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Why I Changed My Mind and Joined the #NeverTrump Movement
National Review ^ | March 02, 2016 | DAVID FRENCH

Posted on 03/02/2016 2:01:14 PM PST by Steelfish

Why I Changed My Mind and Joined the #NeverTrump Movement

DAVID FRENCH March 2, 2016

Let me begin by saying that I was wrong. Weeks ago I said on a number of radio interviews that while I opposed Trump in the primary, I’d back him if he won the GOP nomination. I hadn’t yet seen — or had been unwilling to believe — the full extent of his contempt for the truth, his fondness for far-left conspiracy theories, and his sheer malice. When I saw Trump in full, my decision was easy: Never Trump. I have spent my entire adult life advocating against abortion and working to protect the unborn. I didn’t endure the taunts and jeers of my law-school classmates, work countless days and nights away from home to protect the free-speech rights of pro-life protestors, and defend the freedoms of the unsung heroes in crisis-pregnancy centers only to vote for a man who’s a walking Planned Parenthood commercial.

Last night, even in his alleged “uniter” mode, Trump went out of his way to once again praise the nation’s largest abortionist — the killer of millions of children — and call his critics “so-called conservatives.” This language will never — not ever — unite the conservative movement. While my own military service can’t compare to the sacrifices and courage of the true American heroes of the Iraq War, I didn’t leave my home and risk my life in the fight against the world’s worst jihadists to vote for a man who apparently believes that I was little more than the stooge of a vast conspiracy to lie our way into war. Moreover, I cannot abide the notion of voting for a man whose “war strategy” is a child-killing war crime and who said out loud that more bombs plus..........

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To: Steelfish

trump lost me the moment he attacked Cruz from the left, praised plannedparenthood, praised pelosi reid didn’t defend kim davis and when he defended how the fed govt bullied ranchers by calling Cruz defense of ranchers sick

vote Conservative #nevertrump the lesser of two evils is still evil


81 posted on 03/02/2016 3:18:21 PM PST by RginTN (Donald J Trump- why would the people of Ky want a rookie senator when they have Sen Mitch Mcconnell)
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To: Steelfish

Apparently the hypocrisy of NR and it’s staff know no bounds.

A blast from the past from the same people bringing you #NeverTrump

http://nypost.com/2015/11/16/paris-doesnt-need-your-hashtag-heroics/

Opinion
Paris doesn’t need your hashtag ‘heroics’


82 posted on 03/02/2016 3:22:33 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: 94Revolution; altura

Wel said! Polls shows Hillary beating Trump, but losing to Cruz and Rubio.
If this doesn’t scare the Trumpkins, nothing ever will. I also detest the vulgar gold Louis XIV gaudy brocade of his Trumphouse and his trophy wife sitting there on a Marie Antoinette chair. She used H2B fast track visa to get here as “model” one of the skills that American women apparently don’t have, like the busboys and bellhops at Mara-a-Lago in Miami Beach.


83 posted on 03/02/2016 3:23:13 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: MNJohnnie

Well, you convinced me.

Snark, sarcasm and derision never makes a solid argument when attempting to change someone’s mind.

It is well past time we stop this silliness and focus on rational unemotional exchanges, in other words, act like adults. We have a greater threat and that is Hidebeast.

Cheers.


84 posted on 03/02/2016 3:26:05 PM PST by Hulka
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To: 94Revolution

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/who-gains-the-most-when-the-gop-field-shrinks

Here is some real data,not your make believe fair tale numbers.

So don’t make me spank you again child.


85 posted on 03/02/2016 3:26:07 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: Hulka

Jimmy Carter though he was the source of all wisdom. Carter thought he would ride into DC and dictate to all of them his 100%erism.

How that work out for him? Curz would be the Republican Carter clone.


86 posted on 03/02/2016 3:28:04 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: MNJohnnie

?


87 posted on 03/02/2016 3:28:50 PM PST by Hulka
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To: Steelfish

He’ll be back on board in 4 weeks.


88 posted on 03/02/2016 3:29:09 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Trump and/or Cruz, it's all good)
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To: altura

“If he beats Hillary, we will have a president who is equal in duplicity and broken promises to Obama.”

How do you know that?


89 posted on 03/02/2016 3:29:30 PM PST by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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To: altura
I’m well aware that you are so deep into blind adoration of an unworthy man that you would be for him if he shot your puppy right in front of you.

I am not in blind adoration of Donald Trump.

I am in revulsion of a man that knowingly is not eligible yet chose to run for the Presidency.

Furthermore, I am appalled that Cruz was raised to believe he is God's anointed king of the world to prepare and bring about the end times and Christ's return. That this apostate has your vote speaks to your character.

I am repulsed that a supposed Christian man would hire a vulgar and inhuman man like Jeff Roe to be his campaign manager.

I am dubious that a man that has worked inside Washington for twenty years, has a wife who works for Goldman Sachs that has been a member of the CFR, could ever turn us away from the socialist path to a New World Order and the poverty and devastation that it would bring.

Above all, I am amazed that Cruz can quote some scripture, wave his hand, then "hey presto", all of his sycophants bow before him!


All Trump had to say was, I will build a wall, and because he has built many great projects around the world that is enough for me.

Like you, I desire to wake you up to see reality.

90 posted on 03/02/2016 3:29:41 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - already voted for Trump 2016 & Dude, Cruz ain't bona fide)
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To: Steelfish
Why I Changed My Mind and Joined the #NeverTrump Movement

Who cares...........

91 posted on 03/02/2016 3:30:54 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Berlin_Freeper
#NeverTrump

And good for you but who cares?

92 posted on 03/02/2016 3:31:46 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco
And good for you but who cares?
Asks post #92.
93 posted on 03/02/2016 3:35:11 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Steelfish

Or why I changed my mind and decided I wanted Hillary to complete the destruction of the USA that bh0 started


94 posted on 03/02/2016 3:40:36 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Steelfish

I predict that if Hillary isn’t in jail by election time she will win no matter who she is facing. Even if no one actually casts their vote for it. I mean her. The Uniparty has to much to lose.


95 posted on 03/02/2016 3:43:00 PM PST by disndat
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To: Steelfish

Since things are not working out for their candidate, there is a solution. This is receiving national attention from well known media people around the country. As with many such productions, much of the details is behind the scenes. However, I want to give all my FRiends a heads up and share with you their latest press release. Enjoy, especially all you anti-Trumpsters:

News

March1,2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Michael Wilson, 949-355-2823 Brad Keena, 202-277-2878

Super Tuesday: Trump and Grump Win, Voters Lose Again

SEATTLE / LOS ANGELES – As Democratic and Republican parties inch closer to naming presidential candidates, the voters once again face a “lessor of two evils dilemma,” said the creator of a new TV program designed to let the American public choose an independent, write-in candidate. Michael Wilson, CEO of LionHound Productions pointed to his new program as the solution.

“It’s called The Write-In, and it will put an end to the ‘lessor-of-two-evils’ dilemma created by the two parties every four years,” Wilson said. “We’re ready for prospective citizen candidates to sign up.”

The official website for the show is www.thewrite-in.com, which includes an official nomination page and application form. Each week on “The Write-In,” the viewers will narrow the field until two final candidates are left standing. A panel of policy experts, entertainers, and media representatives will challenge the television audience to select their candidate to be a write-in on the November 2016 presidential election ballot.

“Why waste the American public’s time with name calling, in-fighting and dirty tricks?” Wilson asked. “The Write-In will be serious, funny, entertaining and enlightening to an audience neglected by the current political process. We’re ready to begin. The Write-in is about to change the face of presidential politics.”

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Michael Wilson can be reached at 949-355-2823


96 posted on 03/02/2016 3:50:22 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Steelfish

Mr. French is lying. He doesn’t change his mind today, he has gone berserk since day one Trump entered the race. Now he’s pretending he’s an innocent victim of cheated spouse. What a jerk!


97 posted on 03/02/2016 3:54:33 PM PST by Rebel2016
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To: Steelfish
All I saw was National Review and I was done with the article. Prejudiced from the get-go with an agenda to get rid of Trump.

I am against anyone or organization who is AGAINST someone rather than pitching their own candidate. Show me someone better Trump who's winning and I will look at them. Otherwise, there is nothing to see here.

98 posted on 03/02/2016 3:59:14 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Asks post #92.

#BFSoreLoser.......Got it.......

99 posted on 03/02/2016 4:03:51 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

Didn’t think you were going to react well after so easily being made to look like a Fool.

Clicking the link I gave might have stopped you.


100 posted on 03/02/2016 4:11:19 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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