Well Pro, I think I'll just neutralize your anti-American vote and ask KC to put me ON the Sarah Palin ping list. Make America Great Again!
Gosh, what about the politically incorrect candidate who actually changes from BS to truth, and promises, "Make American government bigger!" Too bad Trump doesn't have an honest motto. Sloganeering cheerleaders are lousy political leaders. I stopped voting for them long ago. You should have, too.
Anti-American, windy, is voting for a moderate pro-government leftist Republican as president.
I wonder, my dear FReeper friends who are so short-sighted on this, if Trump wins and does just what anyone with sense knows he will do, govern to the left (from more Federally mandated ethanol, as Trump JUST demanded, to single-payer health care, a concept that has impressed Trump for decades) ...
... will you be around to be accountable for what you voted for, and for what we all warned you would be a consequence?
You have two logical realistic consequences if Trump gets the nom. One is only a likely possibility, that Trump will lose in the general the same as Romney, and for the same reason. The second is virtually guaranteed, and that is that IF Trump wins the White house, America is GUARANTEED more leftist bigger government. Again, do your due diligence on Trump.
Onyx, I have a hard count going right now that has been compiled over the period of a few months perusing Trump and Cruz threads. By my count, 354 FReepers have stated that they prefer Cruz, and a surprising chunk of them feel the same way about Trump as they did about Romney -- in other words, forget it, they'll vote third party or stay home if Trump gets the R nom, rather than actively request government slavery by voting for him.
I am looking at 298 names, including yours and JR's, on the list of FReepers who have stated that they prefer Trump.
The majority on FR prefer Cruz. The minority wants Trump. It is what it is.
It depends on what you mean. I don’t endorse Cruz, but for the reasons you stated, I think Trump is the worst GOP candidate. So, I guess “prefer” is accurate.
Thanks for pinging me. Thank you for doing your research.
Unlike the reality star who also endorsed McCain and many here, I will never vote for a lifelong liberal like Trump. I will write in Cruz.
I don't know why I got that ping. I would vote for Bush before I'd vote for Trump at this point.
Trump is a liberal windbag who is going to self implode like Howard Dean soon. He just said that Cruz's loan issue is WORSE THAN HILLARY'S HANDLING OF THE TOP SECRET E-MAILS!
He just burned the bridge. Anyone sitting on the fence just got blown up.
But, what about all those departments and agencies that Trump has promised to eliminate?
Haven't you heard him promise to use his Bully Pulpit to lead on bringing the FedGov into compliance with the enumerated powers?
Haven't you heard THAT?
Me neither
I did initially think I would vote for Trump if Cruz did not get the nomination. But now, knowing more about Trump and his past, I will not. I've said this several times — for me, staying home on election day is not an option. I promised my late father I would always vote unless I was dying or dead. So if Trump is nominated, I will write in Ted Cruz's name. I will not vote for Trump or any other self-serving politician who will rob America blind and ultimately destroy it.
“The majority on FR prefer Cruz. The minority wants Trump. It is what it is.”
THANK YOU, that encourages me, I had said that I felt it was the opposite, but I am glad on this occasion to be proven wrong.
You’ve been very diligent. I have probably posted less than twenty posts in the last year posting a preference one way or the other. Good post, Finny!
I can’t imagine the mental gymnastics involved in having to justify support for Donald Trump. The man has said he wants to increase ethanol subsidies more than Obama has done. And that’s just one, just the very latest, of his big-government statist positions.
How does a conservative justify that to himself?
It’s going to be interesting to watch when Sarah Palin gets challenged on her decision to endorse a man whose position on ethanol-—among many others-—is diametrically opposed to her own.
Or is it (are they)? Look, I loved Palin back when she gave her speech at the convention. I remember hanging on the phone with my sister-in-law during that even...we just thought she was so cool.
She’s been wearing on me for quite a while, though. I just tired of the speeches with the catchphrases, and the “you betcha”...it just seemed like she was good at talking to stay in the spotlight. Even if tabloid TV was the ticket. And God help me, if I heard “Mama Grizzly” once more, I would have thrown something.
Now I really question how solidly conservative she ever was. Because I just don’t think a person who IS that would jump to endorse someone as progressive as Trump.
I’m done with her. Clearly she’s come to hunger for the spotlight and for media attention. She wasn’t willing to put in the sacrifice to run for office, but she enjoyed that looooong tease, keeping people wondering, and she likes the stage.
Last but not least, there’s that cabinet position she wants. Yeah, she sold out. And I imagine Uncle Sugar will take care of the legal problems her son is having.
She’s not worthy of respect anymore.
The first day's results of Doughty One's FR 2016 Caucus will be tallied and published tonight. We'll see what the real numbers are pretty soon here.