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Trump Pledges To Get Political Correctness Out Of Christmas
Opposing Views ^ | October 23, 2015 | Robert Fowler

Posted on 10/23/2015 10:07:48 AM PDT by xzins

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledges that if elected, he restore the phrase “Merry Christmas” in every U.S. store. While the presidential candidate has not unveiled how he would do this, his declaration was met with cheers among evangelical supporters. Video below.

Trump touted his Christian beliefs at an Oct. 21 campaign rally in Burlington, Iowa, CNN reports.

“I will tell you I’m a good Christian,” says Trump. “I guarantee, if I become president, we’re gonna [sic] be saying Merry Christmas in every store… you can leave happy holidays at the corner.”

The business mogul was met with rapturous applause from Iowa voters. Trump added that it’s not a matter of excluding other religions, according to CNN.

“That’s not to knock anybody else, other religions can do what they want,” says Trump. “There’s room for everybody.”

One of the biggest anxieties among Christian conservatives around the country has been the nationwide toning down of religious undertones during Christmas festivities. Trump’s supporters say that they are attracted to Trump’s bullish refusal to be politically correct, CNN reports.

"He actually says what I want to hear and he's not worried about telling somebody or saying it in a way that doesn't sound real," Cynthia Forth, an Iowa voter, tells CNN. "I want to hear (it) straight. He'll give it to you straight."

Trump has been emphasizing his Christian values on the Iowa campaign trail this past week. A Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll shows retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson having overtaken Trump in the pivotal state. Carson currently has 28 percent of Iowa voters while Trump is lagging behind at 19 percent, The New York Times reports.

The survey shows that only 32 percent of Iowa voters are convinced that Trump is a good Christian while 62 percent believe that Carson is attractively a true believer. Trump has now taken to bringing a copy of the Bible to campaign events, according to The New York Times.


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To: xzins
Or the fake holiday...can’t even remember its name right now.

Festivus?

21 posted on 10/23/2015 10:30:56 AM PDT by Rufii
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To: Mastador1

He’s talking about influence not legislation


22 posted on 10/23/2015 10:31:27 AM PDT by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Rufii

the one that’s not really out of Africa


23 posted on 10/23/2015 10:32:27 AM PDT by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins
Happy Holidays!
24 posted on 10/23/2015 10:32:47 AM PDT by Rufii
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To: xzins
It's not the government's place to influence private business, that is the job of the marketplace, and government/presidential influence has been a major problem these last seven years.
25 posted on 10/23/2015 10:34:30 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Rufii

I was fine with it until the socialists and atheists (but I repeat myself) tried to make it hard law


26 posted on 10/23/2015 10:35:07 AM PDT by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins
the one that’s not really out of Africa

The one started by that rabble-rousing thug.

27 posted on 10/23/2015 10:35:09 AM PDT by Rufii
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To: Rufii

kwanza sp.


28 posted on 10/23/2015 10:44:44 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: xzins

Is Carson a vegetarian?

I can’t imagine voting for someone who doesn’t understand the power of bacon. :)


29 posted on 10/23/2015 10:46:08 AM PDT by webstersII
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To: Sacajaweau

we have a winner!


30 posted on 10/23/2015 10:46:55 AM PDT by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: webstersII

I don’t know, but he definitely isn’t a baconist.

Meaning he is missing the world’s best sandwich, no exceptions,...the BLT.


31 posted on 10/23/2015 10:47:46 AM PDT by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

No Christmas or Easter, no pork or shellfish, Pope is the Antichrist, etc., etc., etc.


32 posted on 10/23/2015 10:49:44 AM PDT by stormer
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To: stormer

I’m not sure about the pope, but no hell, no immediate presence in heaven after death, ie, soul sleep. Affectionately know as “dirt nap”.


33 posted on 10/23/2015 10:50:58 AM PDT by xzins (HAVE YOU DONATED TO THE FREEPATHON? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: envisio
Stores can do whatever they want and call it whatever they want. The people have the option to patronize them or not.

Thank you! Traditionally conservative principles are a rarity around here as of late, so I'm glad to see that there are a few of us still left in these halls.

34 posted on 10/23/2015 10:51:32 AM PDT by randita
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To: xzins

OK, then. Guess we won’t wish you ‘Happy Holidays’ this Winter Break.

j/k :)

On a serious note, Trump is right again. There has been a war on the term ‘Christmas’. It’s a covert war on Christianity, actually.


35 posted on 10/23/2015 10:52:38 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Rufii; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; PROCON; KC_Lion; FredZarguna

[Festivus?]

For me, it’s all about the aluminum pole and the Feats of Strength.


36 posted on 10/23/2015 10:54:28 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Rufii

I’m partial to the Andy William’s version - though not the PC part.


37 posted on 10/23/2015 10:56:22 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

lol


38 posted on 10/23/2015 10:56:48 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

It may not be control, but the president can influence it making it socially acceptable to say Merry Christmas if one so chooses by doing it publicly and frequently himself.


39 posted on 10/23/2015 10:57:48 AM PDT by sparklite2 (All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
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To: randita

If I owned a store I darn sure would not want anyone telling me what to say or when to say it.

Gotta remember... if Trump is president, and he makes people say Merry Christmas... then the next president also has that right.

No president, no government, nobody has the right to tell any American citizen what to say.


40 posted on 10/23/2015 11:00:54 AM PDT by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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