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To: Longbow1969
Trump is not a conservative.

For me, Lincoln captured the essence of a conservative American with this...

“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s initiative and independence.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.”

— Abraham Lincoln

I believe Trump adhere's to these principles just fine.

54 posted on 04/26/2011 10:36:55 AM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: AmusedBystander
“You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.” Classic American voter disconnect being exploited every election cycle and now always and every day is the Truth that the democrats whine they're trying to achieve a brotherhood of humankind while doing everything they consciously can imagine to do that will further class hatred and envy in the too easily duped American democraps and feckless independents.
60 posted on 04/26/2011 10:51:10 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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