump’s rebel campaign. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, after dropping out of the race himself despite landing significant blows on Rubio in the final debate before New Hampshire’s primaries, backed Trump this week, as did Maine Gov. Paul LePage and former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, as well as Reps. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY). But all those endorsements pale in comparison to Sessions’ backing of Trump, as the Alabamian senator is universally respected—and feared—inside the beltway in Washington. Sessions is known for his tough views on immigration and trade and has repeatedly aimed to push the Republican Party in a more populist, nationalist direction. Sessions has helped frame the movement’s views on both issues—and more, like courts and judicial nominations, law and order and police matters, and on budgetary issues and the fiscal well-being of America—while maintaining a formidable political and policy operation that his allies view as invaluable and his enemies dread. Sessions is the most highly sought-after endorsement because of his respect party-wide, and he’s been cited by Cruz especially frequently on the campaign trail. He has appeared with Cruz at events in Alabama, and with Trump in Mobile five hours south of here earlier in the cycle. He has also helped many of the GOP candidates, including Cruz and Trump, craft their policy positions and has been—alongside his numerous allies on Capitol Hill in the House and Senate—a driving force in framing the populist nationalist future of the Republican Party. “Donald, welcome to my hometown, Mobile, Alabama,” Sessions said back in September when he appeared with Trump in Mobile—while wearing a “Make America Great Again” trucker hat that Trump has popularized—not an official endorsement then. “The American people, these people, want somebody in the Presidency who stands up for them, defends their interest, and the laws and traditions of this country. We welcome you here. Thank you for the work that you’ve put into the immigration issue. I’m really impressed with your plan. I know it will make a difference. And this crowd shows a lot of people agree with that. Congratulations. Welcome, and God bless.” Sessions’ old communications director Stephen Miller joined Trump’s campaign earlier in the cycle as a senior policy adviser, and the two populists have been close before. But now it’s official with Sessions’ public endorsement of Trump. Now that Sessions has officially backed Trump for president, his enormous respect among Republican voters nationwide—and especially in Super Tuesday states like here in Alabama—and among Republicans party-wide in Washington is sure to give Trump a game-change-level boost heading into Super Tuesday and future states. If Trump wins big on Super Tuesday—he’s polling ahead of his rivals in almost every Super Tuesday state, except Cruz’s Texas—it sets him up for a significant battle to take down Rubio in Florida. Currently, Trump is polling well ahead of Rubio in the Florida senator’s home state—an embarrassment for the young first-term senator. A win by Trump over Rubio in Florida would almost certainly end the Rubio presidential campaign, as the young senator and his campaign have promised publicly they will win Florida. 
MADISON, Alabama — 2016 GOP presidential frontrunner billionaire Donald Trump will pick up the most significant endorsement any presidential candidate in the GOP can get here on Sunday: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
Trump/Sessions. Hadn't thought of that. I like that better than Trump/Cruz, or Trump/Kasich. Or Trump/Rubio (BLECH).
Or Trump/Rubio (BLECH). As for Cruz and Rubio, Trump has said some pretty harsh things. And Rubio and Cruz have both instigated Trump and responded to him in kind. Might just be politics as usual but there might be some bad blood, too. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
WOW, this is a Big F'n Deal! The biggest endorsement yet.
trump just won the Republican nomination. "A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.” ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
I think he already had it won. This is bigger than that. With this, Sessions is beginning the process of uniting the Republican conservative movement back together, and behind Trump. He's saying that it's ok to come in off the ledge, to calm down, that Trump is a good guy for conservatives, to take off the hair shirts and douse the burning hair. Cruz is a conservative hero, but he's not going to win the nomination this time. Rather than tear the party to pieces in a hopeless dead-end fight, Sessions is telling conservatives who back Cruz, and Cruz himself, that it's time to get behind Donald. Think about what will happen once Donald Runs the table Tuesday night and is the presumptive nominee, if the party, led by the CONSERVATIVES, quickly unites around Trump, this early! First, it will cause Cruz to drop out. Second, it will mean that the Establishment itself will be splintering. The conservative wing of the Establishment is also part of the Establishment. If the party mostly unites, it will mean that assclowns like Graham and McConnell have spoken as though they're going to lead the party against Trump, the party has gone off and followed Trump. THAT means that the big Republican blowhard Establishment leaders: Graham, McConnell and the Bushes themselves can be cut off and expelled from the party leadership for THEIR refusal to go along. The billionaire posse is desperately looking for a way to stay in the game and have SOME influence with the new regime, which will be Trump, so with Sessions following Christie and the Maine governor, and others who will come shortly - including Cruz - Cruz will drop out and back Trump - the moneymen will close ranks AROUND TRUMP. The GOP Establishment won't BE the establishment anymore - money and voters will back the stronger horse. This will allow Trump to have electoral COATTAILS in the actual election. If the party coalesces quickly around Trump, it ALSO means that Republican voters will be free in all sorts of states to go vote for Sanders in the primaries, keeping Hillary out there exposed longer and longer. So, Trump can hammer away at Hillary, while Sanders hammers away, and Trump establishes himself clearly as the eventual winner. Success breeds success. People like a strong horse. It's all good. Cruz needs to do his part now, see that it's not his time, and look for a role in the Trump Administration. Sessions' endorsement is the clarion call to Cruz to not go on a jihad against Donald. To pull back make nice and drop out. He will drop out after Super Tuesday. Wonderfully, Rubio and the McConnell/Bush/Romney wing of the Republican Party will have ALREADY LOST by March 2, but they will continue to misunderstand their weakness, and continue to think of THEMSELVES as the leaders of the party. Which will make them so much easier to cut out, like rotting old dead branches, once the billionaires go with the strongest horse.
I think it is. But then, I like what little I know about Sessions. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
I wonder what's behind that? Is Sessions going senile,or just selling out for big bucks before he retires?
ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
You may be right. If he decides to go through with the run,I hope there is a special hot place in hell for Sessions. There is just no excuse for doing what he did. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Yes it is!! The Trump haters will be upset, but TS. Glen Beck & his klown krew will be crying profusely on Monday! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood A friend will help you move ,But a good friend will help you move a body..
I give Sessions the benefit of the doubt and say immigration trumps (no pun intended) everything with him. And Trump is the only guy that has come out foursquare for ending the illegal invasion and kicking out the ones already here. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
And Trump is the only guy that has come out foursquare for ending the illegal invasion and kicking out the ones already here. You're probably right about that. Trump IS a salesman,and the crap he pushes "sells" much better in one on one situations than on the tv screen. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
maybe Sessions can tell Trump why it's a good idea to disavow the KKK . maybe Sessions will be able to tell the people of Alabama why he's endorsing a liberal. I get why Shamu Christie did . We are about to learn much about Republican officeholders who are now deciding whether to come to terms with Trump, and with the shattering of their party as a vessel of conservatism. Trump’s collaborators, like the remarkably plastic Chris Christie (“I don’t think [Trump’s] temperament is suited for [the presidency]”), will find that nothing will redeem the reputations they will ruin by placing their opportunism in the service of his demagogic cynicism and anticonstitutional authoritarianism. (George Will) https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-albatross-of-a-trump- endorsement/2016/02/28/0521c478-de54-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html? hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-c%3Ahomepage%2Fstory "If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato
An endorsement from Sessions is equivalent to getting an endorsement directly from God. His integrity is above reproach. He is consistant. His thoughtful intellectual and moral depth is ten feet deep.
1. Trump already publicly disavowed Duke, once last week, once last year. Out of curiosity, when's the last time you disavowed Duke?
Sessioms may be the smartest person in government at this time, and he will have a strong voice in the new administration. "A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.” ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
That would be the best of all worlds. The question is, would Sessions be more valuable working in the senate? That is something Trump and Sessions will have to work out betweem them.
Trump is the only person bringing up important issues at all. Without Trump the presidential campain would be just another grinning and lieing contest.
No, but you are showing signs of it.
Trump is the only person bringing up important issues at all. Without Trump the presidential campain would be just another grinning and lieing contest.
never had him support me for public office "If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato
In fairness, Bernie Sanders is also bringing up important issues. I will grant you that Sanders' solutions are not what I would want to see, but the point is that Sanders and Trump, on their respective sides, are the ones bringing up issue after issue, and proposing practical things they say they intend to do. I will give Cruz credit for having strong stances on many things. Unfortunately, some of the things on which he has very strong stances are quite wrong. Trump is the stronger leader by far.
A very good salesman and best at selling himself. But for some reason, he has always struck me as someone who is all hat and no cattle. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
Even with Trump there will still be plenty of lying. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
I wasn't aware Trump ever endorsed the KKK. But what other organizations should Trump identify as unworthy of support? NAACP? Black Panthers? #BlackLiesMatter? La Raza? SPLC? Nation of Islam? JDL? Let me see your list and then we'll apply it to all candidates. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
He should only deal with organizations or people that have supported him. "If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato
No, but you are showing signs of it. Ain't you a bit old to be a Trump Groupie,Robert? ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
In fairness, Bernie Sanders is also bringing up important issues. I will grant you that Sanders' solutions are not what I would want to see, but the point is that Sanders and Trump, on their respective sides, are the ones bringing up issue after issue, and proposing practical things they say they intend to do. On this we agree. If any of the Republican or alleged Republican candidates have seriously mentioned bringing job and manufacturing back to America as anything other than a brief soundbite,I'm not aware of it. What trips Bernie up is that securing good paying jobs for Americans runs counter to his Open Borders/We is da Wurld viewpoints. That may have worked 100 years ago when there was less global competition and jobs not filled because there was no one to fill them,but not these days. You can either control immigration legal AND illegal,or you can have American manufacturing,construction,and other labor job. What you can't have is both. I will give Cruz credit for having strong stances on many things. And he is the only one that has been fairly consistent about restoring America. Unfortunately, some of the things on which he has very strong stances are quite wrong. Trump is the stronger leader by far. And that is where your train left the tracks. Trump is nothing but a spoiled little boy with a Trust Fund Entitlement sense of America. He is not and never has been a leader in anything. He was just lucky enough to have been born into immense wealth,and he uses that money to hire smart lawyers and accountants to tell him what to do. He is no more than a front man,period. The question is "Whose talking head would he be as President?" ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
He is the talking head/Front Man for the company lawyers and accountants. ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Trump supporters are like family in that Trump doesn't get to choose them. And he can't stop them from choosing him. As for disavowing or condemning Duke, why bother? Trump has said he has no idea who David Duke is so he really is no position to judge him let alone convict him. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
He seems to me to be many things to many people. To me, he's just as a salesman selling himself. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
Either he lied about Duke or we can believe his story that he had a bad ear plug connection. We know for a fact that he has in the past disavowed Duke . Maybe disavowing is a game ,but it is a game that must be played or risk being branded by association. If he received donations he should return them or not accept them at all if possible (like Rudy did to the Arabian shiek ). It is not hard to say that he does not accept the support of the KKK ,and every other candidate would not even question that premise . "If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato
Trump doesn't accept donations.
Actually, I don't know that. The latest quote I read was Trump saying he was being asked about someone he had never heard of and he declined to comment as he had no knowledge of that subject. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
I'll give you the link for when he did in 2000 . His best excuse at this point is his ear plug dodge. http://www.nytimes.com/.../quotation-of-the-day-815233.html "If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato
So what? You just publicly declined to disavow David Duke. Trump disavowed him twice. That makes you a racist and a hypocrite.
I get this webpage: Page Unavailable The page you requested is currently being updated, or is no longer available. Wait a few moments, then press Reload or Refresh. I'll try again later. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
Trump already disavowed him back in August. Who gives a shit anyway. If I was running I would welcome ALL votes. That is smart.
I'm not, nor have ever been, a groupie. Groupies are charactized by a tendency to respond to content with wise-ass comments and superficial labels. That has never been my strong suit. I'm concerned with content.
Just heard Glen Beck and klown krew say: " Could not believe that Sessions would "stoop so low" as to endorse Trump. Said they did not see that coming. They said Sessions was good on immigration, but bad on a lot of things. They never spelled out what Sessions was supposed to be bad on. I think they are losing it. Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood A friend will help you move ,But a good friend will help you move a body..
KKK members, and David Duke, are Americans too. They have the SAME right to vote, and to have their opinions heard, and to try to influence politics, as anybody else. Communists and Nazis, Democrats and Republicans, Christians and Muslims and Jews - everybody has that right. They have the right to back whomever they want to back. Trump is a nationalist looking to protect native American jobs. If KKK want to vote for him on account of that, that's fine. If they're looking for him to be a racist against black people, they'll be disappointed, but if they're just doing what everybody else does: chose the best candidate they can, one who will try to lead them where they think the country should go, they'll be happy enough with Trump, because he's going to do a good job.
Once that was true. But that was before 'hate speech' was criminalized. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
Thanks for the info. I was hoping he'd break into tears at the news but no such luck, I guess. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
Well he probably did that outside of the studio, off air. Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood A friend will help you move ,But a good friend will help you move a body..
Hate speech codes don't affect their right to VOTE. Trump has decided not to alienate them.
I was referring to 'having their opinions heard'. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
They never spelled out what Sessions was supposed to be bad on. It's not necesary to support your contention when the object is to create hysteria in peole who are susceptable to it. The average American is ignorant and dependent upon the crowd for decision making and guidance. The object of manipulation is to create an illusion of crowd consensus. Whether that illusion is correct is irrelevant.
Yeah, apparently he did. Or might have. Or didn't. But the interesting thing to me is Duke specifically did not endorse Trump while still claiming to support his candidacy. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
here is how Reagan handled it in 1984 . http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/02/us/reagan-spurns-klan-support.html "If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato
Trump could do worse than: 'Those of us in public life can only resent the use of our names by those who seek political recognition for the repugnant doctrines of hate they espouse.' There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
#2. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
I like that better than Trump/Cruz, or Trump/Kasich.
#3. To: cranky (#0)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#4. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
Trump/Sessions
#5. To: GarySpFC (#4)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#6. To: GarySpFC (#4)
trump just won the Republican nomination.
#7. To: hondo68 (#3)
WOW, this is a Big F'n Deal!
#8. To: cranky (#0)
#9. To: GarySpFC (#4)
trump just won the Republican nomination.
#10. To: hondo68 (#3)
" WOW, this is a Big F'n Deal! The biggest endorsement yet. "
#11. To: sneakypete (#8)
I wonder what's behind that?
#12. To: cranky (#11)
I give Sessions the benefit of the doubt and say immigration trumps (no pun intended) everything with him.
#13. To: cranky (#0)
#14. To: cranky (#0)
Sessions, the intellectual leader of the future of the conservative movement, has provided the brainpower behind the populist nationalist revolt against political elites that’s been emerging since at least 2013.
#15. To: tomder55 (#13)
good idea to disavow the KKK
2. Duke is no longer in the KKK.
#16. To: sneakypete (#9)
(Edited)
You may be right. If he decides to go through with the run,I hope there is a special hot place in hell for Sessions. There is just no excuse for doing what he did.
#17. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
Trump/Sessions.
#18. To: cranky (#11)
And Trump is the only guy that has come out foursquare for ending the illegal invasion and kicking out the ones already here.
#19. To: sneakypete (#8)
Is Sessions going senile
#20. To: cranky (#11)
And Trump is the only guy that has come out foursquare for ending the illegal invasion and kicking out the ones already here.
#21. To: Roscoe (#15)
Out of curiosity, when's the last time you disavowed Duke?
#22. To: rlk (#20)
#23. To: sneakypete (#12)
Trump IS a salesman
#24. To: rlk (#18)
Without Trump the presidential campain would be just another grinning and lieing contest.
#25. To: tomder55 (#13)
maybe Sessions can tell Trump why it's a good idea to disavow the KKK .
#26. To: cranky (#25)
(Edited)
But what other organizations should Trump identify as unworthy of support?
#27. To: rlk (#19)
Is Sessions going senile
#28. To: Vicomte13 (#22)
(Edited)
#29. To: cranky (#23)
But for some reason, he has always struck me as someone who is all hat and no cattle.
#30. To: tomder55 (#26)
He should only deal with organizations or people that have supported him.
#31. To: sneakypete (#29)
He is the talking head/Front Man for the company lawyers and accountants.
#32. To: cranky (#30)
Trump has said he has no idea who David Duke is so he really is no position to judge him let alone convict him.
#33. To: tomder55 (#32)
#34. To: tomder55 (#32)
We know for a fact that he has in the past disavowed Duke .
#35. To: cranky (#34)
Actually, I don't know that.
#36. To: tomder55 (#21)
never had him support me for public office
#37. To: tomder55 (#35)
I'll give you the link for when he did in 2000 .
#38. To: tomder55 (#35)
His best excuse at this point is his ear plug dodge.
#39. To: sneakypete (#27)
Ain't you a bit old to be a Trump Groupie,Robert?
#40. To: cranky (#0)
#41. To: cranky (#0)
#42. To: Vicomte13 (#41)
They have the SAME right to vote, and to have their opinions heard
#43. To: Stoner (#40)
Just heard Glen Beck and klown krew say: " Could not believe that Sessions would "stoop so low" as to endorse Trump. Said they did not see that coming. They said Sessions was good on immigration, but bad on a lot of things.
#44. To: cranky (#43)
" I was hoping he'd break into tears at the news but no such luck, "
#45. To: cranky (#42)
#46. To: Vicomte13 (#45)
Hate speech codes don't affect their right to VOTE.
#47. To: Stoner (#40)
They said Sessions was good on immigration, but bad on a lot of things.
#48. To: tomder55 (#32)
We know for a fact that he has in the past disavowed Duke .
#49. To: cranky (#48)
#50. To: tomder55 (#49)
here is how Reagan handled it in 1984 .
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