Posted on 08/12/2016 4:38:54 AM PDT by Kaslin
August has not been a good month for those of us who are actually interested in preventing a Hillary Clinton presidency.
The left was always expected to be an obstacle, aided by willing handmaidens in the dominant media culture. But we have been additionally thwarted by Republicans unable to achieve clarity on the necessity of this mission. Throw in our candidate’s self-inflicted wounds, and moods have darkened.
Not mine.
This is a thoroughly winnable election, still more than twelve weeks away. We have a candidate who is far superior to Hillary Clinton on national security, taxes, job creation, gun rights, health care, rebuilding the military and the vital issue of Supreme Court choices. If we can spend more time celebrating his skillful deployment of those comparisons and less time cleaning up his messes, we will win.
That is a sizable if, but I plan to spend every day until the election doing things that bring about the defeat of Hillary Clinton, while pointing out the hazards of failing to do so.
However, the air hangs thick with residual NeverTrumper discontent. This has sparked discussion over whether foot-dragging Republicans will actually be to blame if he loses. If we shuffle off to nightmare-filled sleep November 8 after a Hillary Clinton win, will we have contrarian politicians and pundits to blame?
The answer is: it depends.
Any allegiance to conservatism requires fending off the disaster of her presidency. The only sensible choice is for the malcontents to get with the program, unify and help return this woman and her husband to private life permanently.
But if they do not, and Trump loses, is it their fault?
It will be if he brings us sufficient focus and discipline to deserve victory. If we blaze a trail to November 8 spending relatively few days explaining what he meant in his latest shoot-from-the-hip brushfire because he has done a laudable job of showing America why he is an infinitely better choice, then yes, it will be time to inform the NeverTrumpers that they own every stinking day of the ruinous presidency that will then unfold.
If Trump does pleasantly surprise us with a home stretch short on crises, maybe some of the recalcitrant know-it-alls will shrug and get on board. But many will not. They have made clear that they are fine with a status-quo establishment dichotomy, even if it features a presidency we have spent a generation dreading, and the country be damned.
Those die-hards are unmoved by the logic that they will have enabled a Hillary presidency, because they simply do not care. They have proven it.
But I believe there are many Trump skeptics who will thaw as November 8 draws nearer. They will see that a corrupt President who has alternately sacrificed and monetized our national security is a far worse prospect than any vagaries the Trump years may bring.
If they do not, then yes, we should long remember their betrayal as we endure Obama’s third term.
Unless…
What if Trump is just getting warmed up in the unforced errors department? What if September and October are a wheels-off catastrophe dispiriting to even enthusiastic supporters? This, by the way, is the firm prediction from the camp of his haters.
If they are right, he will lose, and it will not have been because of Susan Collins, Ben Sasse and Bill Kristol. It will have been because he screwed it up.
But here in mid-August, there is no way to know which Trump we are going to get. As such, it is the duty of every conservative to join the fight to at least give America a shot at a rescue from a continuation of the worst policies of our lifetime.
If our candidate does not sufficiently cooperate, at least we will have done our part. The Hillary presidency will not unfold because we lost focus. There will be at least some shred of peace from that as our liberties blink out in the coming years.
As someone passionately fighting for a Trump win, why am I spending time musing over the scapegoating landscape in the event of a Trump loss? I offer it as motivation, an appeal to any shred of objectivity that may be reachable in the minds and hearts of the Trump-haters.
If he runs a terrible campaign, they can say their initial predictions were correct. Good for them, we will award brownie points as we await the collapse of the economy and the Constitution.
But if he runs a good campaign, winning over enough votes to forestall a national calamity, what a tragedy if he loses one necessary state by a slim margin because NeverTrumpers denied America the life preserver of their cooperation.
WTF are you talking about.
Khan’s speech at the DNC was BAIT pure and simple and Trump fell for it like an amateur (which he is not). He’s got to stop making mistakes like that. He needs to just let some things go, but I suspect his ego won’t let him. And it’s not just me—a lot of people feel the same way.
BTW, I’m voting for him, but I’m also scratching my head at some of his antics and pronouncements.
bifhh333 has been posting the same anti-Trump posts, for months.
He/she may not post often, but it’s usually a swipe at Trump when he/she does.
Wait a minute I was just answering a question.
I’m all in for Trump, contribute every month to him!
Go Trump Go!
My mistake, then. :)
The Democrat National Committee invited a foreign power, Islam, to interfere in an American election.
Just because the Democrat Media won't say it, doesn't mean it's not true.
That's what the REAL issue in the Khan dust-up should be.
The business of the silent, dutiful Mrs. Khan was a DIRECT play to Islam, pure and simple.
Mostly the GOP who ran against him and those who stood silent
This election proves the standing of political parties today
The Democrats are the party of the hard left and nearly all minorities of any flavor who collectively are soon to become a majority together
The Republicans are basically Humphrey era Democrats who cater to big govt and social programs and globalism only slightly less than the left
Trump offers the third option
A return to what we once were. And that attraction is primarily for white America and those minorities who know better
We may not want race or any other minority definer to define our differences but that does not stop it from happening
Race religion creed gender and even orientation are all defining elements of this struggle baring exceptions which are just that... Exceptions in the proper use of the word
Our enemies created this playing field..,we need to learn to address it rather than be subject to it
At least Trump has the stones to “go there”
Who is to blame, the majority of the Electorate who have allowed themselves to be nothing but Useful Idiots ripe for the picking.
They have the most information ever imagined at their finger tips yet they allow themselves to be manipulated by shiny things while missing the big picture right in front of them.
Obama is as popular as ever and the Stock Market is breaking records every day. That’s a tough hill to climb.
Que, Sara Sara...
That is bullshit Captain
Nobody has ever run against an array like this
Not that I’ve ever seen
Like I said, it was bait. He should have just:
1. Expressed sympathy for their loss
2. Said that Khan didn’t know him and that he was mistaken in his assessment (of Trump) and his interpretation of the Constitution
3. Suggested that the person who he really should be angry at is Hillary ‘cause she voted for the Iraq war.
At that would have been that. No one in the MSM could have said anything.
Come....join "all of those others" on the pearl clutching, fainting couch.....
He could also have asked, rhetorically, exactly what Hillary Clinton has sacrificed and reminded everyone how filthy rich the Clinton’s have gotten on their service & connections.
Hopefully, he’ll save that one for the debate.
I despise the bow-tied Poindexter GOPes.
All they care about are their “Conservatism Inc” rice bowls.
The country can go to hell, they don’t care.
Cut and run cowards, yellow bastards.
Minister Khan used his child for his own self serving monetary purposes.. His acid laced diatribe was a 'call' to his fellow believers... I like that Trump did NOT take his shout out, and called him out... Most especially in light of all of lying Ryan and Obama's transplanting so called Syrian refugees all across this land. How many terrorists attacks at the hand of their Allah must we take before we get their message?
LOL... The account hasn’t been “hacked”... noob...
There are still MANY MANY of us who have been lurking for years... We are hoping for some SANITY to return...
But hey, if you’d like to try your alt-right, Saul Alinsky tactics then bring it...
Whatever!
When was the last time you contributed to Free Republic?
It’s been a while... Does that matter? And why do you care? Have you appointed yourself the thread police?
There was a time BEFORE YOU ARRIVED where contrary opinions were welcome and appreciated....
He responded as he should have."gold star father" He honored the son, and responded appropriately. Nervous Nellies such as yourself believed he was inappropriate when he wasn't, and simply don't understand that Trump's position on Islamic immigration and Islam itself is a winning one.
But you sit there and wring your hands as if he should say nothing. That worked so well for w, for McCain, and for Romney......
You really need to rethink your gloom and doom tendency, and just man up a little. YOU need to stop taking the bait of the MSM, stop whining about silly mistakes (as you see them), and start supporting the only candidate who can beat the most corrupt, greedy, incompetent, horrifying candidate of all time. YOU need to fight for this election, not just vote for Trump. Please start now.
Like I said, man up, and stop the hand wringing, get to work electing the only person who can stop the demise of everything we claim to care about and love.
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