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Donald Trump's Teaching Moment

Donald Trump is giving us a lesson in leadership.
by T.J. Nelson

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U ntil recently Donald Trump was getting blasted almost every day over at NRO. His corporate partners were dropping him to appease the Twittermobs. His fellow Republicans were lining up to tell us how much more politically correct they are than that brash multi-billionaire. But Trump doesn't care. He's really rich.

As usual, our political and intellectual leaders are behind the times. The biggest issue today is not ideology. It's not even the economy or the Middle East. It is political correctness. What Mister Flamboyant, the Liberace of the Right, lacks in meekness he makes up for in lack of modesty. What that self-confidence buys him is freedom from P.C. Unlike the rest of us, he can be honest without getting fired.

Donald Trump I'm really rich.

Over in England thousands of children are being victimized by Muslim rape gangs. The authorities all knew it was happening, but did nothing because they were afraid of being called racist. One of their greatest scientists, a Nobel laureate, had his career destroyed because he made a self-deprecating joke that some feminists with Twitter accounts didn't like.

Here in the land of the free and home of the brave, Christians are being persecuted for their beliefs. We have a guy with obvious psychiatric problems being celebrated by the media for pretending to be a woman. As I type this, I'm being bombarded with a commercial from a major corporation telling me how wonderful and brave this poor guy is. Republicans in D.C. see where all this leads just as the rest of us do, but they either mount an ineffectual response or do nothing at all, depending on whether the voters are violently angry or just plain angry.

This is not just an invasion of stupid people. This is the sort of thing that destroys empires. Civilizations don't die because they're invaded. They die because those who would defend them are so pissed off at the stupidity and corruption of those in power that they see nothing worth preserving.

Every day we get a little closer to that point. And our brave leaders can only say, well, we need more nuance. We can't make waves: the liberals in the news media and even our fellow conservatives will tear us to pieces, just as they did to Todd Akin.

Screw nuance. What we need is leadership. Our most brilliant pundits on the Right at NRO and Frontpage and a hundred other places have argued persuasively against PC. They've torn it to shreds. But left-wing ideology is not based on logic. You cannot argue with mass stupidity and mass insanity. You have to fight fire with fire!

Male and Female Voting Patterns Source
Year Candidate Men Wom­en Candidate Men Women
1960 Richard Nixon 4851J.F.Kennedy5249
1992 Ross Perot 2117Clinton 4145
2008 John McCain 4843Obama 4956

If viewing on a cell phone, drag table left or right to scroll.

In 1960, the women favored Nixon over Kennedy. By 1992, they had moved left, and by 2008 they were solidly Democrat. Women are more risk-averse than men, and Trump is a wild card, so Trump is not a shoo-in. But he is a natural charismatic leader. His popularity can only increase with women over time.

Back when Monica Lewinsky was in the news, a lady where I worked told us she would willingly go to D.C. and give Bill Clinton blow jobs. What about Ross Perot or George Bush, we asked her. Answer: No way! I suspect the answer to Donald Trump would be ‘maybe.’

I'm not saying they all vote with their hearts, or that we should repeal the 19th Amendment or put them in chains. But women use the same criteria when voting as when choosing a mate: they look for leadership. Leadership is not just reacting and keeping your head down. You have to be confident. That's what Donald Trump is bringing. His competitors could learn a lot from this guy.

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