Posted on 06/12/2017 4:02:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
HILLSBORO, Ohio – As publisher and editor of the Times-Gazette, a small daily newspaper in this southwest Ohio town (pop. 6,600), I thought our endorsement of Donald Trump for president last year seemed innocuous enough. Then someone said to me, “Did you see that Rachel Maddow mentioned the Times-Gazette last night?”
Seriously?
Next, Politico called. I soon discovered that our two-sentence endorsement was being reported — and often ridiculed — far and wide. The nearby Cincinnati Enquirer produced a post headlined “This Ohio paper is one of only six to endorse Donald Trump.” Not one of six in Ohio — one of six in the entire nation.
Hillsboro is the seat of Highland County, which has voted for the Republican candidate for president for decades but was particularly enthusiastic about Trump. He ended up winning 75 percent of the vote here, compared with 64 percent for Mitt Romney in 2012.
Interestingly, the conservatives I speak with do not really consider Trump one of them. Rank-and-file Republicans tend to view Trump more as an independent who ran under the Republican banner.
But for the most part, they’re still with him. They appreciate Trump’s “America first” agenda, not because they believe in isolationism, but because they believe the U.S. and its citizens should be the government’s top priority.....
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This explains the delicate political situation in Washington with a Republican Congress and a "third party" president.
I’m proud of the fact that he is not considered a Republicrap.
I was a Cruz supporter and donor but I gotta say... I love this guy.
You would have to assume that republicans are conservative for that.
UNLESS the three parties are RINOs, dems and Trump
Me too!
Go TRUMP!
“Interestingly, the conservatives I speak with do not really consider Trump one of them. Rank-and-file Republicans tend to view Trump more as an independent who ran under the Republican banner.”
This explains the delicate political situation in Washington with a Republican Congress and a “third party” president.
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Same here.
“Interestingly, the conservatives I speak with do not really consider Trump one of them. Rank-and-file Republicans tend to view Trump more as an independent who ran under the Republican banner.”
This explains the delicate political situation in Washington with a Republican Congress and a “third party” president.
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And that is why the Republicans better get rid of their murky middles. Or they wont have an active party.
I was a Cruz supporter, but switched to Trump during the primaries. I think our president is a man paralleling Winston Churchill in terms of greatness.
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Gotta teach those who intend to ‘drain the swamp’ a lesson. -Deep State
This explains the delicate political situation in Washington with a Republican Congress and a “third party” president.
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The GOPe didn’t like Reagan either. Trump is in good company.
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We finally got a candidate chosen by the people, and not the GOP Elite, or the media. I didn't have to hold my nose this time to vote for Presidential candidate Trump, like I have had to so many times before.
The only people who really liked the President were the 63 million who voted for him and the 30 states he would .
Good enough for me.
IMHO the Pubbies are dead men/women walking, and they have committed suicide.
There's only two parties: the Uniparty and Trump/Us!
The 30 states he won too.
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