Thank You Hillary for Giving America Your “47% Moment” – And Revealing Your True Hateful Self

Speaking at an LBGT fundraiser in New York City on September 9^th with far-Left liberal icon Barbara Streisand – an LBGT community of which I’m a proud member- Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables” who are “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, you name it."[1]  

She also encouraged supporters to "stage an intervention" if they have friends considering voting for the Republican nominee.[2]

Wow. She ripped off her mask for all Americans to see.

I would be shocked, but as a conservative author who has studied politics and knows the truth about today’s progressive movement and the Hillary Clinton machine well, I’m not at all surprised.  As Senior Communications Advisor for the Trump campaign Jason Miller said in a statement, “Just when Hillary Clinton said she was going to start running a positive campaign, she ripped off her mask and revealed her true contempt for everyday Americans”.

Hillary said, “You know to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables,” she said as the crowd laughed and applauded. “…the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, you name it.”  She went on to say, “Some of those folks — they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America”.[3]

As a gay American, I am disgusted and angered by her comments on so many levels.  Who the heck is she to call half of all Trump supporters hatemongers, racists, homophobic and worse? To top it off, she made these incendiary remarks standing behind a sign with her slogan – “Stronger Together” – while attacking a 60 million+ Americans as “not Americans”.

First, it is a common tactic of the one losing the argument to hurl charges of “racist” and “sexist” when desperate, losing and can’t make their case on the merit of the facts.  Her husband made similar charge of racism when he made his absolutely absurd charge that Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again”, is racist dog whistle.[4] Really?  I suppose it’s racist too when I choose vanilla ice cream over chocolate.  (You know that’s coming….)

Yes, I am a both gay and a proud conservative and Trump supporter.  Maybe it’s because I don’t have what I call, “Progressive Brain Disorder”, a condition with symptoms ranging from supporting socialism, progressivism, Marxism, racial division and class warfare to ignoring Hillary Clinton’s mountain of scandals, criminal lies, hateful rhetoric and pure incompetence.  I support Trump because I dare to support conservative values of limited government, freedom of speech and the press, individual liberties, the Constitution, a strong defense, fair trade and putting America first.  In other words, I am apparently the “racist xenophobe” that Hillary attacked in her speech.

With respect to Hillary’s charge that Trump supporters are “homophobic”, I’m sorry, I’m gay.  Please explain how I’m “homophobic” and she’s not? I can point to countless homophobic statements of hers in the recent past, where she staunchly defended traditional marriage and opposed same-sex unions, until of course it became politically expedient to leverage identity politics to win the LBGT vote.  Two-face and insincere support, Hillary’s just working to buy our votes.  Not biting here.

About the “Islamophobe” charge, let me educate Hillary and her illiberal cohorts – this word is not actually word.  (My spell check proves it.)  It was invented by a radical Islamist think tank to intimidate critics of jihad and Islamic supremacism into silence, and Hillary is doing just that with her absurd charge.  I suppose it’s supremely Islamophobic of me to be a gay man who doesn’t want to get stabbed, shot and decapitated at a night club by a radical jihadist, the kind of jihadist who ISIS has stated has already infiltrated our country within the immigration population, with the intention of creating more mayhem, death and destruction?  The same immigrant population you want to increase by 550% of current levels, who cannot currently be properly vetted?  Sorry, Hillary, I’m with Trump on this one – why would any sane LBGT person – or anyone, for that matter – support your call to bring in millions more of these people from countries whose population hate us, our values and our lifestyle?  Don’t we have enough problems of our own to deal with already?

                                                                                                      

In my new book, “Cues for Conservatives – How to Engage the Millennial Generation and Unite the Conservative Movement”, I have proposed a bulletproof method to guide all Americans at the ballot box: the “3C’s” test, which details a rational way to vote based on the candidate’s Character, Competency and support of the US Constitution.  In my book, I step through the 3C’s test for Hillary, and she miserably fails all three C’s across the board.  Trump, by contrast, passes the test with flying colors – and I don’t just mean the colors of the gay flag, either. 

As Trump Campaign Advisor Jason Miller went on to say about Hillary’s statements, “Tonight’s comments were more than another example of Clinton lying to the country about her emails, jeopardizing our national security, or even calling citizens ‘super-predators’ – this was Clinton, as a defender of Washington’s rigged system – telling the American public that she could care less about them”.[5]  Hillary represents the very worst of America – a corrupt, lying politician supporting a rigged system and working to divide America to win at any cost, true to her Saul Alinksy roots.

It’s not Americans like me who need an intervention, Hillary – it is anyone, gay, straight, or otherwise – who needs an intervention if they are considering voting for you.  While many of your progressive supporters are irredeemable, pushing for open boarders, massive government, high taxes, a weak defense and skyrocketing deficits and debts, not to mention lawlessness and attacks our our military and uniformed police, there is a cure for “Progressive Brian Disorder” for millions.  It starts with learning the facts, dumping support for your and your corrupt "anti-opportunity" party, joining the conservative movement and voting for Trump. 

Thanks for giving us your “47%” moment, shadowing Mitt Romney’s unfortunate comment in 2012 that may have cost him the White House. Let’s hope you just tanked your own run for the presidency, Hillary, with your incendiary comment.  This gay conservative won’t sit back and watch you dupe more Americans with your lies and steal this election – there’s more of us LBGT Trump supporters than you know, and we will make our voices heard loud and clear soon.

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[1] http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/09/09/hillary-clintons-47-percent-moment-calls-trump-supporters-racist-sexist-homophobic-xenophobic-islamaphobic/

[2] http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/10/clinton-says-half-all-trump-supporters-deplorables.html

[3] http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/09/09/team-trump-responds-to-hillarys-deplorables-flub-she-ripped-off-her-mask/

[4] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-clinton-make-america-great-again_us_57d06ccfe4b0a48094a749fc

[5] https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/774462763687092224/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Out with the Old, In with the New: The GOP Gets a Bold New Brand Reboot as the “Grand Opportunity Party”

The new GOP is here and with your help, it’s here to stay. The GOP – the “Grand Old Party” - for better or worse, has been typically associated with and older, homogenous generation of conservatives who are out of touch with today’s younger generation and values. This reputation is fueling what’s wrong with today’s Republican Party. I propose a movement to unify the conservative party and bring revolutionary change with a newly rebooted GOP, as the Grand Opportunity Party^TM. I believe this is urgently needed if the GOP is to remain a viable force in American politics, win future elections, and avoid becoming a permanent minority party. I’ve formulated a powerful new strategy for the GOP, with updated messaging, branding, and a party platform built for the 21^st Century electorate that Millennials and the other generations can all support.

As a brand marketer, I have often been challenged to produce branding solutions and updates for a given product or company. Any change to a brand requires balancing the heritage of the original brand with the desire to update its image to attract a new generation of customers. In respect to the new rebranding of the GOP as the Grand Opportunity Party, the challenge is similar. While no one wants to try to produce a New Coke^® (a rebranding effort that failed terribly), there have been many other examples of successful re-branding that have worked spectacularly. Old Spice^® has done an excellent job of re-branding in recent years. Their image is very different than the original brand positioning from years ago, and it is very successful. The long-term survival of many organizations is dependent on their ability to update their products, messaging, and branding to make themselves relevant to new and evolving audiences – or, in this case, new portions of the electorate.

How does this relate to the GOP brand reboot? Some in the industry have called the 2010 Old Spice brand reboot “the perfect branding campaign”. It took an old brand dating back to 1937, featuring an outdated whistling sailor, and turned the brand’s longevity into strength to attract younger customers by combining its experience and masculinity in an assertive, straightforward and edgy way with a young, confident actor.  It went from “your grandfather’s cologne” to the leading deodorant for men, having successfully built new market shares with a younger audience. The new Star Trek^® movie series reboot from director JJ Abrams also took on the challenge of updating the 50-year-old TV series and movie franchise very successfully, keeping the roots and philosophy of the original while refreshing Star Trek for a younger, tech-savvy audience.

If we can give the Grand Old Party (GOP) a similar new brand and messaging update, perhaps a Grand Opportunity Party can be the revolutionary vehicle for conservatives to usher in a new era of freedom and prosperity that will attract younger generations for decades to come. As a marketer, the word “old” in the GOP brand name is highly problematic from the start, with our absolute need to attract Millennials and future generations of young voters[1]. While the word “grand” also feels a bit outdated, removing and replacing the word “grand” would be reaching outside the “zone of credibility” with the Republican base, in my estimation, as would changing the acronym of the GOP itself to something entirely different.

Like Old Spice and Star Trek, the GOP is faced with the challenge of shifting and crafting its brand and message to attract a changing electorate, while maintaining the rich history, values and roots dating back to 1856. We need to strike a balance of outreach to an evolving audience, while retaining the core values of the party. Conservatives are similarly challenged with being considered our “grandfather’s party” by many, and especially by Millennials - and progressives who currently dominate the news media and the culture. Liberal commentators go so far as to call the GOP the party of “angry old white men”.

I firmly believe we desperately need to shift course and adopt a bold new brand reboot now, and I believe that we ARE the Party of Opportunity (whereas, the Democrat Party can be more accurately labeled the “Party of Government Dependency” or the “Party of Authoritarian Government Power”). As stated in the preamble of the 2012 GOP platform:

“The pursuit of opportunity has defined America from our very beginning. This is a land of opportunity. The American Dream is a dream of equal opportunity for all. And the Republican Party is the party of opportunity.”[2]

The Grand Opportunity Party -The revolutionary new face of the GOP - and the

 American Conservative movement.

The logo brand for the Grand Opportunity Party that I created is shown below. The font style is dynamic, bold and current, reflecting our new refreshed style. While the Republican elephant logo may be red, white and blue (as is the Democrat donkey), the primary identifying GOP party color is changed from all red to a red, white and blue colored theme. The prominent and larger blue “O” communicates the primacy of “Opportunity” for all, while the star reflects a symbol of American heritage and strength, reminiscent of the old style US Air Force logo (called the Roundel and also referred to as the National). The font style of the letters closely resembles the font used by the GOP as shown on the GOP.com website (www.gop.com), maintaining a clear familiarity and brand consistency for the Republican Party.

This brand and message reboot,= represents all demographics and generations, and the new GOP logo and name change reflects this ideal.

With my strong passion for the conservative party, I am promoting my marketing strategy through my book and new media project, Cues for Conservatives. This book reflects my ideas and thoughts on how to market the young generation to get them on board with the Republican Party. It is a party that has great economic values that is healthy for the country and one that many can agree with. If it is done correctly, this approach can help inform Millennials the benefits of today’s new conservative party. They are the future and it is important for them to be informed on the conservative values.

If you are passionate about the American people and want the best party to be rebranded so it may connect with more people of all backgrounds, please consider supporting my efforts through my Indiegogo.com crowdfunding page. Together we can start a new conservative movement.

Campaign Link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cues-for-conservatives-book-multimedia-campaign#/story

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[1] http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/07/a-deep-dive-into-party-affiliation/ aspects of tform and eligious texts, teachings, publications and mosques.  Anti-sharia Muslims only practice these recal eful co

[2] https://gop.com/platform/preamble/