After the 2012 Election, I was so disgusted I could care less about politics. I stayed away from Free Republic and other political news sites for a long while. About 6mo before the last mid-term cycle when we had the Government Shutdown and all the pundits were worried about the GOP getting the blame. Right about here I started to become interested again. The Democrats got their clock cleaned; the shutdown did not hurt the GOP one bit.
And now the Republican’s controlled BOTH houses. They can rip the lid off of all the alphabet soup agencies and corruption; they can stop Obama in his tracks! They can go along WITH Obama !?!?!?!?!
This is where it all changed. I knew then that there was no difference between GOP & Democrat. I knew then that “We the People” have been sold down the river. The Establishment controlled Congress have done absolutely nothing to stop Obama and on several occasions went right along with him as if Harry Reid was in charge. All the while pundits on TV and other media, people that I used to respect their opinions were saying this was ok. All is well.
All is not well. I know it and I am sure that millions of other Americans knew it as well.
This time last year my early pick for President was Scott Walker, I did like how he stood up to the Unions and won, repeatedly. But come spring last year, I was not so sure, the GOP it seems has left me behind.
Want to know what got me? Political Correctness – he hates it as much as I do. And immigration, if it were not for Trump, immigration would be so far down on the topic list it would not even be discussed.
Trump is running an asymmetrical campaign, and it is very effective. He has spent next to nothing but is dominating all the polls. He is pulling crowds that dwarf rally attendance of all the other candidates combined. He doesn’t bow to the liberal media, he doesn’t avoid them either, he goes toe to toe with them daily and wins. He has broken rule after rule, standard convention after standard convention. I gave up counting the number of articles predicting the Donald’s demise since early summer.
He is not going anywhere.
Thanks for the well thought out reply. I had gotten sick of the bickering on here after Romney got the nomination and had to really limit my time here.
Trump has turned this primary on its head and (hopefully) saved us from an inevitable Jeb. I also don’t think Cruz would be anywhere near where he is now without Trump kicking down some walls.
I have concerns about both of them, Trumps temperament and Teds issue with NBC, which the Democrats WILL exploit. I also have a hard time seeing just which state that Romney lost that Cruz could pick up. Trump just might be able to put couple of east coast blue states back in play or at least force the Dems to spend money where they thoght they wouldn’t have to.
I wish more of us could stick to advancing their candidates qualities instead of personally tearing each other down.
I also wish we could have a cloned candidate that espoused the best qualities of both Cruz and Trump.
At any rate, it’s gonna be one helluva ride to November.