A Conservative Case for Donald Trump

Breitbart.com ^ | 25 Jan 2016 | Joel B. Pollak

[Balding_Eagle]

If the only thing Trump does is build the wall and stop the illegal alien inundation, that will be enough for me.

So right you are, because once The Great Wall of Trump is built, the following issues will begin to be resolved:

Jobs

Better wages for us.

Medicaid

Emergency Services

Crime

Anchor babies

Social Security

Overcrowded schools

Less traffic congestion

Fewer auto accidents

Reduced drug running

More room in our jails and prisons

Fewer new diseases.

No more need of "Press 1 for English"

[beandog]

Fortunately, I don’t care about the “Buckley” rule or even Reagans 11th Commandment. I am quite able to decide things for myself without being told what to do.

[stanne]

To beat the Clintons, and that is what we are talking about, here, there has to be a no more mr nice guy approach. There are no conservative who fit that description

[JWinNC]

It’s only possible to use Trump and conservative in the same sentence as long as one is not saying Trump is a conservative.

[stanne]

I like Cruz. Have been watching him since nov 2012 when he said we’re going to get the country back

I’m not seeing him winning the general

[nathanbedford]

we need leadership, not a constitutional scholar.

If you are a conservative you know you cannot have one without the other.

Do you suppose that the founding fathers would entertain the idea for one second that they should have a leader unencumbered by devotion to constitutional ideals? Why do you think they picked Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence? Because they knew he was a leader in because they knew he was grounded in the fundamental political theory of the day which has proved timeless. That is why they picked James Madison, "the father of the Constitution," to be a president of the United States.

A leader who has no constitutional sense is a tyrant. A leader who has no constitutional sense can well be an egomaniac. A current day "leader" without any demonstrated devotion to our Constitution is called "Donald Trump."

[Fiji Hill]

Looks sort of like my desk on a larger scale. That thing on the bottom right looks like a cat—like the one that’s sometimes found on my desk.

[JWinNC]

Hear, hear!

[Fundamentally Fair]

Sorry Cruzers, but I just don't think Ted can win and that's a violation of the Buckley Rule

How so?

Given that the Buckley rule suggest supporting, "the rightward-most viable candidate", and we can only call Mr. Trump Conservative if we believe what he's been saying for the last 9 months vs. any positions prior.

[Kit cat]

Boy it seems we are going to be having another YUGE bash Trump day on this site!!! GO TRUMP!!!

[Rockitz]

William F. Buckley, Jr. ... urged conservatives to support the most conservative candidate who can win.

[Fundamentally Fair]

I know Trump is conservative... he wants to conserve.

Redefining "conservative" may help you feel better, but it doesn't change the fact that Mr. Trump is a NE liberal at heart.

[Fundamentally Fair]

Go check that quote and get back to me.

[IM2MAD]

That thing on the bottom right looks like a cat...

I thought it looked like a robot my grandson had.

[Kit cat]

I don’t think ANY Trump supporters think he is a purist conservative, WE DON’T CARE we held our noses and voted for Romney, McCain now we are going to choose who WE want and WE are NOT backing down regardless of what ANYONE says!!! WE are circling the wagons just like the DEMS do, Cruz can NOT win in general!!!

[Theophilus]

"Jobs" are not a conservative issue.

People create, find, and carry out jobs. It's the way God has created the world and punished us for sin.

Governments do not create jobs and if we get into a policy debate on this we are fighting for a boondoggle from a sand castle.

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

[stanne]

Cruz can’t win general.

[C210N]

Redefining "conservative" may help you feel better

I assure you, no redefining from this poster (see tag).

[hollyweed]

Trump polls worse than Cruz against Hillary. The Buckley rule demands that you support Rubio.

[hollyweed]

RCP average. Clinton v. Trump = Clinton +2.7 Clinton v Cruz = Cruz +1.3 at least be honest.