SLUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRP!
Posted on 02/20/2016 4:43:58 PM PST by Eccl 10:2
With 5% now in: Trump 32.2%, Rubio 22.4%, Cruz 20.9%
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This is about a factor of ten higher than he deserves. Rubio's third place finish in Iowa was hyped up as a victory by the media, I'm sure we'll soon start seeing headlines "Marco Rubio is the REAL winner in South Carolina."
Donald Trump is no more liberal that Ronald Reagan.
People hold up Ronald Reagan as the ultimate conservative.
There is no such thing. Everyone makes compromises.
Ronald Reagan/s liberal actions:
In 1950 Reagan helped raise money
for democrat Helen Gahagan Douglas
against Richard Nixon for California senator.
In 1966, Reagan put together a campaign group
to run for California governor. They were
Phil Battaglia, Casper Weinberger and Jack Warner.
They were all from the liberal Rockefeller wing of
the Republican party, not the conservative Goldwater wing.
Reagan Gets Bill Easing Abortion In California - Jun 14, 1967
June 14, 1967 The California Assembly passed and sent to Governor Reagan a bill easing the state/s abortion law, unchanged in 95 years.
Reagan said the bill was /by no means perfect/ and would have to be watched closely to prevent California from becoming an abortion haven.
But he said he would sign it despite his doubts about some possible /loopholes./ /I am fully sympathetic with attempts to liberalize the outdated abortion law now on the law books of California,/ the freshman governor said....
The bill...would permit abortions before the 20th week of pregnancy if:
-The prospective mother/s physical or mental health is in danger.
-The pregnancy resulted from incest or forcible rape, or statutory rape in the case of a girl 14 years old or younger.
The old law permits abortions only if the life of the prospective mother is endangered.
Reagan Gets Bill Easing Abortion In California - The Norwalk Hour - Jun 14, 1967
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yAlJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dAUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5620%2C3433380
1970 Governor Reagan, who once said /taxes should hurt/,
disclosed he paid no state income taxes in 1970 on his
$44,000 governor/s salary and personal assets of around $1-million.
The average worker made around $5,000 per year back then.
1970 as governor, Reagan appointed Donald Wright as the
Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. Wright/s
court later found the death penalty unconstitutional in California.
1972 Reagan supported the re-election of President Richard Nixon instead of giving support to conservative Republican candidate John Ashbrook, who ran an effort to dump Nixon.
As California Governor, Reagan used his own office funds to keep the Office of Economic Opportunity alive in the state and he tried to make California the first state to create its own consumer affairs dept.
1976 in his presidential run against Gerald Ford, Reagan chose the most liberal Republican Senator in the senate, Richard Schweiker as his vice presidential running mate. In 1980, he chose another liberal running mate
George HW Bush.
1985 Reagan, as president, spent $5-billion to bail out the Continental Bank of Illinois. He also added
$9-billion to the International Monetary Fund so Mexico, Brazil and Argentina could pay the interest on
their big debts to the American banks. At the same time, he would not bail out American farmers.
Reagan/s 4th year budget was $141-billion more than Carter/s 4th year budget. Reagan/s total deficits for 4 years was 4-times the total of Carter 4-year total deficits.
Reagan increased the national debt in 4-years as much as all the presidents from Hoover to Carter did.
Reagan Supported the Brady Gun Bill in a speech at George Washington University in 1991.
In 1992 Reagan supported NAFTA (North American Free Trade Act) As a candidate in 1979 Reagan first talked about a North American accord. In 1992 Reagan made a plea in a Wall Street Journal editorial to, /tear down the trade wall/.
So the polls are only good when they show Trump winning? Got it!
SLUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRP!
Definitely. I keep hoping the losers at the bottom would swallow their pride and do the right thing. That would add at least 20% to either Rubio or Cruz. Even if split to 10% each Trump is in trouble.
You’re neither taking into account the winner-take-all states nor acknowledging the more important poll internals: Trump is overwhelmingly named as best for the economy, national defense, immigration, etc.
Donald Trump is a liberal, and he won in an open primary. Not a big surprise.
Reagan never supported partial birth abortion. Reagan WAS a democrat 30 years before becoming the GOP nominee. Trump recently gave $$$ to democrats.
But the kicker is Trump has said just this past month that he will do deals with Pelosi and Schumer. Note he did not say he would do deals with the GOP who lead the house and senate!!!! So he plans to work with the minority party to pass his agenda. Wolve in sheeps clothing. I wish I was wrong, but that’s pretty much the point I had to stop having Trump as a viable candidate. Not to mention his support of Obamacare.
Kasich isn’t going anywhere, he already split for the Northeast where he is campaigning.
Is it better than Hillary!!! You folks that decided to not back Romney and just hold your nose, gave us and ALL Americans OBAMMIE!!!! I know Romney was NOT a Marxist, Muslim!!!! However your stubbornness gave this country another FOUR years of Obammie so you all can talk about conscious and principle all you want, it is what it is!!!!
LARGE SNORT!!!
Ping me if the viking kitties come for Fork-Q’s head. I’m headed over the celebration thread.
WOO HOO, We Win SC! On to Nevada!!
Cruz won’t unite the party and certainly won’t unite the country. Also, Trump will carry NY,NJ MI and other Eastern States in my opinion (in the primary). If he’s ahead after super Tuesday I don’t see him losing even in a two person race. We’ll see I guess
Named as the best != 50%.
In other words he at best gets 40%. He’s not a uniter he’s a divider. I used to like him and thought it would be great for him to shake things up. But damn...after the past month or two—I have evolved ;-)
I am the opposite.
I would not vote for Rubio. Rubio has lied about being a pro-amnesty guy as far back as in the FL legislature, but even his stated position now is pathetic.
We don’t have any perfect candidates—Trump and Cruz have blemishes, too. But they are both IMO better conservatives than Rubio.
Cruz wont unite the party and certainly wont unite the country. Also, Trump will carry NY,NJ MI and other Eastern States in my opinion (in the primary). If he’s ahead after super Tuesday I dont see him losing even in a two person race.
True he does have a chance of getting his liberal friends in the Northeast to vote for him. So we have a Trumpillery president. Both nearly the same.
TDS.
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