Posted on 02/09/2016 3:37:11 PM PST by Kaslin
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RUSH: We're starting with Randy in Findlay, Ohio. Great to have you on the program, sir. Hi.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. Conservative vegetarian dittos to start out with.
RUSH: Well, thank you very much, sir. I trust as a conservative vegetarian you're not militant about it.
CALLER: Exactly.
RUSH: Good, good, good.
CALLER: What I wanted to ask was what evidence is there for Trump supporters to think that he would have any more respect for the Constitution than Obama does? I mean, they're both progressives. And Trump has seemed to change his mind on so many things lately, but the main thing is just why do they think he would honor the Constitution?
RUSH: Well, have you asked that of any Trump supporters that you know?
CALLER: No. I don't know very many. I do know one in particular, but, no, I have not asked.
RUSH: See, I think most Trump supporters lost you when you started comparing him to Obama. I think they don't get that. They don't see Trump as a progressive. And I don't think they see him as a conservative. They see him as not of Washington. They see him as an outsider who understands them, understands their plight, who joins them in thinking the problems in this country all emanate from a too-stupid government that it's too big and too overbearing and too regulatory. When it comes to Trump, I don't think his supporters are even thinking who he might put on the Supreme Court. I think it's much more personal.
CALLER: Well, I just want to know why, if we don't go by the Constitution, what do we have to guide it?
RUSH: Agreed. Agreed. I need to ask, what is it that Trump's done, said, not said, not done, that made you believe he is not respectful of it?
CALLER: Well, when he talks, he sounds a lot like -- I hate to use the analogy, like Obama again, that he has a phone and a pen, he makes it sound like I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that. I haven't heard him mention this --
RUSH: Oh, I get it. You're worried that Trump is sounding like Obama in the authoritarian sense, that Obama's out there saying if he doesn't get what he wants with Congress, he'll just do it with an executive order. And Trump's out there saying he's gonna do this, he's gonna do that, he's gonna do that, and you're worried that his supporters are signing off on the same kind of authoritarian, outside-the-Constitution behavior that Obama's engaging in, yet they're supporting it for Trump.
It might surprise people to learn that some people actually wouldn't mind that. This is the danger, I think, when you have -- and I don't know how many Trump supporters this is. It's probably not a lot, but there's some people who think that the country is in such dire straits that it may take drastic action, that we don't have time to go through the normal channels to stop some of this stuff, to reverse it. If Obama does an executive order letting 'em in, we're gonna do an executive order kicking 'em out. The hell with going through Congress. Can't trust those creeps anyway. And they think Trump's the guy to do it.
You know who mostly articulates those fears to me? A bunch of leftist media types who sit there and applaud it when Obama does it. But they worry that the Trump support base is ignorant and is, by a quirk of fate, actually endorsing and supporting almost dictatorial powers in the executive. Yet applaud it when Obama engages in those kind of things. Like I say, I've spent weeks and months analyzing and explaining the Trump support base. It would be too long to go through the whole thing again.
I just want to remind you of something, though. When Trump lights into Ted Cruz there's nothing authoritarian about it. He lights into Ted Cruz as unable to work with the guys in the Senate because they hate him. Trump says you gotta do deals with those guys. Remember Trump said, "I can do deals with Pelosi. I can do deals with Schumer. I know those guys, I like 'em, I can do deals with those people." But Trump says that Cruz can't because they hate him, so Cruz would be a disaster. Wait a minute, what do you mean do deals with those people? And Trump's asked about it, "What do you mean? We don't want to do deals with --" Trump says, "No, no. The deals I do, they lose." Oh, okay, fine. "Yeah, the deals I do, we're gonna win. My deals win. When we do a deal, my ideas triumph. When we do a deal, it's my deal. I'm gonna kick their ass," he said.
Okay, okay, fine, you're gonna deal with them and kick their butts, then fine. But make no mistake out there, Andy, Trump has sent signals that he's gonna work with people and make deals with 'em, even though he's gonna snooker 'em. Not snooker. He's gonna beat 'em back, beat 'em down.
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And Trump supporters, vice versa.
True. But also: Trump supporters worry about dictator Obama, but have no problem with unvetted authoritarian Trump.
The only authoritarian I know who is constantly changing his positions and talks about making deals with the establishment to get things done.
It’s a worry with any President. But there’s no way to know except looking at someone’s past, and Trump’s past consists in making successful deals with the enemy. So the habits of a lifetime are what we can most probably expect for him to continue. He only sounds authoritarian now because he’s rebutting authoritarianism. And he didn’t choose that subject matter - the Left did.
Trump the capitalist authoritarian wants to rebuild America. Obama, the liberal fascist wanted to tear America apart and reconstruct it in his own beatified political image.
I don’t know about y’all, but I will chose a capitalist over a fascist just about any day of the week. Why in old hell would anyone want to continue the so called Obama legacy of destruction which occurred both domestically and internationally ?(Obama destroyed Libya, killing millions across the Middle East). That would require an idiocy that America does not have.
Good Read: “Barrack Obama, The Quintessential Fascist”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
He is not a capitalist, he is a big government socialist.
You’re correct,it’s a worry with any Executive.
To me, the biggest problem is whether the people will hold the Legislative Branch accountable (eg elections) for providing the necessary “check” on the Executive who goes overboard.
Buahahahaha! Trump is a capitalist with a plan. Doesn’t make him socialist. Check into a hotel with Bernie Sanders and then know what a socialist is.
Trump is winning NH...watch the Trumpster go!
Trump supporters think of Donald Trump as “decisive” rather than being authoritarian. That is, Donald Trump is not a pussy. Lets take a look at what Donald has said he will do:
He has spoken and written about canceling Obama’s unconstitutional Executive Actions. He requires no congressional approval to do this.
He has spoken and written about rolling back 20 years of oppressive Federal Regulations. As long as he works within the current stupid laws that transfer entirely too much power to the Executive, he doesn’t need Congress to do this.
He has written and talked about working with Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare, to change the Tax code, to rebuild the military, to build a Wall and make Mexico pay for it. He has said he will get everyone in a room and work these things out.
The Congressional Committee system and regular order actually would be useful in this regard, because he can have committees and sub-committees over to the Whitehouse to talk these things out. I know that the “conservatives” have said they want to return to regular order, instead of these late-night omnibus bills. This will give them the chance to do this whether they really want to or not.
He is going to be an active, hands-on President of the United States. Based on how he is running his campaign, it is very likely that we will get to know how things are going every day.
Now this is going to be very different from the way things have been. You will actually know what is going on as we Make American Great Again! You won’t wake up and find that the GOPee has sold you down the river again.
So what are you guys really afraid of?
Trump has even been admitting this week that he agrees with Bernie Sanders.
Yes,Bernie also wants a stable economy for America’s workers. But he doesn’t want entrepreneurship.
Trump is just being pragmatic. He will rebuild America, and make sure that ashats like Bernie do not tax the crap out of it.
Your statement that Trump agrees with Bern in the context you wrote it is so disingenously dishonest
Man up . . . and say now and here that you support Trans-Pacific Partnership, the multinational trade agreement or YOU TOO agree with Bern.
enough
Man up . . . and say now and here that you support Trans-Pacific Partnership,
Ha ha. Actually I am totally against it. A month or two before Trump got into the race, a bunch of Cruz supporters actually got on my case about criticizing Cruz for that.
But at the end of the day, I don't trust Trump to be against TPP-like legislation. Trump is the only candidate to have shipped job overseas.
You could have easily ended the conversation, "but at the end of the day, I don't trust Trump to be against TPP-like legislation." That would have been excellent reasoning and logical.
But then you had to add such an inane comment like . . . "Trump is the only candidate to have shipped job overseas
Dude, you are hopeless
And replacing them with executive actions of his own -- "good ones", he says.
He has spoken and written about rolling back 20 years of oppressive Federal Regulations.
When and where? I haven't heard it. All I've heard is that "We're going to make America great again" and "we're going to make great deals" and other platitudes.
He has written and talked about working with Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare
Yes, and he says he's going to cover everyone's healthcare and "the government is going to pay for it." He has said that socialized medicine "works well in Scotland and Canada." He almost sounds like Sanders on this issue.
change the Tax code
Not all changes to the tax code are good. Bernie Sandes wants to change the tax code too.
Trump's talked about having a high tax rate on the wealthy. All that does is discourage the kinds of activities that lead to wealth creation.
rebuild the military
ALL candidates say that.
build a Wall and make Mexico pay for it
How does he plan to do that? He's never given any idea what his plan is, not even generally. He just keeps repeating this.
Cruz also will build the wall, so this promise is no particular advantage for Trump.
He has said he will get everyone in a room and work these things out.
And how is this going to work? This kind of "bipartisanship" and deal-making are what got us into this mess.
He is going to be an active, hands-on President of the United States.
So has 0bama-- are you sure you want that?
Trump doesn't seem to understand the concept of limited government or of how things are supposed to work under our constitutional system. Having a "strong man" president is one of our biggest problems. But Trump seems to think -- and says often -- that it's merely that "stupid people" are running our government, people who "don't know how to win", whatever that means.
How he plans to do what he says he will do is something he never discusses. As a constitutionalist, this worries me.
Exactly, Nick.
He’s a crony capitalist who thinks government should be in the business of using its power to help people like himself make money (basically fascist economics). What he is NOT is a market capitalist, who would let a relatively unhindered market do its work.
The answers to your questions are in his books and position papers. Do some of your own research. I’m getting tired of trying to spoon feed you.
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