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To: DannyTN

Why Trump is a conservative

  1. Pro life since at least 2011, wanted to ban partial birth abortion as far back as 2000.
  2. Says no funds for Planned Parenthood, while they do abortions.
  3. Pro Traditional marriage. "Gay rights is not my thing."
  4. Pro capital punishment "Capital punishment isn't uncivilized; murderers living is"
  5. Hold Judges accountable
  6. Opposes "Common core is a diaster" Teach citizenship, quit "dumbing down".
  7. Anti education unions (2000)
  8. For school choice
  9. "Climate Change is a hoax"
  10. "No Cap-and-Tax"
  11. For drilling our own.
  12. On Environment "Good development enhances the environment"
  13. Stressed the importance of a strong family & culture of life (2015)
  14. Supports Israel
  15. Opposes Iran deal and letting Iran obtain the bomb.
  16. Wants to crush ISIS quickly.
  17. Wants a military so strong no one will challenge us.
  18. Against unbalanced trade deals that kill American jobs.
  19. Against warrantless government surveilance of citizens.
  20. Is against having a high national debt. Warns that $24T is a point of no return.
  21. Againt gun control
  22. For assault weapon ban but says the AR-15 shouldn't be considered an assault weapon.
  23. Wants to repeal Obamacare and replace it with market driven polices and increased competition among insurance companies.
  24. Wants to increase military spending.
  25. Will close the border to illegals
  26. Will send the criminals and sponges back.
  27. Will deport all illegals but will let the hard working ones go through the legal process to come back.
  28. Against Anchor babies
  29. Knows unemployment is much higher than official stats.
  30. Will bring jobs back through better trade negotiation.
  31. Attended military academy and Wharton Business School.
  32. Stood up for Birthers and challenged Obama on his fraud.
  33. Believes USA is "the greatest force for freedom the world has ever known"
  34. Wants to honor commitments on Social Security and Medicare, which we can afford to do if he gets the economy going full steam.
  35. Wants to reduce the fraud in disability and other programs.
  36. Against marriage penalties in tax code.
  37. Wants to reduce income taxes and eliminate corporate tax.
  38. Wants to rebuld our infrastructure.
  39. Wants to apply welfare-to-work to 76 other welfare programs (2011)
  40. Doesn't have time for political correctness.
  41. Not afraid to call out either party or both when they are wrong.
  42. Not a puppet to campaign donators.

 


6 posted on 08/26/2015 9:03:23 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

Where does he stand on the Constitution? Inquiring minds want to know?


8 posted on 08/26/2015 9:09:10 AM PDT by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: Helicondelta
3.Pro Traditional marriage. "Gay rights is not my thing."

You forgot the rest of that statement. Trump said that gay rights is "not my thing one way or the other." He doesn't care either way. Turning that into him being in favor of traditional marriage is...a stretch, to say the least.

10 posted on 08/26/2015 9:11:08 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Helicondelta

All that does is reinforce what most anti-Trumpers are saying: That his conservatism magically began in 2011 when he decided he wanted to run for office. It doesn’t prove anything any more than taking Romney’s most recent flip flops in the last election as proof of conservatism does.

Trump’s followers will point to Reagan here as proof that you can change your stripes, and they’re right. The difference though is that Reagan also proved himself as a governor first. He showed that his change of stances were true. Trump isn’t willing to do that though. He wants people to take him at his word with no proof, and that is what bothers us. If this new conservative Trump spent a single term as a governor or even mayor of NYC and showed his conservatism was legitimate, I’d be willing to support him.

The article headline is right though, most of us anti-Trumpers think this matters to his followers. It doesn’t. Most don’t seem to care if he’s a conservative or not as long as he talks tough and fights the establishment.


31 posted on 08/26/2015 12:02:53 PM PDT by Reaper19
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To: Helicondelta

bump


32 posted on 08/26/2015 12:03:17 PM PDT by TheCause ("that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States")
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