Posted on 01/22/2016 11:40:24 AM PST by Teacher317
That is what I am saying. If Trump does not win, they will force Bush on us.
I have been Cruz/Trump....Trump/Cruz from the beginning.
They will hug it out after a tough Primary fight and come together to beat HillaryC.
Priceless! Fun read. You sound as forthright and honest as TRUMP, actually. He pleads Guilty as charged, to everything. Thx
The main thing is to win in 2016. Stop the socialist juggernaut.
It’s been tried before. See: McLame’s “Campaign Finance Reform” and what ultimately befell it.
I support Cruz.
I WAS SUPPORTING Trump as 2nd choice.
However, I will not vote Trump if he is the candidate.
Why? I have listened carefully to what he has said and looked at his history and do not trust him.
Further, his behavior has so alienated me that I actively and aggressively dislike him.
Polls say 30% of Republicans feels as I do. However, many will end up voting for him probably.
Either you like his political philosophy or you don't. It shouldn't have anything to do with trying to get back at his detractors. So far as Palin is concerned, she trashed herself.
They've been that way since January 2015.
I'm generally laying low until March, I expect they will have run out of venom by then. Fifteen months is long enough.
Fill me in. What did JR say that was ignored? Something with regard to Sarah Palin?
Considering the definition of “conservative” seems to be very SUBJECTIVE...I could go for either Trump or Cruz because they are pro-America. I think BOTH of these men want our country in a better place.
I puke when I read comments about “most conservative” or “not conservative enough”. Dems are COUNTING on that reaction and boy there are hard-core purist perfects that are playing right into their hands.
I stand for Trump.
I reserve any comments on Cruz, since the primaries are not yet.
(BTW, in my State of Louisiana, Jindal will still be on the primary ballot, as of this writing.)
I do NOT want a furtherance of Socialism/Communism in my America.
I do NOT want a furtherance of insertions of mohammedans/illegal invaders in my America.
The rest is all in the unfinished recipe.
I’m having trouble seeing how I could support Trump. I had an open mind and was willing to give him a hard look. He lost me a few weeks ago when he attacked Cruz and Scalia from the left on the same weekend.
He has recently doubled down on the side of Big Government on Kelo (eminent domain for big business to create higher tax revenue), crony ethanol mandates, illegal snooping (NSA), and import duties (more taxes and another chance to reward crony companies chosen by the government).
Now he is coming out on the side of Turtle McConnell and against Cruz standing up to the Washington cartel.
His past support of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their family crime syndicate is unacceptable to me. I don’t care what business deal he was trying to swing.
This is the best chance in 35 years to elect a true conservative for president. I’m having trouble seeing how I could settle for someone who appears to to the left of John McCain and Mitt Romney.
We need to be able to come together at some point or Yeb (or one of his cronies)will be the candidate
“You would have a better chance of successfully herding cats than you will trying to get conservatives to coalescse around one candidate.”
Which is why the Dems keep winning.
I’m also in a May primary state. However, our convention delegate selection process starts next month and Cruz folks are well organized to lock up delegates. (Delegates are required to adhere to primary results for the first ballot, but after that anyone is fair game.)
I support Cruz.
I will vote for Trump if he is the eventual candidate.
But my main concerns about Trump are as follows:
He is not actually terribly conservative or statesman-like.
It’s OK to undo Obama’s Executive Orders but to go around Congress with new Executive Orders is not, and Trump might do just that.
Trump is masterful at handling the media...
Trump would probably be better at convincing/coercing companies to bring manufacturing back to the USA.
My biggest fear about Trump is his Supreme Court nominees. The SC is aging and the next president may get to pick 4. Cruz would try very hard to give us 4 good conservative picks. With Trump we’d probably get 2 good picks and 2 horrible picks. Depending on who retires or dies that could be catastrophic to our republic.
Both Cruz and Trump would “bomb the sh** out of ISIS”, which is good. But in other future yet unknown conflicts I’m confident that Cruz would be very careful while I fear that Trump has a tendency to shoot from the hip and might do something rash. Neither man would just capitulate like Obama has.
I see it's becoming the new meme, I wonder who put out the talking point?
This cheap therapy is appreciated.
I agree with your Statement 100%
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