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Trump Not a Good Bet for American Greatness
Townhall.com ^ | March 2, 2016 | Star Parker

Posted on 03/02/2016 5:38:30 AM PST by Kaslin

Hillary Clinton is now setting a campaign theme that should provide a golden opportunity for Republicans, if Republicans play their cards right.

"We don't need to make America great. America has never stopped being great," says Clinton.

But this doesn't reflect how most Americans now feel. The percentage saying they are satisfied with how things are going in the country has averaged less than 30 percent since 2007, according to Gallup.

The victor this November will be the candidate who can crystallize for voters what is wrong in America and how to fix it.

That Clinton wants to start out pretending there aren't big problems that have diverted our country from its exceptional potential means she can be defeated. But we need the right Republican to deliver this message.

Do I think Donald Trump, currently dominating the Republican field, can do this? No, I don't.

There are few surprises left about Hillary Clinton. We already know about her misuse of classified information as secretary of state. We know that she lied about what happened in the sacking of the American diplomatic compound in Libya and the murder of our ambassador. And we know how this so-called feminist hung on to her pathologically promiscuous and unfaithful husband because she needed his political coattails.

But we are just now learning about Trump. Why has it taken so long to pull back the curtain to expose the wizard of scam? In any case, it is starting, and we are seeing just the tip of the iceberg. We've learned that the man who says he'll build a wall to keep out Mexicans, and make Mexico pay for it, employs illegal workers on his projects. We know about the bait-and-switch scam that was Trump University, swindling tens of thousands from would-be students.

Should there be a Clinton-Trump race, it will be the first time, to my knowledge, that we'll have a presidential campaign where one candidate, Republican Trump, made large campaign contributions in the past both to his opponent, Democrat Clinton, and to her party.

Perhaps it is the formidable intimidation power of Trump and his machine that has kept the press and his opponents at bay for so long.

Perhaps the liberal press intentionally has kept its powder dry, savoring the prospect of a Clinton-Trump face-off. The Clinton campaign's research apparatus won't hold back. One can only imagine the tsunami of dirt about Trump and his business dealings that will be unleashed once they get started.

But the most powerful damage will be done when Americans, who really do understand that America is a great country that has lost its way, learn how little Donald Trump cares about the values and principles that do make our country great and exceptional. We might start with his recent hesitation to condemn and dissociate from David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan. Or his threat to sue journalists and others who disagree with him.

As we mourn the loss of the great conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, it looms large that Scalia was in the conservative minority opposition in the 5-4 Supreme Court 2005 decision on the case of Kelo v. City of New London. The court decided government can confiscate private property and turn it over to private developers.

Scalia said only two other Supreme Court decisions departed so wildly from the words of the Constitution: the Dred Scott decision, which declared African-Americans essentially sub-human and ineligible for American citizenship; and Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in all 50 states.

Yet Donald Trump said he agrees "100 percent" with the Kelo decision, aligning himself with the liberals on the Court and against Scalia.

Americans do want to make our country great again. But if Republicans don't nominate a candidate who represents what that means, we may be looking at another left-wing Clinton White House.


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To: Texas Eagle
Generally a fan of Star Parker but she just doesn't get it.

Maybe she does. She sets forth a number of very good points about Trump's past and then questions whether or not he is the right person to "Make America Great Again". Given the political past of Donald Trump, he appears to have contributed in many ways to the decline of America and his history and even recent comments he has made make it clear that in many many ways he does not represent or even agree with the values that made America Great in the first place.

Perhaps you could write an essay on why Americans should take Donald Trump at his word and why, other than the platitudes he speaks at his rallies, he is the person that America needs to bring us back to greatness and exactly how (other than building that great WALL), he will be able to accomplish it.

And then see if you can do it without calling Cruz a liar.

21 posted on 03/02/2016 6:10:22 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: P-Marlowe

That’s because the articles themselves rarely have any logical or reasoned arguments, therefore, there is no point in responding with logic and reason.

When someone, like say Cruz for instance, makes up lies about what Trump has said about socialized medicine and continually repeats it on CNN, we know his reason for doing it. He is a competing candidate and wants to win. But what is the motive of so-called ‘conservative’ commentators who do the same?

Why is Parker running with this BS KKK garbage? Why keep repeating the ‘donations’ stuff that everyone and their brother already knows? Either someone can separate his donation behavior as that of a business man who needs to get ahead in a hostile political environment (Read a book called The Vampire Economy if you’re curious about that)or they can’t and keep pretending that it somehow ‘proves’ whatever they’re trying to whine about on any given day.

TL;DR: Responding to disingenuous allegations from asshat commentators is a waste of time.


22 posted on 03/02/2016 6:10:36 AM PST by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: ArtDodger

“American Greatness” ?

I thought “O” outlawed that.


23 posted on 03/02/2016 6:10:43 AM PST by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
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To: Kaslin

Star Parker’s analysis is basically worthless.


24 posted on 03/02/2016 6:11:50 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Night Hides Not

Emanate Domain is written into the Constitution so yeah, nothing burger.


25 posted on 03/02/2016 6:12:53 AM PST by TheStickman (If we don't elect a PRO-America president in 2016 we lose the country!)
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To: ArtDodger
If Trump does nothing else but stop Hillary from getting into office, he will have contributed mightily to America’s greatness!

If Trump does only that, and then immediately steps down, he would deserve a place on Mt. Rushmore.

26 posted on 03/02/2016 6:14:16 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Night Hides Not

It’s an opinion piece so there is no true or false, except for the person who has their own opinion.

Note though that the article is yet another hit piece from the establishment.


27 posted on 03/02/2016 6:15:32 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
Responding to disingenuous allegations from asshat commentators is a waste of time.

So now Star Parker joins the asshat club with Thomas Sowell and all the other commentators that were universally praised on this forum before Donald Trump decided to become a "conservative"?

When was that, exactly? July 2015?

28 posted on 03/02/2016 6:15:56 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: P-Marlowe
I think Cruz would make a great President but he does not have the ability to dominate the conversation the way Trump does.

Cruz will never be able to get his message out. He will always be on defense. Trump goes on offense.

I acknowledge we may have to hold his feet to the fire as President, but that's our job as citizens. We may very well have to raise hell and will if necessary. He is beholden to no one.

Let me see you make the case that Cruz isn't.

29 posted on 03/02/2016 6:17:37 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle
I'm not hawking Cruz. I am simply noting that there is a cult-like following of Trump. His supporters ignore his history. They ignore the things he has said on this campaign that would shock true conservatives and people who want a return to American Values. They just keep pointing south. They just keep pointing to THE WALL and then repeating the mantra that despite the fact that Trump has spent millions of dollars supporting the democrats and the GOPe that have worked together to undermine the Constitution and American Values, that Trump is "our last hope".

Trump is a salesman. He's damn good at it. But who the hell is he, really? And what exactly is it that he is selling?

30 posted on 03/02/2016 6:21:51 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: TheStickman
Emanate Domain is written into the Constitution so yeah, nothing burger.

I thought it was "eminent domain." lol

31 posted on 03/02/2016 6:22:16 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Frankly, yes. When they repeat these silly allegations, they’re showing themselves to be hacks and nothing more.

Trump has shone a light on the people on our side. It has been tremendously illuminating to find out just who is on what side in the ‘conservative’ media.

I would contend that many of these people have a vested interest in the status quo and are more afraid that Trump will upset their apple cart than they are of Trump’s ideological imperfections.

And don’t look now, but your namedropping and feigning disbelief at my dismissal of our so-called ‘conservative icons’ is not a reasoned logical argument and smacks of the kind of cult-like behavior that Cruz supporters accuse Trump supporters of engaging in.


32 posted on 03/02/2016 6:22:30 AM PST by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: Kaslin

lol ... from that pillar of intellectual thought ... Star Parker lol ...


33 posted on 03/02/2016 6:23:59 AM PST by dartuser
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To: Night Hides Not

Poor spelling due to the absence of proper caffeine levels. I speak in mis-spelled words too. Also fluent in typo :)


34 posted on 03/02/2016 6:26:04 AM PST by TheStickman (If we don't elect a PRO-America president in 2016 we lose the country!)
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To: P-Marlowe

They aren’t ignoring history. They are reacting to recent history. So-called ‘conservatives’ have promised big and delivered nothing but more liberalism in opposition to the people who pay their salary.

Trump MIGHT be a con artist. But we KNOW FOR A FACT that all the ‘true conservatives’ in the race are just blowing smoke up our behinds and we are DONE with that.

If Trump is successful in the main pillars of his campaign, it will be the most conservative change this country has seen since Calvin Coolidge. And given Trump’s record of getting disparate groups of people to go along with what he wants throughout the years, one would find it difficult to bet against him.


35 posted on 03/02/2016 6:31:07 AM PST by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: P-Marlowe
I can't speak for my fellow Trumpeteers, but I am fully aware of his history. Yes, there are problems.

But, again, I would simply say that he will not be able to get away with an authoritarian Presidency the way the first "black" (HA!) President or the first "woman" (HA!) President would.

This country was formed because people simply wanted a voice. If Cruz is the nominee, the public won't even know there's a Republican running for President because Hitlery will dominate the news coverage.

Only a Donald Trump can have a snowball's chance in hell of battling that.

And, once in office, we will have to raise hell once in a while. It's called redress of grievances.

The real benefit of a Trump candidacy is that it will translate into larger Republican representation in Statehouses and local governments.

I just don't think Cruz can create that.

He's too soft-spoken; too genteel; too professorial.

We need a hell-raiser, not a Mr. Chips.

36 posted on 03/02/2016 6:34:33 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Kaslin
Star, Star, Star...

Why do you think the GOPee is interested in anything different?

37 posted on 03/02/2016 6:42:18 AM PST by gogeo (Donald Trump. Because it's finally come to that.)
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To: Texas Eagle
But, again, I would simply say that he will not be able to get away with an authoritarian Presidency the way the first "black" (HA!) President or the first "woman" (HA!) President would.

Donald Trump, being a narcissist who does not understand the principles of limited Constitutional Government, has shown every sign that he will be as authoritarian if not more than Obama.

When has he shown any deference to the Constitutional principles of individual liberty, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, sanctity of life, limited government, states rights... The list could go on. He speaks in platitudes about how "I" am going to make America Great and uses the term "I" more than Obama.

The real benefit of a Trump candidacy is that it will translate into larger Republican representation in Statehouses and local governments.

You are assuming he will win and that he has coattails. Exactly who will be swept into office on Donald Trump's coattails? He has insulted just about every Republican in the United States and his negatives are in the 70% range.

Sure most of the disaffected conservatives are looking for a Leader, but what they are looking at is just another power hungry Authoritarian hypocrite who will undoubtedly disappoint most, if not all of his blind followers in the long run.

Again, who exactly is this salesman and what exactly is it that he is selling?

38 posted on 03/02/2016 6:43:32 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: Kaslin

Well one things is for certain. The road we are currently on is as far from greatness as you can be.


39 posted on 03/02/2016 6:45:11 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
Trump MIGHT be a con artist. But we KNOW FOR A FACT that all the ‘true conservatives’ in the race are just blowing smoke up our behinds and we are DONE with that.

That is not a reason to vote for him.

If he is a con artist, then he is doing a "bait and switch." He is pretending to be a conservative to get the nomination then he will do a hard left turn to try to win the election. He has contributed millions to those very people who have spent the last 50 years undermining the American Values that made America Great in the first place and yet he is the guy who can restore it?

The problem is that he doesn't believe a word that comes out of his mouth. He is the pied piper playing the song that everyone wants to hear.

I only wish that he were being honest. But then his history tells me he is just saying things that he thinks we want to hear and he doesn't have a conservative bone in his body.

40 posted on 03/02/2016 6:48:07 AM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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