Posted on 04/29/2011 10:13:39 AM PDT by Baladas
(CNN) -- The other night, having a few beers with a conservative friend, I mentioned how hacked off I was that there hadn't been a wholesale denouncement of the likes of Donald Trump and Sarah Palin from conservative politicians and opinion-makers.
To be sure, many, many, many, many have denounced both -- but I think a chorus as simple and clear as a Cee-Lo Green song is deserved. It should be unanimous and unmistakable. (The past 48 hours should make it pretty easy to dump on Trump.) My buddy, though, responded with an (almost) perfect analogy. He said:
It's kind of like having a friend who's engaged to a total b!@$h. Everyone knows she's awful -- everyone except your friend. Do you:
a.) Tell him she's no good. In which case he will almost certainly kill the messenger. Pride will force him to dig in, he'll cuss, you'll cuss, you'll trade "you've changed" insults, and the friendship will be ruined. Or...
b.) Say nothing. In which case he'll maybe marry her, pay off her credit card debt, have a couple of kids, turn his drinking from fun to sad, and emerge seven years later divorced and a shell of his former self.
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This idiot has a drinking buddy ?
I agree but...
If anyone thinks Trump is a viable GOP candidate they are crazy.
Trump is a clown, Palin is the real deal.
Trump? Trump is a democrat... what do I care?
I suspect he’s one of the GOP “elitists” that need purged from the party.
Judging by the enemies they now have, I suspect both the left and GOP establishment are scared sh*tless of them. In politics one is known by the enemies they make.
Incidentally? What’s wrong with a little populism?
Unfortunately, he is half right. We—the right, true conservatives—should denounce that bloated, blowhard Trump. He’s in this only for his own ego; he’s not one of us. He’s a pretender and he’s using a conservative platform for his own self-aggrandizement. Look how he took credit—full credit—for forcing O’s hand with the ‘birth certificate’. What about all the work, WE did. Trump has no shame.
I’m always amused when the Left gives the Right advice, especially politically advise.
LLS
RINO’s and some pseudo-conservatives are intimidated by the considerable ability of the hatemongers in the MSM to denigrate the conservative movement. Standing up for principle is an often touted but in reality a rare attribute. Anybody can talk the talk...
Do NOT put Trump and Palin in the same sentence.
I agree that The Donald can only look appealing when he’s compared to Dear Leader, but who isn’t?
I think you’re right but I resent this little twit trying to lump both Trump and Palin - both this guy’s and Obama’s “enemies” together when they are nothing alike for the most part. He can shove his advice.
Bump to your second sentence
Excellent.
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