Posted on 01/24/2016 7:00:17 AM PST by Kaslin
I was watching a very angry conservative on TV the other day attempt to paint Trump as Satan's blonde-headed younger brother.
They also tried to make out anyone who claimed to be a conservative, that would ever remotely even consider voting for The Donald, to be the dumbest SOB on the planet... the bane of humanity.
This person was angry, peeps. It was scary, shark-eyed, weirdness. They were sold on Trump being evil incarnate.
The weird thing was, if my memory serves me correctly, I don't remember this talking head getting that irate about Romney in 2012. Matter of fact, I believe they stumped arduously for Mitt going into the general election.
Y'all help me here: aside from the color of their coifs, please thrill me with what's the big difference between the twain other than Trump's way more aggressive against Islam, for more stringent border security and way more anti-Obama/Hillary than Mitt ever was. Also, I’m pretty certain said person also tried to sell us on McCain and they were very pro-George W. Bush. Go figure. Anyway …
The disturbing thing to moi was the rage combined with the unwavering conviction that they were right on every issue and, if you disagree with them, I guarantee they'd spew more f-bombs in your face than Gary Oldman would if he ran out of espresso and cigarettes.
This made me reminisce back to a group that existed a few years ago who "knew" they were "right" on every issue.
This group was extremely conservative, pro-life, and pro-Ten Commandments. Regarding their religious practices …holy moly…they were extremely devout. So devout that they make me look like a lush with my penchant for my amazing cigar line, dirty martinis and warrior movies.
This crew tithed a tenth of every thing they made, fasted once week out of every month, and memorized the Bible. Indeed, these people hated evil and had a zero tolerance policy for any religious or political leader who showed one scintilla of compromise with their “worldviewâ€. They were right, dammit. And God help you if you every drew their ire.
One man, who was also earnest and pretty conservative, but approached things way differently than they did, decided to take them on, and not only did they verbally blast him but they ended up killing him. The man they killed was named Jesus and the conservative group that had him offed was the first-century Pharisees. Yep, JC could not live up to their standards as a leader.
Speaking of standards for leaders, I wonder if those conservatives who're currently crapping on Trump, who’re looking for the perfect leader, would back the following leaders that God did? Check it out…
-- King David shagged Bathsheba (another man's wife) and then had her husband offed. Would conservatives vote for him?
-- What about Moses? Moses killed a man, married a black woman, and had massive anger issues. Can you say "deal breaker" for most conservatives?
-- What if Samson were on the ticket? Samson dated a hooker, killed Cecil The Lion, and had long hair. Can you imagine the melee that would ensue should some candidate have this Nazarite's track record? OMG. Scandal aplenty for the fastidious among us. But…he was God's choice and his Judge to lead an ancient Israel for a time.
-- What about Abraham? This old patriarch constantly lied about being married to his wife. Not. Very. Presidential.
Then you have Jesus' fab twelve whom he chose to change the planet that were an amalgam of rough-cussing fishermen who resembled the crew of Deadliest Catch. And don't even get me started on John The Baptist, who ate bugs and wore a camel skin.
And the list could go on and on regarding the massive and weird incongruities of eccentric men who were utilized to shake and shape nations for righteous purposes.
Bottom line: good luck finding Mr., Ms., Miss or Mrs. Perfect when voting for president. And by your standards you might as well start practicing saying President Hillary Rodham Clinton.
One more thing: I will vote for either Trump or Cruz depending upon who gets the nod. Also, and pardon my redundancy, but don't forget the wizards at the National Review told us Romney & Ryan were groovy. How'd that work out for them?
PS: Hint: 66% of a tiny fraction is really tiny.
We don't need a pro affirmative action president picking judges.
Just in case you don't know, I've consistently preferred Cruz until this past week.
Unlike you, I've not been a Trump hater, au contraire, I've appreciated what he's done for the race.
And like most Trump supporters here, I know he's not a consistent conservative. I think that's a huge disconnect that Cruz worshipers don't understand, a huge flaw in their calculations.
As to immigration, there is no reason to like the position of Cruz to Trump's. He's flip flopped just as badly, and is only now positioning himself to the right of Trump the past two weeks.
Trump has a position paper, mostly written by Jeff Sessions. It's good.
To me, an ex Cruz supporter, Trump has a far better, and might I say more consistent position than Ted.
I have no reason to doubt he will build that wall, and make this a much smaller problem. I do have doubts that Cruz could do the same.
For me, as much as I like Cruz, I do not believe the Founders of our nation would have considered Cruz to be a natural born citizen. However....If he is the Republican nominee I would vote for him.
I agree but the pro Cheap Labor Express H-1B lovin' Cruz is worse FOR ME anyway.
Over the last six weeks I’ve heard establishment fighters Erick Erickson, Dana Loesch, and quite possibly one of the greatest conservative thinkers of our time, Mark Levin, sneered at as RINOs and GOPe because they dared to express opposition to a liberal NYC billionaire. I’ve heard FReepers support eminent domain abuse, ethanol subsidies, an any number of liberal garbage because their messiah supports it. Working with McConnell, Reid, and Pelosi - a capital offense pre-Trump - is now lauded. Birther issues that would have earned rapid zots sixteen months ago are now allowed to flourish like a nasty infection. God help us, I’ve even seen some FReepers - FReepers! - saying that, you know what, maybe abortion is okay sometimes.
So if accepting all of the above is rational, then I will happily take being called ridiculous.
Trumpahu Akbar.
That depends on two things.
1) Assimilation
We have existing quota limits. To "expedite" the deported illegals with a legalization amnesty would overwhelm our country and have a negative impact on assimilation.
2) Whether they are allowed to vote (openly or Chicago-fraudulently, doesn't matter).
If they become "legalized" then a citizenship amnesty would be likely next.
So how does Trump feel about a citizenship amnesty?
TRUMP: Legal status.
BASH: No citizenship?
TRUMP: No citizenship. We will see. Later down the line, who knows what is going to happen, but legal status.
(CROSSTALK)
BASH: So you're open to... (CROSSTALK)
TRUMP: It's something I would think about, but I would say, right now, no, I'm not open to it. I would say legal status.
So Trump says no to citizenship BUT, "we will see. Later down the line, who knows what is going to happen" and he says , "it's something I would think about, but I would say, right now, no, I'm not open to it."
Sounds like double talk to me.
Thanks
I don't like H-1Bs either.
But that's small potatoes compared to a legalization amnesty and it's small potatoes compared to Trump wanting to legalize foreign students who graduate US colleges.
No, we NEED someone who is not AFRAID to break things and take names.
We don’t need a pansy who will bow and scrape to every DemocRAT on the planet and spit on every conservative.
We have two who are not doing either of those things. We need to be happy that neither one of them is being chased away by the loony antics of the left.
Hear, Hear! A great post.
“Don’t jettison the good for the perfect.”
Half a loaf theory. If anyone is going to give us half a loaf, it would be Trump. Sounds like better to win with half a loaf than risk losing with full loaf.
BFL
The disruptors here and elsewhere I believe to be gop—e and rat operatives for the most part.
The most important question to ask in politics is : who benefits? Neither of the gop frontrunners benefit from the disruptors antics in the long run.
You don’t think jebbie and his pacs are spending their millions just on TV commercials, do you?
Be suspicious of the motives of disruptors.
Wow, that’s detestable. I’d heard rumblings that his movement was becoming the landing place for the white nationalists and anti-Semites, but didn’t believe it.
I guess that’s what happens when you re-tweet their accounts.
I let them go on for a while to show the world what scumbags they are before blocking them.
Thanks. The writer understands those of us who support Trump and why.
No like probably 99.88% of Trump supporters and future voters are not looking for the perfect candidate.
You guys are in for a rough couple of weeks.
We hope you survive.
If not, that is your choice as an adult.
Have a nice day and couple weeks!
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