Posted on 01/23/2016 4:40:59 PM PST by Ted Grant
I'm glad you (or the original poster) highlight this point.
That was my first reaction when I saw that NRO cover with '11 Conservatives Against Trump'.
Where was this passion against Obama in 2008 - when it was clear we had a Marxist, Christian hating, American hating, fraud running for President? It was nonexistent.
Where was this passion regarding this Administration's desertion of our people in Benghazi? Just a bump in the road. Maybe a few harrumphs by these Media pundits - but no full page magazine cover calling them out.
How about Hillary's malfeasance in handling secure documents? Anyone else would be in jail. Again, just some minor tisk-tisks from these same Conservative members of the Chattering class. They don't want to lose their invitations to the best Washington D.C. parties, so they keep it low when attacking the in-house enemies in Washington D.C.
But sure, grow a spine and go after Trump.
Their opinions register zip on my Geiger counter. Or, if anything, it pushes me more into Trump's corner.
Well reasoned and written. Many thing become clear to those who inform themselves on all sides of an issue and apply integrative thinking, rather than living in an echo chamber.
If it was not you intent to disparage Cruz for taking out (and paying back) a loan mu apologies
As far as Mr Trumps success.. then why not elect Blomberg or gates they also did quite well in business.
As I said if D.Trump really had a conservative conversion all well and good but he has shown little in his past for me to see it as real and much to say it is not..
Note I will vote for ANY one on the R ticket to keep hrc and bernie for selections USSC Justices.
On the policy issues No did he do anything to stop them as he is a political gadfly most of the time. Well he did run for pres on the Ross Perot party but did not get the nomination loosing to Pat Buchanan.
The opposite reaction to Obama would be a conservative. Trump is not a conservative. You are correct in saying that some (in my opinion, gullible) conservatives are projecting their hopes and dreams onto Trump, just as liberals did with Obama, but while the liberals got much of what they want, given Trump's record and obvious lack of a defining conservative ideology, conservatives will not.
We will not see a significantly smaller, less costly, and less intrusive government after a Trump Administration - Every indication, based on Trump's own words and record, is that it would be significantly worse. And that assumes that he can even rise above his polarizing negatives to be elected in the first place.
You might want to rethink that since Elmer has stated that his liberal sister, a federal judge, would make an excellent SCOTUS Justice.
Exactly!
It’s worse than just the GOP leadership being process oriented and the Dem leadership being goal oriented: The GOP-leadership process has been doing nothing but helping the Dem-leadership goals.
“Did he? last I heard he wouldn’t even acknowledge that he borrowed the money.”
Gosh images were posted here, that showed the loan was reported to the Senate in July 2012.
So are stupid or a liar like Trump?
Perfect! LOL!
Needs to be said a few million more times.
“Sorry but the free speech for me and not the does not really work for me..”
My apologies, good sir.
And that's all it would take?
False negative, due to a Freeper who misunderstood the parameters of the issue, which only occurs on quoted text.
my comment was to the fact that it seems to many the bluster of what Mr Trump says he will do... (few details on how.. other than.. “good management”) is conflated with his record as a business man.
I would like to point out that much of that record would be anathema to many that now support him had he still been saying things like his comment about san fan nan...
“because I want her to do great, and I want this country to be great, and I [didn’t] want her to fail as Speaker. And I like her.”
for all those that seem to hate the uniparty that also like the donald there should be some serous logical issues trying to hold them both.
“I met her a number of times and I liked her,†he added. “And I really want her and everybody in office to do great. so because of the fact that i met her a number of times and really liked her, and then she became Speaker, I sent her a note. And I wanted her, and I continue to want her and everybody else in office, to do great for the country”
Note this is all in the last 9 years.
Trump also said he would not consider his sister for the Supremes.... apparently you do not have a sister, or you would understand what a brother says about his sister...
So you didn't write what you wrote?
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