Boring attacks on Trump 24/7 Yawn, but at least you are making the GOP wing of the uniparty happy.
Look, I like Trump. I’m originally from New York, and I know all the good things he’s done for the city and state — and other communities where he’s been a developer. (And we must acknowledge that he’s had his share of failures, like any businessman.)
I think a lot of what Trump says is very good. But we also must acknowledge that at least some of it contradicts long-held positions. We rightly criticized Mittens for flip-flopping like that, but somehow if you make the same point about Trump, you’r working for the Washington cartel — even though it’s true. And too many of his supporters (not all) twist themselves around like pretzels to defend him blindly, no matter what he says or does or what he said or did in the past.
That’s exactly the same kind of cult of personality that we all find so offensive about 0bama. As bad as G.W. Bush was in many ways, he never really had that cult of personality around him. (Sanders has it too, BTW. So does Hillary.)
Our job is to find the most conservative candidate who is viable and nominate that person, then campaign hard to make sure we get the most conservative president possible.
That decision should be made not on a cult of personality nor on bombastic rhetoric, but on the record of the candidates. The mere fact that someone prefers a different candidate than you do does not make them liberal trolls or agents of the Uniparty.
There is no 100 percent perfect candidate. There are things about Trump’s record that should be disturbing to any constitutionalist conservative. We need to give his record a full examination, good and bad, as we do for any other candidate, and not beat up on people for raising issues that might not put him in a great light.
If he still comes out looking like the best candidate to you, that’s your choice. But please know WHY you’re making that choice and please look at the full record before you commit to it.
And if someone else looks like the best candidate to another poster, that’s good too, and we should be able to debate, compare and contrast, and discuss without the vitriol that too many members of the cult of personality are throwing at anyone who dares criticize “their guy.”
Stop it — that’s what liberals do. Let’s not be like them.