Posted on 02/17/2016 12:54:38 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
It has become increasingly clear that the "self-funded" candidate in the Republican presidential primary, Donald J. Trump, will destroy the GOP's chances to win in November if he is not the nominee. Leftist groups are ecstatic over Trump’s "Bush lied, people died," mantra over the Iraq war. Internet trolls for Vladimir Putin are firmly behind Trump, saying he has the right recipe for accommodating Russia.
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How did this happen? Conservatives who should know better went beyond praising his attacks on political correctness to welcoming him as a legitimate conservative candidate for president. Last year, Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union (ACU) and co-founder of Cove Strategies, a lobbying firm, went on MSNBC and was asked by Chris Matthews if Trump is a "plausible president." He said "Yeah. Definitely. Definitely." He also said, "I actually know Donald Trump," in regard to some of the businessman's other controversial comments. Such remarks sent the message to conservatives nationwide that Trump was one of them.
Ironically, Schlapp is the former political director for President George W. Bush, now accused by Trump of lying to get the U.S. into the Iraq War. How well does Schlapp really know Trump?
It seemed to start when the ACU declared Trump "an American patriot" and announced he was addressing the 2013 conference of the ACU-sponsored Conservative Political Action Conference. That same year, his Donald J. Trump Foundation gave $50,000 to the ACU Foundation. The Donald J. Trump Foundation also gave $25,000 to The American Spectator Foundation, the organization responsible for publishing The American Spectator magazine...
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“Oh...I get it now. It wasn’t the Conservative Movement that sold us out,. it was the individual Conservatives in the movement that sold us out.”
We can’t control how these people conduct themselves once they are elected. The only thing we can do is vote them out for not keeping their word.
Yeah...That one ;)
I’m there with ya buddy!
Wardaddy is “THE MAN”
You betcha!
I'm also sorry I donated to Cruz at the get-go, the damn constant emails and phone calls every damn day are starting to pi$$ me off.
I’m in total agreement with you. Last week, I received 3 letters in the US mail, approximately 12 phone calls and over 20 e-mails. The last one really torqued me. Breitbart on the Header! I’ve now blocked all e-mail from Cruz. I rarely read the Cruzer posted threads, so their nasty posts don’t affect or infect me ... lol. I’m very happy to know you’re still haunting this place!! XOXO. Nice weather today and more tomorrow. I’m sick of winter!
What? Can you prove this claim? I see tons of new sign ups that are all in for Cruz and post some of the most vile words here. What’s happening is the GOPe operatives have arrived and the splitting is going to leave you with Rubio.
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