Posted on 07/11/2015 1:59:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
This man (Jonah Goldberg) says what I think...and he says it extremely well.
I do not hate Donald Trump but I would not trust him to spit.
Con is his game and conned is what his believers are.
Like a stopped watch that is right twice a day he has stumbled across a truth in the illegal immigrant situation. Not because he knows the right things to say but because he will say anything and the law of averages has allowed this feat.
It's true that anger may not be an "argument", but it can be an effective weapon -- a powerful tool to employ effectively -- to advance a position -- and argument -- particularly if the opponent is angry.
Well said! Hear, hear!
You certainly one of the best posters on Free Republic.
Because that is the first step of any con artist, he wins your trust by telling you what you already know to be true.
What is being ignored is that Trump goes well beyond the illegal alien issue...Trump has some pretty good pro America positions on unfair trade as well as mid-East issues...He supports Israel 100% as well...
He called them both disasters over and over again and ignited a healthy firestorm that cant be put out .
Cruz is smart enough to step aside and let Trump pull back the curtain and show what utter losers both side of the uni-party really are.
Goldberg is in panic mode since his scheduled Jebby cocktail party plans are getting threatened.
>> if he kicks RINO ass I have no objections <<
If anybody has ever qualified for the IN NAME ONLY label, it’s gotta be Trump.
Therefore I’d say he needs to start with his own ass. After he does that for a while, maybe he’ll be qualified to kick others.
And it is that desperation that is being played like a fiddle in Dixieland.
That desperation is the conservative weak point.
One can’t support Trump for speaking the truth about illegal “immigration” and still support Cruz?
I stopped reading early on after Jonah used some very crude language. Too bad.
And like him or not he’s the only one that has taken an issue that conservatives care about and is leading the fight and winning.
Who cares if he has no sense of history or is a student of philosophy.
He’s a pragmatist. He sees today’s problems and attacks them without a lot of navel gazing.
We’re in dire straights - we need a doer right now not a thinker. No need to ponder and analyze what the problems are - they’re staring us in the face.
LOL!
Outstanding analogy!
Trump is way more charismatic than Cruz.
Let’s hope he is for real. A LOT people think Trump is going to drop some where along the line.
If he even makes it all the way to the White House. Will he really do what he says or will it be back to Washington as usual?
He’s not saying what I want to hear, he’s saying what I actualLy believe.
In terms of untrustworthy, I’d suggest that every single professional politician (both parties) are much more untrustworthy than Trump. They’re the ones that have effed this country up while promising that they fix it. No way in heck do they get another vote from me.
The look on the faces of those victim's families was pure joy.
2. Trump kept the press in that room on a very short Leash. Watch the video as he does this.
3. Trump applauded the United States while at the same time respected other countries and people as shrewd negotiators. It was amazing to watch on this video.
This guy is truly masterful. Do not discount him. He's not leaving the political scene anytime soon. No matter how many Jona's come out of the wood work to complain. 
You can’t do that to Trump - the only option you have is to ADDRESS THE ISSUE - or you may very well be covering his inauguration, because there are a lot of DEMOCRATS and Independents also fed up with what this country has become due to Open Borders.
What you said...And that's why Trump has become so popular politically...
>> For business reasons Trump has been donating to both parties <<
In other words, the end justifies the means. A good conservative principle? I think not.
Moreover, I think you have just damned Trump more effectively than all the anti-Trump comments on this thread.
God bless Trump for speaking the truth.
I’m not exactly a Trump fan. That said, Trump is right. He’s turned the light on and the cockroaches are scurrying. He’s taking flak and not backing down. The only other candidate that is not backing down is Ted Cruz, and note that Trump and Cruz are not attacking each other. Could Trump be clearing a path for Cruz, even if unintentionally?
I just hope that Trump does not pull a Ross Perot.
If you watch yesterday's video, the relief and hope in the faces and postures of those families by the end of the news conference was palpable.
“Conservative Heart?” That sounds so familiar. “Compassionate Conservative......” Give me a stinking break!! I think I can safely predict NO ONE will read that book. No one!!
Not surprisingly, Jonah Goldberg and the rest of the DC Republican crowd are preparing to fight the LAST war. This is, of course, a recipe for failure.
Okay, let’s stipulate that Trump is a swaggering buffoon and all his supporters fools. Yet his poll numbers steadily increase while “true conservatives” grow smaller and smaller with each passing day.
It’s a NEW day and conservatives need to adapt and learn to overcome the forces arrayed against them: A hostile news Media, a debased, electronic culture which ridicules conservatives 24/7, and a disinterested, zombie-like populace created by a diabolical Marxist education system.
Face it. We’re going to get Clinton vs. Bush unless a conservative candidate suddenly develops the charisma, the chutzpa, and the courage of a Donald Trump. Know of any?
Adapt, overcome, or go the way of the Whigs. One way or another the political featherbed in Washington DC is going to come to an end. If one looks to the horizon, the darkening storm clouds are unmistakable.
And I am warning, that many are being duped by this huckster!
Donald Trump has spent years courting Hillary and other Dems
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