Posted on 02/29/2016 4:26:12 AM PST by Kaslin
I disagree with those conservatives who say they will never, ever, ever, ever vote for Donald Trump should the GOP embrace his special brand of nonsense and nominate him, but I can't blame them. Hell, I'm about one more round of foolishness away from joining them.
But not quite yet. Trump is the lesser of the candidates, lesser of the conservatives, but also the lesser of the two ancient socialist evils that the Democrats are eenie meenie miney moeing between. At least Trump pretends to embrace capitalism, of a sort. And at least he doesn't seem to hate America, just those Americans who aren't awed by his magnificence.
He's no conservative, that's clear. Trump merely mouths conservative ideas, though to characterize them as "ideas" gives them credit for a thoughtfulness and ideological rigor entirely absent from his experience. But Trump is canny enough to know his audience, and he knows what sells -God, guns, and the glory of the good old U.S. of A. And I like all those things. Perhaps he will continue to find supporting those things useful in the future, meaning that with Trump, at least there's a chance we'll be able to protect these things. But Der Crusty Commissar and the Bar-exam-flunking, pervert-enabling, pantsuited, liberal fascist harridan are actively against those things and everything else good about America. So Trump is marginally better only because he's marginally less likely to turn us into a less tropical version of Venezuela.
Yippee. Can you feel the burn?
It goes without saying that the establishment burned us good by ignoring, when not actively lying to, the same folks Trump has now enlisted. Sure, Trump has attracted some cretins, racists and nimrods, though I'll put his bad apple creepy hangers-on up against Sanders's Occupier freaks any day in a Battle of the Political Fringies for the Worst People Ever trophy. But most of his followers are just regular Americans who are tired of seeing the country they spent their lives building, feeding, defending, and loving stolen from them by weirdos, losers and gender-fluid mutations.
They are sick of being told what to do, what to think and what to feel - and to shut-up. It's not only by the left but by our own side - how many conversations have you heard where those folks who didn't get fancy degrees and who don't work in a nice, clean office get derided as extras from Deliverance?
Trump is their response. Trump is their champion. Trump is their avenger.
But to understand Trump's appeal is not to excuse him. He's as faithful to conservative principles as Bill is to Hillary, and when President Trump rethinks everything he has said during the campaign after moving into the soon-to-be-fabulous White House, his followers stand a fair chance of finding that they are now the blue dress.
Still, my assessment is that if he is nominated (which I think is no done deal for several reasons, like his pummeling in the recent debate) we are slightly better off with him than with one of the Dems - and his huge margins among women and Hispanics throw shade on the hope-over-experience notion that Trump can't beat Hillary. I think he'll beat her like a drum, and the amusement value of this bizarrely-coiffed charlatan driving the brownshirted liberal church lady nuts would almost be worth the risk to our Republic. But those who assess the danger of a President Trump as too great, well, you'll get no argument from me.
In 2012, I undertook the thankless task of trying to convince rabid libertarians that they were better off voting for Romney than remaining pure and in their basements. I was convinced I was right, and I was, in fact, right. But don't look for me to chide my principled conservative friends like Rick Wilson and Erick Erickson when they sit out Election Day. This is a strategic disagreement, and I can't say their strategy is too far off to be valid. Trump is not a conservative, and that's reason enough to shun him.
Trump has the potential to be a disaster of epic proportions. I'd vote for him as the nominee only because neither of the Democrats has the potential not to be. But if that's not enough for you to support him, well, I won't tell you you're wrong. And besides, if he's nominated, I'll be too busy stockpiling food and fortifying my rural apocalypse compound to try to convince you otherwise.
11 paragraphs and the world “wall” is not in there.
You are exactly correct. There is every reason to believe Trump is sincere about his core issues. Illegal immigration, trade, repealing Obamacare, military and veterans.
There is a video of Trump thirty years ago stating the same America First policies.
The resistance to Trump is to preserve open borders and because he is an outsider who might threaten all the government spending.
So now He is forgiven by conservatives for not publicly supporting conservative causes, because not expecting that is "to be fair" to Him??? Did you even read what you just wrote? The worship is getting DEEP in here
Everyone’s vote should be against Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Since Cruz is actually a liberal in sheep’s clothing you should just turn in your voters registration. We don’t need cowards in this fight to save America anyway.
Pray America wakes
I really don’t care, Kurt. Do as you wish. Life goes on and life without the Clintons would be a Godsend.
Pick up your ball and go home and let the big kids take care of things.
You all can sit around and whine and tell yourselves how noble you are.
Trump on Abortion:
But look, Planned Parenthood has to stop with the abortions. A lot of people consider it an abortion clinic. I think those tapes that I saw were outrageous and disgusting by any standpoint. And they have to stop.
Q: So you would not shut down the government over Planned Parenthood funding?
TRUMP: I wouldn’t fund it if they have abortion going on. Now, you hear all different numbers. They say it’s 3%, other people say it’s 85%. That’s a big difference. So I’d certainly look into it.
Q: In 1999, you said you were “very pro- choice.” Even supporting partial-birth abortion.
TRUMP: I’ve evolved on many issues over the years. And you know who else has? Is Ronald Reagan evolved on many issues. And I am pro-life. And if you look at the question, I was in business. They asked me a question as to pro-life or choice. And I said if you let [that quoted excerpt] run, that I hate the concept of abortion. I hate the concept of abortion. And then since then, I’ve very much evolved. And what happened is friends of mine years ago were going to have a child, and it was going to be aborted. And it wasn’t aborted. And that child today is a total superstar, a great, great child. And I saw that. And I saw other instances. And I am very, very proud to say that I am pro-life.
Source: Fox News/Facebook Top Ten First Tier debate transcript , Aug 6, 2015
It’s becoming a daily hit parade on Trump from New World Order socialists.
Like Bushbots.
Bush ruined our economy, his dad put in the off shore drilling ban and Bush didn’t remove it until 2 months before leavinf office.
To be fair that isn’t incriminating on its own. You can’t have hundreds of different messages. He has had a consistent and simple message during the campaign to date. You can’t have 100s of priorities or you’ll get nothing done and it’s not a good way to run a campaign, in my opinion. Build a wall, control immigration, stop Isis, better more American centric negotiations, jobs back from China etc. Simple
I will never forgive them.
You are making untrue allegations that he never said anything about those issues. I gave you a website to check out what he said from his own mouth and you come back with the same allegation “he never said anything about any of those issues”. Simply not true. You shouldn’t make allegations about a candidate that are not true. I have to get ready for work so have no time to bring forth all the things he said about how pro-Israel he is, among the many other allegations you stated but all you’d have to do is check out on the issues where they bring forth things each candidate has said.
What is boils down to is no matter what he has said, you’re not going to vote for him - fine. Just please don’t say things that can be verified as untrue. Please look up the website I provided.
MOre Trump on Abortion:
Despite Senator Ted Cruz attempting to smear me and totally lie about my beliefs and positions on almost all of the issues, I am a conservative person and I believe in conservative values. Like Ronald Reagan, on many issues, I have evolved. I am pro-life and have been for a long time, Trump said.
Trump then pointed to a January op-ed he wrote about pro-life issues and where he stands.
Trump opens the column explaining that he is pro-life with exceptions only for the very rarest abortions.
Let me be clear I am pro-life. I support that position with exceptions allowed for rape, incest or the life of the mother being at risk, he said. I did not always hold this position, but I had a significant personal experience that brought the precious gift of life into perspective for me.
Trump said America has gone astray because it has moved away from the founding principles the nations founders put in most most notably the right to life.
America, when it is at its best, follows a set of rules that have worked since our Founding. One of those rules is that we, as Americans, revere life and have done so since our Founders made it the first, and most important, of our unalienable rights.
Over time, our culture of life in this country has started sliding toward a culture of death. Perhaps the most significant piece of evidence to support this assertion is that since Roe v. Wade was decided by the Supreme Count 43 years ago, over 50 million Americans never had the chance to enjoy the opportunities offered by this country. They never had the chance to become doctors, musicians, farmers, teachers, husbands, fathers, sons or daughters. They never had the chance to enrich the culture of this nation or to bring their skills, lives, loves or passions into the fabric of this country. They are missing, and they are missed.
“President Hillary Clinton will thank your for your support.”
Immediately after she’s finished thanking Trump.
I’m voting for the most conservative presidential candidate in November.
If the Democrats have Hillary and the Republicans Trump I guess the Libertarian candidate gets my vote.
Thanks.
I worship Jesus and him alone do I serve
What’s your screen name over at DailyKos?
Agree
So John McAfee?
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