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Is Donald Trump A ‘Common Sense Conservative,’ Or Just Mostly Liberal?
Investor's Business Daily ^ | 2/19/2016 | Staff

Posted on 02/20/2016 4:34:45 AM PST by IBD editorial writer

Ideology: Donald Trump now calls himself a “common sense conservative.” What does that mean? Based on positions he’s taken out so far, it appears that “common sense conservative” means siding with liberals like Bernie Sanders on a number of issues.

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To: IBD editorial writer
Answer:

Just mostly liberal

81 posted on 02/20/2016 6:25:11 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: r_barton

I am already used to being way ahead of the American voter.....it’s been my history.

Not bitter - just biding my time until I can laugh in your face. Of course, the consequences for the nation will be disastrous - but I’ve been the watchman on the wall. Ignore at your own peril.

You, whoever you are, will then go and gutlessly hide behind a screen name....and never admit what a gullible fool you were. That day is coming.


82 posted on 02/20/2016 6:27:36 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: IBD editorial writer

What difference does it make...his supporters are not interested in anything that shows he is being dishonest!!! We get the government we deserve!!!


83 posted on 02/20/2016 6:27:48 AM PST by ontap
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To: IBD editorial writer

Neither, he is a nationalist/populist.


84 posted on 02/20/2016 6:31:12 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: PGalt

in other words, I have destroyed you intellectually and spreading your brown filled pampers everywhere is all you can do.

Here’s your sign........


85 posted on 02/20/2016 6:32:11 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: IBD editorial writer
> Is Donald Trump A ‘Common Sense Conservative,’ Or Just Mostly Liberal?

I don't care if he's Hitler's first cousin; he's not Obama, he's not a Muslim and he want to build the Sovereign Nation Wall.

86 posted on 02/20/2016 6:39:56 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Slavery will continue to exist and thrive as long a Islam continues to exist.)
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To: r_barton; All
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2016-02-20


Observations on Donald Trump's genuine Christian faith.


Disclaimer-1 : I am a Ted Cruz Florida campaigner.

Disclaimer-2 : My wife and I just spent the previous 30 minutes discussing all of the great points that Donald Trump offers.


So here we go.


Donald Trump proclaims that he rarely asks God for forgiveness.

Following the logic expressed this week by a South Carolina pastor ...

"Anyone doesn't ever ask God for forgiveness is NOT a Christian"


Jesus Christ's final words on Calvary's cross included ...

Father forgive them for they know not what they do ...


It follows that "forgiveness" is a pretty big deal.

That's just my two cents ...



P.S. Today is the South Carolina Presidential Primary.

Whatever his great/puzzling positions and excessive twitter tweets at 2 am ...

I staunchly believe that Donald Trump's entrance into the 2016 GOP Presidential campaign ...

is frankly a "divine miracle from God Almighty".

And I say that as a very loyal Ted Cruz supporter.


Donald Trump is THE REASON why JEB! is expected to cancel his 2016 Presidential campaign TONIGHT.

Donald Trump is THE REASON why the GOPe has had its @ss politically kicked from here to eternity.



Whatever happens in South Carolina today ...

EVERY Evangelical Christian Conservative needs to thank God for Donald Trump (even if they vote for Ted Cruz) ...



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87 posted on 02/20/2016 6:44:25 AM PST by Patton@Bastogne
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To: scooby321
"Please tell me what Conservatives have done in the last 20 years?"

Please understand that republican does not equal conservative. The republican party has failed to deliver conservative policies for a long time but, that doesn't mean conservatism is a failure.

88 posted on 02/20/2016 6:56:55 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: jimbo807

so in essence Trump is 100% liberal and he thinks Republicans are suckers about it and many of us are.


89 posted on 02/20/2016 6:57:37 AM PST by Theophilus (The GOPe are dealers. The Marxist Democrats are duelists.)
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To: r_barton

After 8 years of Obama we can’t afford to just settle for the center any more. If we are to survive we need someone to push hard right to even out the wreck that O has caused. Donald Trump is not that person. Ted Cruz is.


90 posted on 02/20/2016 6:58:10 AM PST by jstaff
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To: Theophilus

I got your point the first time, most excellent Theophilus.

Now, what will you say if Ted loses?


91 posted on 02/20/2016 6:59:36 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: IBD editorial writer

Mostly liberal.


92 posted on 02/20/2016 7:04:58 AM PST by RIghtwardHo
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To: C. Edmund Wright

You win, UNIPARTARIAN

http://www.usdebtclock.org

Welcome to your train wreck.


93 posted on 02/20/2016 7:07:45 AM PST by PGalt
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

94 posted on 02/20/2016 7:20:03 AM PST by ironman
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To: refermech
He’s what ever you want him to be.

Thread winner!

95 posted on 02/20/2016 7:41:36 AM PST by neocon1984
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To: mj1234

Ultimata toy you are what your record says you are, trumps record says he has no core values other than promoting himself.

Not what I will accept YMMV.


96 posted on 02/20/2016 7:45:01 AM PST by Leto
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To: PGalt

my cred on the subject so dwarfs yours, whoever the hell you are.

you are the one supporting the uni party candidate....and are not smart enough or man enough to admit it.


97 posted on 02/20/2016 7:58:59 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: BitWielder1

Trump is 100% opportunist.
He sounds conservative now, because that’s what many people are yearning for, but I have no confidence he will remain so once in office.


You just described the characteristics of a salesman! He’s not a politician, he’s a businessman. He will be whatever you need him to be to get the job done. THAT is the kind of person I’d like to hire for MY business.

America, anymore, is one, ‘’YUGE’’, corporate business. Trump is the ONLY one qualified to run that kind of a business.

Looking at a person’s past as a guide to what the future may bring is reasonable. Trump is the ONLY candidate who built businesses that made him a rich man. None of the others have done that. Trump has dealt with business which have struggled and faced bankruptcy. NONE of the others have any experience on how to handle such a thing. Yet, America is about to go paws-up and you politician supporters imagine a non-businessman politician can deal with it, when the problem was CAUSED by politicans in the first place?

These contestants can’t even make themselves rich, and are depending on handouts from businesses in an effort to convince you that they can do the nation some good when they can’t even manage their own affairs???

And you accused WHOM of projecting???? LOL!!

So far, the ONLY thing this attempt to bring up the past and throw mud at it is doing is making YOURSELVES look petty and shallow. Why? b’cus ya don’t know how to read the cards!

Y’all want news paper reporters to do your home work for you, and then complain about media spin?

How come we don’t have complaints from the peanut gallery, from those who work for the man? How come the only complaints are from politicians and not from businessmen?

AND, for those who are concerned, the next time Trump is twittering would be a very good time to let him know that his stinking website for vets isn’t working! Don’t complain to us here on forums. We can’t fix it! Go directly to HIM and tell HIM. You want real life knowledge of how things run with him, than face HIM. Then come back and tell us about your experience.


98 posted on 02/20/2016 8:07:19 AM PST by PrairieLady2
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To: IBD editorial writer
The other day at work, a bunch of us were talking about Trump and his "evolution" on issues. One of the guys said, jokingly, that Trump runs as a conservative in 2016, governs as the liberal that he is, and runs as a Democrat in 2020. Everyone had a chuckle and the group broke up. As I was walking down the hall with one of my colleagues, he said to me "that really isn't that far-fetched an idea." The more I thought about it, the more I agreed.

I have this uneasy feeling that the biggest bait and switch in political history is about to be perpetrated by The Donald. Maybe not the party switch. However, Trump as a populist is telling the people what they want to hear and those type of politicians never stand up to resistance because they have weak core beliefs. Donald Trump earned his wealth through crony capitalism. Do people really think that he's going to bite the hand that has fed him his whole life?

99 posted on 02/20/2016 8:31:00 AM PST by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: refermech

beat me to it


100 posted on 02/20/2016 8:40:08 AM PST by I got the rope
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