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Donald Trump Can’t Say 'No' - Is That What We Want in a President?
National Review ^ | November 20, 2015 | Charles C. W. Cooke

Posted on 11/20/2015 11:30:00 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: antceecee; Cold Heat; D-fendr

Cruz I support. Trump I do not support. I do not think he is a conservative. I think he is shallow, lacking substance and lacking basic deeply-held social and constitutional conservative principles. I do not trust him.


141 posted on 11/21/2015 12:50:05 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
I find it highly unsettling you spend almost all of your posting time here attacking Trump

I sincerely appreciate you bringing that up.

Here's my motivation: I strongly believe Trump's candidacy is harmful to the conservative cause. I think he would be a disaster as a president - and he would lose to Hillary before that eventuality anyway.

I think, as you likely do, that this is an incredibly important turning point election. And we need to, we must, get on about the serious business of choosing the best conservative to go against Hillary and lead our nation.

Again, I believe Trump is a harmful distraction and delay to that most important task for conservatives.

If I thought he was conservative, would be an ok president, could beat Hillary even.. I would act differently; but, I don't.

I don't think I'll have any impact on die-hard Trump supporters - those someone on here described as "Me no care; him build wall" Trump backers. Maybe others will take a hard objective look though.

But hey, I'm just an anonymous voice on the interwebs..

Thanks for your reply.

142 posted on 11/21/2015 12:50:18 AM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: DoughtyOne; antceecee
Thank you D1, a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, and I concur completely with that sentiment, when we ask God to help us, sometimes the help He chooses to send may not be what we envisioned, but it is always the right kind of help, and it arrives just in time.
143 posted on 11/21/2015 12:51:22 AM PST by mkjessup (If you really support Ted Cruz, don't be trashing Trump, Cruz doesn't, why should you?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Donald Trump being in the race certainly has turned the spotlight on the NRO’s elitist sentiments.


144 posted on 11/21/2015 12:51:50 AM PST by AdaGray
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To: Cold Heat

Six position papers. Read ‘em.


145 posted on 11/21/2015 12:52:17 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: Cobra64; Cold Heat; D-fendr
Six position papers. Read 'em.

Perhaps Trump should read them first. :-)

146 posted on 11/21/2015 12:56:28 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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To: Charles Henrickson

You’ve have done a good job of summarizing my view as well.

thank you..


147 posted on 11/21/2015 1:00:40 AM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: CottonBall
No, Trump has NOT been the only one to say no to amnesty. In fact, he was quite critical of Romney's anti-amnesty position during 2012. He STILL says we need to do something for those who have been here working for years. Cruz has been the only one to reject the idea outright and he's been doing it for years.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/06/19/interview_senator_cruz_on_the_amnesty_bill

http://humanevents.com/2014/07/18/ted-cruz-introduces-stop-amnesty-bill/

148 posted on 11/21/2015 1:00:52 AM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: mkjessup

Actually, it wasn’t “always.” The law requiring hospitals to accept anyone in need of ER services (EMTALA) is only 30 years old. Before that the hospitals usually did refuse anyone who didn’t have insurance.


149 posted on 11/21/2015 1:03:28 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: Cold Heat
Reagan did NOT ever lay out his plans during the primary seasons, nor did when he was the nominee. NONE OF THEM DO, but Trump has 1) blasted Obama 2) trashed Hillary ...both on what they have and have NOT done to this nation.

He has also released his specific ideas on taxes and other topics, which other candidates have now somewhat copied.

You don't "believe" that Trump has any CONSERVATIVE stances, because you don't want to.

He's FOR the 2nd. Amendment for EVERYONE.

He's VERY pro-military and for the vets and he means it.

He LOVES America; especially the way it was and how it should be.

He's all for our laws and the Constitution.

He wants to lower taxes.

He wants to do away with ObamaCare and no...he doesn't want single payer.

He wants to stop over payments/fraud/and waste in the government.

But to some posters here....oh hell, he's a "liberal".

151 posted on 11/21/2015 1:06:09 AM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons
That was all BUSINESS related and yes, "crony capitalism", which he decries, but it's how the game is played.

That is a textbook hypocrisy: That which he decries, he did.

Someone with integrity does not play that game. There are many successful businessmen who did not and will not.

So, again, that is a lack of integrity.

152 posted on 11/21/2015 1:06:29 AM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: D-fendr

If Trump is a harmful distraction, it is to the RINO Establishment. He’s done an unbelievable job of clearing out the trash and the weak sisters and exposing the true frauds in the party who were running for President, but were nothing but toadies for the corrupt uniparty cabal. One reason CW has gone ape$hit crazy is that her hero is the biggest casualty (so far), the former Conservative hero Scott Walker (a man I suggested 3 years ago drafting for the Presidency).

Absent Trump, we’d be seeing a media-orchestrated contest between El Jebbe and Walker over which would earn the right to lose to the Butcheress of Benghazi. Instead, one is out and Trump has helped expose and neutralize “Tippy Toes.” This man has so far been a godsend to the Conservative cause in the Presidential race. Harmful ? Not on your life.

Add in he can not only motivate the base to turn out to vote for him proudly (that hasn’t happened for a GOP nominee since Reagan in 1984), but he can also get non-traditional voters into the game to do so, and with a poll that showed he was getting 1/4th of the Black vote, which has not occurred since Nixon in 1960, that means it is virtually impossible for him to lose in a general election.

He’s our “once in a generation” game changing nominee against a truly evil and criminal bitch who should’ve gone to prison decades ago for her activities and is in it to win it. We should consider ourselves blessed and fortunate that Trump stood up to run, because at his age, he could’ve chosen to retire or stayed in the private sector, but is volunteering his senior years to putting our country back on the right course. As long as he adheres to the Conservative agenda he stresses now, gets the right people into positions, he has the ability to be one of our greatest Presidents (and if he only accomplishes two things, of getting our budget into balance and securing our borders/expelling illegals — that will vault him past Reagan).

If I thought Trump were a fraud and Socialist ringer like McQueeg and Willard, both of whom were put in place to assure the most corrupt regime in the history of the republic was to be installed and remain for 8 years, I’d fight his candidacy to the death. Thank heavens I won’t have to.


154 posted on 11/21/2015 1:07:32 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Go, Trump, GO!! When they’re throwing up so much flak, you know you’re squarely over the target!!

You’ve got the media, the dems and the GOPe RINOs and amnesty pimps coughing up hairballs.


155 posted on 11/21/2015 1:07:47 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)
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To: D-fendr

You couldn’t be more wrong, if you tried harder to be.


156 posted on 11/21/2015 1:07:54 AM PST by nopardons
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To: DoughtyOne

+1


157 posted on 11/21/2015 1:08:55 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Charles Henrickson

He wrote them.
You should read them; he doesn’t have to !


158 posted on 11/21/2015 1:09:02 AM PST by nopardons
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To: D-fendr

LOL....you’re just so full of it!


159 posted on 11/21/2015 1:10:30 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
It's normal not to say no until one has their facts. Asking for a flat-out "yes" or "no" to a gothca' question is unfair.

I don't understand the point of trying to deny Trump the nomination. He was the only one who was ahead of the curve with total anger and disgust about ISIS, and a focus on that and stopping the invasion of the US. Re-establishing borders is part of what needs to happen in order to thwart global terror.

If the 'pub establishment figures out some dirty trick to deny Trump the nomination, we're looking at a hillary presidency, for sure. I don't get it that the establishment is willing to accept that.

160 posted on 11/21/2015 1:10:57 AM PST by grania
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