Posted on 03/09/2016 6:42:17 AM PST by Kaslin
What we have here is that Trump is for American jobs.
“Conservatism” has morphed to be, for Chinese jobs. Where the heck, is that conservative? China is a massive, growing communist state.
It is not conservative. There is nothing about that, which is conservative. Nothing.
Chinese jobs. That is a big, big problem. Bring back American jobs.
America. Once again.
Bob Barr? I quit listening to him years ago. Barely more credible than Mitt at this stage in the game.
You need to have a country before you can begin to worry about it being conservative. Right now, under the Marxist in Chief and if we take on the Bitch in Chief we will not have a country but we will have a large land mass of dissimilar peoples with dissimilar demands, all of which will center on free stuff from an already bankrupt treasury. First things first.
I couldn't agree more.
I have to come to grips with the apparent fact that the country has moved on and now demand a more authoritarian style of government.
Your style of posting is vaguely familiar.
This is an old divide in Conservatism. The Dogmatist care nothing about reality only the purity of the dogma matters. The Realist understands you have to be able to advance the political ball down the field to achieve the goals of the dogma.
Reagan, who was a realist, wrote about it.
By Ronald Reagan in his autobiography An American Life
“When I began entering into the give and take of legislative bargaining in Sacramento, a lot of the most radical conservatives who had supported me during the election didn’t like it. “Compromise” was a dirty word to them and they wouldn’t face the fact that we couldn’t get all of what we wanted today. They wanted all or nothing and they wanted it all at once. If you don’t get it all, some said, don’t take anything. I’d learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom got everything you asked for. And I agreed with FDR, who said in 1933: ‘I have no expectations of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.’ If you got seventy-five or eighty percent of what you were asking for, I say, you take it and fight for the rest later, and that’s what I told these radical conservatives who never got used to it.
Just noting, for the record.
I am Cringing Negativism Network.
I am currently on a extended vacation in southeast Asia where I am using non-secure wireless. So I also have a non-secure FR handle.
:D
Go Trump.
Good old Bob Barr. Bless his heart
How’s the weather in Phuket?:)
Barr quit being conservative a long time ago. He goes libertarian and where his fees come from these days
Exploring Trumpism (Irritional people who refuse to see the truth.)
http://humanevents.com/2016/03/02/exploring-trumpism/
Coexistence? Sure. But I won’t hold this man’s water.
And just what have all these “conservatives” I keep hearing about, and reading about, actually conserved? I’m sure Bob Barr has been sure to conserve his wealth, and I’m sure the neo-con-artists and their open borders toadies will invite him to their cocktail parties. But, American jobs continue to be shipped overseas and we’ve become a nation of burger flippers, mall clerks, and government employees or just government dependents, the 3rd world invasion continues to expand, our education system continues to deteriorate.
I don’t see where these conservatives have actually conserved anything. The country I was born in vanished 40 years ago, the country my kids were born in has also vanished, and even the country my grandchildren were born in is rapidly changing. All this under the watch of these so-called “conservatives.”
Barr is incorrect. as usual
People hear trump campaigning on border and immigration issues. Those resonate. Look at the most recent piece of scum captured in Missouri. This happens every where. We give our country away to folks like this. The congress promises but does nothing except spend money and roll over for the commie in the WH
Trump resonates because of this
I’m actually in Ho Chi Minh City now.
It is hot here, but not ridiculously so. It gets warmer though.
Soon enough.
You could have used cnn for a handle, think about it. *big grin*
Here comes another one just like the other one...He did it, he done it, he won it! Yep, another recipient of that bad writer award, placed on the list of writers of useless drivel.
Trump plays on fears...he shouldn’t do that by implication.
So, this writer thinks that the concerns of the nation should NOT be addressed by politicians?
There is a time and a place for being conservative, but the definition of conservative today is NOT conservative. Conservative by it’s very definition implies resistance to changing things, keeping the status quo.
Right now, in this world political climate, the very last thing we need to be is conservative. What we need to be is pro-active to bring BACK what’s been lost! Conservative ideals have been lost and ignored, we need to bring them back.
Trump wants to reduce the size of government and has stated plans to eliminate portions that don’t need to be there, AND reduce the size of others.
Trump is frugal..that’s who he is. He’s not cheap, he’s frugal. Frugal means wise and careful spending, getting the best bang for the buck, getting the best possible quality at the best possible price. It leaves room for luxuries too.
Trumps best asset, what we need most right now, IS his ability to work with finances, because this country is in severe trouble. If the government had utilized general accounting principles, it wouldn’t be in this mess, but it is and it has to be dealt with.
Barr shows himself to be adumbass, and ignorant of the issues.
Precisely
So many of these purists would or did hate Reagan.
You mean Saigon. Always wanted to visit there.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.