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Why Conservatives Still Attack Trump
Townhall ^ | May 30, 2017 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 05/29/2017 9:43:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

When people you know well, admire, and who share your values do something you strongly oppose, you have two options: 1) Cease admiring them or 2) try to understand them and change their minds.

In the case of my conservative friends who still snipe (or worse) at President Trump, I have rejected option one. The reason -- beside the fact that I simply like many of them -- is what I refer to as "moral bank accounts."

Every time we do good, we make a deposit into our moral bank account. And every time we do something bad, we make a withdrawal. These conservatives have made so many deposits into their moral bank accounts that, in my view, their accounts all remain firmly in the black....

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; antitrump; cucks; democrats; dennisprager; hillary; prager; second100days; trump
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To: DoughtyOne

You said it so well. I get angry every time I see that damned qualifier! These writers are like prissy rich kids forced to play with the Tom Sawyers of the world and finding out they like it. But Tom has to be put in his place as well and reminded he has “flaws”.


41 posted on 05/30/2017 4:33:44 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Parley Baer

Actually they are here in force everyday.

Since the beginning they are never satisfied with anything not visible through their paper towel tube in the yard out from under their rocks.


42 posted on 05/30/2017 4:37:30 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: rmlew

So who are you supporting in in 2016?


43 posted on 05/30/2017 4:40:18 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: johnthebaptistmoore
instead of being a full fledged conservative.

If you mean by that statement that he isn't a cheap labor express hack and a Free Traitor™ then good. If that is what Conservative means to you then the word needs to be retired.

44 posted on 05/30/2017 4:50:00 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In the article and in all the comments, nobody names names.

Mark Levin, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Medved were close to being Never-Trumpers. But they certainly are not there now, even though they are not 100% with Trump.

McCain and Graham are prominent in the never-Trump Leftwing media.

But beyond them, name some names. Are they anyone I have ever heard of? Are they prominent people? Or people behind the curtain with power? Are they people who control big campaign donations? Who are they? Name some names.


45 posted on 05/30/2017 4:50:22 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: Tax-chick

I will not move my army until I’m absolutely ready.


46 posted on 05/30/2017 4:52:26 AM PDT by Theophilus (Repent)
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To: rmlew

“Donald Trump funded the gang of 8, was fined for using illegal aliens, uses guest workers and justifies it by speaking of “jobs that Americans won’t do.” He supports comprehensive amnesty after a wall.”

So what positions of Hillary do you think are better?

You do realize that the primaries ended 12 months ago, or do you?


47 posted on 05/30/2017 4:54:24 AM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: Theophilus
Donald Trump is our George McClellan, very popular.

In case you didn't know George McClellan was an indecisive, feckless, pretty boy political climber. That describes Donald Trump?

48 posted on 05/30/2017 5:01:22 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trump created or saved more jobs for US citizens in his transition period than were created or saved for US citizens under the combined 16 years of GW Bush and Obama. There was a net loss of jobs for US citizens from Y2K to Trump's election, and a consistent decrease in labor force participation.

There are no "anti-Trump conservatives". They are simply anti-American.

49 posted on 05/30/2017 5:09:05 AM PDT by meadsjn
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To: central_va

More like Sherman in my book. Too colorful for a comparison to Grant.


50 posted on 05/30/2017 5:13:34 AM PDT by katana
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To: Theophilus

“If you’re not using the army, General, would you mind if I did?”


51 posted on 05/30/2017 5:17:24 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("There is no catastrophe from which someone does not benefit." ~Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: Auntie Mame

” . .there are some people more susceptible to propaganda and narcissistic abuse . “

There is that, but overriding it all it that they are given over to a reprobate spirit of anti-Christ, preparing the world for whats coming. Obama, Bushes, McCain, Romney, Clintons, Pope Francis, Merkel, they all serve it for their power and authority, its how they received it in the first place, Obama received more glory in this world than all of the others because he is an empty host carcass given over completely to it.

The images (corrupt managed MSM) that move and speak provide it power,

The most disturbing aspect to all of this for me, is that it (this increasing anti-Christ spirit at work) doesn’t seem to care that it can now be easily seen, this is indicative of something very bad coming and soon,

This is not a battle against flesh and blood,

Believers in this nation and in the West are beginning to wake up to see this is what that battle looks like when manifested into the physical world,

Once you become awake, aware and sensitive to it, you wont be able to go back to sleep again,


52 posted on 05/30/2017 5:34:15 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: BostonNeocon
If Trump goes down like Nixon did, he’ll still be better than Hillary. We’ll at least have stopped the advance of the proggie agenda for 4 years.

If President Trump goes down like Nixon did, you might as well quit voting - because you'll be allowed to vote in the future, as long as your man doesn't win.

The Resistards will not forget to rub your nose in the fact that they can remove any candidate of yours that they feel like - even after the fact.

The "impeachers" and the Media are the Flight 93 hijackers, and we're the passengers.

Do the math.

53 posted on 05/30/2017 5:34:18 AM PDT by kiryandil (Americ)
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To: Parley Baer

>>I do not call them Conservatives. A lot of them are on the cheap labor express bandwagon.

I agree. The only thing they are trying to conserve is their bottom line. Conservatism is about preserving a way of life that is largely middle class for all Americans. While I applaud their success and wealth, these fake conservatives are working to destroy the working middle class as much as the Progs on the Left.


54 posted on 05/30/2017 5:46:05 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: advance_copy
There’s two sides to the real conflict. One is globalism, the other is Americanism. Conservative globalism is still just globalism. Many of those who we’ve allied with against the left over the years are just globalists. They hate Donald Trump because he is an Americanist.

Bingo!

55 posted on 05/30/2017 5:59:51 AM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: enumerated

Great post.


56 posted on 05/30/2017 6:01:24 AM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: DoughtyOne
He misses quite a few points here, not just the "Trump is flawed, but..." stuff.

Not everything he says is horrible, that article has some decent things to say, it's just way too soft. Your vanity was something he should have emulated (very good btw).

I do think Prager misses it big time with the nevertrumpers. None of them had that much in their bank accounts to do what they did. I appreciate that some of them (like Dennis), came back. But for those who haven't yet, bah humbug. They need to admit they were wrong. Now. Or be called out for the phonies they are.

Pretty simple, Dennis missed that, and should know better.

57 posted on 05/30/2017 6:07:58 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: Lakeshark

I noticed old Prager didn’t list the crack down at the border as an accomoplishmsnt.....


58 posted on 05/30/2017 6:13:25 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: BostonNeocon
"But to sit back and let Hillary win would be tantamount to not charging the cockpit in Flight 93."

I really like the analogy...I use it offen..

:)

59 posted on 05/30/2017 6:18:24 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: BostonNeocon
"But to sit back and let Hillary win would be tantamount to not charging the cockpit in Flight 93."

I really like the analogy...I use it offen..

:)

That should be.. I'll use it often.....

60 posted on 05/30/2017 6:20:26 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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