Posted on 12/14/2015 2:06:33 PM PST by conservativejoy
Donald Trump has performed a service for conservatives by being willing to fight the GOP establishment and draw attention to important issues. He has sparked a much needed national debate about overall immigration levels, a border fence, and the absurd policy of unqualified birthright citizenship for illegal aliens. Conservative voters, and indeed most Americans, want a fighter. Trump has been selling himself as that refreshing change, a warrior who will fight political correctness and the political establishment.
With that said, one has to ask what happened to Trump over the weekend. He has repeatedly attacked Ted Cruz for, not kissing up to the establishment. He has also attacked Justice Scalia for…not being politically correct! So what exactly is Trump fighting for?
Judicial tyranny and religious liberty are among the top issues that divide the party base from the political class, yet Trump has been largely silent on those issues.
Over the weekend, Trump assailed Cruz for not supporting venture socialism in the form of ethanol mandates and subsidies. Trump likes to say that our politicians are a bunch of dummies. He is absolutely correct. There is nothing dumber and more establishment than using the boot of government to coerce consumers into shoving corn into their fuel tanks, thereby raising the cost of fuel and food, all to benefit a horde of wealthy special interests. Really, Donald? Why throw in with the Washington cartel when you’ve been so rewarded for taking them on?
Another dumb and unconstitutional policy of the political dummies Trump so passionately inveighs against is affirmative action. Last week, the entire political Left had a meltdown when Justice Scalia quoted some briefs submitted in an affirmative action case (Fisher v. University of Texas) based on peer-reviewed academic studies, noting that some African American students (or other groups and individuals) who are placed in higher level academic settings exclusively based on quotas will often perform worse than in a classroom more suited to their needs. The PC crowd howled racism for days! Amazingly, Donald Trump joined the wimp brigade, placing political correctness over rational discourse, saying Scalia was "very tough" on "that community" and that he disagreed with him. Really, Donald?
Scalia is a national treasure on the level of our Founders. It would be nice if Trump would let us know what type of judges he would appoint. Judicial tyranny and religious liberty are among the top issues that divide the party base from the political class, yet Trump has been largely silent on those issues.
Trump then referred to Cruz as "a little bit of a maniac" in terms of how he deals with his fellow senators. Really, Donald? I thought these were the stupid, pathetic dummies you plan to put in their places? What exactly did Cruz do wrong with regard to Mitch McConnell? In what way would you handle McConnell differently?
Here is some free advice from someone who has greatly appreciated what Trump has done on the issue of immigration, at least in terms of elevating the prominence of the issue: If you really think Cruz will go the way of the other candidates you butted heads with, and desire to affect that outcome, attack him from the right in a legitimate way. But if you are going to hit him from the left and side with the political class on key issues, especially as it relates to political correctness, you will lose your entire appeal of speaking truth and common sense.
DJT
So the folks in Dubai put Trump's name back on his building. I wonder if the conversation went something like this...
"When I am elected I will have more flexibility"???
Go Trump!
EXACTLY!!! Apparently many people do not care “for what.” They just want the biggest rabid dog they can get. Wanna bet he ends up biting them, too?
At the risk of angering people here, I’m going to say it anyway.
I have long felt that Trump was nothing more than a Democrat plant. He’s stirring things up in the Republican side to divert attention from Hillary’s problems.
Tell me where I’m wrong.
Look at Trumps support demographics. Hint..... it’s not made up of conservatives.
OK
You’re wrong.
Sort of what you'd expect in the Internet age.
The question is whether there's anything more to him than that.
Other people are saying he is running to the far right of Cruz to help Cruz look more moderate.
I can’t say that you are wrong. At one time I supported Trump, but Cruz was always number one with me. Now I will say I will vote for Trump if he wins the nomination, but it is more of a vote against Hillary than it is a vote for Trump.
I have felt at times that Rush was alluding to Trump taking people for a ride. Rush has said Trump is not a Conservative. I don’t know how much of what he does or says is born of any real conviction other than just advancing himself.
The Cruz/Trump slap fight is heating up! Gotta grab the popcorn.
Trump is fighting for America to be Great again! Really GREAT! SUPER GREAT!! Hugely great!!! That’s all you need to know.
Another making your point. Methinks Donald failed to think this thing all the way through. I'm going to hazard a guess that Cruz will ignore the "maniac" nonsense and zero in on Scalia.
Huge unforced error that Cruz can exploit.
Trump is helping to fracture a GOP THAT DESERVES TO BE FRACTURED. Look at Paul Ryan now, he was picked for House Speaker BECAUSE HE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN BOEHNER. DISGUSTING!!!
There is your problem, you “felt”. If you were worth listening to, like a Conservative, you would have “thought”.
Not even a good try, Troll!
He may not be the most conservative candidate. I’m OK with that. he’s strongly conservative where he needs to be. And he has demonstrated an ability to win. That’s going to be important in a general election. that was a joke btw.
And since he is so great and everybody else is an idiot, I think he would be one of those “pen and phone” kind of presidents...
For progressivism.
He’s not “running to the right of Cruz”. No one is.
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