Posted on 02/14/2016 9:47:13 PM PST by OneVike
I have been a member of FreeRepublic since February 1998, and in all my years I have ever seen so many Freepers support, and defend such a leftist candidate as Donald Trump. In the old days, any candidate that spouted the rhetoric coming out of his mouth would have been received with unanimous hatred from Freepers.
Mitt Romney was met with scorn when he claimed to have changed and was more conservative than his record showed. However, The Donald says the same thing and he is allowed to wear his liberal record as badge of honor, because he has been born again. Never mind that his fruit smells like Skubala. Any Republican candidate in the past who supported partial birth abortion was considered dead on arrival with 99.9% of Freepers. Yet a vast number of Freepers today look at Trump's defense of PP, and attack the candidate who dares to bring it up at a debate.
Thinking I have stumbled in some black hole of Bizzaro World, I decided to spend most the night, after the debate yesterday, researching past posts and comments of many Freepers who support Trump. I must admit that I wasn't too shocked to see that not all, but the vast majority, of his supporters have joined FR within the last 8 years. However I pretty much only searched the opinions of his most ardent supporters.
Interestingly enough, the ones I researched, all demanded that both Houses of Congress go after Planned Parenthood for selling baby parts. Many of them even demanded that the House use their power of the purse to defund PP. Yet these very same individuals defend, and make excuse for Trump's defense of said abortion factory, or at least claim it's bothersome but will still support him. These same individuals, however, were demanding McConnell resign for failing to pass legislation in the senate defunding PP. I did similar searches on their opinions of various other topics that Trump defends which would normally be cause of revulsion from these supporters had it been any other politician.
Well, I must admit that I am rather stunned by the way they have so easily changed their stances.
Who would have known that those who accused Jimmy Carter of never meeting a dictator and communist he didn't like, would now tout that his endorsement of Trump is not Trumps problem, and some even claim it will help him with Democrat voters in November. So we are now to welcome a politician that will get votes from leftists?
I thought the idea was to win them over to conservatism, not to abandon our beliefs just to get them to vote for our guy. So when will Freepers decide we need to change our stances on topics like "Black Lives Matter" to get more blacks to vote for our guy, or maybe we can find a good Muslim candidate who has made billions and talks a good game. Hey, so what if he may support Sharia law, just think of all those Muslim votes we can get from refugees Obama shipped in and we could actually own Dearborn Michigan. There has got to be some great female politicians who support PP that we could get behind, After all, we do have a problem with the female vote, right?
Yea, I'm just an old timer with old time values from the days when The Donald was still giving money to the Clintons and laughing at Republicans for making such a big deal over BJs in the Oval Office. Yup, just a geezer who remembers the wall of separation set up by Jamie Gorelick to keep Clinton from being prosecuted over Witewater which led to the attack on 9/11.
I guess I'm a conspiracy believer who thinks 9/11 was Clinton's fault, not GW's, and that the Weapons of Mass Destruction the NY Times finally admitted existed were originally sold to the public by the Clinton's to help get the Democrats on board for the war on Iraq.
Those were the good old days when we used to rip apart fake politicians for trying too hard to fit into our club, instead of ripping the messengers for noticing a fake when we see one.
Yea, that was before FreeRepublic jumped the Shark.
No problem. I figured that’s what it was.
Trump’s son was actually on television complaining about how the media overlooks the fact that he’s deporting them to bring them right back with citizenship. This is Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s touchback amnesty but his supporters don’t even realize it. I admired Tancredo for making immigration an issue for the primaries and I dislike the fact Trump has such an undeserved reputation.
Yes, Trump has a history of over-promising. The video is clear. But there are people who just don’t want to know these things. And God help you if you’re one of the people who stand in the way of his achieving his goals.
Either you know that and are just being ugly and dishonest or you are hopelessly ignorant and don't read this forum for any other purpose than to bash Cruz.
I’m a single issue voter. As a Californian since 1961 this is why.
Hint: It’s not because they’re electing conservative Republicans that California is in such a mess.
And don’t think it won’t spread to the rest of America. Unless you’re blind or stupid, you can see it everywhere.
Census: Hispanics overtake whites to become California’s largest ethnic group
About 15 million Hispanics live in state
California has six times as many Hispanics now as it did in 1970
Births and immigration are driving population increase
It’s official: Hispanics are now the largest ethnic group in California.
About 15 million Hispanics lived in California on July 1, 2014, compared to roughly 14.9 million non-Hispanic whites, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released late last week. The California Department of Finance predicted in 2013 that Hispanics would outnumber whites in 2014; the census figures confirm that prediction.
The new data represents a historic shift over a short period of time. California has six times as many Hispanics today as it did in 1970. The number of non-Hispanic whites in the state has declined since 1970.
California Hispanics today enjoy more influence than ever before. They run tens of thousands of California businesses; they support scores of Spanish-language newspapers, radio and TV stations; they make up a sizable proportion of nearly every county in the state, and they hold political positions ranging from mayor of Long Beach to president pro tem of the state Senate.
“It’s a milestone for California,†said Mark Hugo Lopez, director of Hispanic research at the Pew Research Center. “In many respects, California’s large population growth has been driven by Hispanic population growth.â€
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article25940218.html#storylink=cpy
I am a Christian and a regular Church goer. I am not swayed by crowds either. I have prayed for guidance and carefully weighed many, many factors.
My family and I have been misled in the past by people who claimed to be devout Christians. Some of what Ted has done even during the current campaign makes me worry about his sincerity. Many of his followers have conducted themselves in very shameful ways.
I am deeply offended by your statement that “Sarah Palin has made her bed with the devil.” That is a very nasty thing to say. I have said nothing like that about Ted Cruz.
I have said many times that I would be happy to vote for Ted Cruz if he becomes the nominee.
Amen brother and well said!
Catsrus is a sister :)
Well it took a lot of repeating but people are finally catching on. :-)
I like Rudy. I don’t like Trump.
Trump people almost scare me more than Trump....Did Obama put something in the water?
If it’s any consolation, I support Cruz and never attacked Palin. I just believe she’s wrong.
Ain’t it the truth?
Hey, are you not the guy who showed up in my PM raving about birthers or truthers or something? When told to take it public, ya headed for the tall grass.
Get a grip.
Good challenge. Thanks.
[Mitt Romney was met with scorn. The Donald says the same thing.]
I support Donald and Cruz. I did not know that Trump supported partial birth abortion which is not cool. I do remember the scorn for Romney and still wish he was president.
No, Free Republic has not [jumped the shark] and has not declined in quality. You are still here as well as other loyal patriots.
I don’t recall having been betrayed by FR.
FR never told me it was going to do something, and then didn’t, and then did the opposite.
I have also never voted for FR in an election for a federal office.
It's an absolute cult of personality.
It's amazing the lengths that some of his supporters will go to to ignore or attempt to justify his leftist leanings, and to viciously attack and smear anyone who dares bring those leftist leanings up.
We already have that now.
Abortion is leagal. So is gay marriage We have large deficits, oppressive a Federal Regulationsband General loss to freedom
What are you talking about we might get????
Actually my state has NO, NONE presidential candidates on its ballot yet, so I have NO clue who I will get to vote for. I am taking this time to personally and individually evaluate each of the candidates running for office.
Cruz and Rubio are 'claim jumpers' and are NOT Constitutionally eligible to hold the office of president. But hey, supposed conservatives think they are owed because Republicans gave the ineligible Obama a pass.... So much for following the 'original intent' of the Constitution. We have more like a bunch of Esau's playing the part of conservatives that snuff at their birthright. God took Esau's blessing and had it recorded twice that HE God hated Esau.
I am NOT a 'natural born' US citizen. My father was stationed in Germany, where I was born, to TWO US 'natural born' citizens. But only my parents could give me that birthright of 'natural born'. And I care more about the Constitution than it seems many of the so called conservatives.
I am not surprised that you cannot comprehend trump speak... What he is trying to educate you and the rest of this nation is what is required for a private citizen to do business is to keep the political class reelected so he can do his business. He knows who the 'donors' are and since he is self funding his own campaign he is beholden to none. Thus, Pelosi, Reid (who I thought was retiring) etc., will not be sharing the same donor beds.
Funny how ugly it is to be Trump, and yet every election people wait with baited breath who the Lost Wages casinos billionaire will fund... and boy howdy it is just perfectly fine to take their money.
And it is just peachy keen for Cruz to trash New York values at the same time he slips in the dead of night to collect his dollars from a couple of gay billionaires, and then feigning 'Jesus' sent him to be president.
A nice shiny new wall on our southern border (as if it will ever happen) and everything else going to hell.....I can’t wait.
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