Posted on 08/12/2015 5:53:27 PM PDT by Steelfish
Donald Trump, Counterfeit Republican By GEORGE WILL August 12, 2015
In every town large enough to have two traffic lights there is a bar at the back of which sits the local Donald Trump, nursing his fifth beer and innumerable delusions. Because the actual Donald Trump is wealthy, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly and incorrigibly vulgar presidential candidate. It is his right to use his riches as he pleases. His squalid performance and its coarsening of civic life are costs of freedom that an open society must be prepared to pay.
When, however, Trump decided that his next acquisition would be not another casino but the Republican presidential nomination, he tactically and quickly underwent many conversions of convenience (concerning abortion, health care, funding Democrats, etc.). His makeover demonstrates that he is a counterfeit Republican and no conservative.
He is an affront to anyone devoted to the project William F. Buckley began six decades ago with the founding in 1955 of National Review — making conservatism intellectually respectable and politically palatable. Buckley’s legacy is being betrayed by invertebrate conservatives now saying that although Trump “goes too far,” he has “tapped into something,” and therefore
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Interesting point. I haven’t always agreed with it.
Mama, you have got a really good memory, you know that? Thank you for keeping me and mine in your thoughts for such a long time. I very much appreciate that.
Yes, we're still in Texas, but doing a whole lot better than we were just a few years back. My wife and I jumped started our stalled business and got the motor humming again, which is why I don't get to freep as much as I used to :-)
As for the liberal family members, they're half a continent away in Mexifornia and still content to stay there. What can I say - they're libs. We don't get into many political fights anymore. Guess I've just been gone too long. It's just as well. I prefer the company of Freepers anyway :-)
So glad you are doing well friend. Glad we crossed paths again.
Here is The Donald at his craziest. And the reason my young nephew who says “he’s. One of us!” Will be working for him in Michigan
Looking at the crowd the other night the resemblance between the two. Well you’ll.see.
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I don’t consider National Review and William F. Buckley even close to conservative!!
yes! She does. I believe it is Walker. George will is the fake.
I like Ben Carson.
I like Ted Cruz.
Does he actually think he is going to change any minds with this pomposity? He is just writing for the shrinking few who think like him. It is pathetic.
Secure the borders. Get a handle on immigration. Cut the regulations. Cut the spending. Cut the government. Cut the taxes. Make the government smarter. Get a handle on the debt. Strengthen the economy. Bring capital and jobs back to America. Strengthen our military. Make America great again! And make the world respect us again while we’re at it.
YESSIREEEEE Cruz talking points all the way
GO CRUZ GO
That’s unfortunate. There is a clown in New Jersey just like him called Paul Mulshine. When the liberal papers there need a Republican to criticize Republican conservatives, they drag his carcass out of the closet and he writes a critical attack as an “impartial” Republican. If you listen to phony when FOX has him on, he spends most of his time attacking conservatives and defending trash like Bush III.
That said - GO CRUZ!!! Keep it up Trump!
Speaking of parasites - it seems that a very large proportion of those doing the Left’s job for them by trashing Trump in every way imaginable don’t show up as FR donors. I realize that some may have opted not to have their names posted, but it really smells. They also have a habit of evading the question about who they are supporting AND donating to. Some times high-mindedness is only a figment of the high-minded’s imagination.
That list is a keeper. Good groundwork.
I don’t know why I think that the PP think is a diversion. It always seems that when there is something bad on the top of the news cycle, there is something even worse that is not being reported or swept under the rug
George Will is right.
Me too. But his being a Senator rubs hard.
I remain skeptical, which should be no surprise. I tend to closely examine the negatives until I can eliminate them as sticking points. It’s in the nature of most IT professionals to do so. As with every candidate, I will, at some point, decide which negatives I can tolerate. (Because JC ain’t running.)
Trump has all the right political enemies, that’s for sure. It’s early yet. So I will continue to observe and discuss.
That does seem to be the case. The diversion ploy has been all too “popular” since obie came on the scene.
Thanks for sharing.
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