Trump’s a stalking horse for Hillary. It’s that simple. He’s done little to further a conservative agenda over the last 20-10-5 years for an allegedly politically engaged billionaire.
People make excuses about Trump changing. Reagan changed decades before he became California governor and listen to Reagan’s decades of speeches from GE through his election as President. Trump’s no Reagan, he’s an anti-Reagan - hollow, obnoxious, ungentlemanly and foolhardy - what a joke.
Show me his donations to any serious conservative cause: gun rights, abortion, marriage, general liberty, illegal immigration (his alleged signature issue), etc. They don’t exist, because Trump’s a fake.
He supported Obama, but that doesn’t ring conservative alarm bells?
He supports single payer government health insurance, but that doesn’t alarm FReepers?
His every proposal calls for more Big Government, but that’s OK because: illegal immigration?
Illegal immigration is a function of and symptom of Big Government. Government by its nature is socialistic and political. It has an agenda and it’s BigGov lawlessness we face on a slew of fronts, not just immigration. If you get another imperial executive, cult of personality POTUS we’re finished. You need a guy who wants to shrink government at the very least.
Trump loves the Kelo ruling, works with mobsters and mob backed companies, and has lied about his fortune, income and abilities like a Clinton, but that doesn’t raise alarms with people?
His strong support for the Kelo ruling means he stands with the judicial philosophy of the SCOTUS majority: Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer - a rogues’ gallery of dealers in bad SCOTUS decisions that cheat the Constitution and undermine America, but he ‘attacks’, so never you mind.
He’s a Perot and is doing for Clinton what Perot did for Clinton... only this time it’s different. Why can’t we learn from history?
This ought to be required reading for FReepers: http://www.nationalmemo.com/21-questions-for-donald-trump/
Along with this very insightful Rolling Stone article: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/trump-seriously-20150909
Like Obama, Trump is smarter than everybody, but knows so little that he’ll take policy advice from a Rolling Stone reporter, granted that’s not as bad as Obama taking foreign policy advice from Hillary or Jarret. Still, it’s not something a serious candidate would do. It’s something a celebrity looking for free marketing does.
Trump doesn’t have the cash on hand to self-fund a campaign. He’s a billionaire by assets and doesn’t have the cashflow to make an independent run for POTUS. He’s doing no fundraising which is campaign 101. He’ll need that money if he’s serious and it’ll have to come from millions of $100 donations. Not possible. He’s campaigning on the cheap based on his persona. 0% of poll respondents have ‘never heard of him’. The media love him because he sells adspace, plus he let’s the media smear the rest of the field.
He doesn’t have a real campaign or ground game of any depth. As soon as he’s done enough damage, he’ll be gone just like Perot. We’ve got a slew of very good candidates, nearly all of whom are much more conservative than Trump.
He’ll never build a wall. He’ll only guarantee a Hillary, right when we most need a Constitutional conservative who can fight the real fight which is against Big Gov and the liberal gravy train that keeps it in place.
Scott Walker is the only candidate that is proven to do just that very thing: chop the head of the monster. He’s not perfect, but he’s very politically savvy. He talks moderate to win, but governs from the right. See his RTW approach and how smoothly and effortlessly it was implemented in Wisconsin. But you already know that. ;-]
Trump is a camelion.
Just yesterday:
” Greta Van Susteren pointed out that Trump told her in 2012, “Hillary Clinton, I think, is a terrific woman ... I really like her and her husband both a lot. I think she really works hard ... I think she really works hard and I think she does a good job. I like her.”
Trump explained that at the time it was his obligation as a businessman to get along well with everybody.
“I’m not going to say bad things about major politicians in this country when I’m running a major company where I need things,” Trump said. “I have international trade, I have international businesses. I’m not going to go around saying bad things about people.”...
“Donald Trump didn’t mean any harm when he criticized fellow GOP 2016 presidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s face. He says he was just being the showman he is.
“Many of those comments are made as an entertainer because I did The Apprentice and it was one of the top shows on television,” he told Greta Van Susteren on Thursday night. “Some comments are made as an entertainer and as everybody said, as an entertainer is a much different ball game.”
That was my first real "whoa..." moment, considering "...life, liberty, and property..." are the big three. Further investigation yielded more reasons for concern.
I have been suspicious from the onset that someone who used 90% of the headlines might be a stalking horse, and there are a lot of 11th hour changes there. We have been played as an electorate before, and not so long ago.
Attack is fine, refreshing, even, but you have to make bloody sure before you loose the dogs of war that they are on your side.
Trump can negotiate, (The Art of the Deal), but it doesn't help if the deal leaves us out.
While it can be argued that Trump is beholden to no one and doesn't need their money, that can work out that his loyalties belong to the person with the checkbook--Donald Trump.
We don't need cronies, we don't need to be played by a player, we need someone who has a track record of Conservative stances on the issues, who is smart and articulate.
The lack of airtime they have been given is a side effect of the Trump effect, not their qualifications.
I like Cruz best so far, but would consider Walker as well.