Posted on 02/02/2016 8:41:04 AM PST by Kaslin
How any female in America could support Donald Trump, the American version of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, is beyond me.
Call me old school, but I have a real problem electing a man to public office who the Washington Post reported has a "Twitter feed and history of public comments" describing women as a "dog," "fat" and "disgusting." Even still, some conservatives give him a pass.
I know. We're electing a president, not a pastor. Or at least that's what we hear from certain evangelical leaders who think it's okay to endorse a "Biblically-illiterate strip club owner" who trades his wives in for newer models, as Freedom Outpost described in their January 27 column.
How about electing a president with principles, that is, assuming principles still matter?
Sure, presidents are just people who put their pants on one leg at a time like we do, but am I asking too much to have a president who has a history of keeping his pants on? Conservatives had a lot to say about Bill Clinton's improprieties when he was in office and they still do. In 1994, the LA Times reported the late evangelist Jerry Falwell, Sr. marketed a video "featuring an assortment of allegations involving President Clinton ranging from sexual misconduct to murder..." My, how far from the tree some have fallen.
Boasting about his sexual exploits with married women in his book "The Art of the Comeback," Trump bragged, "If I told the real stories of my experiences with women, often seemingly very happily married and important women, this book would be a guaranteed best-seller..." Trump's appeared on the Howard Stern show multiple times discussing his female conquests in a way that might even make Bill Clinton blush. Maybe.
It's odd that prominent evangelicals like Dr. Jerry Falwell, Jr. endorsed a man who once said he couldn't recall ever seeking God's forgiveness, saying he just tries "to make it right...I don't bring God into that picture..." It's amazing these leaders actually believe an unprincipled man who seems to have no problem breaking marital vows and brags about helping married women break theirs would keep his promise to be a defender of Christianity.
Trump's decision to not participate in the Fox News-Google debate simply because he believes he was treated unfairly by a female is troubling in that it displays how terribly self-involved he is and vindictive toward whomever he perceives as his "enemy." Narcissism is a huge character flaw conservatives notice in President Obama, but with Trump, not so much. America needs a leader who loves America more than he loves himself.
Given the recent evangelical Christian endorsements, it's starting to get lonely out there as a believer, but I cannot in good conscience endorse Trump - even if I am the last Christian standing. Yes, I will vote, because that's my duty as an American. But I cannot endorse a man who spent his lifetime supporting progressives and espousing just about everything I don't believe, while simultaneously gaming the political system to pad his wallet. I also have grave concerns about his mean-spirited, uncontrolled speech and relentless flip-flopping.
Of course, no candidate is perfect. But some are less flawed than others. Let us remember that "earthly" kings and presidents will always fall short. The longing we have inside for justice and righteousness will never be satisfied by looking at another human. So look up. Seek truth and don't allow anger to overcome reason or common sense.
Even as distasteful as a Trump Presidency is for me to consider, I am reminded that Jesus, who was known as a friend of sinners, would seek an audience with Donald Trump to remind him that there is a reason why it is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than a rich man to find peace with God. If Trump found that peace, he might be unstoppable.
Trump's record is out there for all to see. He is the kind of man who can respect individuals who happen to be women but doesn't respect women as a whole. He shows that in the way he demeans them - by looks rather than by what they do or say. By his ownership of beauty pageants. By his general demeanor towards them. Even when describing his own daughter he concentrates on her looks first and then her abilities and accomplishments. It's pretty clear that when Trump said if she hadn't been his daughter he'd date her that it wasn't for her mind.
But just because I recognize Trump as the pig he is doesn't mean that's why I won't vote for him. That decision is entirely due to his less-than-conservative stance on most issues.
Maybe it’s because you believe in the model of patting yourself on the back for whatever you think you know.
I believe in verifying from as many angles as possible.
But you lied... you did not walk away, you had to get in another shot!
At the very LEAST, keep your word.
I’ve known a few guys like Donald Trump and they were great guys. Not politically correct but when the chips are down they are there on your six.
I love the guy and cannot wait to vote for him in Georgia’s primary. He will be a great President.
Not being a womanizer, I can’t directly relate to Donald there.
He’s shown in other contexts, however, that he can and will respect women in serious pursuits and will even choose them intelligently rather than as empty figurines for eye candy.
This appears to show that his little head isn’t such a boss over his big one that this becomes impossible.
Ok, give it your last word. Anxiously awaiting.not
Donald does tend to get either friends or enemies. Not too many indifferent people.
Some look at the window and see the chips and the dirt. Some look through the window and see what’s beyond it.
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See now, didn’t that make you happy....
We haven’t had a President who honors God since Reagan. My point was about a libtard taking Biblical verses out of context, which happens more often than not.
I’m perfectly happy to take note of ignoring you!
Again, I believe that he can respect individuals who happen to be women but not females as a gender. He isn't a whole lot different from Bill Clinton in that regard.
Yes, Donald has that failing.
What is worse, to care for the femmes too much, or too little?
To be fair, I don’t know of any accounts that Donald has wanked in his office, or asked for anything but straight sex out of anybody but whoever he was, at the least, officially married to.
It certainly appears that way. The only authentic pro American anti-establishment candidate gets trashed here 24/7 by uniparty attack ads. Sad.
Jimmy Carter could recite large parts of the bible from memory. He confessed that he lusted in his heart. He was a Sunday School teacher. Just the very type of person this author seems to want the republican candidate to be, maybe Jimmy is available. How would that work out?
This is the thing about Donald... either gets friends or enemies. The indifference factor towards him seems to be rather low. Love Donald or hate Donald but little just don’t care about Donald.
As I said before, my issue with Trump has nothing to do with his character, or lack there of. If he had showed over the years that he was a true conservative who believed in smaller government, less spending, the sanctity of life, strict adherence to the Constitution, and a prudent foreign policy then I could easily support him regardless of his character flaws. To paraphrase the author of this piece, I'm electing a president and not a boyfriend.
He seems to be in the more instantaneously non-obvious spot of a person who is morphing, but without enough of a history in the position he has morphed to that people feel uncomfortable predicting he will stay there.
In response: I’ve noticed a larger trend that he seems to morph from left to right and not the other way in any demonstrated sense.
I can see a theoretical point, but feel that fears like this can be like unto fears about global warming. It’s possible in principle. But nobody’s actually seen the earth show signs of doing the alarming, hostile things that Al Gore has characterized it with doing in response to much less CO2 than the earth has endured in the past.
As a wascally evangelical, I’ve learned that moving targets can be more telltale about what’s behind them, than fixed targets are. The fixed appearance could be a show over ossified thought. Something that moves is clearly attached to a mover, and the kind of motion shows what kind of mover. This is not the Mitt variety of change. He went from left to right back to left. This is a mover that is focused on people. Donald is in motion to the right. This is a mover that is focused on something beyond people, in fact quite likely beyond the world.
Agreed. And it's especially easy, given the circumstances, to wonder if he's really morphing or is it an act he feels he has to play in order to chase the nomination.
In response: I’ve noticed a larger trend that he seems to morph from left to right and not the other way in any demonstrated sense.
Is it because he's running for the Republican nomination? Or is it genuine? If you look at his history he's switched from Democrat to Republican then back to Democrat then to Reform Party and on and on. Ronald Reagan moved to the right once, and having left the Democrats he didn't pinball between parties. Trump's hasn't shown that he has any real political position that isn't open to change.
Donald is in motion to the right. This is a mover that is focused on something beyond people, in fact quite likely beyond the world.
As a die-hard skeptic I just find it hard to trust his move to the right is genuine or long lasting.
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