Charles Cooke versus Ann Coulter: Why are conservatives supporting Trump?

To: cripplecreek

Trump is a lying liberal scumbag and I’m not going to send him money for his book and I will not vote for him ever.

But you'll contrive criticisms of him based on nothing but your disdain for him, right?

And you call HIM a scumbag?

61 posted on 08/14/2015 4:13:58 PM PDT by papertyger (If the government doesn't obey the Constitution, what is treason?)

Whatever.

You may go now or continue to jabber. It means nothing to me.

62 posted on 08/14/2015 4:18:49 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)

Becuase Trump can WIN!

Just like Dole, and McCain, and Romney did! Without the comservative Base!

Oh... Wait...

63 posted on 08/14/2015 4:20:48 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)

To: cripplecreek

Whatever. You may go now or continue to jabber. It means nothing to me.

I'll put my "jabber" up against your "proud to be ignorant and involved" anytime.

64 posted on 08/14/2015 4:25:28 PM PDT by papertyger (If the government doesn't obey the Constitution, what is treason?)

To: Responsibility2nd

“CONSERVATIVES DO NOT SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP.”

You don’t but we do! You want another mamby-pamby ‘conservative’ that sells out his country to foreign interests.

65 posted on 08/14/2015 4:27:03 PM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)

One thing sets Trump apart - he is the clear opposition to the ruling class political elite that write stern letters and hold hearings, to no result.

They scratch each others backs and cut deals while the country goes broke and illegals pour over the borders.

Trump will NOT play that game. Americans are tired of THAT game.

The political class has a real threat in Trump, and Americans love it.

66 posted on 08/14/2015 4:30:55 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)

One thing sets Trump apart - he is the clear opposition to the ruling class political elite that write stern letters and hold hearings, to no result.

They scratch each others backs and cut deals while the country goes broke and illegals pour over the borders.

Trump will NOT play that game. Americans are tired of THAT game.

The political class has a real threat in Trump, and Americans love it.

67 posted on 08/14/2015 4:30:55 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)

One thing sets Trump apart - he is the clear opposition to the ruling class political elite that write stern letters and hold hearings, to no result.

They scratch each others backs and cut deals while the country goes broke and illegals pour over the borders.

Trump will NOT play that game. Americans are tired of THAT game.

The political class has a real threat in Trump, and Americans love it.

68 posted on 08/14/2015 4:30:56 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)

Boehner and McConnell represent the all that is wrong with Washington.

Trump and few others (Cruz) are our best hope for breaking their hold on the country.

69 posted on 08/14/2015 4:34:49 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)

Boehner and McConnell represent the all that is wrong with Washington.

Trump and few others (Cruz) are our best hope for breaking their hold on the country.

70 posted on 08/14/2015 4:34:50 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)

Boehner and McConnell represent the all that is wrong with Washington.

Trump and few others (Cruz) are our best hope for breaking their hold on the country.

71 posted on 08/14/2015 4:34:50 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)

Do you believe Trump is conservative? No? Good. So he’s a liberal masquerading currently as a conservative, right?

And you support that? You might as well support Hillary. Which Donald did. And possibly still does.

72 posted on 08/14/2015 4:55:25 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)

Romney had power and we see how he used it. Trump is an arch-capitalist with vision, so what he said as a "player" means much less than what he says as someone who obviously wants to fix the country.

Yes. Because a billionaire television star has no power whatsoever. He couldn't have run for mayor of New York City and exercised power there. He couldnt have run for governor of NYS zone exercised power there.

Poor powerless Donald. He was such a weakling.

And yet we are supposed to believe this poor, powerless, person has the ability to be president.

73 posted on 08/14/2015 6:01:27 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (Obama loves America the way OJ loved Nicole)

To: Responsibility2nd

"Just today on the air, he was comparing Trump to Perot. ...
Rush knows what we all know.
Trump is a useful idiot."

I looked for that in todays transcript and I just don't see it.

Carly on Hillary, Rather on Trump -- and Dr. Carson on What Ails America August 14, 2015 ... RUSH: ... CNN last night, Don Lemon speaking with host of the TV show called The Big Interview. This would be Dan Rather, about the presidential race. Don Lemon said,"Have you ever seen anything like this Trump stuff? You ever seen anything like this in all of your years covering politics?" RATHER: I have not. I'm fond of saying I've been to goat-ropings and space shots and been covering presidential campaigns a long time. I've never seen anything like this... Many Republicans fear...He's definitely tapped into something. And I know that the other Republican candidates see him as sort of a sun-powered, perpetual motion, all-American bull-shine machine, but a large section of his party doesn't see him that way. RUSH: Right. So Dan Rather thinks he's in for the long haul."You ever heard of goat roping? Can't say that I have, either. But Dan Rather... (interruption) He been to one. And... (interruption) "I'm fond of saying I've been to goat-ropings and space shots and been covering presidential campaigns a long time. I've never seen anything like this." He was around when the Perot phenomenon was happening. Would he not...? How many of you people think that the Perot think is vastly different from what's happening now? How many of you think it's much the same thing? I mean, Perot?Can anybody say third party? There was no pledge from Perot. I mean, Perot... You know, you look at the differences in Perot and Trump. Snerdley, off the top of your head can you cite any? I know it's an unfair question because there are some things. (interruption) Well, yeah, Perot didn't brag about how rich he was, but he did in his own way, and others did it for him. He didn't do it exactly as Trump does, but I'll give you an example. He's out there describing how the federal government wastes money. (impression)"Hell! Hell, Larry! You know, they're running around and they're buying all these 737s and 757s. Hell, I don't need all that! I have two of 'em myself. What you need to do is get a bunch of Lear 55s. You can save about $150 billion and get rid of..." Well, how does he know that? So it was subtle (chuckles), but it was the same thing. I think there was a... How many of you in this audience...? Let me just ask you.I know I can't see your hands raise, but how many of you think that Trump is in this to win it.? That's the big question. Snerdley, you think Trump's in this to win it? (interruption) Snerdley says he don't know.Dawn, you think Trump's in this to win it? Dawn thinks he is.Brian? No? Don't know, or don't think he's in to win it? Brian doesn't know, and I can tell by the way he's saying it, he doesn't care. So how many of you think Trump's in it to win it? I can tell you Perot was never in it to win it, and that was a huge factor. That was important to me. How do I know that? How did I know that, do you mean ... ? Because it was borne out to be true.He quit when it looked like he was gonna win! I knew... (interruption) I predicted he would get out. I predicted IF it looked like he was gonna win, he would get out 'cause he didn't WANT to win. I mean, what was that thing? He didn't go somewhere,somebody didn't go to his event 'cause some daughter was getting married or some such thing. I happened to find out WHAT Ross Perot's REASON for getting into the race was, and it was PERSONAL. I have a lot of respect for Ross Perot. You can't take his achievement away from him. You can't. He's a unique, genuine American in a whole lot of ways, but I knew he did NOT WANT to win the presidency. That first speech he gave at the National Press Club that got all this attention... I'll never forget Christopher Hitchens, the late Christopher Hitchens was on C-SPAN the next day. There was some authors hour or some such thing, and Perot the previous day, they televised a speech he had given the National Press Club where he just railed against the irresponsibility of Washington and the spending and HOW he would fix it."They're flying around in 737s, Larry, and 757s! Get rid of all that. Get some Lear 55s. That's all the people running our government need. They don't need to stand up in there. Got room to sit, that's fine, fine for everybody. Nobody else stands up in airplanes; why should they?" All right, fine, the next day on C-SPAN, when it was time to take calls, every call to Christopher Hitchens was about Ross Perot and he had no idea what had happened. So he's getting all these question from C-SPAN viewers who had seen Perot the day before or maybe a couple days before and about 30 or 45 minutes into this Hitchens said,"I'm very much uninformed here. There's something happening that I'm totally unaware of." He was there to talk about his book and nobody cared about that. They wanted to talk about what they'd seen Perot do. But Perot didn't do that speech to win the ... he didn't even .... wasn't even thinking about running at that point, and he I know that he didn't INTEND to win. I don't know that ABOUT Trump.

So Rush DID NOT SAY that Trump was NOT in it to WIN.
Rush has an entirely different thought about Trump.

74 posted on 08/14/2015 6:17:06 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)

To: Behind Liberal Lines

And yet we are supposed to believe this poor, powerless, person has the ability to be president.

Are you really trying to make an argument based on fatuous hyperbole that is, for all intents and purposes, correct?

He coulda, woulda, shoulda done many things that might have made you more comfy, but he didn't.

I, personally, have much more confidence in him being able and willing to do what he says than ANY of the other candidates: Cruz included.

75 posted on 08/14/2015 7:37:10 PM PDT by papertyger (If the government doesn't obey the Constitution, what is treason?)

To: Responsibility2nd

You might as well support Hillary.

If you don't support Trump, you might as well support Bernie Sanders.

76 posted on 08/14/2015 7:46:44 PM PDT by papertyger (If the government doesn't obey the Constitution, what is treason?)

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