There seems to be no limit to that ability.
There seems to be no limit to that ability.
Wishful thinking.
Actually, there's no need for rationalization. You see, nobody, and I mean nobody, is going to agree with any candidate's position on every single issue.
Ted Cruz is a perfect example. I support him, yet I categorically disagreed with him on some issues relating to the recent trade agreement and the associated "fast track" authority thet proponents insisted was necessary.
Eminent domain might very well be one of several issues with which I vehemently disagree with Donald Trump.
That doesn't invalidate my agreement with him on other issues, nor does it imply that he would be a bad President.
Feel free to keep trying to cause turmoil, however. Trump's media detractors and their arch-conservative purist allies don't seem to have much else that is working.
I suspect that the reason for that is because an individual is much more than the sum of his various parts: personality, issue positions, prejudices, and so on.
If I believe a candidate truly loves his country, marches to the beat of his own drum, and will make good on some of his stated pledges, then I'm willing to overlook other areas where I might disagree.
Holding a certain opinion on eminent domain is not some kind of litmus test, last time I checked.
Personally, I think Ted Cruz would make a great President. But for different reasons, I happen to think that Donald Trump would also make a great President. Indeed, I wouldn't mind if they ran together, and I'm not going to get hysterical about which of them would appear at the top of the ticket.
One thing I am sure of, though, is that all the naysayers about Trump are seriously missing what's happening here. Trump is a candidate who can draw voters from many different points on the political spectrum, and that, in and of itself, has the makings of an electoral landslide. And any electoral landslide which obliterates the Democratic nominee will be an unqualified blessing.
I'd love to see some other GOP candidates, such as Cruz, catch fire. But if they don't, it's going to be Trump, and we could certainly do much worse, IMHO. Romney or McCain, for instance.
The "sky is falling" gnashing of teeth from both the lamestream media and hysterical conservative purists is truly entertaining, and I expect it to continue to be.
Go Cruz! But, if it's not him, then I say more power to Trump.
Anti-establishment, anti-uniparty, anti-PC is what is going to carry the day this time around. The silent majority will be heard.
Don't worry, you'll still be welcome even if you jump on the Trump bandwagon at the last minute. And, if it comes to that, you will jump on board.
Anybody but the Democratic nominee, Romney, Bush, or Graham will be acceptable to me. And this is coming from somebody who had Jeb as governor of my state.