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Donald Trump Can't Hold a Wheelie Forever (Freedom of Religion and Property Rights)
American Thinker ^ | October 30, 2015 | Geoffrey P. Hunt

Posted on 10/31/2015 4:21:50 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Donald Trump grabbed many of us with his immigration hole-shot. His all-purpose chlorine bleach burn-outs wiping out political correctness have been equally spectacular-not just for the strutting, but for calling out to the NHRA grandstand-crowd, the erstwhile silent disenfranchised majority.

All Donald had to do was keep his front end under control. Wheelies can be entertaining, but they usually lead to the wrong end of a bill of sale.

But no: Trump couldn't resist cracking open the nitrous bottle when he should have pinched the valve and locked it away in the trunk. Soon enough, our quarter-mile rooster will need a tow back to the trailer apron.

First he dissed God. Now he's dissed non-conformist Christians. In the meantime, he dissed property rights, the handmaiden to religious liberty. C'mon, Donald-what's wrong with you, man?

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When Donald disparages Ben Carson's faith, and Carson's longstanding adherence to the doctrines of Seventh-Day Adventists, Trump trashes the core of American exceptionalism-religious liberty and religious toleration. Haven't we seen enough of that from Obama?

Liberty and limited government were envisioned and launched by non-conformist religious sects-or, as Trump harrumphs, "fringe denominations."

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While Trump's disdain for religious diversity is bad enough, he assaults the accompanying bedrock of American liberty-the right to private property. This is no benign musing of narrow circumstances, where eminent domain via the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment occasionally elbows out due process for purposes of "common good."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brokenrecord; exceptionalism; ibtz; ilovetowhine; propertyrights; religiousfreedom; trump; waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
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To: hoosiermama

Interesting the bizarre similarities between SDA and JW.


121 posted on 10/31/2015 7:43:51 AM PDT by nclaurel
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; All
I'm appalled by Trump.
I have no candidate.


THANK YOU for that CW, please keep hating Trump I ask you, if you began to like him even an iota, I fear that your kiss of death would send him off into oblivion like your previous victims Rick Perry and Scott Walker.

Now in the interest of weeding out the field a bit, could you please like (or at least say a few kind words) about the following candidates:

Jeb Bush

John Kasich

Lindsey Graham

Chris Christie

Let's start with those four RINOs, if they suddenly drop out, I'll get back to you with some others, ok?

Please & thanks in advance, you're a peach! :)
122 posted on 10/31/2015 7:49:39 AM PDT by mkjessup (Trump is kicking the ass of the GOPe, RINOs & the media. Don't like him? He must be kicking YOUR ass)
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To: mkjessup

CW is a DC establishment poster so naturally her support should shift to Billionaire Global elites new Puppet Rubio , The La Raza operative !

Hopefully , she could take out that dangerous Silicon Valley male whore in a few weeks.


123 posted on 10/31/2015 7:54:55 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full fo)
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To: ncalburt

If only CW could have found it within herself to ‘like’ Barack Obama even if only for a few minutes back in late 2007, that pathetic sack of Kenyan feces would have probably not only run for President, but might even have died from an overdose of cocaine in the back of his limo.

If only, if only.


124 posted on 10/31/2015 7:57:08 AM PDT by mkjessup
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To: Nervous Tick

+1


125 posted on 10/31/2015 8:06:51 AM PDT by Bikkuri ((...))
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To: miss marmelstein

Hey I for one am thankful CW is dissing Trump. Her presidential endorsement is the kiss of death. LOL!


126 posted on 10/31/2015 8:10:20 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: nclaurel

Just looked it up to make sure. The supreme court case was founded on a case brought by the JW. But neither celebrate holidays or pledge to anything but Religion. There is also a question regarding being CIC if he chose to opt out of serving for religious objection. Something that needs to be investigated IMO. I like Dr Ben. He has always been on my short list, but since he and Trump have been friends for decades and their florida homes share the same zip code I have always seen the two of them working the early primaries in the same manner as the GOPee has for decades. Beating the establishment at their own game. A Team CRUZ Carson and Mr T


127 posted on 10/31/2015 8:11:49 AM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“I have no candidate.”

Well you did at one time but the RINO is now back in Wisconsin keeping the citizens safe from college professors. :-)


128 posted on 10/31/2015 8:13:44 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Do you ever post anything rational? Or are these bile laced childish personal attack tirades the sum total of your abilities?

Note to attack bots, these sorts of articles tell us a lot more about the author and you then they do about your target.

129 posted on 10/31/2015 8:14:15 AM PDT by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: patriot08

I didn’t know that... interesting tidbit of info there..


130 posted on 10/31/2015 8:15:52 AM PDT by Bikkuri ((...))
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To: Nervous Tick

“Why not Ted Cruz?”

Ted Cruz isn’t a RINO. :-)


131 posted on 10/31/2015 8:16:02 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: mkjessup
Very true a real lost opportunity .
Maybe CW can use her Uniparty posts to take out Rubio and Comrade Hillary in giant twofer !
132 posted on 10/31/2015 8:16:55 AM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full fo)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

This is very true. She has a track record worse than my own!


133 posted on 10/31/2015 8:18:48 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: I'd like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“Insightful comments about his references (at the source) to history and their importance to our Republic, are encouraged and welcome.”

The author lies and decries about Trump trashing Carson’s religion(he didn’t. He just expressed the fact he didn’t know about it.) and then proceeds to call Trump’s Presbyterian faith “contemporary” and “pedestrian mush.” He then states Trump has “disdain” for religious diversity. Fail.

The author waxes historical hysterical in order to obscure some facts that are much nearer to hand and much more relevant. He intimates that Trump will be unable to deport illegals as he has promised and will use the Takings Clause to find space for them. The author should get his nose out of ancient history tomes and see what our illustrious President is doing with his phone and his pen. Thousands upon thousands of illegals are being plunked down in unsuspecting neighborhoods all over this country and it’s going to represent enormous cultural implications. Trump has said he will stop this, not advance it. Too late to ever blame that on Trump. Fail.

As for Carson’s humility; well, he brags about it constantly and in various venues and interviews. He also takes full credit for being the first doctor to separate Siamese twins while conveniently forgetting that some seventy other talented doctors and surgeons were also just as much contributors to the success as he. He insulted and demeaned victims of violence by intimating that he would have been braver by charging the perpetrator.

As for changing positions; the one example that immediately comes to mind is Carson’s intimation that he deplores Planned Parenthood’s harvesting of fetal tissue while failing to mention that he used it in his own research and wrote an acclaimed paper on it.

And here’s my take, (Insightful?) Dr. Carson’s “rise” in the polls has been attributed mostly to Evangelicals(Carson humbly muses it’s women). A large percentage of Evangelicals view Carson’s Adventist faith with suspicion; too many to allow that premise to carry much weight. Carson’s rise in the polls and supposed support can’t be readily explained. Carson most likely has backers that prefer to remain anonymous on the grounds that their identity may incriminate him.

History? Someone or a lot of someone’s had better get serious about finding out just what Carson’s history and past affiliations really are before we wind up with another media anointed, stealth Liberal in the White House. When something like this poorly written sham of an article shows up on a supposedly Conservative website, it stinks of underground politics.


134 posted on 10/31/2015 8:18:52 AM PDT by Aleya2Fairlie
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This article is just dumb.

Criticising someone else’s religion isn’t an attack on freedom of religion, it IS freedom of religion.


135 posted on 10/31/2015 8:20:27 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: Nervous Tick; Cincinatus' Wife
"Why not Ted Cruz?"

Cruz is not GOPe enough.

136 posted on 10/31/2015 8:20:46 AM PDT by Amntn
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; All
I have no candidate.

Then there's no reason to care what you think.

137 posted on 10/31/2015 8:22:09 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: Nervous Tick

You have your amendments terribly mixed up, FRiend.


138 posted on 10/31/2015 8:22:50 AM PDT by MortMan (The rule of law is now the law of rulings - Judicial, IRS, EPA...)
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To: Lisbon1940

Trump has also gone to other churches over the years. My pastor has seen him in the audience of David Jeremiah’s church.


139 posted on 10/31/2015 8:22:54 AM PDT by Southnsoul
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To: Eddie01

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W50hGEs5JE

1:10. This was my childhood!


140 posted on 10/31/2015 8:23:09 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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