Posted on 11/25/2015 3:40:28 AM PST by Kartographer
Elections Rush Limbaugh: ‘Compared To Reagan, Trump Is Not A Conservative’ [VIDEO] Photo of Steve Guest Steve Guest Media Reporter 3:59 PM 11/24/2015 981
Radio host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday that Donald Trump is “not a conservative†when compared with former President Ronald Reagan.
Limbaugh explained, that “compared to Reagan, Trump is not a conservative, and the bulk of Trump’s support is not the Republican base.â€
“As we mentioned yesterday, if you look at the demographics, at least as expressed polling data, the bulk of Trump support is what we all have been led to believe the Republican Party wants: blue-collar people, moderates and independents,†suggested Limbaugh. “I mean there’s the fact that they don’t control Trump, and the real thing is they don’t have any money invested, and as such they have no say-so over what he does at all.â€
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How on earth can someone with a shady past like Trump beat Cruz on the trust part???
But when we have such a fantastic candidate who is so conservative, why on earth would we line up behind Trump? How can we be certain Trump is being honest when just 6 years ago he was SUPPORTING Clinton and many other liberal candidates? His positions magically flipped as soon as a vacuum was noticeable on our side... I do t see how the man can possibly be trusted...
kiss muh GRITS !!!
name calling is ugly!!!!!!!!
because whatever his stated principles Cruz is after all a part of the Senate, one of the least trusted institutions in America. View is how could Trump-—who has put up his OWN money-—be any worse?
And while his 08 CPAC speech was Reaganesque, was that the real Mitt or was that a speech designed to play to the CPAC crowd which is decidedly red meat or was Mitt really the much more liberal Massachusetts governor?
Rush's words about Mitt were a means to an end in both '08 and '12.
Wasn’t it Romney who put up 35 million of his own money?
Couple things there. First, that Rush said those words in 08 and not 12 validates my point.
Second, he did govern Massachusetts to the RIGHT of the prevailing Massachusetts mood. He campaigned that way in a classic left-right campaign to win.
I don’t view the CPAC speech cynically at all. We get the truest read of our politicians the day they drop out of the race, and just let it rip. What ripped out of Mitt in early 08 was far more conservative than what has been ripping out of him since he lost 2012. He has moved left while the Republican base has moved right. Money and other dynamics of the field allowed him to win the nomination in 12, but he was a nominee not in the zeitgeist of his own party.
Perhaps, but there was no question Romney was owned by the GOPe BEFORE he put up his money. Don’t think anyone will be making that charge about Donald.
Throughout the tread I’ve said Rush flipped flopped from 08 to 12 by saying Romney met the three legs in 08 and thus a conservative then flipped saying Romney wasn’t a conservative in 12. The only governing Guage was his term as governor which was at best moderate. Maybe conservative in Mass. But moderate at best for the rest of the country. Since there were gains in the house in 08 and the Senate was still in dem hands, would he be a Mass president?
Rush hated McCain. Mostly for good reason. But his goal was to stop McCain in 08. Mitt tracked right in 12, but not as much as Newt and Santorum. And suddenly he was no longer a conservative. No just not as conservative as the othe 2. But not a conservative. Because in 12 Rush didn’t want Romney.
Rush likes how Trump plays the game. He doesn’t really want him as President or the R standad bearer. and he’s starting to throw little barbs or using deniable phrases Trumps way.
Just cautioning that we avoid litmus tests that are meaningless and we end up on the other side of when we have a candidate of preference who suddenly doesn’t meet the test.
I do not believe any other candidate could (nor would many) do this if elected.
Not to be negative, but if the wall gets built, I wonder how effective it will be. They have been pretty good about creating alternate means to get entry including some pretty sophisticated tunnels.
You know, even if it were not that effective at stopping border crossers (but it will) it would be ENORMOUSLY effective in restoring just a little faith that our friggin’ leaders will do what they say.
Hi Marcella. I agree, “Those who vote for Trump only know how they hope he will govern” We’ve been voting for candidates put up by the gope and media, hoping they will do what they tell us during the campaigns. We’ve watched them vote as they are told to vote either by the gope or the people who put up the money during the campaign.
I think Trump is smart enough to govern as President, he’s been “governing” his business for a long time. Trump surrounds himself with experts in fields he’s interested in.
President Eisenhower said his success in the military and the presidency is because he surrounded himself with smart people in fields helpful to America.” Or words to that effect.
It’s a little different when you make the decision not to drink against your own peer group’s habits vs. when you’re forced to decide that based on what your group tells you. The latter are also much more likely to “cheat.”
Trump’s kids grew up so well in part because he taught them to stay away from drugs and alcohol from an early age. If I recall, Gore, Biden, Jeb, Fiorina, and others all have children or nephews/nieces who’ve had bad drug problems.
Now, Trump’s brother died of alcoholism and Cruz’s half-sister died of drug abuse. Strange coincidence for the 2 front-runners.
http://www.people.com/article/donald-trump-brother-fred-death-alcoholism
I am a case in point. I am now every party or outing's designated driver! {^) I drink vicariously these days.
That said, I don't particularly admire teetotalers unless they have a real reason not to drink. I wish I didn't have to be one, but it's like an allergy. If I didn't have it, I'd partake with the rest of the gang. I'm just one of the unlucky ones who got this thing of not being able to handle it. I'm allergic -- I break out in handcuffs. So I quit -- simple solution to the problem.
I can't say I admire folks like me so much as understand them. When I see people who become teetotalers for other reasons ... I generally remain indifferent.
And b9 my wonderful friend, I will also tell you that many, if not most, of the most cherished valuable loyal resourceful wise people in my life ... DRINK. God bless 'em!!! I am happy and blessed to now be their designated driver!
Trump’s stance regarding alcohol impresses me deeply because, like my husband’s, it comes from witnessing devastating effects in his own family and deciding it’s not for him.
I drank for a period between age 20 and 21, and scared myself almost to death, realizing I couldn’t drink in moderation and couldn’t stop til I was passed-out drunk. It was an easy decision. Haven’t drank since, and chose to marry a non-drinker, still together forty years later.
Like my husband, Trump made the decision through observation, not
experience, which I admire no end. Thus my tag.
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