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Mark Steyn today...
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The brilliantly funny and morose Mark Steyn!
Steyn seems humorless today, when he is usually full of mirth. So far 30 minutes have gone by and he hasn’t made a single joke. He almost sounds like he really would rather not be doing the show today. Maybe right before the show he saw a bunch of mean things on social media (people really need to stop reading that stuff, as that is where Trump supporters are at their most vile).
It’s strange. Steyn keeps saying there is a civil war between “conservatives”, but the truth is that all conservatives are united behind Cruz. Trump supporters never claim Trump is conservative, nor do they call themselves conservative.
Steyn seems interested only in “who can win” as opposed to who is the best person to win. That’s a troubling sign. What’s the point in Trump winning when he will enact policies identical to Hillary Clinton’s and Marco Rubio’s?
I wonder if right before the show someone said Steyn wasn’t a conservative, as he sounds bitter about it. He has spent the show so far trying to push Trump over the line with phrasing like “he’s not as bad as he seems”.
Steyn sounds mad that people point out that Trump supporters aren’t conservative, and that conservatives aren’t behind Trump. Yet at the same time he says the conservative tent is empty and nobody is in it. Well if there aren’t enough conservatives to care about, why does Steyn care that conservatives aren’t going to vote for Trump?
The only thing bad Steyn can really seem to find to say about Rubio and Kasich is that they said bullying things about Trump (who is himself the biggest bully). Is that all that is important? Whether someone is for or against Trump? What about the Gang of 8?
Steyn is worried about how everyone will be needed to get a Republican elected, but he wants everyone to rally behind Trump. Why not Cruz? The angle of his discussion is that Cruz supporters need to get on board with Trump. Why not Trump supporters getting on board with Cruz? Because Steyn supports Trump.
Steyn keeps getting angry at conservatives and mischaracterizing them. That’s not going to convince conservatives to suddenly support Trump. Conservatism is a set of definable principals, and anyone who knows those principals can determine who is and isn’t following them.
Notice how Steyn isn’t using anything Trump has said or done to convince conservatives to support Trump. Not a single fact or truth about Trump. Just this “we need to win so get behind my canidate” routine. The reason he doesn’t is because everything Trump says and does is obviously not conservative.
Steyn says Cruz has done him wrong because Cruz is unpopular with the establishment in the Senate and only the conservative Senators endorsed Cruz?
Steyn says he doesn’t have a candidate he’s rooting for? Does he think we can’t realize he hasn’t said anything negative about Trump yet but did for every other candidate? He didn’t even seem all that bothered that Trump was suing him. Seems more like he feels honored by it.
To be fair-he griped about Cruz, Rubio and Kasich, too-But none of his complaints were about them coming out in favor of the global warming BS.
Oh well- add it to the list of the Trump inconsistencies.
Now Steyn is trying to say that Cruz doesn’t really mean it when he says truth and facts about Trump. Steyn didn’t provide any proof for this assertion though. In fact, Steyn admitted that he doesn’t know Cruz at all. So why then make this assertion, other than to prop up Trump.
Steyn is right however that Trump only says what he feels he needs to in order to get elected.
Next Steyn is saying only the man who can win largely leftist states can win. The fact that Trump is seen to easily be able to win leftist states is not a good thing. It simply is further proof that Trump is a leftist.
Steyn keeps using language like “Trump supporters” and “anti Trump groups”. Why does he not say Cruz supporters and anti Cruz groups? Seems that for Steyn, Trump is all that matters and anything else needs to get with the leftist program.
Steyn keeps talking about arithmetic as if it is a fait accompli that Cruz won’t be able to get the conservative message out to these leftist states. If the majority of states in America simply reject conservatism, then America is no longer a Constitutional Republic. Does Steyn really believe this? Is the future of America nothing but leftism from now on? If so, I can understand why Steyn sounds so bored doing today’s program.
Steyn thinks that what evangelical leaders do matters to evangelicals.
Evangelicals will abandon people who abandon their principals, whether they are famous leaders or not, they won’t follow them as if evangelicals have a hierarchy. Evangelicals aren’t the Catholic Church.
Anyone can become corrupted and abandon their principals, even famous leaders. At that point, they are removed from leadership by way of evangelicals from then on ignoring them.
I don’t care what Jerry Falwell does.
Steyn must not be a believer as he seems to be happy that Jerry Falwell has supported Trump, purely because Steyn himself wants Trump to win and feels that this will get those stubborn evangelicals to get in line. To Steyn, it doesn’t matter in the least if Trump’s principals are in opposition to the Bible. Trump even went so far as to publicly rejected Jesus.
Apparently though, as long as Trump can win, then his supporters can all finally feel good about themselves and the country, even if Trump does exactly what Hillary Clinton would do, cause none of that fact and truth stuff matters to Trump supporters.
Haha Steyn says to stop looking at the “little things”, but to look at what “matters to you”.
His examples seem to express that anything unfavorable to Trump is “little things” and what “matters to you” should be Trump’s stand on immigration.
It seems that Steyn doesn’t know that Trump has publicly stated that he is malleable on amnesty and immigration and even the wall.
Steyn mentions that ISIS is another subject that “matters to you” but seems to forget that Cruz has the best temperament and policies on this issue.
Steyn mentions the economy “matters to you” but doesn’t mention that Trump’s tariffs will cause another Great Depression.
Steyn mischaracterizes the KKK issue. Trump was very strange in how he handled that situation. It totally looked like Trump was willing to accept anyone who would vote for him, even the KKK. That is a severe sign that Trump has absolutely no morals whatsoever. This isn’t a comforting trait in someone who is running to become the most powerful man in the world.
Steyn just dismissed all the good things he said about Cruz.
After listing out a bunch of Cruz’s good points to a caller Steyn concludes with, “but do you think Cruz can make an emotional connection with the people”. As if Steyn believes Cruz can’t, and that is all that matters.
What in the world? Why is emotional attachment important when discussing a job hiring? We are about to hire a new president, and anyone who hires folk doesn’t do so because of an emotional attachment, they do so based on skills.
The reason Steyn does this is because the only thing Trump has going for him is the irrational emotional cult of personalty he has going for him. Trump supporters have no truth and no facts about Trump to state as a reason for following him. All they have is this religious zeal that having Trump rule over them will finally make them feel good and make the world a better place.
So because Cruz isn’t a demagog and doesn’t have a cult of personalty, “he can’t win” and we have to get behind the leftist Trump so that we can be “winners”.
Wow that is frightening that a pastor was shot simply for being a Cruz supporter. This isn’t a surprise though as Trump has been calling out the Brownshirts for a while now. Of course that this time we don’t know what the motive was.
Sorry Steyn, I’m not going to “get a grip” and “get a priority” by getting on board for Trump just because you “don’t think Cruz can win”. You only feel that way because you want Trump. This won’t change no matter how many times you repeat it today.