Here's what Republican elites don't get. Hillary Clinton has been planning for many years to run against a conservative. Among other things, this involves:
- Accusations of racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, ethnocentrism, &c.
- Accusations of religious bigotry, religious fundamentalism, theocracy, &c.
- Accusations of unconcern for the poor, the working class, the elderly, and the disadvantaged.
- Accusations of warmongering, imperialism, arrogance, &c.
- Accusations of favoritism toward the wealthy, the powerful, the connected, &c.
- Accusations of lack of concern for the environment.
- &c &c &c.
Donald Trump throws Hillary off her game. She can't attack him the way she would have attacked Jeb Bush or the way Barack Obama attacked John McCain and Mitt Romney, because he's not a traditional conservative. He's a nationalist and a populist. He's not beholden to the Republican establishment, its donors, its consultants, its pollsters, and its theoreticians. For one thing, Trump fights back. McCain and Romney rolled over when attacked, and you can be sure that Jeb Bush or Ted Cruz would have done the same had they been nominated. Hillary Clinton has no idea how to deal with Trump. She would never admit it, but she is scared to death of him—of what he might say about her, of what he might say about her sexually abusive husband, and about what he might do during the campaign.
Get right with Donald. We are taking our country back from the thugs. America is going to be great again.
