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Trump Haters: Blinded By The 'Right'
Townhall.com ^ | January 24, 2016 | Doug Giles

Posted on 01/24/2016 7:00:17 AM PST by Kaslin

I was watching a very angry conservative on TV the other day attempt to paint Trump as Satan's blonde-headed younger brother.  

They also tried to make out anyone who claimed to be a conservative, that would ever remotely even consider voting for The Donald, to be the dumbest SOB on the planet... the bane of humanity.  

This person was angry, peeps.  It was scary, shark-eyed, weirdness.  They were sold on Trump being evil incarnate.

The weird thing was, if my memory serves me correctly, I don't remember this talking head getting that irate about Romney in 2012.  Matter of fact, I believe they stumped arduously for Mitt going into the general election.   

Y'all help me here: aside from the color of their coifs, please thrill me with what's the big difference between the twain other than Trump's way more aggressive against Islam, for more stringent border security and way more anti-Obama/Hillary than Mitt ever was. Also, I’m pretty certain said person also tried to sell us on McCain and they were very pro-George W. Bush. Go figure. Anyway …

The disturbing thing to moi was the rage combined with the unwavering conviction that they were right on every issue and, if you disagree with them, I guarantee they'd spew more f-bombs in your face than Gary Oldman would if he ran out of espresso and cigarettes.

This made me reminisce back to a group that existed a few years ago who "knew" they were "right" on every issue. 

This group was extremely conservative, pro-life, and pro-Ten Commandments. Regarding their religious practices …holy moly…they were extremely devout. So devout that they make me look like a lush with my penchant for my amazing cigar line, dirty martinis and warrior movies. 

This crew tithed a tenth of every thing they made, fasted once week out of every month, and memorized the Bible.  Indeed, these people hated evil and had a zero tolerance policy for any religious or political leader who showed one scintilla of compromise with their “worldview”. They were right, dammit.  And God help you if you every drew their ire.  

One man, who was also earnest and pretty conservative, but approached things way differently than they did, decided to take them on, and not only did they verbally blast him but they ended up killing him. The man they killed was named Jesus and the conservative group that had him offed was the first-century Pharisees. Yep, JC could not live up to their standards as a leader.

Speaking of standards for leaders, I wonder if those conservatives who're currently crapping on Trump, who’re looking for the perfect leader, would back the following leaders that God did? Check it out…

-- King David shagged Bathsheba (another man's wife) and then had her husband offed. Would conservatives vote for him?

-- What about Moses? Moses killed a man, married a black woman, and had massive anger issues. Can you say "deal breaker" for most conservatives?

-- What if Samson were on the ticket? Samson dated a hooker, killed Cecil The Lion, and had long hair. Can you imagine the melee that would ensue should some candidate have this Nazarite's track record? OMG. Scandal aplenty for the fastidious among us. But…he was God's choice and his Judge to lead an ancient Israel for a time.

-- What about Abraham? This old patriarch constantly lied about being married to his wife. Not. Very. Presidential.

Then you have Jesus' fab twelve whom he chose to change the planet that were an amalgam of rough-cussing fishermen who resembled the crew of Deadliest Catch. And don't even get me started on John The Baptist, who ate bugs and wore a camel skin.

And the list could go on and on regarding the massive and weird incongruities of eccentric men who were utilized to shake and shape nations for righteous purposes.

Bottom line: good luck finding Mr., Ms., Miss or Mrs. Perfect when voting for president. And by your standards you might as well start practicing saying President Hillary Rodham Clinton.

One more thing: I will vote for either Trump or Cruz depending upon who gets the nod. Also, and pardon my redundancy, but don't forget the wizards at the National Review told us Romney & Ryan were groovy. How'd that work out for them?


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; dsj02; elections; immigration; trump; trumpwasright
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To: xzins

It was a trick question.


141 posted on 01/24/2016 7:29:24 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freepers. The enemy is on the left, not the right!)
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To: raybbr
Doug Giles would impress me more if he had the starch to name names. Instead he hides behind a facade of keeping his friends anonymous, for whatever pusillanimous reason.

But the establishment types all do it--Giles, Bill Bennett, who claims he has "major conservative" friends who declare they will vote for Hillary if Trump gets the nom. But Bennett, like Giles, is too much the spineless coward to tell us who his friends are. No one should take anything seriously that is reported by someone claiming to be a direct witness but unwilling to name names.

142 posted on 01/24/2016 8:24:53 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: raybbr
Doug Giles would impress me more if he had the starch to name names. Instead he hides behind a facade of keeping his friends anonymous, for whatever pusillanimous reason.

But the establishment types all do it--Giles, Bill Bennett, who claims he has "major conservative" friends who declare they will vote for Hillary if Trump gets the nom. But Bennett, like Giles, is too much the spineless coward to tell us who his friends are. No one should take anything seriously that is reported by someone claiming to be a direct witness but unwilling to name names.

143 posted on 01/24/2016 8:24:54 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Grampa Dave
In one sense the NR 22 are right-- A Trump victory would mean the end of the world as they know it-- he would turn their impotent armchair conservatism into a museum piece.
144 posted on 01/24/2016 8:31:45 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Bon mots

I love the second one. It’s like a punch from Mike Tyson.


145 posted on 01/24/2016 8:36:30 PM PST by Rebelbase (A new batch of harpies has hatched in time for the 2016 election.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
In one sense the NR 22 are right-- A Trump victory would mean the end of the world as they know it-- he would turn their impotent armchair conservatism into a museum piece.

Also, they would be without a job, lying to voters, dumb enough to believe what they say. They have Macied themselves.

146 posted on 01/24/2016 8:36:37 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Obama is living proof of the disaster of not sticking to the Wisdom of our Founding Fathers!!)
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To: Carry me back

Cruz is.


147 posted on 01/24/2016 8:37:27 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Carry me back

Cruz is.


148 posted on 01/24/2016 8:37:30 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TBP
We need someone more committed to limited government and constitutional procedures.

Lincoln spurned the Constitution during the Civil War, imprisoning suspected saboteurs without due process or habeas corpus. But he won the fricken war, saved the Union and duly apologized later when it was safe.

149 posted on 01/24/2016 8:38:01 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: FreeReign

He said a lot of things during this campaign that he now says he doesn’t believe.


150 posted on 01/24/2016 8:42:33 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Perdogg

In reading the article Trump was against him before he was for him.

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“Asked what changed since then to bring his endorsement of Romney, Trump told CNN later Thursday that his past comments were “political talk.””

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/02/politics/campaign-wrap/index.html

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That was left out of this short video.

https://vid.me/EohW


151 posted on 01/30/2016 7:49:08 AM PST by pilgrim
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