Jim, I don’t get it. I have asked over and over and over from trump supporters...tell me something, anything prior to when he announced he was running for President (as a Republican? still don’t get that) that shows he has a single sincerely held conservative belief. Here are the responses I’ve received:
1. watch The Apprentice, you’ll see (really?)
2. he’s created an enormously successful business, therefore he’s a capitalist, therefore he’s a conservative (ask Bill Gates about that)
3. He supports veterans (just like Dems do when they need their votes)
4. JimRob supports him and that’s good enough for me
I saw that you had posted a brief list, but even that made me say, “huh?” because you had things on your list like he raised successful children. You have enormous sway here, Jim. And while I, like you, support the things that Trump has SAID and the issues he’s highlighted, we have nothing to base any faith that he is or will govern as an actual conservative. And, in fact, we have volumes of evidence that he will govern as anything BUT a conservative. And as Rush has cited here today, his attack on Cruz was from a LIBERAL point of view. Is that really what we want and really all the more we hope to dare?
anxiously awaiting an answer....
And yet getting the endorsement of the RNC kings in Iowa didn’t bother you one bit.
His immigration plans from three years ago don’t bother you a bit.
His vote on Croker didn’t bother you.
HIs vote on TPA didn’t bother you.
You folks have a very selective number of things that really bother you.
A guy flat out lies to you in real time, and you think that’s okay.
Yikes.
Mr. “Have I Got an Excuse for You” sure has you folks tied up in knots.
Doesn’t bother any of you who your fellow travelers are either.
GOPe
RNC
DNC
MSM Talking Heads
MSM Pundits
MSM News Papers
Internet bloggers that used to be Conservative, and are now demonstrably not
You folks need to wake up and realize that for every blinder you think the Trump folks are wearing, you folks are wearing two.
one to deny Trumps current platform
two to ignore who his enemies are and who your palls are
How is pointing out the fact that most politicians are propped up (or owned) by string-pulling crony capitalists an attack from the left? We’ve all been saying this for as long as I can remember.
And there are success stories of non-politicians (even some with not so sterling conservative backgrounds) making great presidents, y’know. Patriotism, love for God, family, country makes all the difference in the world. That, and leadership and communications skills. Trump has it in spades. And it’s not even costing that much money. He’s spent a tiny fraction of what the others have and he’s dominating the race. He doesn’t need and doesn’t want money from the crony capitalist string pullers.
There is a big difference between a consistent conservative and a campaign conservative.
I want someone with a record of standing up to the Washington cartel, not just someone who talks a good game.
Cruz is the most consistently conservative candidate. What evidence do we have that Trump is conservative, or even “conservative enough”?
You can start with his 2001 book, The America We Deserve; then Time to Get Tough 2011 and finish with Crippled America out this year. You will find he has had consistently conservative beliefs.