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To: libstripper

No, Fred Barnes is cheerleading for Hillary.

Jim Rob says no to #NeverTrumpers.

Try reading before posting - RIF on Weekly Standard.


2 posted on 05/14/2016 5:13:05 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: goldstategop

Come now.... Fred is not cheer leading for hillary

Fred is holding his nose and advocating the reality that is Donald Trump. Fred is capitulating


6 posted on 05/14/2016 5:20:57 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....Opabinia can teach us a lot)
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To: goldstategop
Actually, I did read the article, something you appear not to have done, or you at least missed its last two paragraphs:

What about Trump? At best, he's a conservative by instinct, but not by philosophy. He's no supply-sider but he would cut personal and corporate tax rates substantially to create incentives to work, save, invest, and generate economic growth. Like Hillary, he's no free trader. He hasn't drifted to the left or, for that matter, to the right. He's asked for a list of potential conservative successors to Scalia. He exaggerates and mangles facts. But a nonstop liar like Hillary? Hardly. He's used every legal trick and heavy-handed tactic in the book in his business career. If he's corrupt, prosecutors haven't noticed. On foreign and national security affairs, he's a rookie, which is worrisome. He promises to stamp out ISIS quickly and build up our depleted military. He's not a hawk either.

On November 8, we'll choose between Clinton and Trump. It's not so much that he is better, though he is. But she fails to meet minimal standards a conservative or a Republican should insist on. A vWitch is so irghtfulote for Clinton would be wrong. Voting for a third-party candidate or not voting would be half a vote for Hillary. To defeat her and the myth, a vote for Trump is required. [My emphasis.]

So it turns out that Fred loathes the Witch, doesn't like Trump all that much, but has chosen to hold his nose and vote for Trump because the Witch so so frightful. That's exactly what Jim Robinson did in 2012 when he finally supported Mittens against Obola.

21 posted on 05/14/2016 5:39:53 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: goldstategop

I read the article. It appears you have not.


22 posted on 05/14/2016 5:41:16 AM PDT by gogeo (Donald Trump. Because it's finally come to that.)
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To: goldstategop
No, Fred Barnes is cheerleading for Hillary.

Jim Rob says no to #NeverTrumpers.

Try reading before posting - RIF on Weekly Standard.


Actually, you should have read the complete article rather than stopping at the setup.

Barnes has been anti-Trump, and he's trying a graceful course correction. This article basically says that Hillary Clinton is worse than Bill, and a vote for her or a third party is unacceptable. See below:

On November 8, we'll choose between Clinton and Trump. It's not so much that he is better, though he is. But she fails to meet minimal standards a conservative or a Republican should insist on. A vote for Clinton would be wrong. Voting for a third-party candidate or not voting would be half a vote for Hillary. To defeat her and the myth, a vote for Trump is required.
29 posted on 05/14/2016 5:50:51 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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To: goldstategop

Fred Barnes is NOT supporting Hillary in this piece...last paragraph sums it up well;

“On November 8, we’ll choose between Clinton and Trump. It’s not so much that he is better, though he is. But she fails to meet minimal standards a conservative or a Republican should insist on. A vote for Clinton would be wrong. Voting for a third-party candidate or not voting would be half a vote for Hillary. To defeat her and the myth, a vote for Trump is required.”


33 posted on 05/14/2016 5:57:38 AM PDT by freddy005
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To: goldstategop
No, Fred Barnes is cheerleading for Hillary.

I read the article, and I didn't get a single bit of 'cheerleading for Hillary' out of it.

36 posted on 05/14/2016 6:09:46 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Democrat Drinking Game - Every time they mention a new social program, chug someone else's beer.)
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