[conservatism_IS_compassion]

>As long as he is claiming that he knows better than all the politicians its all fun but once you're really there its not fun anymore.

If that was my bag, I’d become a journalist. That is a perfect description, all talk and no responsibility for results. Trump could have bought a TV station or a newspaper if that was his thing. I’m hesitant about Trump for one reason: he’s taken a lot of “liberal” positions in the past. That doesn’t have to be a show stopper

Sam Donaldson :

"Mr. President, in talking about the continuing recession tonight, you have blamed mistakes in the past and you have blamed the Congress. Does any of the blame belong to you?”

Ronald Reagan :

"Yes because for many years I was a Democrat."

. . . but where is the enthusiasm of the convert?

OTOH, things have gotten so bad that the operative rationale may have to be,

”I can’t spare the man; he fights!”

[nickcarraway]

Reagan was a Dem9crat, but not a liberal. He had 25 years of consistent conservative activism before becoming president. It’s nothing like Trump.