Erick Erickson once wrote this:
There is one more thing I want you to know about Donald Trump. I’ve met him and interviewed him before. When the camera was not on and the interview was not going, he was not The Donald. He was a guy who cared deeply for his staff and the people who merely walked in the front door of his building. I want you to know that the Donald Trump I’ve seen in private is not the Donald Trump you see on stage because I think we are not going to see that Trump. It’s our loss and it will be his own loss. The person, a separate entity from the personality, is a good man.
The reason I don’t much care for Rick Santorum is that I’ve seen him, off camera and behind the scenes when no one was supposed to be watching, behave like a spoiled and entitled rich kid snapping at people in a lower position than himself when he did not need to. It’s also why I have a soft spot for Trump. From the same vantage point, I’ve seen him behave kindly to people far lower on the rung of life than him when he did not have to. Character when the camera isn’t rolling counts in my book.
Unfortunately for Trump, The Donald does not come across in public the way Mr. Trump does behind the scenes.
Then recently he said this:
On Saturday morning at his annual RedState Gathering, one of the nation’s most influential conservatives took the stage to deliver news that could change the course of the presidential race.
“If you haven’t heard,” the radio host and blogger Erick Erickson told his guests, “I disinvited Donald Trump…”
“Just so you have the context, let’s roll the video,” Erickson said…
After playing the video, Erickson continued his explanation. He said Trump had crossed a line by implying that a female journalist’s tough questions were attributable to her menstrual period.
“I don’t want my daughter in the room with Donald Trump tonight, so he’s not invited,” Erickson said. “If our standard-bearer has to resort to that, then we need a new standard-bearer.”
If I once believed Donald the man was a great, kind, moral man, and I believed that the public personae of “The Donald” was an act designed to get publicity, then I would never turn on him over some vague, purposely misinterpreted statement the establishment was trying to use to take him out. Moreover, given the corruption within the political class, Donald would be exactly who I would want as President.
Obviously, Erickson has an agenda to be spouting such obvious bullshit. The question is why? Was he turned? Did he get bribed? Blackmailed? Or is he just trying to curry favor with the GOPe, in hopes of future personal gain?
If history is any guide, on Monday Donald’s polling will be higher than ever. He is making enemies of the groups which have a 10-15% approval rating with the public. If that happens, listen carefully for the soft sound of popping which will be GOPe and leftist heads exploding all across the country.
Apocalypse cometh, and so does Donald.