Posted on 02/20/2016 10:41:26 AM PST by Benny Huang
I don’t 100 percent trust anyone (well, I trust my wife). That is why I am voting Trump and living in the real world instead of my head in the sky. And also, because my wife told me to vote for Trump.
I stopped listening to her some time ago. She definitely has lost status and visibility. If you compare Trump v Cruz to a pick up basketball game at the playground, she would be the 2nd to last one picked. Glen Beck would be the last one left that nobody wanted (except Ted).
I don’t trust Trump either, but if it’s a choice between Trump and Hillary or Bernie, Trump wins that hands down. If the democraps win this election then this country is gone and another socialist tyrannical police state will rise in its place - ushered in by the brain dead zombies who go around in a fog of entitlement otherwise known as the Democratic base voters.
Our politicians have reduced a good life to simple terms; i.e. MONEY, PERKS and REELECTION.
Which has nothing to do with the article you smarmy little trumpanzee.
More like “trust but verify” when it comes to ANYONE jockeying for power. “Trust” is necessarily relative. The Founders didn’t trust men in general, why should we?
Mindless idolatry is a terrible thing towitness.
Ad hominem - because you can’t deal with the truth.
Good job!
I guess you trusted John Boehnir.
And you still trust Ryan and McConnell.
Is that the Ann Coulter who is the lead singer of The Trumpettes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MNYQPTaCYE
“Conservative” has become a brand, like Coke or Pepsi . . . and about as meaningful.
One problem is that, in the hands of the pundits, it fails to take into account conserving jobs, conserving the American identity, conserving America as a sovereign and independent nation — not one of many adhering to a spider web of global treaties, organizations, banking priorities and victimism sensitivities.
You have the best explanation for your vote yet. I agree that Trump will need to prove himself in the office. I agree that he comes across as a egotist and a blowhard, but he also has adopted this persona to appeal to a large majority of the voters. In this regard, it is not a bad plan.
I also agree that Ann has had her ups and downs, but she is right about immigration and I don’t see any establishment politician putting up the wall. If they were going to put up a wall or change the immigration legislation, why have they not done it. Both parties have been in power with the presidency and the congress but we get nothing. This is why I believe we need to support a non-establishment candidate. And sorry, even Cruz — who has disagreed with the establishment — would not have joined the immigration argument without Trump’s success as an indication of the people’s anger. So I am going with the guy who figured out who was angry, and led the agenda. My criteria falls under the slogan, “if you are not going to lead, get out of the way”.
Trump hit a chord echoing her book Adios America. The immigration fiasco has become front and center in America. I think people really are putting all the other issues on back burner right now. Some don’t care what he said about planed parenthood, Iraq, etc. because they’re so focused on the one topic of immigration. It’s kinda nice too that he is talking about America winning again too.
” Cruz “helped defeat” the Gang of Eight Bill”
Truth is Cruz “tried to amend” the bill. Nothing more. And as in all things Cruz, he’s unanimously ignored, so in order to save face, he comes up with the absurd story of the poison pill.
In your scenario the only kid left standing would be Michael Savage, who would proceed to bad mouth everybody from the sidelines. The opinions of these professional windbags and scribes can be interesting to listen to and read but shouldn’t really matter to anyone. Evaluate the candidates as best you can based on your own criteria and make an informed choice. My criteria might favor Cruz and yours might favor Trump. So be it.
A new blog pimp?
Maybe, but Trump would be lying too.
You state the above sentence to counter Ann's claims regarding Trump and immigration. You then bring up a meeting he had with Dreamers in 2013 and his sharing with them his employing illegals to tend a golf course of his. Insisting that any claims he now makes about getting tough on illegal immigration is not to be believed, and if he actually did live up to his stance he is rightly to be considered a hypocrite.
Here's the fallacy of your argument.
A couple of years is more than enough time to cause a person to alter their viewpoint by 180 degrees.
Illegal immigration has been a problem in this country for decades now. Do you think Donald actually hired the illegals himself? He obviously looked the other way since he was aware of it at that point in time he communicated it to the Dreamers. However, to say he now cannot be believed is only your opinion. Ditto with the claims of hypocrisy. Many others believe, myself included. Could I be wrong, absolutely. By the same token you could also be wrong. For we are both operating on our opinions. which is really all we have.
I respect your right to interpret his sincerity or lack thereof as you see fit, but it remains nothing more than your opinion. An opinion that has a 50/50 chance of being correct.
I even understand how you could come to that opinion. If I were just to look at certain instances to discern my opinion, it could go either way depending upon the instances I choose to view. Instead looking at the totality of it (past and present), analyzing it, and dissecting it as best as one can gives a broader base from which to form perhaps a more accurate conclusion.
Furthermore looking at motivations can aid in determining sincerity. Certainly becoming the President would be motivation for many in our society. But someone with his supposed wealth rarely desires to engage in the process. Their wealth alone gives them power. Does the President wield greater power? In certain instances yes it does. If one were concerned about the direction of the country he would certainly need that power to affect change.
Bottom line is, merely focusing on the past and then discounting the present may lead to a wrong conclusion, because people do indeed change their opinions on subjects. They might be labeled hypocrites, but much like accusations of racism, these terms are way over used and more often than not inaccurately applied. It is just a sign of the times that people try to intimidate others from straying off of a viewpoint. You have to admire Donald if for no other reason than sis willingness to subject himself to these levels of scrutiny and criticism. Does that sound like someone who is doing this for his own personal gain? It doesn't to me.
Ok, so you support trump position on touchback amnesty. Interesting. But tell me, as, in your words, trumps position surpasses all others, which part of the Cruz strategy on immigration do you disagree with?
Or you could just admit you haven’t read it, only listen to the talking points of others and save yourself the embarrassment of admitting your ignorance.
Well Benny it looks like Donald Trump is going to get a chance to prove you wrong. Which will actually be a win for you. :-)
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