I don't hate New York. I actually like New York. I'm a northern, big-city guy myself. I grew up in Chicago, in the city. New York doesn't bother me at all about Trump.
And I don't have an "irrational hatred" of Trump. I have a very rational distrust of Trump, based on his history of liberal positions, his lack of understanding of social and constitutional conservatism, and his blustering, bloviating boorishness.
Then there is the fact that Cruz isn't winning and they would HATE anyone who was beating Cruz.
I don't hate Trump. I don't hate Carson, either, who also was polling ahead of Cruz. I just don't think either one of them is fit to be President.
Further, the only polls that matter are the ones that actually choose delegates. And those are still a couple of months off. Not one vote has been cast, not one delegate has been chosen yet. All the candidates are tied at zero.
5 Stars my friend. You nailed it.
I lived there and whether or not you believe me, some Chicagoans do NOT like New Yorkers ( and no it wasn't that they didn't like me, they had/have what I call the SECOND CITY COMPLEX ! ), nor do some posters on FR like New York/New Yorkers !
Carson has NO business running for president; that's true.
OTOH....yes, Trump does and his positions, NOW, are VERY Conservative !
Yes, well I was BORN in New York. So, I hardly hate it. I was heartbroken my Mets didn’t win the Series. I live in MD now, but I dislike Baltimore and hate blue crabs.
And as a businessman, I’ve always admired trump.
But politically? Fuggetaboutit. He’s an opportunist with natural big government instincts dressing up as a conservative.
At very best, he’s a pig in a poke. I’ve already suffered through the kenyan antichrist. I don’t want the Republican-branded version.
I don’t care if Trump has been a liberal who has never read the constitution and makes Don Rickles look refined.
Trump may have serious flaws, but he’s a damn sight better than Bush the Lesser and Clinton the Lesser. With no boorish Trump in the race that’s what we’d end up with.