Posted on 12/03/2015 1:13:26 PM PST by GilGil
The New York Times’ Jonathan Martin discusses why the thought of Donald Trump winning the GOP nomination worries Republican leaders on “With All Due Respect."
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-PJ
The real fear is that with a Trump win the GOPe would be forced to follow a Trump lead and actually govern as conservatives.
Sorry, as fun as would be to watch that is something that will never happen 'cause it's not the military's job to deal with an insane president, for example the one we have now. Their job is to follow all orders of the CIC (president) that are not illegal. In the case of orders that are illegal the accepted practice is for the officer to resign his commission.
Removing an insane president, for example some dude who might have changed his name to Hussein, is properly done by congress. Yes I know it's bad news but that's the way it is.
Hah! Or burst into a cloud of bats! Yeah, I could see something like that happening too.
Boom!
Much to the chagrin of the right and the left, Trump is winning on ISSUES.
Trump is towering above others ,because he tells it like it is! Bottom line ,Trump is leading because so many of these politicaians are afraid TO OFFEND anyone,therefore lose votes! Refreshing to watch Trump go forward with one main OBJECTIVE and Consistently! Americans should come first. Period! The PC crowd is owned by the media and lightweight politicians follow like mindless zombies!
Ya see that’s a problem with PC and those afraid to do anything, and why D.C. is an epic disaster. So bad they have endangered the entire country which is in free fall decline. Obama could nuke Oklahoma City and those in D.C. would discuss it, research it, create committees, debate it and investigate it for 18 months, then not do a thing.
That's a loser's strategy.
There's only one thing I care about: nominate the best Republican to help put America back on a limited government Constitutional course. Many are opting for a patriotic old blowhard celebrity third-rate billionaire showman.
I will opt for the young legal beagle Constitutionalist and Senator, Ted Cruz.
I like to think he's a sincere patriot, I know he's a generous guy in a lot of ways. He has an ability to amass wealth and promote himself to celebrity status with a branded image of brilliant businessman.
His loyalty is to his own ego, it seems to me evident in this raw video, almost 7 minutes. He's hot-headed and self absorbed.
A conservative cool under pressure, attacked by McCain, would have called him out on his bad leftist politics. What does Trump do? Belittle his war hero status.
A conservative Christian cool under pressure, when asked the inane insipid question prompted by some mention of being Christian, "Have you ever asked God for forgiveness?" would have said "Yes, next question," and perhaps requested a more pertinent question to real issues.
Trump hesitates, the audience is nervous knowing this must prick his enormous ego, and he says, "That's a tough question."
Cue audience laughter, and my distress as he goes on for another few minutes basically replying, "not me!"
It's all right there.
If she is using prescriptions that thin the blood she is playing Russian roulette by drinking. Alcohol is a potent blood thinner in and of itself.
The only thing I care about is who the Republicans nominate, and I don't care how that Republican plans to battle Hillary or whoever the nightmare ends up being.
I care about how that Republican intends to govern. That's all any of us should care about at this stage of the game.
The real unemployment rate is in the low 20%.
I think it is actually worse than that.
I spoke with a young black man this morning who asked me something about Trump. After speaking with him for two minutes I was amazed at the depth of his...ignorance of what is going on. He seemed like an above average sort but he had no inkling of what is going on in this race. He appparently thought that Nikki Haley, the governor of South Carolina is running for president, along with some other weird ideas. If ignorance were gold we could pay off the national debt without even making a dent in what is available.
Yeah -- the kind of guy who says "Hillary's a great friend of mine. Her husband is a great friend of mine. They're fantastic people. I mean, they're -- you know, the thing, they get a bad knock. She's a very nice woman. People think, tough, tough. And I guess she's tough, but she's a very nice woman. And he's a very nice guy. We know all about the smarts and how smart they are, and all, but they are good people."
And (while a registered Democrat): "I'm endorsing McCain. I am basically very strongly -- you have to understand, I've known him, I like him, I respect him. ... He's a smart guy and I think he's going to be a great president."
Oh -- excuse me, that was a whole seven or eight years ago. Trump's ability to surround himself with the right people wasn't nearly as good then as it is now. Yeah.
Ol’ Crusty (the pantsuit)
Yes.
Do you always perceive opposition as being motivated by blinding hate?
What makes you think Trump would govern as a conservative?
Nominating Hillary Clinton will be the Dems biggest liability in the coming election.
I do not necessarily trust Trump but that does not mean that the GOPe does not fear that he would. Their worst fear is that he would owe them nothing and that they could not control him.
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