Posted on 03/24/2017 4:32:05 PM PDT by EveningStar
Laz, you’re quick with the absolution but then I get the feeling that one day you might be in the position to appreciate such a thing.
I was a Cruzer but leaned Trump when it was apparent there was no chance Cruz could make the cut.
My apolitical Wife was a Trumpster from the get go which surprised the heck out of me.
Now I’m the guy driving around Southern CA with “TRUMP 45” Vanity Plates on my Car.
that there is a rather skimpy anemic looking crow. Gonna have to send you one of them grain fed fat ones we have around here.
I was a Ted Cruz gal. But, I was never really opposed to Trump. What turned me into a vigorous supporter was Mike Pence’s acceptance speech for the Vice Presidency. It was the first time I heard that DJT was going to repeal the Johnson Amendment. The Johnson Amendment was an amendment to the tax code that made any otherwise tax-exempt organization, especially Churches, ineligible for tax exemption if they participated in political discourse.
This amendment effectively silenced our clergy from commenting on political subjects.
We had numerous Christians running for President, including Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum. None of them even mentioned or suggested repealing that amendment. Trump is not an evangiecal Christian. Yet, with only a year of involvement in politics, he learned about this amendment and immediately determined that it silenced the moral conscience of our nation and determined that it needed to be repealed.
That was the moment when I realized that Donald J. Trump is the desperately needed President of the United States. That is when Donald Trump trumped Ted Cruz and won not only my acceptance, but my fervent support as the only man to lead our nation.
I thought he did a great job on Doral.
... You asked.
You listen to the press and pundits too much. Wait and see the FINAL result of the healthcare bill. He hands people rope to hang themselves, he is not going to give us Ryancare.
He is literally a street fighter. He jumped out of his limo to save a guy being beaten with a baseball bat. That takes huge balls.
That’s because Trump loves America. He recognizes that our Christian heritage is very important.
I wasn’t sold on Trump initially, but his brash patriotism brought me around. The deciding factor for me was the inexplicable absence of even one single disgruntled employee looking for their fifteen minutes of fame. Having grown up in business, this silence spoke louder than any slick Wallstreet ad campaign.
The couple employees’ self-produced videos portrayed Trump as a sensitive personable employer, who gave regular people repeated opportunities for success. Their visceral defense of Trump in response to the vicious lies spread by the opposition was a model of pathetic rhetoric.
Trump is a man who inspires people to greatness and one who appreciates people regardless of position or status. His interactions with staff personify the work ethic that built America:
“Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.”
Proverbs 22:29
As Trump was running for office the events reminded me growing up pheasant hunting on this farm near Sheridan Oregon. I would be walking along this fence row as a bored fourteen-year-old. Out in the field was this enclosure where the farmer was raising turkeys. As we got adjacent to it and no one was looking, I hurled a rock into the enclosure just to see the birds squawk and run about. To me Trump was the rock and the turkeys were all the other politicians. However, I was convinced that come November I would have to choose among the turkeys.
But then Trump got nominated and I had to decide where my vote should go. Clinton was out of the question, because at Bengasi she and those surrounding her had proved their lethal incompetence, and her criminality had been proved by how she handled her emails. The Republicans were valueless because their moto had become, “Vote for us we are just as good as the Democrats”.
Since the political parties could no longer claim my allegiance, the only principle left to me was the value I placed on the oath I took as a Navy officer to support and defend the Constitution. Trump was at least willing to commit to appointing judges that would adhere to my oath. Now no political commitment should ever be considered sacrosanct, and I had no one to vote for. I chose to vote against the objectively demonstrated evil and that left Trump as the only viable option on the ballet. I could have chosen a minor candidate, but that would have been an abstention and not a vote against.
Now that Trump has been inaugurated, I find nearly everyone who can claim membership in the traditional governing elite is against him. The media, academia, and politicians both Republican and Democrat continually express the same severe animosity and contempt towards him they have always shown towards me and those I revere. As a result, I am beginning to develop an affection for the man.
Thy will be done.
I'm all for aborting the willful folly of man.
I respect that
I saw Trump fight early on and that move me from Cruz
The first debate sealed it
I had a Cruz for president sticker in 2009
Cruz comments in Chicago on the Soros rioters disturbed me
The GOP are traitors by and large
That bill was not pro military.. in fact it targeted veterans for substandard care via the management amendment. Veterans would lose tax credits if they did not go to the VA.. I feared I and hundreds of vets I know would be marched to the VA gulag if it came right down to it. But illegals and other subsidy folks got no such marching orders. Thank God for Rep Meadows for revealing trumps true colors on the military veterans.
I don’t listen to press at all - internet only. I was down over other (small) problems, shouldn’t have posted. That said, I wouldn’t miss Ryan 1 second, but overall, you are right, thanks.
Manic depression crushes my soul,
I know what I want, I just don’t know how to
go about getting it. - Jimi Hendriz
I never liked it when Trump called Ted that. I thought it was classless, and I still do.
I was always going to vote for the Republican nominee, but I didn’t know if I wanted it to be Trump or Rubio.
Trump was a little too thin skinned for me AND I detested how he insulted Carly Fiorina’s looks. That’s not what a candidate for President should do. I was also quite sure that Rubio would stop the flood of illegals.
Anyway, on Nov 8th, this Georgia Gal voted straight Republican(as usual). I am very happy with Trump and love how aggressive he is about border control.
No other President would have been this aggressive, that’s for damn sure!
You were sure that Rubio would stop the flow of illegals, the gang of eight Rubio,ok.....
Yes, I believe Rubio was/and is sincere about stopping the flood of illegals.
Is he anxious to deport the ones already here(other than criminals/gang members)? NO.
But I’m quite confidant Rubio wants to turn off the faucet.
I hear ya. I think we’re in agreement.
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