Posted on 08/26/2015 5:40:12 AM PDT by LS
Sen. Cruz threw his position away when HE enabled
ObamaTRADE and Iran’s arming and then accepted
Wall St. money (supporting both) through his wife.
After that, we will never vote for him.
Here's two of my top issues (even if they aren't acted on in the first term) ....
Donald Trump Defends Planned Parenthood, Calls Abortions ‘Small Part of What They Do’
Trump says it’s time to move on from gay ‘marriage’ battle: ‘The Supreme Court ruled.’
And with all due respect to Mark Steyn, each of these are INFINITELY more than a "pathetic piece of grass".
And we have Ted Cruz running, who is the entire conservative package.
Can Trump keep this level up all the way to the primaries? He’s on TV every day....
As it was four years ago. That's why I was so upset when Mitt Romney tried running a traditional campaign of the same old, tired "rallies" in which the party faithful in each city gathered to wave signs and cheer on the same old, boring speech.
No passion, just the same old politicking like it was Bob Dole and Jack Kemp back in 1996.
Meanwhile through social media, Obama was conducting a massive GOTV effort and cruised to a relatively easy win.
My weekend update will show that Trump will now have over 4 million Twitter followers, a pickup of nearly 600,000 for August alone. By mid-September, Trump will surpass even Shrillary Clinton in total followers. Remember we are still nearly half a year away from the first primaries and Trump is building a formidable organization. Not just on social media but on the ground.
Trump has made his rallies into mass-media events that millions of people watch on TV and YouTube. Because Trump does not read off a teleprompter and stick to a script, you never know what is going to come out of his mouth. Therefore every appearance is an EVENT. Even the press conferences are entertaining because Trump will take questions from anybody about anything. Have we seen this from any other candidate?
What Trump has brought to the campaign is passion and energy. People may or may not like him and yes, the Republicans have more "pure" conservative choices such as Ted Cruz, but Trump knows how to win.
Kind of along the lines of what you said, I would rather have a candidate WIN who I agree with half the time then to have a candidate LOSE who I agree with all of the time.
You’re an example of a binary voter and prove Steyn’s point of the litmus tests we put everybody through.
Shhhh.... don’t let the CruzBots hear you say that!
The problem is that being a “true conservative” only matters to a small percent of the population. Most people don’t understand, like, or care about politics and that includes political labeling.
They just like Trump and they don’t speak political-ese enough to explain it in our language. And they don’t want to learn. They just like him.
Good writeup.
It is not about litmus tests.
THIS was about helping the undocumented antiConstitutional
Tyrant pass his SECRET Laws and Treaties.
Shame on Cruz. Shame on the GOP.
I never thought I’d say this, but I’m starting to find Trump intriguing...
If you live in NYC, you know that Trump is on local TV everyday.
Now that he is running for president, he will be on national TV every day.
It's simply what he does. It's how he's built his brand.
Well.said! Not going to throw candidate away again by standing on principles.
Seems he's doing just fine, how many of the other candidates do you hear about? Recalling those first two circus debates, there were several candidates on those stages that we no longer even hear about. They didn't strike the hearts of the viewers, they failed miserably. Who do you remember other than a few? The Donald has, and will continue getting his message out because the media is doing its best to find ways to trip him up but they are failing. Trump tells "We The People" what they have been waiting to hear for eons, the real test is yet to come, can he deliver?
Binary voter.
That is why he is going to win. Most people do not eat and breath politics and those are the ones he is getting.
Pray America is waking
The appeal of Trump is cuased by many factors:
1) Obama’s socialism has created a moribound economy, wage stagnation, no jobs, overall malaise.
2) Government corruption like Hillary and the IRS has people upset.
3) The size of government is constricting the economy like a python - spending needs to be frozen and agencies eliminated and overly generous DB pension plans eliminated.
4) We are weak at the borders and weak globally as our military is decimated.
5) PC is distastful and has run amok to the point of being ridiculous.
6) the current incumbent party does nothing, they get along to go along to the next election.
7) People want ACTION, BOLD ACTION.
I agree with you 100%.
Bfl
I would add one of my own observations. Some Conservative pundits are quick to throw out the idea that other Republican candidates need to learn from Trump and follow his lead. There is a problem with that assessment. Trump is a unique package. You do not learn his leadership qualities, you either have them in your genes or you do not. Trump emulation will not work. A Donald Trump does not come along just any old day. We need to recognize that fact, warts and all.
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