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Admit It: You Just Want Your Own Dictator [And He's Trump]
National Review ^ | 12/24/2015 | David Harsanyi

Posted on 12/25/2015 7:53:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: kabar
I spent 36 years as a federal employee as a naval officer and a diplomat.

So, you're one of "them"!

Trump is not a politician

He's been a politician his whole career and the kind that would cozy up to and contribute large sums of money to whoever he needed to if it advanced his personal goals. But regardless of how you want to spin it, he is definitely a politician now.

Electing another member of the political class is just doing the same thing and expecting different results.

It ain't the people; its the system. That's why voting is a waste of time. Even 0bama hasn't been able to 'transform' the country into his 'communist utopia' because of the system. The only solution is revolution. As Jefferson famously wrote: "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it"

BTW, why is it ok for Trump to become a politician to 'save the country' but it wasn't ok for Cruz to become a politician to try to restore constitutional limitations and defend the Bill of Rights?

261 posted on 12/27/2015 4:57:24 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: itsahoot
The Constitution was scrapped long ago

So, precisely what do you think a self promoting New York City loud mouth is going to be able to do about that? Huh?

you know you an't keep a water barrel outside you home to collect rain water that falls on your home?

I can and I do.

262 posted on 12/27/2015 5:09:23 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: editor-surveyor
What planet are you from?

He and the other fawning believers are from Trumptopia. It's a planet that was formed when Paulanus exploded. Trumptopia sits on the outer edges of the universe and its inhabitants, like their king, believe that the universe revolves around them.

263 posted on 12/27/2015 5:15:17 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: editor-surveyor
Some of you guys just don't get it. Trump is apoltical.He couldn't care less about politics only getting the job at hand done.
That’s why whenever politics either local or national got in his way he simply bought them to get his job done and went on his way never looking back.
Trump sets goals and then finds the best people in the world to get them done. He usually wins and seldom gets out negotiated.We desperately need a President like that.
he's not politician he's a capitalist.
264 posted on 12/27/2015 5:16:53 AM PST by rodguy911 (Sarah Palin our secret weapon --Home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Kabar has paid more dues than any of us when it comes to understanding how government works.He’s from a far better planet that you,earth.


265 posted on 12/27/2015 5:18:34 AM PST by rodguy911 (Sarah Palin our secret weapon --Home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: cowboyway
That's why voting is a waste of time.

Than you are one of the stay at home clowns who gave us obama,thanks a lot.

266 posted on 12/27/2015 5:23:04 AM PST by rodguy911 (Sarah Palin our secret weapon --Home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: cowboyway

So who is your perfect candidate?


267 posted on 12/27/2015 5:23:51 AM PST by rodguy911 (Sarah Palin our secret weapon --Home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: CatherineofAragon
If a president alone can transform America, then something has gone terribly wrong with the system.

It's long gone.

1 Saumuel 8
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

268 posted on 12/27/2015 5:35:02 AM PST by Theophilus (Be as prolific as you are pro-life.)
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To: rodguy911
>Than you are one of the stay at home clowns who gave us obama,thanks a lot.

2012: My vote didn't help Romney any more than yours did. Do you really think that the ones pulling the strings were going to allow the first black president to lose reelection?

2014: My vote didn't stop Boner and, now Ryan, from giving it all away any more than yours did.

Conclusion: voting, in the age of e-ballots, big money donors and the military-industrial complex, is a waste of time. When you vote, you do next to nothing and enjoy the illusion of having done something big and important. When you vote, you give your consent to the winner, regardless of which way you vote. If I decide to stay home on election day in November 2016 I will not be giving my consent to whoever is elected and therefore will not be obligated to consent to their unconstitutional laws, decrees, acts, etc.

You want to send shockwaves through Washington DC and the world? Everybody stay home. Then it would be a bunch of crooked, corrupt politicians voting for themselves and they would have absolutely no credible reason to remain in or take office.

The truth hurts but the sooner you embrace it the sooner the healing can begin.

"The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting."---Charles Bukowski

"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant."---Charles de Gaulle

"The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers and tax those who behave; government does little for fairly respectable people except annoy them."---E.W. Howe

269 posted on 12/27/2015 6:54:32 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: cowboyway

Your answer seems to be staying at home. Mine is to keep primarying the bad reps both in the House and Senate and hope we get a potus that will one day back us up.Is it easy?hell no. Is it a straight a up process? Never. But I don’t quit. Just keep plodding on.I have a guilty conscience for leaving my kids with such a mess.
For me Trump offers the best chance to do just that we need in some time.Of course opinons vary.


270 posted on 12/27/2015 7:01:34 AM PST by rodguy911 (Sarah Palin our secret weapon --Home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: rodguy911
So who is your perfect candidate?

I have absolutely zero trust in anybody. I like Cruz better than the rest of the current field but, like all the others, he is a politician, so, by default, he's a liar and a cheat.

Voting is a waste of time. We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess. And since I'm in a very small minority of citizens that subscribe to an alternative solution to this unmitigated mess, I'm just going to continue to stock up on provisions and ordinance at my little farm and wait for the crash.

But you run on out there and get your "I Voted" sticker and feel all big and important.

271 posted on 12/27/2015 7:05:30 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: rodguy911
Your answer seems to be staying at home.

Probably unless the following happens:

1) The use of signed paper ballots recorded and stored at the courthouse.

2) Strict observance to only legal citizens being eligible to vote; voter ID cards.

3) If you don't know who the candidates are or what the issues are then you don't get to vote.

4) If you're collecting "entitlements" then you don't get to vote.

5) Clinton is put on trial for her crimes.

For me Trump offers the best chance

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."---The Who

272 posted on 12/27/2015 7:19:57 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: cowboyway
I can and I do.

And you are breaking the law. Demonstrating how well the Constitution is protecting you because it is impossible to not break the law.

Once you become a problem you will be prosecuted for something. The fact that they have not brought any charges against you points out your insignificance but don't feel too bad though they have left me alone as well, but I am aware of my insignificance.

273 posted on 12/27/2015 8:29:28 AM PST by itsahoot (Anyone receiving a Woo! Woo! for President has never won anything after the award.)
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To: cowboyway

Don’t worry ace i will and unfortunately I’ll have to carry you along in the process....more dead weight to lift.


274 posted on 12/27/2015 8:29:32 AM PST by rodguy911 (Sarah Palin our secret weapon --Home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: cowboyway

That would be easier to do than to try and right all the wrongs the system has produced. But, I have kids and don’t want to leave them any bigger a mess than there is already.
So for me the very least I can do is try and set things right even if I fail.


275 posted on 12/27/2015 8:32:06 AM PST by rodguy911 (Sarah Palin our secret weapon --Home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: cowboyway

One thing I have had a hard time figuring out is that there are no 100% candidates.They all have flaws and many of us can site them one after the other.
Problem is I dont want to help hillary in any way shape or form. So I will vote for what I consider to be the best of the bunch in the primary and then any opposition to hillary in the general.Its never perfect.


276 posted on 12/27/2015 8:34:48 AM PST by rodguy911 (Sarah Palin our secret weapon --Home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: rodguy911
Don’t worry ace i will and unfortunately I’ll have to carry you along in the process

You don't have to carry me anywhere, ace. I've carried my own weight my entire adult life and I'm free to draw my own conclusions and make my own decisions. So you can go to hell with your 'I'll carry your weight' bull$shit, ace.

Your vote for Trump will be e-hacked to a Hillary vote and on November 9, 2016 you'll be scratching your noggin wondering how that old hag got elected president.

277 posted on 12/27/2015 8:52:19 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: rodguy911
So for me the very least I can do is try and set things right even if I fail.

Then you better be prepared to do more than just vote. It's too late to work within the system; the system is broken beyond repair.

Even if Trump is elected, putting all your 'hope' in The Donald being able to perform miracles is setting yourself up for a big disappointment.

278 posted on 12/27/2015 9:05:23 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: rodguy911
One thing I have had a hard time figuring out is that there are no 100% candidates

It doesn't matter about the candidate!!!!! It's the system, stupid!! Geez, you people are thick.

I dont want to help hillary in any way shape or form

You won't have to help her, but you can't hurt her, either. The fix is in. Your e-vote for Trump or Cruz or whoever will be e-directed to Hillary or e-liminated. The final tally will be The Hag with 51% and Republican Stooge with 49%. The closeness of the vote will not raise suspicions amongst the voting public and she'll sweep into the White House in January of 2017 and continue the 0bonga transformation of a once great republic.

279 posted on 12/27/2015 9:13:35 AM PST by cowboyway (We're not going to be able to vote our way out of this mess.)
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To: babygene
I'm not convinced you are a Conservative or that Trump is not.

If you think Trump is a Conservative, I'm not convinced you know what the word means.

Trump will certainly be a better President than Obama or Hillary, but he will grow the government at a phenomenal pace because he believes in the power of government to solve problems. He is not a conservative in any way, by his own words and actions.

280 posted on 12/27/2015 9:41:53 AM PST by dead ("I'm up to my eyeball in virgin goats!" - Mullah Omar)
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