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To: CottonBall
"....But that doesn’t mean I’m going to condone everything he [Trump] does, when it is against the best interest of this country. We are conservatives, we are not blind followers...."

Ah, and therein lies the rub.

Trump is not an ideologue. He's not hard-core conservative and can seem outright liberal at times.

But forgive him. He's a businessman at heart and not a politician. That is a good thing.

If we think we elected a true conservative, think again. While Trump has done a tremendous amount of work undoing what Obama did during his 8 years, he has not ever said he was a true conservative.

He has done some things better than Ronald Reagan but why do conservatives insist on purity in their leaders? No one is like that. If they were, they probably wouldn't have been elected.

Trump is doing a great job. Give him credit.

Is Trump perfect? No. Is he exceptional? Yes, absolutely.

We should count our blessings and stop complaining we didn't get everything we wrote to Santa about that we wanted for Christmas.

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88 posted on 03/24/2018 7:28:13 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: HotHunt

I’m not expecting perfection. I’m not even expecting out and out conservatism from him. I took his campaign promises at face value. That’s all I want to see implemented. If he does those he will be the greatest president ever.


95 posted on 03/24/2018 10:15:16 AM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian!)
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To: HotHunt; All

https://iotwreport.com/holster-your-pitchforks-and-torches-4-level-omnibus-chess-afoot/

Holster Your Pitchforks and Torches – 4 Level Omnibus Chess Afoot????
March 23, 2018 BFH Uncategorized 75

Reader “Gunny” at Conservative Treehouse explains that this is a spending bill, not a budget. There is a YUGE difference. Trump observed Obama’s technique for 8 years, can he be taking a page from that playbook?

MJA said the same thing to me a couple of hours ago. In the fog of war, I wasn’t hearing it.

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Gunny-

Wheatietoo and I spent hours yesterday providing links, researching the laws, the 1974 law and statutes…. Do you know why the Omnibus is not going to get any notice…Here it is..

It’s not an official ‘Federal Budget’. It’s an Omnibus bill…not a Budget…He outsmarted them again…Congress basically screwed themselves by not passing a Budget…

Per the Constitution…the President must adhere to a Budget set forth by Congress and direct the expenditures as provided therein.

This is another one of those big Porkulus Bills, like they gave Obama for 8 years. This is not a Budget..

An Omnibus Spending Bill may have some ‘instructions’ as to how the money will be spent…but Obama ignored them.
He spent the money, or didn’t spend it, however he wanted to.
And Congress didn’t do a thing about it! Because they couldn’t..

And, it is only for 6 months..

I think our President observed how this happened, year after year.
He is bound to realize that those ‘appropriations’ for different things in these Omnibus bills…are merely ‘suggestions’.

So like Obama, Pres Trump can spend this money on whatever he wants to.
Or…not spend it.

Planned Parenthood?
What if our President decided to tell the Treas Dept to ‘slow-walk’ that money to Planned Parenthood…until the Senate gets off their ass and confirms his appointees?

Sanctuary Cities?
What if our President decided to ‘slow-walk’ that money too…until those Sanctuary Cities assist ICE in rounding up criminal illegal aliens?

Splodey heads? From the Dems and the Enemedia?
Why yes.
There would be a colorful display of splodey heads.

But what could they do about it.
Hah.

Our President could just say…’What! Congress should’ve passed a Budget.’

done finished…research was done…and it is so very humorous actually….our VSG..just said just give me money for the military and the wall…put anything else you want in it…and those goofballs did.

In this case, as per above….he doesn’t have to spend a dime….because it is not a budget…and even if it was…researched….he could still spend as he please…
Congress appropriates….up to the President to spend it…or not….as he pleases..

If anyone disagrees, I can go back and get the links and evidence, but if you just read yesterdays political thread…Wheatietoo and I laid it all out for all…Wheatietoo did most of the work and put together the consolidated update as per above….

Again, that is why Obama never had a Budget in his Presidency…Congress did continual Omibus’s and he just took the money….for 8 years…and no one seems to know where it went…
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The way I read this Trump has outsmarted everyone again.
when i heard that he had signed on to a 1.3 trillion dollar spending bill that the dems were simply thrilled with the first thing i thought is the many times i have been tagged by Trump.
Every time I have questioned the guy he has come out on top and I was on the bottom looking up.
Lets face it this guy is always the smartest one inthe room and this time is no exception.
When you think about it there is no way he would have signed onto something like this any more than he would have let Mueller run roughshod over his personal life or that of his family.
I’m betting he has both under control.


126 posted on 03/24/2018 3:39:11 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the free because of the brave! MAGA!!)
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