Posted on 06/23/2015 11:55:32 AM PDT by Jack Black
He’s dismissed by the political professionals, but there is no denying that the appetite for Donald Trump among Republican primary voters is real.
The New York developer and reality television star is second among 2016 presidential candidates in a new Suffolk University poll of New Hampshire Republicans – behind only former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
The poll of 500 likely GOP presidential primary voters found 14% back Mr. Bush. Mr. Trump is right behind at 11%. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio come next, with 8% and 7%, respectively. The poll tested 19 GOP candidates – a rare survey that included ultra-longshots like Mark Everson and former Govs. Bob Ehrlich and Jim Gilmore.
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LOL SO?
Trump makes a farce out of the republican party.
He is neither a Christian conservative, nor a constitutional conservative.
He is a leftist liberal and would be better off running as a D.
Early surges portend later falls.
Blue Hampshire
WHAT??? Boehner with his Gestapo techniques makes a farce of the Republican Party. McConnell who doesn't even hide his disdain for anything but personal enrichment makes a farce out of the Republican Party. All those who voted them into positions of power make a farce out of the Republican Party. All of those supposed constitutional conservatives who BEGGED us for votes and donations then backstabbed us made a farce out of the Republican Party.
How can Trump or anyone else make a farce out of a farce?
I suspect that this person hasnt had a look at what happened in the Senate today.
Or maybe, might be one of the many liberal plants that inhabit this site these days.
I “assume” you are referring to me as “this person.”
So, to what “look at what happened in the Senate today” would make Donald Trump either a Christian conservative or a constitutional conservative.
And also, why would my dislike of Trump, for the points I have mentioned, make me a liberal plant?
Compared to the Progressive Republican majority who just voted to sell all of us down the NWO river Donald Trump looks like a hard shell conservative.
The Republican party is a farce but its not because of Donald Trump.
He’s the male version of Sarah Palin. When he files his FEC paperwork, his election paperwork and his financial disclosure, then I’ll believe he’s running. Otherwise, he’s dead to me.
“Blue Hampshire”
Interesting.. thanks,
They did show him in the audience at a Dr David Jeremiah conference in NYC last year.
But the Republican Party almost never runs either constitutional conservatives or Christian conservatives for President, do they?
Romney was neither, McCain was neither. Bush did not appear to take the Constitution into consideration that frequently. Unlike Obama (who claims to be a Constitutional Law Professor) he did not seem to flagrantly violate it every day, but still it did not appear to be animating his decisions on a daily basis. And neither did his Christian faith. I guess one could say his "compassionate conservatism" was driven by his sense of Christian charity or something.
Pat Robertson ran as the Christian Conservative alternative to the more secular and pragmatic George H.W. Bush in 1988, and failed to win the nomination.
Reagan was (I would say) more of a cultural conservative and fiscal conservative then either a Constituional or Christian conservative, though certainly he supported both those institutions better than other Presidents in our lifetime. Bob Dole? Nixon? Jerry Ford?
I would say Goldwater was a Constitutional Conservative, so there is on counter-example. (And, of course, he was crushed.)
So you are saying unless the GOP nominates someone unlike the people they always nominate they will be a farce.
I don't buy it. Sorry.
Gary Bauer, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum have made pretty explicit religious appeals in the elections they ran in. All failed to win the nomination.
GOP voters seem to prefer mild Christians and fiscal and cultural conservatives over hard line Christian and Constitutional conservatives. At least that's my read of recent history.
Trump filed with the FEC yesterday.
Thanks! I didn’t see that. Let me go check it out.
“So you are saying unless the GOP nominates someone unlike the people they always nominate they will be a farce.”
Good point... your whole post is well stated.
My point is my preference for candidates is to be strong in these two criteria:
- Christian Conservative
- Constitutional Conservative
We all have degrees to where we place the candidates and at some point when a candidate crosses too far over, then they get crossed of our list.
I believe Trump is so far over on both of my criteria, that he fails as a candidate. To me, he is so far over to the left on both criteria, that I place him with Romney, McCain, and other similar RINOs and liberals.
Trump shows unfortunately that the left isn’t the only side with suckers who care more about talk and speeches rather than action.
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