If Trump and Hillary Are Our Final Options, We Deserve Some Pain

Redstate ^ | 1/23/16 | Kimberly R.

[TBBT]

Trump is at the top of the polls, and that may not change. Nevertheless, he will not receive my support. I am rather tired of a screeching establishment requiring that we support whomever is the current frontunner, and telling us we need to "get in line", like robots. That kind of talk is groupthink, much like Obamamania. It has no place in conservatism.

Trump is the kind of candidate who appeals to base emotions and the thirst for popular appeal. We should never treat candidates as celebrities. But increasingly, we do. I once thought that those on our side of the aisle were better than liberals in that we don't vote based on mindless, superficial reasons that got the similarly resume-challenged disaster known as Barack Obama into office. But unsurprisingly, we're just as capable of the same failure to treat the election process seriously.

[musicman]

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[RedMDer]

B T T T !

[mylife]

[CodeToad]

So, according to your way of thinking, if a football team has to play with their second string quarterback and you were the coach, you would call for the team to lose because you don’t want to win with a second stringer. Got it. You’re an idiot.

[RedMDer]

LOL!

[CodeToad]

Tzot!

ROFL! The Big Bad Russian Commie Zot!

[dragonblustar]

Should these become my only two options, I'll likely skip the presidential vote and focus on the down ballot.

You freaking MORON!!!!!! ISIS, Iran and the flood of Syrian muslim refugees thanks you for your narcissism!

[digger48]

No, there are about 8-10 rabid posters who post the same articles over and over and over under different titles. Some of them only show up every 4 years to crap on the site.

Not to mention the ones who call other FReepers stupid, childish names, while never defending their position, only tearing others down.

JimRob has been more than tolerant with everybody, but it seems it is taking its toll on everybody.

I suggest you take up your objections with the owner of the site. Not me.

[mylife]

It’s like herding cats :)

[onyx]

I honestly hope JEBush is NOT the nominee. I keep thinking he's been "bought" for many, many years, by the foreign and Chamber of Commerce cabal. He and everyone but Trump are running on someone else's money. In office they will do exactly what the money people want, not what is good for America. (My thoughts)

Hey smart, beautiful GF!
LTNTalk. I agree with your every word. I think Jeb is just too stubborn and arrogant to drop out but will be forced to after Iowa, NH and SC, because he can't risk humiliation in FL. That TV ad by his Mother is last ditch desperation. John Ellis is running thru his campaign money like a gambler on a losing streak.

GOOD to see you!!

[onyx]

B T T T ! ! ! ©

[Jane Long]

Heh heh. Couldn’t resist :)

[upchuck]

... my vote is no longer freely given. If a candidate wants my vote, he has to campaign for it, not just in the primaries but in the general as well.

Amen! BUMP TTT.

[Tramonto]

A lot of people I talk to will not vote for Trump in the general if he is the nominee. I have been surprised how much people dislike him. Trump cant beat any democrat. If Bloomberg runs as an independent he might actually have a shot.

I voted for McCain but couldn’t vote for Romney and I won’t ever vote for Trump.

[dforest]

How dare you, you foolish sanctimonious punk. Just go away now. People in this country have suffered greatly under Obama and the puke worthy quislings of the GOP.

Just because you may not get your way, you intend to make good people suffer more out of pure spite because you think you are so much better than other people.

I spit in your direction.

[dforest]

Yeah, if the establishment was so in for Trump, Jeb would drop out and so would all the splitters.

The dumb people are the ones who thought people would buy that line.

[Windflier]

Thank you for bouncing that disruptor out of here, boss. Seems some folks are incapable of using the forum for its intended purpose.

[Windflier]

I was one of the guys who fought for this Nation 70 plus years ago and gave these modern day fools a free Nation to live in

I just looked at your profile page and I must say that I am honored to be your fellow Freeper. You are one of the American heroes who walk among us.

Thank you so much for your defense of our liberty and freedom so long ago. I was born if '53, but that fight has always loomed large in my mind. Know that some in my generation have always revered the G.I.'s of WWII.

Thank you.

[txhurl]

Lombardi quote should be its own thread. Even though DT has blowtorched every bit of regard I had for him, I’ll still vote for him.

[Windflier]

Defeatism sickens me.

Good thing you never let me hold the zot gun. I would have toasted a whole lot of defeatists who've ruined troop morale around here (for years).