Posted on 09/01/2015 3:49:31 PM PDT by EveningStar
... While 26 percent of Republicans say they would never vote for Trump, only 11 percent of Democrats say they would never vote for Clinton. Democrats don’t have the same kind of ideologically pure wing that has hurt GOP presidential candidates in the past. Democrats, it seems, are more practical. They may prefer Bernie Sanders, or one of the others, but when push comes to shove, almost all of them will vote for Clinton. Why? They want to win.
I recently received an e-mail from someone named Carl who described himself as a conservative Christian, and he wrote, "I have voted Republican since Eisenhower beat Stevenson, and if Jeb, Christie, Kasich, or Graham are nominated, I WILL STAY HOME!" ...
These purists have told me that there's little or no difference between a moderate Republican and a liberal Democrat. They're delusional, of course, blinded by their hard-right ideology, but that's what they believe nonetheless. And depending on who the GOP nominee is, they could represent big trouble for the party ...
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Well, I do like the fact that Trump fights back. It’s refreshing. But Cruz does too.
I can’t stand Bernie. Liberal hardliners/purists get victory. We don’t.
Sorry Mod...I thought I toned it down enough...
“Did you read the whole article, or just the excerpt?”
There was an article?
Did Goldberg redeem himself in the article, or was he as asinine there as he was in the excerpt?
Oh shut up, Bernie! The days of nose holding are over.
What sticks in the back of my mind is that long conversation Trump had with Bill Clinton. Any exchange anyone has had with Clinton longer than "Hi" and "Bye" should excite suspicion -- he's that bad news.
I'm thinking of the timing of Trump's campaign announcement (right after the conversation) and that old saying about Slick and Beastwoman: "You can say one thing about the Clintons: When they need something from you, they're there for you."
At least I gave to McDaniel, from far away .... I can sleep at night, knowing I raised my hand against Yurtle the Turtle and his open hypocrisy and collaborationism.
Well done.
That is a truly epic flipping of the bird :D
imo, Trump is not a conservative purist either. I wish he were! I believe that some of the time he is sincere, but much of the time he is just telling us what we want to hear.
Ok.. ive see two National Review articles posted...
one bashing conservative for selling out their values for supporting Trump...
one bashing conservative for being conservative purest and supporting Trump
NR you can not have it both ways
Not quite eom:
We ended up with
Clinton
Obama
Obama
now we can add the eom.....
“They’re delusional, of course, blinded by their right-wing ideology...”
Why are clinical terms always applied to the minds of so-called right-wingers?
Just asking.
IMHO
Yes it is, I co-opted it and sent it to my friends as a salute to democrats and rinos, thank you.
Yes it is, I co-opted it and sent it to my friends as a salute to democrats and rinos, thank you.
I agree its going to be hard to derail the Trump train if he gets the GOP nomination.
Milquetoast moderate Republicans cost the GOP the Presidency in 1992, 1996, 2008, and 2012, just for starters.
Your statement implies that some other candidates other than the actual ones in those years could have won...care to share with us who those mystery candidates were...?
Do you think if Bush hadn’t gone soft on taxes he’d have lost on 1992?
And you’re really defending the idea that there was no one better than Dole, McCain, and Romney in those years? Really?
Did you notice that the two articles were written by two different authors?
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