Donald Trump's die-hard supporters show no signs of straying

Yahoo! Finance ^ | August 16, 2017 | Matt Sedensky, National Writer, The Associated Press

[2ndDivisionVet]

NEW YORK (AP) -- They wash their hands of neo-Nazis and wag their fingers at leftists. They denounce a press corps they see as biased and controversies they view as manufactured. But in the frenzied blame game over the deadly violence at a rally of white supremacists, Donald Trump's loyal base is happy to absolve the president himself.

Even as Trump's zig-zag response to the weekend bloodshed in Charlottesville, Virginia, has brought criticism from some Republican lawmakers, many men and women who helped put him in office remain unmoved by the latest uproar.

"He has done nothing to turn me away from him," said Patricia Aleeyah Robinson, of Toledo, Ohio.

Robinson is black and her support of Trump has put her at odds with many in her life, costing her friendships and straining family relationships.....

[jy8z]

I fully support President Trump. I will not waiver.

[Parley Baer]

“Trump is the last president.
Whatever passes for one in the future will be a puppet.”

Now that is the damn truth. GO TRUMP GO

[Strac6]

“Donald Trump’s die-hard supporters show no signs of straying”

But one governs by consent of the governed, not every four years, nor every two, but every day.... and is losing 70% of America. (Ignore the Polls. They are all fixed. I know. My clients used to fix them.)

Very sad to say, but Mr. Trump’s policies are great but his strategy, tweets and even his words are the worst I have seen on 60 years of following politics closely. Quite frankly, Mr. Trump’s ability to govern, to get anything done in DC may be permanently gone. There is a good chance if he sent a bill to Congress voting to designate March as Peach Month, it would defeated.

I spoke with some very conservative, highly placed people in DC today, one of the seven leading Conservative Christians in DC, big time friend of Ollie North, etc. She was crying.

Another is the COS of a very conservative Christian senator. He said that if Gen Kelly called, or others, the Sen would take the call, and listen. If POTUS called, the Sen would take a five minute call, and promptly ignore it.

The Charlottesville media fiasco is a prime example. His appearance yesterday to condemn both sides was brilliant.... for the first few minutes. Had he shown a 24x36 blowup of the AntiFa goon aiming what was effectively a lit flame thrower at a Confederate flag holder, and concentrated on the theme of guilt on both sides, he would have come out a winner.

Unfortunately, by giving the media the angle that he found some sympathy with perhaps some of the White Supremacist side, he destroyed his entire presentation for 70% of America. We loved it. The rest of America only saw his worst ad libs. Don’t blame the media. It was his words they broadcast.

Don’t get into my s**t over what I write. The truth hurts. I am with his heart 100%. His mouth may have just removed his ability to ever create American consensus, and if so, it is the death of any hope of an effective Trump presidency.

And with it, perhaps the United States.

The United States.... it was a great idea.

Am I wiling to fight for America? Hell yes, and I have two Purple Hearts to prove it. But the best soldiers in the world lose with bad generals. And we are in big trouble in Trump’s TACTICS.

Our cause is right and just.... but we are losing the battle on tactics, and it may be too late to win with this General. At best, he has 3 weeks, until after Labor Day to completely change his public persona. If he doesn’t, most Republicans will be calling for his resignation by Thanksgiving, in favor of Mr, Pence.... who is a GREAT man.

Again, please don’t get on my case. I love the man but his mouth is a disaster.

[txhurl]

You are twenty lbs of bullshit in a ten lb bag.

[Golden Eagle]

You’re still here?

[wku man]

"White supremacists ONE LONE WHITE SUPREMACIST NUTBAG and antifa, the communist anarchists, are each 100% responsible for the violence."

The white supremacists were exercising their rights to peaceably assemble and to speak freely, when the Leftist faggot Commie snowflake anti-American fascists attacked them. The "Unite The Right" protesters defended themselves. One lone nutcase white supremacist committed a criminal act by driving into the crowd, not the whole group.

Charlottesville is wholly and completely the fault of the Left, be they the pu**y Commie snowflakes who attacked the group that was exercising their rights, the faggot-loving Leftist "leaders" of Charlottesville, or Terry McAwful, who could've and should've ordered the Guard in to separate the two sides.

THEY are 100% responsible for the violence, because they started it.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Strac6]

Yup.

[Impala64ssa]

One YYYUUUGE reason why the left has their collective panties up in a wad.

Pres Trump is upsetting the apple cart. Dirty little secret is that he's making small yet significant inroads with traditional Dem voting blocs, Black, Latinos, Jews, etc. Pres Trump is boldly going where no Republican has gone before. One of his campaign slogans when he reached out to those people, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE". No wonder the leftist are secretly having spontaneous orgasms now that they finally have their martyr, Heather Hier who, in a manner of speaking unwittingly took a bullet for the team. Too bad it wasn't literally, they would've hit the daily double with that deal, then the gun control debate could've been reignited, but getting mowed down by a Challenger will do...for now.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I have $100 that says he’ll be re-elected with bigger numbers than last year.

[Conserv]

“I support him more, and hate the GOP more”

AMEN!

McCain, Graham, Rubio, Flake, Murkowski, Kasich, Jebby, Ryan, McConnell, etc can all go to hell.

[Strac6]

Do you not understand that we are losing the battle because of TACTICS?

The Japanese fleet at Midway was far superior to ours. Their tactics sucked. They lost their entire fleet of aircraft carriers.

Truth is useless without the tactics to promote it, and right now, the WH tactics are atrocious. Time for us to admit it.

[Golden Eagle]

Why? You’ve proven you’re not a true conservative over and over, and have even admitted you’re part of the DC swamp, and helped people cover up things there that you can’t admit to until they die or statue of limitations kick in. At some point it aught to register on you that we’re just not impressed, much less influenced by your posts in any meaningful way other than disgust. Unless I’ve missed something, which I doubt.

[Impala64ssa]

Yes, this Nazi sh!tbag isn't the only one with filthy hands. All the more reason I pray for a thorough, objective investigation and fair trial. Depending on how this unfolds, Heather Hier's family may have a strong wrongful death case against the town of Charlottesville, maybe even the gov's office and whatever SoreASS funded front groups organized this debacle. Could the ACLU's (of all people) findings strengthen such a case?

[Strac6]

Your on.

I hate to say this, but I seriously do not think he will POLITICALLY survive his first term if he does not change his tactics.

Example, had Gen Kelly not been a Marine, he would have quit today. Part of his taking the job was a solid promise from the president that there would be no more uncontrolled/un-vetted public comments or tweets. That’s all gone now.

Don’t get me wrong. I pray every night for his success, but I can’t control that month... and the mouth/tweets are getting him deeper and deeper every day.

[Just mythoughts]

Presently, I cannot think of one ‘conservative’, let alone Christian in the Senate.

[RitaOK]

Same thing has happened in the Vatican. That is how I came to such a dire deduction.

The pattern is exactly identical in both institutions, the Vatican take over and the USA. There has been a process, a plan and pattern in place for years, decades. America is the last standing Christian rooted nation. It must fall. Time seems short.

[txhurl]

Who is this WE, Kemosabe? Trump up 6pts despite all the deep state attacks. Go change your tampon and stay out of the men’s camp.

[Strac6]

What you’re missing is the reality, that despite Mr. Trump’s great ideas, his tactics for implementing those ideas are atrocious.

I love then man. I pray for him every night. I now also pray that he will stay away from saying anything that he has not already discussed with the great advisors he has working for him.

I WANT HIM AND AMERICA TO SUCCEED. I am also enough of a realist to understand that the current tactics are NOT working.

[Golden Eagle]

Example, had Gen Kelly not been a Marine, he would have quit today.

You have absolutely NO proof of this, at all. There were plenty of true weak knees up on that stage at the same time, starting with Elaine Chow, and she didn't quit, did she.

You're just trying to make up stuff that is clearly incorrect, in an attempt to damage the President. I have spoken out against Trump on this forum at times, but only using facts or substantiated opinion, not BS like you just posted.

[Strac6]

I might suggest a review of the senators given a 100% rating by the ACU.