Posted on 02/02/2016 8:41:04 AM PST by Kaslin
How any female in America could support Donald Trump, the American version of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, is beyond me.
Call me old school, but I have a real problem electing a man to public office who the Washington Post reported has a "Twitter feed and history of public comments" describing women as a "dog," "fat" and "disgusting." Even still, some conservatives give him a pass.
I know. We're electing a president, not a pastor. Or at least that's what we hear from certain evangelical leaders who think it's okay to endorse a "Biblically-illiterate strip club owner" who trades his wives in for newer models, as Freedom Outpost described in their January 27 column.
How about electing a president with principles, that is, assuming principles still matter?
Sure, presidents are just people who put their pants on one leg at a time like we do, but am I asking too much to have a president who has a history of keeping his pants on? Conservatives had a lot to say about Bill Clinton's improprieties when he was in office and they still do. In 1994, the LA Times reported the late evangelist Jerry Falwell, Sr. marketed a video "featuring an assortment of allegations involving President Clinton ranging from sexual misconduct to murder..." My, how far from the tree some have fallen.
Boasting about his sexual exploits with married women in his book "The Art of the Comeback," Trump bragged, "If I told the real stories of my experiences with women, often seemingly very happily married and important women, this book would be a guaranteed best-seller..." Trump's appeared on the Howard Stern show multiple times discussing his female conquests in a way that might even make Bill Clinton blush. Maybe.
It's odd that prominent evangelicals like Dr. Jerry Falwell, Jr. endorsed a man who once said he couldn't recall ever seeking God's forgiveness, saying he just tries "to make it right...I don't bring God into that picture..." It's amazing these leaders actually believe an unprincipled man who seems to have no problem breaking marital vows and brags about helping married women break theirs would keep his promise to be a defender of Christianity.
Trump's decision to not participate in the Fox News-Google debate simply because he believes he was treated unfairly by a female is troubling in that it displays how terribly self-involved he is and vindictive toward whomever he perceives as his "enemy." Narcissism is a huge character flaw conservatives notice in President Obama, but with Trump, not so much. America needs a leader who loves America more than he loves himself.
Given the recent evangelical Christian endorsements, it's starting to get lonely out there as a believer, but I cannot in good conscience endorse Trump - even if I am the last Christian standing. Yes, I will vote, because that's my duty as an American. But I cannot endorse a man who spent his lifetime supporting progressives and espousing just about everything I don't believe, while simultaneously gaming the political system to pad his wallet. I also have grave concerns about his mean-spirited, uncontrolled speech and relentless flip-flopping.
Of course, no candidate is perfect. But some are less flawed than others. Let us remember that "earthly" kings and presidents will always fall short. The longing we have inside for justice and righteousness will never be satisfied by looking at another human. So look up. Seek truth and don't allow anger to overcome reason or common sense.
Even as distasteful as a Trump Presidency is for me to consider, I am reminded that Jesus, who was known as a friend of sinners, would seek an audience with Donald Trump to remind him that there is a reason why it is easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle than a rich man to find peace with God. If Trump found that peace, he might be unstoppable.
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The trumpet chorus will be here to excoriate you for your ‘error’ shortly.
Money quote:
Narcissism is a huge character flaw conservatives notice in President Obama, but with Trump, not so much. America needs a leader who loves America more than he loves himself.
” I have learned it is entirely possible for a woman to think like a man but it is not instinctive.”
That’s the problem with believing that lesbians are just born that way.
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Are you looking to ‘hit’ on her?
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Anyone who followed the campaign so far--Trump doesn't attack someone first. He's the kind of person who'd rather say about EVERYBODY, "I love him" "I love her" "A good person"...that stops only when that person attacks HIM. I'm kinda like that too---I'd much rather be complimentary and praising of people.
Finally---women attack, quite successfully with their sharp tongues and quick minds and cutting words. They can't beat you up (generally) but they can cut you worse than a knife with words. When they've done that to Trump, he hasn't responded by punching one out, of course, but rather joining the fray of WORDS. Men can't hit women! It would be just wrong. So when our wife or a woman in our life slices us to pieces with her words, we don't and we can't use our male advantage of brawn. Trump's just not afraid to engage in kind.
Both men and women can learn to integrate heart with head. Either does not need to be the exclusive province of one gender.
The bible shows only one instance of Jesus crying. But when He did, the Greek word used (if I remember correctly) is one depicting great sobs. And when He had bawled His eyes out, so to speak, then His second greatest recorded miracle transpired (his first was dying on the Cross for us and then being resurrected). The seemingly hopelessly dead and rotting Lazarus came back to life, healthy and not a zombie.
I am a fellow who has experienced more heart awareness than most guys. But yet I have not become effeminate, with no reason. I have the logic of a computer programmer. However I have more premises to work with — over the years I have learned to integrate my thinking with my feeling. Perhaps it would be fair to say my center is outside of both regions — in the Lord to whom I have learned to bow.
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Sensible people already know that Trump cannot fix the country. To fix, one must have intimate knowledge of how it worked before it broke.
Trump did his share willingly to break it. He never cared for the beauty of its structure; only for the ways he could change it toward his purpose.
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I am merely saying what the bible logically applies to annie in her situation.
Hey, Susan——|
Do you support voting for Shrillary just because she is female???
Sure sounds like it.
We have seen what you call beauty and it is a horrible vanity private to you. You will violate all manner of logic to defend that, too. Get thee behind us, Satan.
Did I mention GOD in my post, I must have slept while typing or something?
But do tell, just how did that conversation go with GOD. What'd HE say? Normally most people like to share their experiences with God, so be kind enough to tell us, OK?
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Anyone here that is sufficiently deluded to believe that you have the slightest idea what God thinks is in a severe crisis today, just like you.
annieokie gets it!
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With the kind of God you project, ever ready to sniff and suspect the worst when not even demonstrated, why WOULD Donald want it? That kind of God wouldn’t forgive him... think about it, lady.
Translation: If Zathras (or any other Trump supporter) hasn't heard of her, she doesn't deserve to be heard.
What a perfect illustration of the Trumpian thought process! People only matter if Trump or his minions say they matter.
BTW, please note that on all these threads that don't genuflect to the image of Trump, the Trump followers are unable to make any cogent arguments to defend their candidate against the points made by the non-Trump person. They just jump in with snark and hateful remarks. One of their favorite and most predictable tactics is to diss the source.
I'm betting that Zathras thought his/hers was actually a clever post. (Roll eyes here.) I say, if Trump's so great, why not construct a civilized and orderly argument for why the things being said against him don't hold water? Perhaps because there's no argument to be made? Or is it because they want to be more like their leader?
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He seems to think that he actually is God.
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Yep, she gets it from Satan and so do many other accusers here.
Nobody’s perfect. But it takes a genius to come up with accusations stretching past the evidence on just ONE party in a situation that has many sinners in it. You share that genius.
You act as though you do.
However with Paul I state “And I think I have the mind of Christ.” That’s a different thing. This is what God shares with the willing. He hasn’t shared any of it with you; you have not left room for it.
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“Us?”
You are all alone here!
You really do seem to think that you are God.
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LOL!
Perhaps I am the one with the most mind of Christ in this thread. I do not shy away from wondering that. This place tends to draw trolls like crap draws flies. And you are chief among them. Your very childish taunt in your tag proves it even further.
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