[BlackElk]

Trump's very first point was that no one should be mandated to buy health insurance. What am I missing?

If health insurance is not mandated, neither will birth control or abortion or "transgender" surgeries or sterilizations or whatever other nightmares the SCOTUS or other social revolutionaries may cook up.

[Dr. Sivana]

Trump's very first point was that no one should be mandated to buy health insurance. What am I missing?

You didn't miss anything, Elk.

Perfect_Rovian_Storm, I apologize for missing the very first point, which was clear and had no weasel words. It was in there, and I just missed it.

My own bias comes from not trusting Mr. Trump personally, so I tend to believe his first shot off the cuff responses rather than his position papers. I avoid dwelling on that in discussions with other Freepers because whether you believe someone is a personal matter, and necessarily affects how you perceive what that person is saying. I know that many Trump supporters and some others don't think Cruz is an honest player, that's a personal judgment, and not one that can really be argued with for the most part.

But, as the position is very clear and laid out first I retract what I said, and will no longer state that Trump supports a health insurance mandate. He has walked back what he said earlier.

I request that you reserve calling a fellow long term Freeper a liar for VERY rare occasions. They ought to be no bones about it Mitch McConnell-sized lies.

Elk is a Cruz supporter, and his clarifying things helped me see your point better than you calling me a liar could.

I want the nominee at the convention to beat Hillary Rodham Clinton. If I were such an anti-Trump liar I wouldn't constantly correct those who say he can't win that he very well could, and might well do so convincingly. I also wouldn't bother defending Lewandoski. BlackElk also has a long list of reasons to be against Trump, but is perfectly willing to point out Trump's strongest positions other than the immigration question, and those would be trade and nationalism in general.