How about a Silicon Valley Big Tech guy opening up about how “Democrats” must stop shooting the messenger and listen to the message? He’s referring to Donald Trump, but it is a general call for sanity. From the border to the economy to Israel and Peace in the Middle East.
It is an admission and lesson, not just for folks with Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). Judge the message, not the messenger. Feel free to look for loopholes, provisions, and traps. These are politicians. But you also have to ask who best can deliver the message in a way that translates to action, and it is fair to say that TDS may have created an environment where Trump can’t be that guy.
You’ll have a hard time convincing his supporters or – if polls are any indication – Republican primary voters who should, in my opinion, give the rest of the field a fair shake with three months before the voting starts. I made the case countless times at the NHGOP FITN summit. While the 20-50-point lead is stunning, would we be better served if things were closer? If Donald Trump had to get on the debate stage and wrestle in the mud with the other piglets.
Even a few Trump supporters agreed.
Good debate leads to better policy, and sometimes, the other side has a good idea or the inkling of one, assuming it’s not another blatant attempt to hide another assault on your liberty.
Not that what passes for a modern presidential debate will accomplish any of that. You’d need neutral non-media moderators, smaller groups, and a process that didn’t reduce every opportunity to speak into a 30-second commercial for candidate x.
And as it turns out, Trump had some good ideas, and now we can see just how good they were. It’s so good that this increasingly less Democrat guy is concerned enough to say it publicly.
Here’s the conversation.
