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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
That used to be one of the major criticisms we had against the left, but apparently the worm has turned. We're now about populist pandering.

Are you really suggesting that what Trump is proposing is not good for the Country???

31 posted on 01/25/2016 11:00:27 AM PST by Iscool (Izlam and radical Izlam are different the same way a wolf and a wolf in sheeps clothing are differen)
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To: Iscool
Are you really suggesting that what Trump is proposing is not good for the Country???

I'm "suggesting" exactly what I said. That refusing to support entitlement reform, and criticizing those who do support it, is the type of short-sighted pandering for which conservatives used to condemn the Left.

As to your question, I do not think opposing entitlement reform is good for the country. Do you?

The aspect of this I find particularly ironic is when Trump's opposition to entitlement reform was defended on the grounds that you "lose election"s if you run on that issue.

Great. Wonderful. That's exactly the type of criticism for which people attack the Washington elites -- that they're too concerned about winning elections and appealing to a broad base of voters rather than doing what is right for the country.

Go ahead -- listen to Boehner, McConnell, and all the rest. They resisted a lot of things conservatives proposed because they thought it would alienate moderate voters, and they or their members would lose reelection as a consequence. And now, at least according to that other poster, Trump is opposing entitlement reform for the exact same reason.

32 posted on 01/25/2016 1:15:31 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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