Posted on 08/31/2016 11:52:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Mark Levin aka "The Great One" has always been a great constitutional conservative and great friend of Free Republic. Doesn't post much anymore but has had an account here (holdonnow) from nearly the beginning. He stood up for FR when his good friend Hannity was running us down. Also when O'Reilly accused us of not moderating our forum good enough against racism.
I hate to see our good friend getting trashed on FR. I understand why people are upset with him over his position against Trump, but best advice I can give is if you can't stand him, don't listen. I had to quit listening to Beck several years ago after he went nuts, and now rarely tune in Limbaugh. I click on the Mark Levin Show, maybe once per week, just to see if our old trusted ally is back. Sadly, he's still missing in action.
I pray that Rush and Mark come to their senses pretty soon and realize that the primaries are over and the great constitutional conservative Ted Cruz lost. Badly.
We can't go back and we cannot replace our candidate. It's Trump or Hillary. We have to do all we possibly can to make sure Hillary is defeated! And that starts with not bad-mouthing OUR candidate.
There are no do overs and no crying in politics.
Notice that I said "OUR" candidate. This is not like when the GOPe with their big donor bucks installed one of their own sure-losers as the Republican candidate (McCain, Romney, et al) and then told us to suck it up. Which most of us did, even Levin and Limbaugh, because we knew the damage that Obama would do to our country. And he did. And Hillary's damage will be even more severe because she'll be building on Obama's slide into godless socialism and she'll have an immediate shot at packing the courts with godless liberal activists. These judges will be with us for a lifetime. And their rulings for generations. She'll also grant amnesty and voting rights to millions of illegals and throw open our borders to millions more. And then fling the borders wide open for the Muslims. Yup. Sharia law would be coming to a country near you. And the failing Obamacare? No problem. HillaryCare's single payer system will straighten that right out. And she'll save our planet from "climate change" by killing off all our capitalist industries.
Trump was voted in by we the rebellious grassroots voters who are sick and tired and fed up and said NO MAS to the political ruling class and their open borders donors.
This is a voter rebellion and Trump is OUR champion.
We fully intend to crush Hillary and the uniparty in November and reclaim America for AMERICANS!!
Why did we choose Trump to be our champion:
Secure the borders. Build the wall. Enforce the law. End sanctuary cities. Do whatever is humanly possible in deporting as many illegals as we possibly can and or dry up their prospects by enforcing the law and many of them will leave on their own volition.
Slap a temporary moratorium on Muslim immigration until we can find out what in the hell is going on! Meanwhile, bomb the shit out of ISIS. And take their oil. And find out what's going on in the mosques.
Rebuild the military!
Throw out Obama's illegal/unconstitutional executive orders and executive agreements. Repeal Obamacare!
Get a handle on trade deals and make sure Americans come first!
Cut the taxes, cut the spending, cut the regulations, cut the government; return the powers and functions reserved to the states back to the states per the constitution and the 10th amendment.
And it's not just about the constitution and national security:
End the ridiculous war on coal, gas & oil, bring back manufacturing. Drill, baby, drill; mine, baby, mine; build, baby, build, farm, baby, farm, produce, baby, produce. The Business of America is business.
Strengthen our economy and create a business friendly environment!
Jobs, baby, jobs!!
Set our people free and let them produce and prosper!!
This is the voter rebellion we've all been longing for. Even bigger than the tea party. Pray Levin and Rush join us. We need their full-throated support to ensure the defeat of the corrupt, America-hating, capitalism-hating, God-hating Hillary and the election of OUR candidate. Donald Trump!!
One of the slogans from the America revolution was:
Join or die!!
Another:
Don't tread on me.
And who can forget:
Give me Liberty or give me death!!
“the great constitutional conservative Ted Cruz”
Does that mean I can come out of the closet?
Oh noes! End Times are here.
I threw FNC channel in with them for good measure for the same reasoning, and haven't looked back.
I spend more time on line now, but I'm spending the time the way it needs to be spent to assure that I know what I need/want to know.
I can listen to Laura Ingram for awhile but she's not always on where I can listen. Too bad, those talk shows were a good way to pass the time while building ammo, but I'm done with LB&L.
I prefer to whistle while I work.
The very existencce of the Republic hangs in the balance come November 8.
Levin, Limbaugh, Beck, and the rest of the NeverTrumpers have made their choice. I have made mine.
The NeverTrumpers are dead to me.
The trouble is that Mr. Levin (who has been the most strident and vehement among those who view with disapproval our support of Donald Trump) has been acting so much like the GOP establishment since Trump's nomination that it's impossible to know whose side he is on now. Mr. Levin seems hellbent on undermining the man who may well represent America's last chance to defeat the rot that has overtaken our country.
I am seeing a continuous decrease in anti-Trump posts here at FR, which reassures me that the people here- both for and against Trump's nomination- are mature enough to leave the vitriol behind us, roll up our sleeves and work like hell to get Trump elected. Yet while we here on this forum are now of one mind to defeat the evil that confronts us, traditionally-reliable conservative commentators like Mr. Levin continue to spew their vehement hatred of a man chosen by the people instead of by the establishment. In so doing, these people communicate what they and the GOP elites really think about grassroots conservatives.
That sad part of all this is that whether he realizes it or not, Mr. Levin (and other pundits who share his point of view) echoes the GOPe's greatest complaint: that we unwashed, stupid, uninformed, flyover conservatives have forgotten our place. Even worse, Mr. Levin et. al are doing a tremendous service to the enemy through their refusal to support the candidate that we the voters have chosen.
I find it most telling that the moment we grassroots voters rejected the same old establishment losers that had been foisted upon us so many times before, and chose for ourselves a man whose success and patriotism most closely matched our ideals (imperfect though he certainly is), every single establishment voice turned on us with breathtaking, gob-smacking, fervent, spitting hatred.
Therefore, Jim, I respectfully assert that the appropriate recipients for the unity message are the erstwhile-conservative radio commentators who refuse to join us in the common cause of defeating Hillary. And I would add that Mr. Levin and his consortium of childish butthurt colleagues would do themselves and this country a great favor by either growing the hell up and getting smart about the true nature of the situation and their roles in it, or by shutting up and getting out of our way.
As for us here, we're pressing on. By the grace of God and with the relentless exertion of our fullest efforts, we will win.
Loyalty is a two way street
I have a lot of respect for mark. I just can no longer enjoy his radio show and my dream has become a reality that he now has a TV network but I have not even gone there to check it out. I would like to continue to be a loyal listener (and new watcher) of Mark Levin but I am more loyal to keeping Hillary Clinton out of the White House. NOT because she’s not a republican because I’m not a republican. It’s because she’s totally unfit.
I’ll support an orange juice can over Hillary.
Respectfully Jim, Rush seems to be near 100% behind Trump....of late.
Just sayin’.
“David Burge ;@iowahawkblog · 29 Oct 2015
For $1,000,000, I will leave the internet forever.”
Another ‘never-Trumper’ who’s been a great Freeper.
Just temporarily insane...
Which means that many Trump supporters attack Levin not necessarily you.
Levin is attacked because he has chosen to extend the primaries. Your defense of this defacto campaigning for Hillary and her SCOTUS is so typical of sore loser Cruzers. Time to end your tantrums and defeat Hillary, FRiend.
“I pray that Rush and Mark come to their senses pretty soon”
You obviously don’t listen to Rush! He is fully on the Trump train. No ambiguity there.
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>> “Quit pining and whining. Suck it up. Start leading!! “ <<
I couldn’t agree more!
Thanks Jim.
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Yeah but Levin is being loyal to his principles and I cannot disrespect the man for that. He’s right in so many ways.
He absolutely is not. Levin claims to be a “Constitutional Conservative.” Given that, why is he not spending every breath trying to defeat Hillary and her SCOTUS? We all know what she will do to the Constitution. Levin’s Hillary enabling post primary tantrums make no sense at all.
Levin has personal issues with Trump, a personal connection with Cruz and he’s let his emotions override logic. We simply must defeat Hillary. We need ALL HANDS on deck to do that. EVERYTHING ELSE is secondary. If Levin was really “true to his principles” he would see that.
LIMBAUGH: I Never Took Trump Seriously on Immigration Anyway
BTTT
Right on, Jim, and full speed ahead! I can agree with pretty much everything you said. And it is sad that a lot of people here have turned on Mark Levin, some were downright rude to him when he come on a thread one night, and I was ashamed, seriously! However, like you said, I hope they’ll come along soon.
Michael Reagan was another one who has been slapped by some of Donald’s supporters. All over his “Facebook” page, there were some of the nastiest people with the nastiest comments aimed at Michael, and it was disgusting! I understand people being impatient with people who don’t go along with Donald. I was very conflicted myself, with a lot of Donald’s behavior on the campaign trail! The nasty, mean, bullying by some (not all) of Donald’s supporters needs to stop, yes, but other Republicans need to get behind him, whether they like him or not, because we do need to stop Hillary, heaven forbid! We can’t do another convention and choose another candidate, it’s too late now!
I did however, felt better about D. Trump, when he had the good sense to choose Gov. Pence for a running mate! Also, I had read about many kind, gracious things Donald has done in private, and I appreciate those. (example: helping the Marine stuck in Mexican prison, among other things) I’ve observed that Trump seems to be the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of politics!
He has his Dr. Jekyll moments when he does kindly, gracious things. Then, unfortunately, there’s the Mr. Hyde that attacks his political opponents, and some t.v. personalities such as: Michele Malkin - referring to them as stupid, and making fun of the way Gov. Kasich eats, and insinuating Carly Fiorina was ugly!
Then he was getting on Twitter and spreading rumors about people, saying things like he said about Ted Cruz’s dad, (involved in killing Pres. Kennedy) making nasty comments about Ted Cruz’s wife’s looks, etc..! At least he’s toned it all down recently, and that’s good, so we’ll see?
Not many people have the pull that Levin has. He is damaging the cause more than he is helping it. If he’s called a few choice names because of it, I wouldn’t blame anyone.
How can a deeply principled conservative be a shill for Dubya, McCain, and Romney? He can’t.
Something’s not ringing true.
Mark Levin did say something favorable about a speech Trump made on (I think) foreign policy! I think it was at, or after the convention. He admitted he had a lot of agreement and some praise on much of what Trump said, and said that he seemed very presidential! But he’s come back with some criticism too, so who knows? Maybe he’s in the process of relenting on Trump?
True, I did feel better when he chose Pence as well!
You're very welcome, and thank you for the kind words.
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