http://www.ontheissues.org/Donald_Trump.htm
RUSH: I'm not finally decided on this. But I think the areas of commonality that Donald Trump has tapped into with members of what you might consider to be the conservative base actually, to some voters, are more important than conservatism itself.
And let me give you an illustration of what I mean. Washington, Obama, take whatever issue. Obamacare or illegal immigration. Let's take these two. Let's focus on illegal immigration. I don't think the people in this country who know full well what letting this go on means, care who the solution comes from. If anybody is willing to come along and shut this down and stop this assault on American culture... Because that's what this is. These people are not assimilating. American culture is being not just watered down; it's being altered and changed.
There are a lot of people, and they are a majority of people, who do not want this to happen. They don't believe America is guilty of anything. They don't believe America should be in decline. "We've had more than our fair share of time at the top. It's not right that we're the only superpower." People don't think this way. Liberal Democrats think this way. A majority of the American people don't. They don't find anything wrong with a powerful America. They don't find anything bad with America that wins. And they certainly don't think anything bad about an America that would protect its borders and make sure the country is not overrun by people who are not interested in becoming Americans.
So whoever comes along and convinces voters that they're gonna put a stop to it and, in the process, save America, I don't think they care whether the person's a conservative, liberal, or a Martian. That's how big the issue is. And that's what I mean by, "I think some of these issues trump whether or not it's a conservative offering the solution." Here's where it matters. To people who are conservative, who are doubtful of Trump, it's because he's not a conservative. And thus, if he's not a conservative in their minds, then what is he?
Well, he's either an agnostic or he is a liberal -- or, worse, he's nothing and doesn't care and is a calculating opportunist will go wherever he thinks the popularity resides (i.e., be a populist), which may be just as bad in other areas while being right on immigration. And so in that sense they will worry that he's not a conservative. "He may be right here, may be right there, but in the long haul we could be getting in bed with somebody that we can't trust," whereas a solid conservative like Cruz who's also right on the wall, also right on immigration, also right on all of these things, is also gonna be right on everything else.
And some people say, "You know what? I don't care? I'm not gonna take it that far. If I hear somebody who convinces me that they're gonna stop this," meaning, this upending immigration, "if we have somebody that's gonna stop this lawlessness, if somebody is going to deal with it and put up a wall or do whatever it takes... The wall is symbolic. If they're gonna do something to stop this, I'm all-in," because to a lot of people, it is the defining issue. If this doesn't get done, then all the rest of what happens in the future is academic because the country's gonna be so altered and changed and transformed and redefined for the worse that it doesn't matter.
A lot of people are out for “Vengence”, I don’t condone it, but I understand it.
I grok that..............
http://www.ontheissues.org/Donald_Trump.htm
Rush is absolutely right. It is like trying to convince a leftist that Obama is an utter failure and Clinton a serial sex abuser. It can not be done.
Outlandish claims from Trumpets that Rush is GOP(e) coming in 4...3...2..1
I’m afraid Rush has gone crazy again. Not the first time, unfortunately.
Rush is Right. How many elections, how many promises broken by conservatives, ones he and Levin promoted, ones we loved. No more. They all lied and/or cried.
My experience of the last few months with the pro Trump supporters would absolutely validate this statement.
Frankly, I for a long time didn't want Trump involved. I thought it was a clown act. But as time has gone by, my mind on that hasn't changed. But I've decided I want Trump to put results in place of the stuff that has come out his mouth. So he has my support.
But if Rush has any bad feelings about Trump's status in the polls and chances of winning, he only need look in the mirror for a large portion of the reason.
As a reminder, there are generally two steps to becoming POTUS. The first one is winning a party’s nomination, the second, of course, is running for and winning the White House through the national vote.
If Trump gets the nomination, it will be delicious watching him go left and he will so fast, heads will spin. He will gladly pull out interviews, and comments made in the past, in support of gay marriage, late term abortion, Barack Obama, etc., etc., etc. Then to defend his radical left turn, he will tell conservatives, “you should have been paying attention.......all this was available, so sue me.”
But Rush he’s SAID a few things that POed the hell out of liberals, that’s clearly the ONLY thing that matters.
Why back a candidate that says he is 100% conservative who couldn’t win and would do what all other so-called conservatives do - stab us in the back? Trump isn’t pretending to be Mister Conservative but will deliver far more than the abrasive “”Surging Ted” would.
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Just read their comments here. ‘Nuf said.
I don’t know, I was a Trump supporter until I learned he was President of the “He-man woman haters club”..........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6E2UXtdfGM
Rush is a snide, back stabbing, little fat man.
So... In regards to the single issue Trumpites, who don’t care that Trump’s not a conservative as long as he build that wall:
In an exercise in futility, I wrote Rush the following email:
Subject: TRUMP = TOUCHBACK AMNESTY. What if Trump’s follower only knew?
Rush,
So you theory goes (and I believe it to be true): If Trump says he’s going to build that wall and stop the illegal alien problem - then that’s all the matters to his followers. They don’t care if Trump is conservative or not. Perhaps not, but you should.
Anyway, so do you think that Trump’s followers have ever heard of the term Touchback Amnesty. Do you think that Trump’s followers would discard conservatism so quickly if they realized that Touchback Amnesty is essentially Trump’s immigration plan?
Remember. Trump’s going to build that wall. And that wall is going to be the greatest wall. And right smack dab in the middle of that wall is going to be this great big beautiful door. A door that Trump’s going to swing right open and let the illegals come right back in through. No. No going to the back of the line like they’re supposed to. Trump’s going to get them (the good ones mind you - as Trump defines them - which means most of them) right back through in an expedited fashion.
It’s kind of like how you say unions are nothing more than a money laundering scheme for the Democrats. Only in this case Trump’s touchback amnesty isn’t laundering money, it’s laundering illegals. They’ll come right back through that big beautiful door all nice and clean and legal like. In the end the results will be the same, the current American culture and way of life that we have now will be diluted out of existence.
It’s a shame you have for the most part glossed over this. Sure, you’ll can probably pull up some sound bite were you’ve mentioned it (briefly) before in the distant past. But that would be like the MSM putting the topic on page A11 once way back when so that someday in the future they can say “See, we covered it.”
Remember - The most significant way the MSM demonstrates it’s bias is not by how or what they cover, it’s by what they refuse to report on.
Rush... When it comes to Trump... You’ve been enabling a fraud.
When it comes to the massive positive earned media that you’ve afforded Trump, I bet that northeastern liberal RINO that ran for the GOP nomination the last election cycle wishes he could have been so lucky.
After 8 years of O’Beelzebub, people don’t care as long as it isn’t the she-devil.
Rush has got it about right, and is reinforcing my tag line (which is a quote that another FReeper kindly allowed me to use as my tag line).
The end of the passage is VERY IMPORTANT - if we lose immigration, then we get a permanent DEMOCRAT MAJORITY and will quickly lose everything else, starting with guns, abortion, Christmas, the ability to raise our kids...the list is endless.
So yes, I’m one of them. If immigration wasn’t an issue, I’d be supporting Cruz right now (over Trump). However, just a slight deviation from Rush - I also strongly support Trump because I think he can win purple and blue states, something that Cruz simply cannot do. Without at least some of those states, you end up losing, like Romney and McCain.
I not only want someone that is serious about securing the border, I also want someone that can win - possibly in a blowout.
I sometimes often think that Rush must know better about the federal governments constitutinoally limited powers, but is in the business for the money.
Somebody please send me a note when Rush mentions Congresss constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers.