Posted on 01/25/2016 3:23:39 PM PST by conservativejoy
I'm not sure what is worse: Donald Trump bragging about paying off politicians, or the cheering by Republican-debate audiences when Donald Trump brags about paying off politicians.
See, when I worked for the Justice Department, we didn't just indict the slimy pols - from both parties - on the receiving end. We also indicted the deep-pocketed cronies who greased their palms, expecting top-shelf service in return.
Even if you're not the queasy type, how nauseating to watch a crowd of people, many of whom would tell you they're strong law-and-order conservatives, giddily applauding as a guy confesses that he's the corrupter who makes the corruption work
. "I was a businessman," Trump smarmed at a debate earlier this year. He was being pressed about the piles of dough he has deposited in Democratic coffers through the years - for his pals the Clintons (including the Clinton Ca-ching Foundation), Schumer, Reid, Pelosi, Cuomo, Rahm, and the rest of the gang. "I give to everybody. When they call, I give."
Yup, although more to the progressives, to implement the very policies he now complains are destroying the country. And why? Trump's allocution continued: "You know what? When I need something from them, two years later, three years later, I call them, and they are there for me... And that's a broken system."
Well, yeah, when you spend years breaking something, it tends to get broken.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Sooo... When I put $5 in the collection basket at church, am I bribing God?
It is called “influence peddling”. We currently have a Democrat Senator under indictment for this.
And you will be called a liar, like the rest of us. Or, my favorite: “heresy!” “False witness!”
I hope you’re kidding, but if you’re voting for Trump perhaps you aren’t.
Or a Canadian, I guess. But, have it your way.
Ted Cruz is so American he bleeds red, white and blue. He knew the Constitution by heart by the time he was 13 years old. I would bet every dime I have that Trump has never even read it.
It is the SLAVE that takes the money.
Trump’s not God. Trying to build a moral equivalence of Trump to God said a lot in and of itself.
If anyone can post archives or transcripts of Trump passing or signing leftist legislation while holding elective office, I will discontinue my support of him.
The borrower is slave to the lender. If the politician is a slave to Trump in your view, then Trump is the lender. Which means there was an expectation of repayment.
Did you mean to insinuate a quid pro quo?
“I hope you’re kidding, but if you’re voting for Trump perhaps you aren’t.”
I’m not kidding... There really does have to be a Quid pro quo for it to be a bribe. And I’m not voting for Trump in the primary (live in a caucus state).
I’ll vote for him in the general if he’s the nominee, just like you will.
“Trump’s not God. Trying to build a moral equivalence of Trump to God said a lot in and of itself.”
That’s crazy talk...
Standard cop out since he never held office. By the same token, he has never kept a campaign promise. Never, not even once.
Right. That’s why he was here for 40 years before he renounced his Canadian citizenship, illegally got elected to the US Senate, used the citizens of Texas as his stepping stone to the presidency, & then thought he could squeak through by hiding his ineligibility, his shady financial dealings etc.
LOL Yeah. A REAL patriot.
My foot.
“I would bet every dime I have that Trump has never even read it.”
I would take that bet. Trump is the same age as I am. We studied it in civics in 5th grade...
To equate giving to God in church to Trump giving to a politician is a stretch.
Few countries have birthright citizenship. Cruz’s mother had always told him she had never sought citizenship for him.
Technically, the first time he voted in the U.S., that nullified his citizenship in Canada. His renouncing it was a formality.
He has supported it though the politicians he has kept in office. But I know you’re kidding. Trump supporters don’t withdraw support as he pointed out, even if e murders somebody. I mean besides the millions of babies whose murders he supported.
“To equate giving to God in church to Trump giving to a politician is a stretch.”
No it’s not... I would hope to get something for being generous to the Church. I would give to politicians to every Sunday if I thought it would help me get into Heaven.
Does this stupid rag even support Cruz?
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