Those
like the unfortunate Bobby Jindal, who imagine that they hurt Donald
Trump's standing among voters by criticizing his rudeness, don't get
it. They don't understand the feelings of real voters – those who don't
live on the coasts or profit from government policies.Those who say both parties are the same need to look at how now Republican voters are turning against their own do-nothing party leaders. Democrat voters are not turning against Hillary or Biden for doing nothing. Republican voters have standards; they, unlike liberal voters, actually expect their elected officials to get something done for the nation other than bail out big banks, Wall Street, and public-sector union campaign donors.
Recently Trump was attacked for stating that Carly Fiorina doesn't look presidential. Those who attack Trump for this comment should have thought about what they were trying to do. For one thing, Trump has been personally attacked for his appearance for many years, if not decades. And Carly Fiorina has repeatedly stated that she doesn't want any coddling or special treatment. She is ready to stand up for herself. She doesn't need any patronizing media types to protect her just because she is a woman.
Then there's the bigger issue of attacking Donald Trump's rudeness. What Bobby Jindal and the other attackers of Trump's rough tone don't get is that voters are sick and tired of politicians from both parties, whether it's Barack Obama or Mitch McConnell, talking the smooth political talk and then living high on the hog at taxpayer expense and doing nothing for the voters.
What voters intuitively see, and Trump's critics in the media and RNC don't get, is that voters want a rude person. They want someone who's going to insist on cutting the EPA's budget, slashing the Dept. of Education, and standing up for disabled veterans who have gotten the short end of the stick under President Obama. Not only do they tolerate Trump's rudeness; they crave it. They intuitively see that anyone who has a smarmy, go-along-to-get-along attitude is not going to get things done. They don't want a politician who is going to look sophisticated, who has expensive clothes – at taxpayer expense – and uses Air Force One to go golfing while preaching that voters shouldn't contribute to the carbon in the atmosphere.
They want a president who doesn't give a damn about what people think, because only someone who doesn't care what people think won't be manipulated by what people think. This is the whole explanation. Americans want hard decisions made – someone who will stand up for American principles and not care if the media object to any little phrase he uses. They want someone who is not offended by what the media say about how offensive his language is. The First Amendment stands for the right to use offensive language, and if people are offended when the truth is spoken, too bad.
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