Posted on 03/02/2016 2:01:14 PM PST by Steelfish
Why I Changed My Mind and Joined the #NeverTrump Movement
DAVID FRENCH March 2, 2016
Let me begin by saying that I was wrong. Weeks ago I said on a number of radio interviews that while I opposed Trump in the primary, I’d back him if he won the GOP nomination. I hadn’t yet seen — or had been unwilling to believe — the full extent of his contempt for the truth, his fondness for far-left conspiracy theories, and his sheer malice. When I saw Trump in full, my decision was easy: Never Trump. I have spent my entire adult life advocating against abortion and working to protect the unborn. I didn’t endure the taunts and jeers of my law-school classmates, work countless days and nights away from home to protect the free-speech rights of pro-life protestors, and defend the freedoms of the unsung heroes in crisis-pregnancy centers only to vote for a man who’s a walking Planned Parenthood commercial.
Last night, even in his alleged “uniter” mode, Trump went out of his way to once again praise the nation’s largest abortionist — the killer of millions of children — and call his critics “so-called conservatives.” This language will never — not ever — unite the conservative movement. While my own military service can’t compare to the sacrifices and courage of the true American heroes of the Iraq War, I didn’t leave my home and risk my life in the fight against the world’s worst jihadists to vote for a man who apparently believes that I was little more than the stooge of a vast conspiracy to lie our way into war. Moreover, I cannot abide the notion of voting for a man whose “war strategy” is a child-killing war crime and who said out loud that more bombs plus..........
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
This attitude is doomed to keep us on the GOP plantation where we’ve been enslaved for 30 years.
I don’t need big letters to explain things.
I am not fighting Trump supporters. I am trying to get them to see the truth about their idol.
He is not worth their adoration or their support. If they succeed in nominating him, he probably can’t beat Hillary.
If he beats Hillary, we will have a president who is equal in duplicity and broken promises to Obama.
So, yes, we are fighting to get Trump people to come to their senses.
You should thank me.
I may not vote for Trump, but I can't argue with that.
Easy guess, because you wanted to be published in NR and knew there was not even a chance through eternity of it if you did not trash Trump.
Not a word about the alternative: President Hillary Rodham Clinton.
As my daddy, who fought across Europe always said, "Fight like World War II, win like World War II." Apparently this fellow also missed the Twin Towers and the ongoing beheadings. Oh well, I guess he likes the new rules of engagement that has cost us so many lives.
Ithe problem is that I don’t think Trump is even 50% on my side. We’ll end up with pretty much the same immigration plan we’d get with anyone else, but a whole bunch of liberal crap to go along with it.
Well, Johnnie, at least Cruz has vowed to defund Planned Parenthood.
At least he’s done that.
While Trump continues to defend and support them.
Cruz has ridden into DC. He has fought the establishment.
What has Trump actually done besides make promises he probably has no intention of keeping.
How liberal of you, altura.
Keep your condescension and your candidate as well.
Looks like someone wants to keep working for the NeoCons at National Review.
Anything to try to get Cruz the nomination, huh?
Side with Gopes and libs. Whatever it takes.
“I am not fighting Trump supporters”
Yeas you are.
And you are cementing the fact that you openly siding with the GOPe means not one vote from us will going to Cruz.
#NeverTrump
Why do Trump supporters always deflect and change the subject.
Trump has not yet been nominated and some of us are trying to prevent that outcome.
Not to be mean to you Trump supporters but for the good of the country.
In an article about how he became disillusioned about Trump, why do you expect him to talk about Clinton.
We will talk about Clinton plenty when the nominating process is over.
But... it ain’t over till it’s over.
>>> We could not dream up a more horrible candidate if we tried. <<<
Sure we could! Obama would probably pardon Charles Manson for us if he was the guaranteed GOP candidate.
Worth reposting.
#NeverGoldmanSachs
The problem you have is that Trump is a democrat and you really didn’t think through how Trump will end abortion by making deals.
As usual, you are always flaming with your children or baby insults and as usual I am laughing at you, little johnny.
If he beats Hillary, we will have a president who is equal in duplicity and broken promises to Obama.
Donald Trump will cause Hillary so much stress and anguish she'll probably pop another vessel and drop dead on the stage. And it will be her own fault for being so cussed vile and evil.
You should vote for Trump just to see it happen.
Have you read how many in here were completely disgusted by your candidates victory sermon last night that they changed their minds?
Lots of them.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.