Posted on 02/15/2016 4:50:02 PM PST by Kaslin
"Liar, liar, pants on fire!" The schoolyard bully that would be president, Donald Trump, now daily reaches such new lows of sophomoric language and behavior that even seasoned political watchers who have "seen it all" are shaking their heads. He's being so childish that it would have been no surprise had he added the "pants on fire" part to his tantrum against Ted Cruz Saturday night.
If the stakes weren't so high, it might be amusing to watch the Donald have his temper tantrums: from the bright red face, to the dagger stares, to the wagging finger and explosive yelling, I half expected Mr. Trump to spontaneously combust during the South Carolina debate. In his attempt to lure Evangelical voters - many of whom are NOT doing their homework - the Donald became irate with Senator Cruz after Cruz exposed Trump as a supporter of Planned Parenthood, the now notorious seller of baby body parts.
Trump, sexist that he is, knows he can't cast Cruz a sexist. Trump, after proudly slurring minorities as a course of habit, knows he can't call Cruz (a Latino) a racist. So, the Donald has settled on a sordid slur to bludgeon the most honest, trusted candidate in the race: Liar.
Conservatives don't fall for the "sexist" or racist" labels. The question is: Will they fall for the "liar" label?
It's the oldest trick in the political war-game book: call someone a name equated with disgusting behavior and that becomes the headline. Name-calling has always been the liberal ace-in-the-hole for seducing the drive by media and low information voters (to quote the great Rush Limbaugh). But God help us if conservatives - Christian conservatives - don't wake up and see the "liar" label as the playground slur that it is.
We've seen this before.
Senator Cruz is running on a sterling record of advocacy and achievement of conservative principles. He is one of the few in our lifetime who has done exactly what he said he would do after being elected and sent by the people to take a seat of power in Washington, DC. From fighting against the unholy alliance of Rubio/Schumer that attempted to grant blanket amnesty to millions of people who have broken American laws and, many of which, are now feeding off the backs of hard-working immigrants and Americans who play by the rules; to challenging the Washington cartel of the "Good Ol' Boys Club" that is the Republican Establishment, Senator Cruz has exhibited both courage and integrity. He fights for truth; he fights for the Constitution, he fights for freedom.
When Establishment GOP types unite with hot heads like Trump in name-calling in order to defeat an honest, fearless man like Senator Cruz it reveals something I wish every Evangelical and conservative would see: Senator Cruz must really be the Ronald Reagan of the new generation. Reagan was hated by the liberals and held in disdain by the party power mongers. But the voters saw through it. The decent men and women who were desperate for limited government, lower taxes, a strong national defense and a country based on the rule of law did their homework. They looked at the principles on which Reagan stood and his record as Governor of California, and they were able to see through the slurs and the name-calling. They showed up at the polls in droves and voted with knowledge and confidence and elected Ronald Reagan in one of the biggest election landslides of all time. Because they did their homework, because they did not buy the ugly labels at face value, they ushered in a new American day and restored our country to its place as "A Shining City on a Hill."
Do your homework. Go behind the name-calling. Look at the records, the history, and consider the maturity of the candidates. You owe no less to freedom and future generations than to study before you cast your vote. When conservatives do their homework and then vote for the tried and true, Ted Cruz will become not only the GOP nominee, but the President of the United States. Freedom, opportunity and civil society will see a new day in America.
We can do this. We must do this. Will you?
Are you Cruzbots illiterate or something? That isn’t what he said at all - he objects to the abortions they do, but, they do provide some help for women in other areas. Either clean out your ears or get glasses or new ones if you wear them. I’m so tired of trying to educate you blockheads, who jump on an issue and distort it. I’m not surprised though - your candidate does that - only he lies.
He is not Jesus. & I find you people constantly comparing him to Jesus is despicable.
I think your label about yourself says it all...
Obviously, Trump is not better than that.....he did it.
yup.
So, basically he parrots PP we give mammograms and family planning with that money, we don’t use but a fraction for abortions. Way to speak out of both sides of your mouth, Donald, and hide behind the same liberal weasel words.
Message from the GoPe BORG to beware the one who can destroy our Cheap Labor Xpress and other money-makers we have enjoy so many years whether a “D” or an “R” sits in the WH.
Make America Great Again - Do not vote for Goldsacks Man Bushy Cr-Ooze.
“I find you people constantly comparing him to Jesus is despicable.”
You do know despicable because you are one more despicable POS.
William Pryor Jr. and Diane Sykes are not conservatives.
So which one? You didn’t try the intellectual honesty...or you didn’t like it?
Ok, I’ll play....
If his succesful business acumen and the accumulation of wealth is his Bonafides....Where are the foundations he’s started with his “billions†to advance ANY conservative causes? Where is the evidence that he’s done ANYTHING to advance the conservative agenda?
Put down the koolaid and step away from the liberal HL27!
Trump claims to have never had to ask for forgiveness because he has done nothing wrong. Based on that, Trump is arguing he is equal to Jesus Christ.
That is far, far worse than anyone who compares Cruz with Christ in the sense that Cruz has a saving faith in Jesus Christ; and Cruz has never compared himself with Jesus.
This is what you say Trump said:
“Trump claims to have never had to ask for forgiveness because he has done nothing wrong. Based on that, Trump is arguing he is equal to Jesus Christ.”
This is what Trump said:
TRUMP: No, I have great relationship with God. I have great relationship with the evangelicals. In fact nationwide, I’m up by a lot - leading everybody. But I like to be good. I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness. And I am good. I don’t do a lot of things that are bad. I try and do nothing that’s bad. I live a very different life than probably a lot of people would think.”
It looks like you are lying, plain and simple. But you like to talk religion, so I guess you don’t ever have to ask forgiveness.
A man who admits he cheated on his first two wives with many women and even had affairs with lots of women who were married to other woman and thinks he does not need forgiveness is no Christian.
Care to expound upon your contention about the report and writer?
Otherwise is just a biased opinion to which no one else can easily accept. Acting like Trump will convince no one not already similarly biased.
The piece sounds pretty logical and factual and describes Trump to a tee, at least to a non-trumpbot.
“A man who admits he cheated on his first two wives with many women and even had affairs with lots of women who were married to other woman and thinks he does not need forgiveness is no Christian.”
“...thinks he does not need forgiveness...”
Why do you continue to lie? Do Christians in your world think it is okay to lie and distort what people say?
Because I don’t happen to agree with your opinion you find it necessary for you to degrade me, or say rude things to me...why is that? How would you feel if someone did that to you? Do you think it makes you feel smarter? Or do you feel it makes you look tougher? Are you the ‘playground bully’ that everyone in your mind has to answer to?
I don’t think so...I am a paying member of Free Republic, and have been here almost 16 years, have a college education and a business of my own...and I don’t really want to hear what you have or don’t have, because frankly, any one who would talk to an individual the way you did to me shouldn’t have the option of any interest to anyone on here, you (he/she) are very rude and very ignorant...
Its so hard to tell day to day. Since when is he not?
That is probably next!
Actually, it doesn't.
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