Posted on 01/28/2016 8:22:06 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
I say that because there's no reason to think that Trump won't turn on a dime the instant he has to face a general electorate, and begin advocating a whole new set of policies. He adopted an entirely new set of beliefs for this race, one attuned to what his current audience wants — not just xenophobic, but fervently pro-life, pro-gun, pro-God, and pro-whatever else he thinks primary voters want to hear. Trump panders shamelessly to whoever he's talking to, he has no genuine ideology, and he won't feel tied to anything he's said before, any more than he's tied to his previous positions on health care or abortion.
Unlike other politicians who struggle to explain any hint of contradiction between what they're advocating now and what they've advocated before, Trump waves it all away. Remember all the painful contortions Mitt Romney went through to convince Republicans he was in complete agreement with them and had renounced his prior hints of moderation? Trump doesn't bother with that. Who cares what I said then? This is what I'm saying now, and anyone who has a problem with it is a low-energy loser.
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Nice way to look at it.
He is destroying the GOPE and the media. Maybe out of all of this we can rise from the ashes and take our country back.
And it works.
Americans get the leadership we deserve.
See Barack Hussein 0bama.
Not good enough - so did Obama. I want details.
LOL, good list. What people really seem to like is that he says insulting stuff about minority ethnic groups. He’s inspiring all the Archie Bunkers out there to get out and vote for the first time in years now that they’ve found a politician who represents their ethnic prejudices again.
Betray the GOP? Betray McConnell. Ryan/Boehner, McCain, their corrupt lobbying networks, and all the others that have betrayed the American people?
Sounds like a must-do to me. But I would hope he goes further than betraying the betrayers, and opt for putting the bastards in jail or exile. Either that or give them a parachute and shove them off a place over Syria.
Trumpeteers are seemingly blinded by the fact that Trump is destroying the media and irking the GOP.
Trump will do what he wants...dumping his base if that’s best for him in the moment.
Another stupid article that is concerned about the Republican party. What counts are the American people and his loyalty to them.
Why is this liberal worried that Trump will betray conservatives? This article is asinine.
American Media
GOP
Communists including the democrat party
All going down very hard and very severe.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL DEAL WITH YOU WITH GREAT SEVERITY.
We have a lot of work to do.
Mad was 1996 now its morphed into something else. I’m thinking what the Founders intended.
Um, that’s Cruz with the world domination.
Amen to that.
Yes. By the so-called conservative media and the GOP.
That's funny. I have to admit -that is a good one, haha. Yes, but please make sure the plaid coat he comes out of your office wearing - is just as nice as the one you're wearing this morning. -;)
or...you could post a cogent response and tell us all why you think this fear is unfounded.
Maybe, but Bush would have turned on us 100%.
There’s a good chance that Trump will follow through on much of what he has promised. In particular he will deport the illegals and put a stop to this free trade non sense that is killing us economically.
Heck if Trump does even ONE thing he has promised he would be heads and shoulders above ANY president since Reagan.
DITTTO!
We are being spammed by the GOPe with their anti-Trump hysteria.
So is this their way of sabotaging Trump?
“He’s not following GOP principles, so we reserve the right to select a new GOP nominee.”
Enter Cruz. Enter President Clinton or Sanders.
Trump is exactly what the GOPe wants on most issues. They just hated that he came out of the gate calling Mexicans rapists. But once they get past that, they can deal with him on every issue and pass the Boehner/McConnell agenda easily.
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