Posted on 12/25/2015 11:29:59 AM PST by Mariner
In a recent op-ed -- "If Trump wins the nomination, prepare for the end of the conservative party" -- the always articulate George Will expresses the angst many establishment (and some not-so-establishment) Republicans feel about their frontrunner:
If you look beyond Donald Trump’s comprehensive unpleasantness — is there a disagreeable human trait he does not have? — you might see this: He is a fundamentally sad figure. His compulsive boasting is evidence of insecurity. His unassuageable neediness suggests an aching hunger for others’ approval to ratify his self-admiration. His incessant announcements of his self-esteem indicate that he is not self-persuaded. Now, panting with a puppy’s insatiable eagerness to be petted, Trump has reveled in the approval of Vladimir Putin, murderer and war criminal.
It's hard to dispute Will's analysis, as far as it goes, but it only goes so far. No doubt The Donald exhibits some of the traits of an inferiority complex, but the real question is, so what? As Joe E. Brown says to Jack Lemmon at the end of Some Like It Hot, "Nobody's perfect."
All the Republican candidates have their flaws, as does, in spades, the woman far at the front of the Democratic pack, described almost twenty years ago by William Safire in one of the most prescient op-eds ever as a "congenital liar."
But my interest here is not in detailing everyone's weaknesses -- I like to remain friends with people -- but, as a Christmas present to the angst-ridden, to try to explain how Trump's flaws can be turned to the advantage of Republicans and conservatives. This is particularly important if, as appears highly possible, he wins the nomination. What do we do about it?
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
There's a conservative party?? I thought it was only the Democraps and Republicants.
Actually, I am taking Trump at a minimum, figuring that if he’s better, that is so much gravy.
Some folks are getting WAAAAY too uptight!
Yes very good historical perspective on using X to symbolize Christ. Highly doubtful the godless use it to represent him. What it we say Happy Birthday HiTech (Confederate flag symbol).
You would think what’s up with that idiot? Not arguing your very good point but for sure most are X’ing Christ out and not in. So Merry Christmas Red-— I do enjoy reading your posts plus all the other FReeps ‘round here too.
That will forever define you.
Even if you become embarrassed about your behavior now, deleting those threads will not make this go away for you.
You are what you are and your past is preserved and will follow you.
Yeah it does sound ironic. Where is it, is it only in his office chair?
Oh my you are still wallowing in wrong minded damnation and blame?
You have only yourself to thank for that.
You prove yourself to be on Satan’s team by the way you are talking now.
You could leave that team, but that would also mean leaving your pride behind.
Your move... “Merry Christmas” whether you let that be sincere or an irony that forever runs off of you.
You bet it’s nasty. Sound like a bleeding heart libtard/commie to me. They are loosing, they don’t like it and sound like the last gasp of death. Donald is being truthful and doesn’t mind being blunt about it. Sometimes the truth hurts and disrupts people little boat of comfort. I don’t care what anyone thinks I hope Donald becomes President and applies his “no nonsense, screw you attitude”. I don’t care if it become “blow’em up, runn’em down”. We’ve come to a point when this is what’s got to be done to take the country back. Ya gotta fight, be brutal and be nasty.
I mean how obviously hellish can you get... read it. Read it REAL good. Ponder.
What God has declared right, none can declare wrong again.
C’mon lighten up man. You may disagree with Red but don’t attack him like that bro. Have a little Christmas chill out.
I do not like it when Trump support arrack Cruz, nor do I like is when Cruz supporters attack Trump.
They are two sides of the same coin. Together, they will make America great again!
I Belive is TR-UZ, Justice and the American way!
Looks like someone who is coming, kicking and screaming, to a grudging recognition.
If I were Trump, I’d invite him to a party. Maybe I won’t look quite so bad to him afterwards.
” The only personality we can count on to always be right is Jesus “
Except he blew one out of twelve. ;)
Christmas is SUPPOSED to permanently chill away stuff like that. If nobody is allowed to evolve (if I even did anything like what was accused anyhow... I still aver it’s probably a misinterpretation) then guess what! We’re stuck!
I expressed no condemnation for the perp.
Didn’t know who he was at the time, and hadn’t mentioned him in my post.
Your nastiness towards my expressing sympathy for those girls was not predicated by anything I said about the young man, yet you got nastier and nastier the longer I empathize with the kids he assaulted. This will stay with them the rest of their lives and I feel for them.
There is something fundamentally wrong with you, that you had no thought for the preteen victims and only for the teenage perp. You are still that way even now.
Oh, He never said he was going to pick all winners to be along with Him on earth.
Judas is a warning. There are going to be church flaws in the best of situations. That’s how God is doing things.
Please, if you MUST harp on something I don’t even remember, cite the actual source material of the thing you’re talking about. I am just baffled. You sound to me like someone who has come raving out of a rubber room.
When you are familiar with his behavior you can decide whether or not you wish to defend it.
Or shall we assume that you do know and that you are one of the same?
If you wish to eat of that fruit then that will be your decision.
And I bet you, with 99 44/100% certainty, that what I was talking about was your attempt to couch sympathy for them in eternal-grade condemnation to him. God makes it possible to hold those issues as separate.
If Trump wins the nomination what do we do about it.? No more pretentious words wer ever spoken by any elite. As if it is their right to take what the dumb serfs have cobbled together then shape it and direct it for their purpose. It is hard to imagine how entitled the elites feel themselves. And how completely blind they are to what is occurring in front of their nose.
What has THIS issue coming to a head? Are you a blame-a-holic?
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