I think many of us had some skepticism of Trump at the beginning and that is okay, but he won us over with action and continues to do so. Levin never backed off and frankly most of his blanket judgments (outside of open trade) have been disproven by Trump across the board.
Is it still OK?
OK, to hold Trump to the conservative, the constitutional values that I hold?
I support Trump 100%, but I’m not blind or a sycophant that will excuse every Trump action or statement. Bush was great, now he’s not so great, McCain/Palin?, that’s the ticket, Romney?
WTF?
Ronald Reagan spent his “40 days” and more in the desert, and crystallized his message for conservationism, the Constitution, human nature and God. Donald Trump hasn’t even read the first page of Reagan’s life.
Trump has won over the masses of real Americans and I get that. He is attacking the media and I cheer him on at every step.
Trump isn’t our savoir that is without fault and it would be beneficial to this Conservative forum to recognize this fact.
It is okay to hold Trump to account with your principles. Absolutely.
However, much of what Levin said repeatedly about Trump has not proven true. Trump is doing more to advance conservatism than anyone since Reagan. That is a fact for me. Will I like everything? No. However, on the scorecard it is undeniable that Trump is advancing conservative issues we care about. It is also undeniable that Trump is 1000% better than Hillary for conservatism. Levin never seemed to grasp the latter point in all his tirades against Trump. That fact, more than anything, is what I am upset with Levin about.
I won’t be a blind sycophant to any person and I am glad you will not either. While I understand your sentiment regarding some of our fellow posters, I don’t count myself among them. Conservatism for me is grounded in logic and reason ala Buckley. I believe that pragmatism is a necessary virtue for reason. That point was lost on Levin at the point it became obvious to most of us that the only person who stood between Hillary and the Whitehouse was Trump. Levin went on a months long tirade against Trump with little mention of Hillary or the perilous position our nation was in if she won. I have been very pleased with Trump who has done what he promised and has done more to advance conservative principles than I thought he would or could. I don’t have a blind allegiance, but so far I certainly feel like “we the people” are winning.