What makes you think he's not, his campaign rhetoric? Did you also believe Mitt Romney had changed? If not, why do you believe liberal Donald Trump?
How do you know for a FACT that he hasn't become a Conservative who actually will be better for this Country than any of the others?
When have I say I knew anything "for a fact"? I said I did not trust the man and I don't. I don't trust him because his past says he is a liberal.
From what I've seen and heard, he's actually saying in PUBLIC what alot of us are saying around our dinner tables?
And you are free to buy into his campaign rhetoric if you so choose. I'm not that shallow, I look at a candidate's past and consider it also.
People want to believe what they are hearing, Trump cannot be any worse than what we've got.
I'd like to shoot for something far better than just doing better than we've got. I'd like a conservative, not someone with a long liberal past who says what conservatives want to hear during an election cycle. Mitt Romney did the same. Did you fall for his ruse also?
Post the proof you have, or let it go.
Let go defending conservatism in this conservative forum? No, I don't think I will. I certainly won't do it because you told me to. As for proof, while this is enough for me I know the average Trumpbot won't agree. But I don't really give a damn.
1. Trump has been a liberal most of his adult life, registering as a Republican as recently as 2009.
2. Trump has contributed generously to some of the most far left democrats in politics including Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) Anthony Weiner (D-NY), Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Harry Reid (D-NV), Governor Ed Rendell (D-PA), California state attorney general Kamala Harris (D-CA), Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
3. Trump is a crony capitalist, explaining his large contributions to democrats as a necessary tool to conducting business. He apparently believes buying the votes of politicians is an acceptable way of doing business. That, by definition is political corruption. But liberal Donald Trump supports it.
4. Trump supported the ban on "assault weapons", even though there is no such thing as an "assault weapon". Far left anti-gun democrats wanted to ban gun ownership completely. Unable to accomplish that goal they created the term "assault weapon" and applied their own definition for the term so they could ban guns based solely on cosmetic appearances. Being the gullible liberal that he is, Trump both fell for the scheme and supported the ban.
5. As recently as 2013 Trump praised former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg for "Putting his money where his mouth is" in trying to take guns from law-abiding citizens. Michael Bloomberg has spent tens of millions in his quest to disarm America and Donald Trump praised him for it.
6. Trump has been pro-abortion until which time he flirted with running for president. He now claims he no longer is. Believe his campaign rhetoric if you will, but his history says otherwise.
7. While he may claim to be an opponent of Obamacare, Trump is an advocate of single-payer socialized healthcare similar to what is in place in Canada. Yes, Trump supports the worst version of socialized healthcare. He has said, "The Canadian plan also helps Canadians live longer and healthier than America. We need, as a nation, to reexamine the single-payer plan, as many individual states are doing. While we work out details of a new single-payer plan, there are a number of ways to make the health care system now in place work more efficiently."
8. Trump believes in using eminent domain for the taking of private property from US citizens for his personal gain. He proved this when he tried exploiting such laws to take elderly widow Vera Coking's property so he could build a parking lot for limousines. Fortunately, the widow prevailed. He also said he supported the United States Supreme Court's Kelo decision which resulted in the taking of private land from a private party so Pfizer Pharmaceuticals could build a plant. That family lost their land and to date nothing has been built on it. It should be noted that conservatives Rehnquist, Thomas and Scalia all voted against this rotten scheme. Liberals on the court supported it, as did liberal Donald Trump.
9. Trump has said the economy does better under democrat control (we're $18 trillion in debt and climbing thanks to the dems). He also said George W. Bush was the worst president this country has ever had. Worse than the lying rapist Bill Clinton? In the mind of Donald Trump, that answer is YES because he has also said of the past four presidents, Bill Clinton was his favorite.
10. As of 2009, Donald Trump is a registered Republican. But in an interview with CNN's Wolfe Blitzer, Trump said, "I probably identify more as a democrat." His record above lends credence to that comment. You are supporting and putting your trust in a liberal.
Summed up, while Donald Trump may be saying and doing things that appeal to conservatives, he is a lifelong liberal who only now claims to be conservative. That considered, he is just like any other liberal in that he cannot be trusted.
Thats was a really good assessment (of DONALD TRUMP)-South40....
I feel the same mystery is why freepers of all places fall generally for this clap trap.. of TRUMP..
When much of what he says is ECHOing Ted Cruz..
Does D.TRUMP care about the US.. Constitution?.. like Ted Cruz DOES?..
The obvious answer is for most of his life is ..NO..
Stone hard democrat even tho sometimes gave to RINOs..
AND IF NO.. How bizarre is TRUMPs deep philosophy?..
The real question (no one is asking) is, is TRUMP a Republican OR A RINO?..
A RINO with a get out of SLIME CARD on Free Republic..
AND further ( IF ) a RINO why not a democrat...
HAS Free Republic changed that much that a RINO can be touted as a Conservative?..
Has “the Brains” been sucked out of many Freepers?.
If so TRUMP is a wizard.. casting a spell..
Even Romney was vetted more fully..
Rand Paul treat more harshly..
On Free Republic there must be a “GULLIBILITY VIRUS”
Infecting many with PollyAnna symptoms..
I’m not arguing your points, I’m simply of the opinion that someone who knows how to run International businesses, can do just as good as a career politician can, and lest we forget Ronald Reagan who I admired for so many reasons also held “liberal” views AND donated to liberals in his time on earth.
I’m saying people CAN change, but I’ll say it this way.
Don’t call people Trumpbots, that doesn’t sound “Conservative” that sounds like a Liberal scared that Trump might actually do what he says, I din’t tell you to shut up, I simply said let it go. People aren’t gonna be swayed by your running off at the mouth.