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If Trump and Hillary Are Our Final Options, We Deserve Some Pain
Redstate ^ | 1/23/16 | Kimberly R.

Posted on 01/23/2016 11:48:02 AM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 16yearfreeper; 1stcanadiansenator; defeatism; redstatespam; tds; tdszot; trump; zombies; zot
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To: onyx; Jim Robinson

Onyx, you are much appreciated for all you do at FR.
Please keep it up.


221 posted on 01/24/2016 5:24:20 PM PST by entropy12 (Abdul Aziz born in Saudi Arabia to Saudi father and American mother is Natural Born Citizen? Really?)
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To: tillacum; onyx

add to that list Kasich. He is left of the RINO’s if that is even possible. He wants immediate amnesty to all illegals. In other words expand democrats by 11 to 30 million.


222 posted on 01/24/2016 5:27:11 PM PST by entropy12 (Abdul Aziz born in Saudi Arabia to Saudi father and American mother is Natural Born Citizen? Really?)
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To: datura; entropy12

;-)

Right back atcha.


223 posted on 01/24/2016 5:42:32 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: fhayek
Immigration is the ONLY issue that matters. I'm not saying Trump is good on this issue. For instance, the touch back” plan nauseates me. It's just that he's better than any body else.

Cruz I can get behind. Carson and Carly I could support. The other candidates, it will be hard to support. But I probably will because ....Hilary. Or Bernie, or hell, any Dhimmicrat.

A tenth of a loaf is better than no bread.

224 posted on 01/26/2016 12:16:19 PM PST by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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