Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: cotton1706

It is a very common technique of cult leaders and con men to separate their mark from his former associates, family and friends. By sowing distrust for the people in the mark’s pre-existing support network, the cult leader or con man gains power over the mark, and makes him more dependent and more easy to manipulate.

I am not going to say that Paul Ryan is perfect. No politician is perfect. But Paul Ryan is pretty good, and far better than most Republicans in Congress. If we toss Ryan aside just because he is insufficiently enthusiastic about Donald Trump, we are going to have to throw out 80% of the Republicans in Congress.

I will vote for Donald Trump. He is far better than the alternative, and may wind up being a good President. His opponent is a guaranteed disaster, so the choice is easy.

But I am not going to sign on to this obsession of Trump’s most ardent supporters to purify the Republican Party. Trump may be our nominee, but his is far my ideal of what a conservative Republican should be. I have no desire to remake the Republican Party in Trump’s image.


95 posted on 07/12/2016 4:28:29 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (The 2nd Amendment immediately follows the 1st because some people are hard of hearing...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Haiku Guy

“If we toss Ryan aside just because he is insufficiently enthusiastic about Donald Trump, we are going to have to throw out 80% of the Republicans in Congress.”

Only 80%?


98 posted on 07/12/2016 4:34:37 AM PDT by Pravious
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 95 | View Replies ]

To: Haiku Guy

Trump is the least of Ryan’s problems. The biggest issue with him is that he has so enthusiastically embraced Obama’s agenda. When it came to the continuing resolution, Ryan gave Obama everything he wanted and more. Ryan did manage to cut money from the care of wounded veterans, but as far as I know, that was his only cut.

He’s a liberal, and a fairly nasty and heartless one at that.


102 posted on 07/12/2016 6:36:32 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 95 | View Replies ]

To: Haiku Guy

That Ryan has been maligning Our candidate and thereby helping Hillary to win is only one issue.

He is also pro amnesty , a globalist, and has been backing Obama’s agenda from day one.


105 posted on 07/12/2016 9:37:12 AM PDT by CottonBall
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 95 | View Replies ]

To: Haiku Guy

“If we toss Ryan aside just because he is insufficiently enthusiastic about Donald Trump,”

Ryan is much too supportive of the Obama agenda (hello Omnibus!),,,THAT’s why he is being thrown aside. That plus many in WI used to support him but feel betrayed by his lack of spine and total disconnect while in DC. Little to do with Trump. Trump support/or lack of, is just one of the more recent complaints against Ryan.


122 posted on 07/12/2016 3:36:51 PM PDT by austinaero
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 95 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson