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.
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.
We're pulling in people who never vote based on the above...
I don't get why this somebody convinces anybody. He spins on a dime, forgets what he said yesterday and isn't coherent for more than one phrase a sentence.
I get that immigration is the big issue; I don't get why Trump convinces anyone he's going to do anything he says - today.
Rush is only interested in problems. His solutions... elect Bush, Romney and a Republican congress have all been disastrous.
Have you seen this? Give it 3 minutes - you’ll be glad you did...
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Trump supporters would have a problem with the Martian (not NBC) example as that is their main argument to reject Cruz.
I surely wish Cruz would get this straightened out, if it even can be.
The left is not going to deal with this as they need the precedent of a citizen questionable GOP nominee so they can justify same sort come time again for them.