Comments at Steve Sailer<\/a>:<\/p>\n* I wish personally that Donald Trump had named Victor Orban as the world leader that he admired most. But it\u2019s not a flip-flop or inconsistent to say that one might admire a leader or a person in general, but contend that a particular policy call (Merkel\u2019s Boner) was a huge mistake. Sometimes even leaders themselves admit this. Ulysses Grant, generally regarded as a highly competent military commander, admitted in his memoirs that the 1864 attack at Cold Harbor, Virginia was a poor decision on his part. Merkel herself seems to be ambivalent about her own decision and the German people are definitely showing their dissatisfaction at the polls. But the MSM have simply abandoned even the pretense of objectivity and are now doing everything in their power to get Hillary Clinton elected. It\u2019s sickening.<\/p>\n
* I haven\u2019t been following Frum closely. I am aware he seems to have come around on immigration. But is he a Trump supporter or a #nevertrumper?<\/p>\n
PS. Rush Limbaugh was discussing the idea you tweeted a couple days ago that if Trump thinks he won the debate, he won\u2019t prepare for the next one. He was asking who on Trump\u2019s staff would have both the courage and standing with Trump to tell him he really lost, and that he really needs to bear down on the second one<\/p>\n
* Frum\u2019s been one of the strongest immigration restrictionists in the MSM for years, but he\u2019s #NeverTrump, unfortunately.<\/p>\n
Glad to hear that about Rush. Along those lines, it sounds like reality might have seeped in a bit since the debate…<\/p>\n
* Trump is obsessed with media coverage about himself & watches cables news religiously. He knows the debate didn\u2019t go well that\u2019s why he\u2019s been blaming the moderator.<\/p>\n
In a downturn, and I\u2019m not convinced this is one, he seems to acknowledge and makes some shifts. Nothing has fundamentally shifted since the debate. He appears to be in solid command in OH & IA. It\u2019s close in FL, NC & NV if he wins all of the 5 he still needs another state. The remaining states seem to be difficult to win but aren\u2019t slipping away from him.<\/p>\n
He needs to listen to Coulter, ignore the personal stuff and focus on the issues. If he can do that he\u2019ll be fine. If not, it\u2019ll be President Clinton.<\/p>\n
* Trump is both a) a proud (part) German-American and b) not particularly well-read. So perhaps it\u2019s not a coincidence that he\u2019s said his favorite book is Erich Maria Remarque\u2019s All Quiet On The Western Front (I\u2019m guessing he was assigned read it in high school, like I was) and his favorite foreign leader was Merkel. Both seemed like safe, non-stupid answers.<\/p>\n
Trump may not have heard of Viktor Orban, but there is another foreign leader who\u2019s known for being strong on borders, and Trump just met with him recently: Benjamin Netanyahu. If Trump had thought to say Netanyahu, he could have launched right into a discussion of Israel\u2019s border fence and how it stopped 99% of Israel\u2019s illegal immigration and tie it in to his proposed wall. A missed opportunity.<\/p>\n
* I thought #nevertrumpers were propositional nation type guys. I thought #nevertrumpers were OK with invade-invite the world.<\/p>\n
Seems like if immigration is big for you, there is no choice but Trump. Hillary is for moar immigration. The Greens won\u2019t touch it even if it wrecks the environment due to their fearing the \u2018Greening of Hate\u2019 more than their fear of environmental degradation. And Gary Johnson is a textbook, batshit crazy Libertarian when it comes to borders.<\/p>\n
So how could Frum be #nevertrump if immigration is his thing? By process of elimination, there is no other choice.<\/p>\n
* Soothsayer Aaron Blake was one of the first to realize the inevitability of the 2016 Carly Fiorina campaign. He nailed it. <\/p>\n
\nBut she’s been talking to a lot of very important people. Almost all of them had very nice things to say about her.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n