For those of you not yet on the Trump Train, I know you don't want to vote for Hillary, but all the pundits have been trying to convince you that Trump's a complete fraud. (That was between their smug assurances that he wouldn't make it out of Iowa.)
It's odd. When Trump launched his campaign by talking about Mexican rapists and the wall, his critics hysterically denounced him, rushing to TV to say he did NOT represent the Republican Party! Only after it became resoundingly clear that large majorities of Americans agreed with Trump did his critics try a new tack: He doesn't believe it!
That's what my friend Andy McCarthy at the now-defunct National Review wrote recently. I had to spend the weekend figuring out how to attack a friend without saying, "This is the most retarded argument I've ever read."
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2016-05-04.html
GOP Changes Its Tune
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Aaron, May 8, 2016.
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Methinks the reports of National Review's demise are a little overstated. But they sure hate them some Trump. It seems like those afflicted with Obama-Derangement-Syndrome are now catching a serious case of Trump-Derangement-Syndrome.
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And I ain't alone.
Our foolish interventionism at unimaginable expense to the taxpayer with borrowed money has created the ideology of ISIS. Period.
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Buckley disliked Trump and saw him for what he is. I don't think that Trump wants or needs conservative votes because he hopes to attract white Democrats.
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Will they never learn!!??
Remember the movie "The Blob"?
The Donald is like the Blob, the more people he "eats" the bigger he gets.
Foolishly (IMO) everyone who opposes him who has the resource (including president Obama) of the social media has doubled and tripled their attack upon him making him ALL THE MORE POPULAR.
Why? Because many or most of those who attack Donald disgust them WORSE than the Donald and voting for him is a form of REVENGE!
I agree with kyreneck : "Get ready to address Donald Trump as 'Mr. President'".
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Baptist Believer Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Not that I am an avid follower, I am not.
However, according to the Constitution:
Now, in the sphere of personal and/or public opinion concerning his qualifications, that is another matter.
There may be other laws or regulations controlling the qualifications of the presidency (e.g. felons disallowed) but I don't think so.
Do you know of any?
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*For those who are about to jump on my reference to his intellectual competence, I am referring to his apparent lack of understanding of our government, our history, our institutions, and the reasons for the policies in which we engage in as a country. That doesn't mean he needs to agree with all of them - I don't agree with a number of policies - but he needs to understand how and why the policies were established to avoid unintended consequences when he seeks to change things. -
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At this point I am neither for nor against the Super-wealthy Trump, but I don't want to be told that he is not a liar and is not a demagogue and did not used to be a playboy.
Here is part of what Buckley said about Trump:
Sharpshooters tracking down demagogy were out there waiting last summer, eyes trained, when Bill Bradley arrived in Iowa. Would he do it? Would he advocate an end to the subsidy of ethanol? Ethanol is the program, excogitated during the Carter Administration, which sought to augment the staying power of a gallon of gasoline by an infusion of ethanol. What happened is that the price of oil went down, and the potential economic value of an ethanol additive turned out to be less than the cost of producing ethanol, and that was many moons ago. . . . What about the aspirant who has a private vision to offer to the public and has the means, personal or contrived, to finance a campaign? In some cases, the vision isn’t merely a program to be adopted. It is a program that includes the visionary’s serving as President. Look for the narcissist. The most obvious target in today’s lineup is, of course, Donald Trump. When he looks at a glass, he is mesmerized by its reflection. If Donald Trump were shaped a little differently, he would compete for Miss America. But whatever the depths of self-enchantment, the demagogue has to say something. So what does Trump say? That he is a successful businessman and that that is what America needs in the Oval Office. There is some plausibility in this, though not much. The greatest deeds of American Presidents — midwifing the new republic; freeing the slaves; harnessing the energies and vision needed to win the Cold War — had little to do with a bottom line.
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Let me put on my tinfoil hat for a moment...
Maybe National Review is continuing to slam Trump because they have more visitors and more ad income when they have a Democrat in the Oval Office to slam on. -
It is true however that the Constitution (fortunately or unfortunately - depending on your point of view) makes the only true requirements for the office of the presidency regardless of morality, intellect, religion, etc...
It seems that some talking heads feel as if its up to them alone to determine morality and/or intellect and be the self appointed "elite" and scheme up a situation to thwart the voice of the people who are considered too dumb to make their collective choice.
It is up to we the people to determine the collective choice or rejection for no other reason than our desire no matter what it is. e.g. Romney lost because of his religion (or so we are told).
Once the people have spoken and chosen even the immoral and/or the not so bright - then that individual is the president.
Folks who are unhappy can leave as some have threatened and become another "man without a country".
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Just so everyone will know FWIW, I still am not sure what to do.
It seems that Trump indeed is a wobbly choice for POTUS with flip-flops abounding.
But the alternativ(es) Berny and Billary give me an upset stomach (if I think about it for too long).
Our Primary here in WA is a week away.
I hope the Donald can clarify his positions and STICK to them.
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Seriously, we may have to learn from after-the-fact (or as someone else said "unintended consequences") Trump blunders.
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