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To: Kaslin
Trump merely mouths conservative ideas,

Ummmm, really? Even on the campaign trail, he hasn't mentioned many that I recall, other than immigration/the wall.

Has he ever once made any statement that was pro-life, or against abortion?
Has he ever once made any statement that was pro-Christian rights, or against gay marriage?
Has he ever once made any statement that was pro-Israel or anti-Palestine?
Has he ever once made a statement that was for limited government powers?
Has he ever once made a statement that was against race-based laws like Affirmative Action?

NO.

That is where Trump is. He is NOT on the political right. He is an exceptional businessman and an opportunist... and yet half here treat him like an improved version of Jefferson. He waves the US flag proudly, and that is the main difference between himself and the modern Democrat party. We used to need more than that to declare someone "right-wing".

10 posted on 02/29/2016 4:33:44 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Teacher317

If you really want to know what Trump has said about the things you noted, look up Trump on the issues.

http://www.ontheissues.org/Do nald_Trump.htm


12 posted on 02/29/2016 4:38:06 AM PST by ozarkgirl
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To: Teacher317

Give Trump a break. He is a lifelong New York liberal who only recently started to pretend to be a conservative. It will take him awhile to memorize the conservative stance on these issues so he can pretend to be in favor of them.


14 posted on 02/29/2016 4:40:45 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Teacher317

I think you’ll find that people aren’t supporting him because he’s hitting the right conservative talking points. To be fair, why should they want that. That’s all any of these political fools ever do


17 posted on 02/29/2016 4:42:39 AM PST by wiseprince
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To: Teacher317

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


28 posted on 02/29/2016 4:50:12 AM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: Teacher317

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 nation’s 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.


33 posted on 02/29/2016 4:52:10 AM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: Teacher317

Amen. If he is all that my vote won’t matter except to me.


44 posted on 02/29/2016 5:09:14 AM PST by libbylu (Cruz: The truth with a smile.)
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To: Teacher317

Why isn’t pro America enough?


75 posted on 02/29/2016 6:26:06 AM PST by jch10 (Hillary in the Big House, not the White House .)
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