Posted on 08/10/2015 12:58:48 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Were days away from Congress failing to block a deal that will exponentially increase the chances of a nuclear flash over Tel Aviv or New York, and all conservatives could talk about for the past 72 hours was Donald Trumps insult of Megyn Kelly, an insult that caused firebrand pundit Erick Erickson to lapse into Dean of Students mode to ensure that his Red State Gathering was a Safe Space safe from the current GOP frontrunner.
And we wonder why people are deeply alienated from politics? First, lets just tell the truth: Approximately 98 percent of the professional politicians, pundits, and consultants embroiled in the conversation over Trumps comments about Kelly, in which he may or may not have said that her tough questions at Thursdays GOP debate were due to menstruation, are most assuredly not offended or outraged by his words. Quite the opposite: In the political world, there is something like an electric shock of glee that passes through the community when someone says something outrageous. Controversy is energizing. Consultants, candidates, and pundits immediately begin working the angles how can they exploit the latest gaffe, the latest misstatement, the latest offense against decency to advance their candidate or their cause? Outrage is a tool, the means to accomplish the ends of personal and political advancement.
Does anyone seriously think that Erick Erickson a blunt-speaking radio host and pundit last seen urging his supporters to mail fake testicles to John Boehner ... is offended by Trumps statements? (snip)
While the GOP bickers over a journalists reproductive system, the mullahs build their bomb. The weekend is over, its time to get back to business, and business includes stopping the worst international agreement since Munich.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
You're kidding, right? Could you really be that uninformed? Ted Cruz voted NO on the TPP. He also filibustered Obamacare, aka socialized healthcare. Your liberal candidate supports socialized healthcare.
You are defending a liberal in a conservative forum while attacking those who support the only conservative in the race. You could scarcely be more lame.
Yeah It’s a political forum . but this is a Trump thread. and you all raid it and start bashing Trump, and insulting the pro Trump posters. Most threads now are about Trump so deal with it and Trump’s 20 point lead 32%
The owner doesn't.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3307746/posts?page=25#25
I think you fail to comprehend the difference between supporting what he has been saying with support for the man. Many here, myself included, support what he has been saying about ILLEGAL immigration etc. But we do not support the man for the Republican nomination.
Do you agree with my tagline? Trump said it.
Maybe you should request a caucus designation so you can worship in peace.
Cruz supported Obama trade for a long time:
http://redmillennial.com/2015/06/07/ted-cruzs-support-for-obamatrade-raises-eyebrows/
That’s a deal breaker for me . I will never support anyone that was for this most horrible thing ever obama trade #noTPP
no matter what spin you all put on it.
Really? How many Jeb Bush supporters can you identify here? I’m curious because I’ve seen none.
Plenty of Cruz supporters(me included). Hope he wins the nomination. If Trump wins I’ll vote for him. Probably. But the fact the Trump supporters ignore Trumps recent “conversion” to the GOP and Conservative principals and his liberal past is......curious.
I’m in the tank (so to speak) for Cruz, but I’m lovin’ every minute of Trump shaking up the establishment. He’s got the hun on the run.
Go, Trump, GO!!
Relax. Grab some popcorn and enjoy the rout.
You are defending a liberal in a conservative forum. That cannot be denied.
That is exactly where I am Jim. But with his very liberal past, I do NOT support Trump for the Republican nomination, nor should any conservative.
Relax. Grab some popcorn and enjoy the rout.
Oh, I am relaxed. Posting on FR is how I do it. :-)
Haven’t you heard? Trump’s views have “evolved”. Despite his past actions and rhetoric, he is suddenly a staunch conservative. Just ask him.
Why should anyone have to change your mind? Shouldn’t you, as a conservative, know not to vote for a Democrat?
Isn’t that about as basic as you can get? No thinking required.
Bingo! His "core values" are those which benefit him the most at any given time. People like that used to be called "flip floppers".
lol! yes, just ask him. And he will respond in a way that he believes will get your vote.
I choose my candidate more wisely. I look at their past. It is called vetting. Some are so enamored with Trump's rhetoric they are deliberately ignoring his past. That is not conservative.
Mitt Romney, like Donald Trump, flip-flopped on abortion. Few believed Romney and rightly rejected him for it. I can't tell you haw many times Trump supporters have told me he has "evolved".
Never trust a liberal.
A suspicious person might think that the rabid Trumpets at FR are actually libs in disguise who are hoping beyond hope that Trumpet is the GOP candidate because they know he will be a disaster.
But nah. Astute Freepers don’t believe in tinfoil hat theories.
However , ridiculing , insulting and threatening(Not you but others do it look at this thread) me will only get me angry and get me to dislike whatever or whoever you are pushing.
But d_m shall not get that. It's my thread and I'll deny if I want to.
p.s. It's not a Trump thread. It's a "LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES, NOT THE DONALD THREAD".
p.p.s. where's Rodney King? Can't we all just get along?
p.p.p.s. with "some" of the Trump worshipers, you can't even be agnostic about him. Otherwise, you're for 0bama or Jebby. What's up with that?!
Who has threatened you? Point to it.
As for insults, that began with you saying "You and megyn Kelly and the liberal media are on the same side against us and Trump. Have you no shame?"
You're not only liberal, you're a hypocrite.
So who threatened you? You made the claim, point to it.
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