[ScottinVA]

This time, with paragraph breaks.

what is the real reason you don’t like Trump?

I've put it out there before, but the primary reason I don't like Trump is I simply don't trust him. The bromides and populist talk run crossways from his prior and current actions. He was a Republican before he was a democrat before he was an independent before he was a Republican. He uses as his signature campaign issue the problem with illegals, yet hires illegals to build a hotel in DC. He attacks Hillary, yet remains close friends with the Clintons. He says he plans to push to repeal Obamacare, yet has backed single-payer and has an admiration for the Canadian system (y'know.. that one with the long waits and rationed care).

But one issue on which he HASN'T flipped and flopped like a crappie in a jon boat is property rights. He is a "100% supporter" (HIS words, not mine) of the Kelo decision in Connecticut. His bully-boy treatment of Vera Coking bears out the lack of respect for property rights.

Trump's backers are getting that long-sought cathartic moment, hearing him blast away at the border issue and swear up and down he's going to ensure they're all -- including their children born in this country -- deported forthwith. While that all sounds great, he and his backers are ignoring the fact that will require massive legislative and legal hurdles and quite likely will never happen.

Words are one thing... history and actions are something quite other.

The ONLY way Trump gets my vote is if he's the last one standing between those filthy dems and the presidency. And even then, it'll be with a firm hold on my nostrils.

THAT is why I don't like Trump.

[C. Edmund Wright]

The bromides and populist talk run crossways from his prior and current actions. He was a Republican before he was a democrat before he was an independent before he was a Republican. He uses as his signature campaign issue the problem with illegals, yet hires illegals to build a hotel in DC. He attacks Hillary, yet remains close friends with the Clintons. He says he plans to push to repeal Obamacare, yet has backed single-payer and has an admiration for the Canadian system (y'know.. that one with the long waits and rationed care).

But one issue on which he HASN'T flipped and flopped like a crappie in a jon boat is property rights. He is a "100% supporter" (HIS words, not mine) of the Kelo decision in Connecticut. His bully-boy treatment of Vera Coking bears out the lack of respect for property rights.

Trump's backers are getting that long-sought cathartic moment, hearing him blast away at the border issue and swear up and down he's going to ensure they're all -- including their children born in this country -- deported forthwith. While that all sounds great, he and his backers are ignoring the fact that will require massive legislative and legal hurdles and quite likely will never happen.

Some outstanding points, and I'm sure you'll be called a RINO and establishment hack for saying so....even though your problems are the OPPOSITE of what the RINO's and the estabs have with the Don.

I'll say this: he's done a fabulous service to us all - especially on slamming the establishment. But no, for the reasons you posited, he is not THE answer. I"ll vote for him if he gets the nomination - and I would over Jeb or Kasich or Christie - but there are several superior choices for those who believe in limited government and the Constitution. Seems like so few around FR even remember those issues.