Posted on 02/14/2016 9:47:13 PM PST by OneVike
I have been a member of FreeRepublic since February 1998, and in all my years I have ever seen so many Freepers support, and defend such a leftist candidate as Donald Trump. In the old days, any candidate that spouted the rhetoric coming out of his mouth would have been received with unanimous hatred from Freepers.
Mitt Romney was met with scorn when he claimed to have changed and was more conservative than his record showed. However, The Donald says the same thing and he is allowed to wear his liberal record as badge of honor, because he has been born again. Never mind that his fruit smells like Skubala. Any Republican candidate in the past who supported partial birth abortion was considered dead on arrival with 99.9% of Freepers. Yet a vast number of Freepers today look at Trump's defense of PP, and attack the candidate who dares to bring it up at a debate.
Thinking I have stumbled in some black hole of Bizzaro World, I decided to spend most the night, after the debate yesterday, researching past posts and comments of many Freepers who support Trump. I must admit that I wasn't too shocked to see that not all, but the vast majority, of his supporters have joined FR within the last 8 years. However I pretty much only searched the opinions of his most ardent supporters.
Interestingly enough, the ones I researched, all demanded that both Houses of Congress go after Planned Parenthood for selling baby parts. Many of them even demanded that the House use their power of the purse to defund PP. Yet these very same individuals defend, and make excuse for Trump's defense of said abortion factory, or at least claim it's bothersome but will still support him. These same individuals, however, were demanding McConnell resign for failing to pass legislation in the senate defunding PP. I did similar searches on their opinions of various other topics that Trump defends which would normally be cause of revulsion from these supporters had it been any other politician.
Well, I must admit that I am rather stunned by the way they have so easily changed their stances.
Who would have known that those who accused Jimmy Carter of never meeting a dictator and communist he didn't like, would now tout that his endorsement of Trump is not Trumps problem, and some even claim it will help him with Democrat voters in November. So we are now to welcome a politician that will get votes from leftists?
I thought the idea was to win them over to conservatism, not to abandon our beliefs just to get them to vote for our guy. So when will Freepers decide we need to change our stances on topics like "Black Lives Matter" to get more blacks to vote for our guy, or maybe we can find a good Muslim candidate who has made billions and talks a good game. Hey, so what if he may support Sharia law, just think of all those Muslim votes we can get from refugees Obama shipped in and we could actually own Dearborn Michigan. There has got to be some great female politicians who support PP that we could get behind, After all, we do have a problem with the female vote, right?
Yea, I'm just an old timer with old time values from the days when The Donald was still giving money to the Clintons and laughing at Republicans for making such a big deal over BJs in the Oval Office. Yup, just a geezer who remembers the wall of separation set up by Jamie Gorelick to keep Clinton from being prosecuted over Witewater which led to the attack on 9/11.
I guess I'm a conspiracy believer who thinks 9/11 was Clinton's fault, not GW's, and that the Weapons of Mass Destruction the NY Times finally admitted existed were originally sold to the public by the Clinton's to help get the Democrats on board for the war on Iraq.
Those were the good old days when we used to rip apart fake politicians for trying too hard to fit into our club, instead of ripping the messengers for noticing a fake when we see one.
Yea, that was before FreeRepublic jumped the Shark.
Splitting the conservative base is a brilliant tactic.
Reading what you wrote and that was my first thought...
Unthinking and ignorant posters such as yourself are the dumbing down of America. You posted lies told by people without the facts but believe everything they think.
I hope that 2016 will be the end of the use of “jump the shark” and goofy flame bait vanities”.
Enough already
When you weight the needs of the entire nation against a bunch of cow pokes the results are not even close. Get real. The wall is symbolic as well as functional.
I think with proper engineering it is possible to build a wall and maintain access to the river water. I just don’t think it is necessary to wall off the entire Tex/Mex border. I am not expert so my opinion should carry no weight what so ever. But people that know security have said there is no reason to wall the entire US/Mexican border.
That is pretty much all Planned Parenthood does.
Unless you count the $20,000,000 donation to Hillary.
Perhaps that donation was one of the ‘wonderful things they did’? Let’s go ask the wizard
+1
I can understand your confusion thinking Free Republic was a Populist site and not a T.E.A. Party Conservative site.
Your man changed parties and positions was often as he changes ties.
Don't just take my word for it.
Take a few minutes and educate yourself.
The Donald, no spin, no opinion, just the Jackass in his own words.
I’m African now?
Is that meant as a compliment or a slight?
First, the photos on your Profile page are just wonderful. Thank you for sharing!
Your Profile page states, “Unfortunately we are often times ruled by evil men who despise God.”
True, as evidenced by the current White House occupant. But among Trump, Clinton, and Sanders there are two who actually DO “despise God”, and it isn’t Trump. It’s looking like we’ll have a choice in November between Trump and someone who despises God. Worshipping and promoting Cruz (liar, cheater, no-tither, con man — all great Christian value to some) is pi$$ing in the wind at this point.
“...because my faith is in Christ.” Fine; so is mine, as is the case for probably a majority of FReepers. Is your faith bathed in more wonderfulness than ours? You are above all others? Why are you special?
“I’m just an old timer with old time values from the days when The Donald was still giving money to the Clintons...” Well, I’m an old timer with old-time values going decades farther back than the Clinton era, as are probably a majority of FReepers. Why are you special?
Love Cruz if you want to. Vote for him. Watch him lose in November. See your female family members under the thumb of Sharia law, unable to be educated, covered head to toe in some ungodly garment. But that’s OK; you voted for a “conservative” in 2016 and you have your principles intact.
African = American, autocorrect sucks,
Bflr
Trump is the only candidate, if elected, will see that a wall is built. He is the only one who will stop the Muzzie invasion. He is the only one who will be good for American industry. He is the only one with an acceptable tax plan for corporations and individuals.
He is also the only one who can win in a landslide that will give us super control of the Senate and House.
None of the GOPe candidates would have a chance of winning the general. Nor would your Ted Cruz guy.
True that some of the Rio wouldn't require a fence as the canyon walls to a large extent
provide the barrier. Then you have the problem in towns, cities with the structures being built
up to the river.
All said I guess it could be done but it isn't going to be an easy thing. However we built and
continue to build major freeways across the land and take property along them for the ROW.
Perhaps if the snarling foaming rabid Cruz zealots were just a tad bit less "zealous", shall we say - there'd be less skewering.
Plus, the obvious paid Cruz campaign serial article posters tend to wear on one after a few months.
The only way possible that I could vote for Trump in the general is if the GOPe can put off the SC nominee until Jan 2017. Even at that I’m not confident Trump will nominate a Conservative.
... For in the case of the other nations the Lord waits patiently until they have reached the full measure of their sins,
2 Maccabees 6:12-16 Providential Significance of Persecution
Now I urge those who read this book not to be depressed by such calamities, but to recognize these punishments were designed not to destroy but to discipline our people. In fact not to let the impious alone for long, but to punish them immediately, is a sign of great kindness. For in the case of the other nations the Lord waits patiently until they have reached the full measure of their sins, but He does not deal this way with us. In order to take vengeance on us afterward when our sins have reached their height. Therefore he never withdraws His mercy from us. Though he disciplines us with calamities, He does not forsake His own people
Interesting reading all the ‘religious’ responses regarding this or that about Trump vs. Cruz. That verse is on my homepage and has been there a long time now. As you can see there, it was posted as a reaction, reminder, and warning that great persecution is going to befall us, AS A NATION.
The love of God disciplines his people immediately, but He waits for a Nation’s full measure of their sins before punishments. I understand this verse to mean one should not forsake principals.
These assertions are useless without naming names, and giving links.
Shocking and sad, isn't it?
Mitt Romney was met with scorn when he claimed to have changed and was more conservative than his record showed. However, The Donald says the same thing and he is allowed to wear his liberal record as badge of honor, because he has been born again.
But but but we can trust him! /s
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