Posted on 05/01/2016 4:50:43 PM PDT by Calpublican
As a 5th generation Republican and Lifelong Conservative the political events of recent years have been frustrating. None are more frustrating than this election cycle.
We prayed and hoped for a real Conservative to counter the leftward pull of Obama. We wanted someone to pull the country to the right so we could possibly be, at least, center America, where we typically like to land in national politics.
We have had several Conservative candidates this cycle, but many who have called themselves "Conservative" have coalesced behind a man who is the farthest thing from Conservative as is imaginable and why? Because of FEAR.
Fear of the other, fear of violence, fear of immigrants. These are valid fears, but when fear turns to hate judgement is clouded. That is what has happened. Instead of standing by principles, "Conservatives" have been drawn to hateful rhetoric. Even after Trump has disavowed his own rhetoric to the NYT& others, the seed has been planted. If one wonders how despots rise to power, this is how. Exactly.
Trump's positions are all Liberal/Leftwing, some experts speculate Neo- Proto- or Ur-Fascist as well . He did not magically become Conservative and he has given ample evidence of this---repeatedly. But the fearful will not or cannot hear it.
If Trump is the nominee which Liberal will I choose? I choose Hillary and will, for the first time in my life, vote for a Democrat for president. Why? Because if Trump wins, pretending to be Conservative, he will destroy Conservatism for 20 yrs. He is not pulling down-ticket Conservatives so his administration would be Liberal to the max.
It is a difficult choice but I am absolutely convinced it is the correct choice. If I have to vote Liberal, I vote strategically Liberal.
Well, bye!
I won’t bash you for trying to be understanding for this poor chap, but I no longer have any understanding within me. I am fed up beyond description with these clowns.
I have lost some good (cyber) friends over the past couple of months over politics, that is unfortunate, but life goes on.
On a side note, I finished getting the tongue & groove knotty pine walls up in our kitchen today, so I am very happy -—it looks great. Now I have a couple more rooms to finish, some with cedar, and it’s going to be like living in a new house around here. ;>)
Personally, I don’t care for Trump. But I am so thankful for what he has done to the GOPe. The neocon opportunists that have infested its leadership for so long are finally on the way out. These are the people who have sold us out. Who have betrayed and sabotaged true conservatives and our principles. The men who started and sent our soldiers to unnecessary wars for profit and influence. Who made trade deals and alliances to benefit their donors. They give our jobs away and support H1B visas because those are jobs that nobody wants. They are ok with genocide against Christians in the middle east as long as ports and pipelines fall to the right people. They would rather sabotage their own Tea Party candidates and lose the senate than have them elected and change the demographics of the party. They are the men that feign outrage against proposed democrat laws yet once in power do nothing to repeal or reform tham. Yes, they need to go.
I really don’t care who wins as long as they are gone.
Do me a favor...don’t screw up the rest of us and the country just because you’re throwing a tantrum. I get it...you wanted Cruz, he was the only “true” conservative, principled, “groomed” for the part...well, there’s only one problem...the majority of Republican voters thus far (and it is a record number) have voted against him.
Don’t take this lightly...there’s a reason so many have voted for Trump and against Cruz. Sure, there’s the celebrity factor and cult of personality and all that...but there’s something more...intangible...Cruz oozes hi-brow Republican politician/insider, something he says he is the antithesis to...however, people are seeing through it. Trump, for all his faults, and Lord knows there’s many, is touching a nerve that is running through the whole country now. So, don’t screw up the rest of us because you’re guy isn’t resonating.
Look at it this way, Ted is good enough at what he does that he may still steal the election.
Hillary!? My God what in the hell is wrong with you? Take your liberal loving crap back to the DUmp loser.
He really has. They have bought whatever he is selling hook, line and sinker.
Trump’s a liberal, and I can’t vote for a liberal, so I’m going to vote for a liberal instead.
Absolutely mystifying.
And on top of that, they don’t seem to be able to perceive any problem with how Cruz has conducted himself in this primary.
And I gotta say that I am a former Cruz supporter.
Somewhere along the way Trump has won me over and Cruz has lost me forever.
“That you George will.....”
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LOL!! “Ur fascism” according to “some experts.” Off to Hillary he goes, having found his inner lefty. Good riddance.
I held my nose and voted for John McCain, I held my nose and voted for Mitt Romney ... hell, I held my nose and voted for Bob Dole fer cryin' out loud. I can certainly hold my nose and vote for Trump if that's what we're stuck with.
FRiends don't advise FRiends to vote for felons.
“He has so brainwashed his dead end supporters that they would rather support Hillary than Trump. Think about that.”
Lodi90
Cruz supporters seem like complete psychopaths.
I agree. But I think Trump will put an end to the immigration issue and give us more conservative Supreme Court justices. Hillary says she would like to appoint Obama. So I will vote for Trump if the alternative is Hillary. But I won’t like it. And I think he will probably lose anyway.
Ride the Lightning, moron.
But you might want to rethink your belief that Ted Cruz is a conservative overall. Anybody who wants to institute a VAT tax is not a conservative.
The only thing that these opus threads are really good for is reading the comments which follow.
As opuses go, this one was pretty bad.
Ask your doctor if Seroquel is right for you.
Trump is sincere and trustworthy when he says America first. His foreign policies vis-a-vis China, Japan, Korea,Nato, Mexico all make sense. It is clear beyond any doubt that he is anti-establishment and all the corruption that goes with it.
If you still feel inclined toward Clinton, you may really be a liberal at heart and kidded yourself all these years that you are a Republican. It happens.
Don't expect much sympathy or support here.
He left out her key statement
DAMN YOU ALLL TOO HELL¡!!
You know that Trump is worse than Hillary? You arrogant, stupid SOB. You know nothing. We know Hillary is a witch, so you assume Trump is worse because of what the MSM and Cruz told you. You brilliant, effing whackjob. Why don’t you cure cancer, brainiac.
Opus pokus. What a bunch of BULL.
Trump is none of the things you said. All of Trumps positions are conservative. The REAL ones, not the phony ones you claim.
Like I keep saying, Trump is conservative ENOUGH!
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