I am a life long conservative. My first choice along with my best friend since Kindergarten was Cruz, but as I found out more and more about him I started getting a bad feeling. When Sarah Palin who knows them both very well and personally, endorsed Trump it meant a lot to me. When Cruz’s minions here went into full on attack mode against Sarah Palin and her family it offended me deeply.
I have been personally involved in a lot of political races over the years; I have even made signs and knocked on doors. I have known a lot of politicians and have seen a lot of dirty tricks. I have researched this race thoroughly and my man is now Donald Trump. I respect that you don’t agree with that decision, but I believe in both my heart and mind that Trump will give this dying Republic its best chance.
I currently have eight grandchildren with more on the way. I want them to have as good a chance of prospering than I have had. I worry a lot more about their future than whether or not you will judge me as being less conservative than you. The results tonight from the daily survey show that people here support Trump over Cruz by more than 2 to 1. I believe that most here have thought long and hard about this decision and that they are still true conservatives.
I believe him. I also think he was paying his sister a compliment. Is that so strange?
Some of the greatest Christian warriors are those who converted late in life. Don’t pretend that Trump hasn’t been saying conservative things for years and years. He has. Watch his rallies. Listen to what he says now. If you want to vote for Cruz, fine. I don’t have to hate Cruz and I don’t. I just think that Cruz and the rest are a lesser brand of the same pale beer we’ve had. I want someone to go to Washington, kick A$$, and take names. Someone who is so egotistical that he will want to be the greatest president that ever lived. If I’m wrong I’m wrong. I believe him. I hope I’m right.
This election is 100% about the border and America first... Above all else! Nail that down first, THEN we can discuss what happened inside the country.
Without that, everything else is meaningless.
That means if you speak Spanish, thanks for playing but no thanks. If you have a track record as a globalist tool, no thanks. Deal with it.
You and Muhammed both share the fact that you falsely claim to speak for God.
Change is not always beneficial. Just look at the Dinosaurs.
There is a monumental shift in politics going on right now and Donald Trump is in the breach. Watch listen and learn, this type of revolt doesn’t come every generation.
Only express positive things about your candidate rather than negative things about the other. Let the candidates do what they want.
To some of us Trump is the hero and Cruz is the viable option.
Trump wants to charge the breach.
Cruz wants to continue to lay siege.
The rest just want to mill about smartly.
FR has jumped the shark, but not because of Trump.
Not just because of this latest upcoming looks-like-it-could-be-trainwreck we won't enjoy riding through...
This kind of concern trolling is disingenuous in my opinion. It’s not about us supporting a leftist. If we thought he was a leftist we wouldn’t be supporting him. We have just drawn different conclusions than you about Trump’s leanings based on the evidence. Because Trump made a statement supporting this or that liberal position 10 years ago is not proof that he’s a liberal. It’s just one piece of evidence among many as to where he stands.
I acknowledge that Trump’s past, like most people’s is a mixed bag which doesn’t give a clear yes or no answer about his political leaning at first glance. But to speak about Trump being a leftist as established fact is dishonest. You’ve come to your conclusions based on the evidence and your judgment. We’ve come to ours, and our conclusions are not based on willful blindness, hero worship, or ignoring of the facts as you claim. We would take you more seriously if you acknowledged that our arguments that Trump is not a leftist, are reasonable even if you don’t agree with them.
There are reasonable arguments that could be made, that Trump is a leftist but in our opinion, once you examine things more closely, the contrary opinion, that Trump is a center right candidate who is motivated by patriotism and the desire to do right, is more reasonable and compelling. You’d do better to acknowledge that our position has a rational basis and at least acknowledge that, even if you ultimately disagree with our conclusions.
You get a standing O from me, my FReeper FRiend. As I have said before, who could have dreamed that it would be the conservatives who would have to swim upstream at FR? I’m flummoxed, confused, bewildered and scared spitless of what I’ve seen happening here. Here’s hoping you or any of us who come to agree with your assessment don’t get our memberships pulled as a result.
This is what it looks like when a party loses its base because it betrayed them.
It’s no more complicated than that.
Good thing we don’t have a Vanity Drinking Game.
If we did we would all be in AA by now.
Strange (and scary) days indeed! Some seem to have lost their minds, even contrary to reason she evaluating candidates’ positions. Made worse still now that the SCOTUS and our very Bill of Rights are at stake..
Not to mention all the checks that D. trump wrote to elect people like Harry Reid and a Yucky Schumer.
Rudy Giuliani deserves an apology that’s for sure. ;-)
Fat Cat Tax Cheat
Mercer
https://www.crowdpac.com/blog/cruz-clinton-wall-street
Your phony savior is Owned by a NYC Hedge Fund Billionaire with a
6 billion dollar Tax fraud problem that DC insider Ted can resolve once in the WH .
Sucker
Some FReepers, including the big boss JimRob, were smart enough to see the fix 4 years ago, or earlier. I only see it now. We are being played. There is only one party in DC. It’s a ruling cabal where lip service is given to “conservatism” on the right, but the fix is in for the cabal who don’t have the USA citizens’ best interests at heart, only their continued income and power.
Every four years, we conservatives gather round and try to choose the most conservative candidate. We feel so virtuous, honestly weighing the candidates’ curricula vitae. BUT IT’S A GAME THEY PLAY ON US. There is mostly no way a real conservative will be allowed to win, and if a guy from the “right” like W Bush wins, you can believe he is already bought and paid for or under their thumbs.
The right candidate to have even a chance of breaking through the oligarchy’s hold on us will be a candidate who dares speak strongly to the media, and whom no one in power on left or right will support. Reagan was the last man to do this. He wasn’t perfect; no one is.
Your FReeper friends have not deserted the idealism of having a seriously conservative President. They just know that going with a Ted Cruz in 2016 is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
WE HAVE LOST OUR COUNTRY and we need to fight the oligarchy to get it back. There is a real chance Trump could achieve something. Not because he is uber conservative; that is non applicable. It’s because he is bold, patriotic, and very rich so he can protect his family from what may threaten them.
We haven’t turned liberal. We have prioritized.
1. Fight the oligarchy that keeps us serfs, and their media arm
Over
2. Feeling really really good about the conservative creds of a candidate who will lose or be owned in office
Please understand how important #1 is.
3 reasons why people are supporting Trump.
1. Jobs
2. Jobs
3. Jobs
Trump has created more jobs all by himself in the real and productive economy private sector than all 44 presidents COMBINED!
>> The One who doesn’t take kindly to those who defend Planned parenthood defenders
Unless you can guarantee Cruz will beat Hillary, then you’re the One defending Planned Parenthood.