Posted on 12/25/2015 11:29:59 AM PST by Mariner
In a recent op-ed -- "If Trump wins the nomination, prepare for the end of the conservative party" -- the always articulate George Will expresses the angst many establishment (and some not-so-establishment) Republicans feel about their frontrunner:
If you look beyond Donald Trump’s comprehensive unpleasantness — is there a disagreeable human trait he does not have? — you might see this: He is a fundamentally sad figure. His compulsive boasting is evidence of insecurity. His unassuageable neediness suggests an aching hunger for others’ approval to ratify his self-admiration. His incessant announcements of his self-esteem indicate that he is not self-persuaded. Now, panting with a puppy’s insatiable eagerness to be petted, Trump has reveled in the approval of Vladimir Putin, murderer and war criminal.
It's hard to dispute Will's analysis, as far as it goes, but it only goes so far. No doubt The Donald exhibits some of the traits of an inferiority complex, but the real question is, so what? As Joe E. Brown says to Jack Lemmon at the end of Some Like It Hot, "Nobody's perfect."
All the Republican candidates have their flaws, as does, in spades, the woman far at the front of the Democratic pack, described almost twenty years ago by William Safire in one of the most prescient op-eds ever as a "congenital liar."
But my interest here is not in detailing everyone's weaknesses -- I like to remain friends with people -- but, as a Christmas present to the angst-ridden, to try to explain how Trump's flaws can be turned to the advantage of Republicans and conservatives. This is particularly important if, as appears highly possible, he wins the nomination. What do we do about it?
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
The great thing about having you around is that you can be counted on to say incredibly stupid things for the entertainment of the masses.
As long as no one take you, your situational ethics or your heretofor unseen ‘Christianity’ seriously, of course. Because one look at your post history will cure them of any fleeting thought that you are anything but a leftist.
Reagan and Trump are not comparable.
Why of course they are not compatible! And it’s a wonderful thing, because Donald is breaking the mold.
And I certainly (to return the compliment of a fool) can count on YOU to be ridiculous... I could flout you to any degree necessary and you know the only reason I don’t is because I really am Christian and really do hope you find salvation in Jesus Christ. To “willingly grieve the sons of men” would be contrary to that goal. God doesn’t do it; neither do I.
So many words, suck little logic. That’s become your calling card. Carry on.
Do you really realize what a vitriol laden sourpuss you have become?
You confessed you were the spawn of dysfunctional family. Well dysfunction is learned in a family. There seldom is one bright shining soul in a family like that, they all have distortions, because family is supposed to be a shaping place of love (that is what God says).
I have your number as far as that is concerned and could use it ad infinitum if I wanted. However, that would only drive your demonic reactions and drill you further and further into hell.
As for logic — the logic of Jesus Christ on the cross is the only real logic needed here. He sacrificed everything for both me AND you. He will take your own calling card and make it new, but only if you let Him. Otherwise you will keep on going, awesomely, down to the pits of hell and no, I won’t have sent you there. You will have sent yourself.
Hitek, if you want to bring dysfunctional into it, how about your dysfunction in your admitted ‘bemusement’ and silence over Planned Parenthood videos?
How about your dysfunction in thinking for a nanosecond that I somehow feel shame over my family history and will be cowed by you clumsily and fruitlessly trying to swingit as a hammer?
How about your dysfunction of trolling several of us and being a glutton for the verbal pounding you get every time that leaves you spouting bastardized scripture and flailing wildly with pathetic attempts like this one?
Hitek, my family was filled to bursting with your ilk in it. People just like you. Thats WHY it was the cluster of dysfunction it was.
Well, you are the son of the same!
You have no room for pride. Every blaming finger you point, has four pointing back at you.
The only way to win this game is to stop! And then to play a DIFFERENT game.
Now you have doubtless been playing “superficial Christianity” for years. Its theme song is damn this, damn that.
That won’t fly, even if you had an initial saving encounter. Because guess what, Jesus wants you to pass the saving power on, and that means to stop the damn this, damn that song.
You say damn me... I say bless you. And I advise you to accept the blessing. That’s the only way this horrible ride that you are on, can stop.
Read carefully that you are holding everyone but yourself responsible in this drama.
If you TRULY believe that... well you are going just the same way the liberals so criticized on FR go.
But I offer you a blessing. That will neutralize all this nonsense. It is up to you to accept it, or to slap it down.
But there is no other blessing for you to have.
Projection. It’s you that damned me. Lest you forget, (or actually hope others will forget), there were witnesses.
Maybe it’s time I start trolling you instead of you trolling me. Lets see how soon the mods get sick of it and fry one or both of us. Personally I don’t care which.
The witnesses will tell you that I warned you that you were headed to damnation... the same warning I issue to you now.
I never said you were doomed to it, and the witnesses will affirm that as well.
YOU alone can say if you are doomed to it. But it looks like you are arguing very vigorously for that.
Also the mods won’t stop a gospel pitch. I bet my membership on that.
And please keep on pressing the confrontation... the Holy Spirit is right with me and will keep on furnishing answers!
Either (1) you’ll get tired of it or (2) you’ll be saved and affirm it.
Mods can do as they like. I’m fine with whatever they choose or don’t choose. It’s their call. Doesn’t change the point.
And a blessing from you is worth what any blessing from a deluded leftist is. Nothing.
Indeed my blessing would be worth nothing if it did not come from Jesus Christ in turn.
He has saved me and made it extremely obvious in my life, both through my friends and through my enemies.
However, in the spirit of taking up my cross, I continue to extend the blessing of Jesus Christ to you. I don’t mind being filthed for its sake.
Why don’t you put away your existential cage factory and just give in?
All is forgiven.
Why don’t you get in the cage?
LOL! Now there is a won argument and an excellent solution! Troll cage.
HiTech, on this thread, you’ve called Norm a fool; ridiculous; and you’ve thrown “dysfunction” in his face. (While claiming that you COULD use it, though you just did, lol). You’ve said that you COULD “flout” him if you want. And then, after all that, you preen about your Christianity and about how Godlike you are.
You don’t get to do that. It simply doesn’t work that way. It’s the height of oozing, syrupy, two-faced, Pharasaical hypocrisy.
And while you’re on the subject of your holiness and your sanctification (as you always, endlessly are), one might wonder why, in this primary race, you, the board’s Uber-Christian, choose not to support the solid Christian in the race.
Odd, that.
“And then, after all that, you preen about your Christianity and about how Godlike you are.”
The Liberal god.
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