Posted on 07/19/2015 2:08:01 PM PDT by brianhumeck
Before I get to the surprising statement on religion made by Donald Trump today, allow me to discuss what everyone is talking about, and that's Donald Trump's thoughts on John McCain's war record.
Male pride and bravado can be a terrible thing. I think an example of that was seen in the recent Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa. Donald Trump was being interviewed on stage by pollster Frank Luntz who spoke about John McCain and mentioned that Senator McCain was a war hero. That is when Donald Trump figuratively stepped into it, the pit that is sometimes his open mouth.
Now, what he said, his unkind words toward an American veteran who happens to be an absolutely terrible liberal politician, were uncalled for. Donald Trump said he did not consider John McCain a war hero. "He was only a war hero because he was captured," said the Donald. He did relent and went on to say at the end of the exchange with Frank Luntz, "Perhaps he's a hero," referring to John McCain.
But why would Donald Trump, who once raised $1,000,000 for John McCain's presidential bid, say such an unkind remark about the senator? Well, it seems to have started with John McCain himself. Senator McCain was not happy that Donald Trump took his brand of anti-immigrant conservatism to his home state of Arizona. In a rally in Phoenix July 11th, Trump spoke to supporters about illegal immigration, outlining what he would do to stop the flow of illegal aliens into the country through states like Texas, California and especially Arizona. When later asked about the Phoenix rally by reporter Ryan Lizza, McCain said that Donald Trump had gone to his home state and stirred up the "crazies."
So that's what Trump supporters are? More specificially, that's what....
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Amen!!!!
Trump wasn’t rude - he just wasn’t deferential and that’s what the McCain defenders are cracking up about. McCain deserves a side note about what he went through but the decades since have overshadowed anything else - he’s insane.
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