Posted on 03/31/2011 12:00:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Are social conservatives so unhappy with the current flock of 2012 GOP contenders that they might turn to Donald Trump?
That's what some top evangelical leaders, including former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed, tell the Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody.
Trump, who has made headlines in recent days for his sudden embrace of birther conspiracies about President Obama, has been almost equally vocal about his surprisingly conservative views. Among other things, Trump has come out against same sex marriage and said he's against abortion--two stances that have evangelicals "intrigued," according to Brody....
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Say goodnight Donald.
I was so relieved to see someone stand up to Bill O. on the birth issue. O’Reilly’s cavalier attitude about that has been disgusting as he declared that HE had investigated it and found that Obama is a citizen..All hot air. The question is why would he do that?
Amen!
This article is the first attempt to discredit Donald Trump for his birther stand.
It is trying to associate Trump with Evangelicals (which in the mind of the media equates with ‘extremists’). Mentioning Reed and ‘birther’ close to each other is a dead giveaway. And it doesn’t matter what Trump thinks of them; the media is trying to say ‘oh look at the type of people the like Trump!’
I’m sure there are many others out there who are ‘intrigued’ by Trump, but this article has chosen Evangelicals and Reed.
Expect more articles like this, as the Democrat smear machine goes to the max.
I think Trump will be hard to discredit though.
This article is the first attempt to discredit Donald Trump for his birther stand.
It is trying to associate Trump with Evangelicals (which in the mind of the media equates with ‘extremists’). Mentioning Reed and ‘birther’ close to each other is a dead giveaway. And it doesn’t matter what Trump thinks of them; the media is trying to say ‘oh look at the type of people that like Trump!’
I’m sure there are many others out there who are ‘intrigued’ by Trump, but this article has chosen Evangelicals and Reed.
Expect more articles like this, as the Democrat smear machine goes to the max.
I think Trump will be hard to discredit though.
...”Ill vote for the person with enough sense to at least talk the talk”...
“Talk the talk and walk the walk”..It would be so refreshing and uplifting to see that for real.
Christians should stay away from Trump. Heck, I doubt he is even very conservative.
I recall candidate Barack Obama claiming he was 'against gay marriage' but his actions as president starkly belie that assertion. It's just too easy for a candidate (or potential candidate, in Trump's case) to say they're pro-life, anti-gay marriage, fiscally conservative, etc and then turn 180 degrees if elected, as many politicians have done. Donald Trump is an interesting character and he may yet be a force in the 2012 Republican primaries, but for now, I'm cautiously cynical about his seriousness and his alleged conservative political/social views. I can recall Trump on TV, just a few years ago (2007) bashing George W. Bush as "the worst president, ever". Now Trump is a 'conservative'? Odd, that. Donald Trump is a lifelong New Yorker and he likes to be liked - by everyone, especially the powerful, of whom he considers himself an equal - or better. That is usually fatal for a politician because they try to please both the (political) right and the (political) left - and end up pleasing no one. We don't need any more RINO's, panderers or wind-testers as the GOP presidential candidate. Been there, done that, regretted it.
SO... he is a good organizer?
lol
...”We need someone who will wage war on the liberals, and then wage war on the government. Thus far, only Trump has even begun to make rumblings of wanting to do both”...
I so totally agree with you!
That happened the day he first thought about running for President and will likely end the day after the election.
LOL!
Yet Trump is just fine with things like amnesty himself. Refusing to acknowledge those things does not make Trump a conservative.
Trump is PT Barnum and the suckers are reaching for their wallets.
Anotherwords he’s still more pro-gun than the hugely popular on FR Gov. Christie of New Jersey?
As of right now, no challenger to Obama has emerged to participate in the Pubbie primary who is opposed to amnesty/a path to citizenship/whatever you want to call it.
If that’s what you’re voting on, we’ll be sure to thank you during Obama’s second term because Donald the clown isn’t going to win.
Show me where Gov. Palin is pro-amnesty.
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