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How Trump Bought the Conservative Movement
Accuracy in Media ^
| February 16, 2016
| Cliff Kincaid
Posted on 02/17/2016 12:54:38 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: Captain Peter Blood
“He did not buy a failed movement. He ignored all the Ideology and Philosophies and moves us toward practical politics and solutions.”
Not all of us are going to join the Trumpeteers and become liberal democrats under a new title. I don’t know what banner the Trump movement will end up with, Republican or Conservative, but I won’t be under it. I suspect he’ll gravitate back to the democrats, especially if he doesn’t get the Republican nomination. For years I’ve viewed the Republican party as the path to election for Conservatives. We may end up with a viable Conservative third or fourth party after this debacle.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:33:51 PM PST
by
duffee
(CRUZ 2016)
To: Captain Peter Blood
There has never been one Conservative movement. The idea is pure fallacy. Why? Because we all have different priorities, and do not always--much to my personal sorrow--work together as we should, if we would really try to turn America back to her roots.
For my admittedly inadequate effort to be a peace maker between warring factions: Support For Trump & Cruz.
Trump is more Conservative, instinctively, than most of those who claim to be in the "Conservative Movement." He is admittedly new to the activist phase, and makes some mistakes in explaining his position. But the man is actually very Conservative in his basic orientation. Give him a little time to work out the inconsistencies.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:34:19 PM PST
by
Ohioan
To: TXSearcher
“I have to agree with you.”
Just look at the comments on this site from Trump supporters about Conservatives. It’s pretty obvious.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:36:57 PM PST
by
Durbin
To: orinoco
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:36:58 PM PST
by
Heartlander
(Prediction: Increasingly, logic will be seen as a covert form of theism. - Denyse O'Leary)
To: catnipman
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:37:42 PM PST
by
Jay Thomas
(If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
To: biff
Sorry, but when it counted, Trump spoke the loudest on immigration.
I was excited when Cruz entered the race first. He should of taken the opportunity to define the agenda.
He didn’t, Trump did.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:40:05 PM PST
by
Jay Thomas
(If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
To: caww
To: duffee
Trump is the battering ram into a new era of Nationalism and Americans first. If he screws it up we will dump him and move on. This phony solidarity of the Establishment Republicans ( Cruz being one too) can't go on much longer. It will fall apart and more Nationalists will appear. Trump, or what Trump says he is, is the tip of the ice berg.
To: duffee
If Democrats wish to win the White House in 2016, they should vote for and elect Trump.Once past the Republican primary, if Trump is convinced he will build a larger coalition by moving to the left, he will. As Jimmy Carter said,Trump is malleable. He will dump his current base of supporters for a much larger base among the general population like he would a loose female after a one night stand. If Democrats will take him as he is now, they will be able to effectively flip him back into a New York Democrat even if he has a Republican label. The far left will never like him but he will trow them enough bones to even make Code Pink happy once in awhile. However, as far as principles, moral, and constitutional issues go, he will stake out the mushy middle and use the old Clintonian triagulation to try and keep popular support as high as he can. Using the art of making a deal, he will firm up support from the leftover establishment on the left and the right. He will not be an ideologue, but a broker to bring establishment powers at the top of the left and right together; and as for the people, Schl__g them.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:42:23 PM PST
by
inpajamas
(Texas Akbar!!!!!!!)
To: GodGunsGuts
Trump has “paid” freepers on here trashing Cruz with lies and promoting Trump 2.0
2.0 is the Conservative Trump. 1.0 is the or choice donate money to multiple liberals, Trump.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:43:28 PM PST
by
proudpapa
(trusTed!)
To: duffee
How ridiculous? Trump is very far from being a Liberal Democrat. It was the second Bush Administration which abandoned what had been traditional Republican Conservative principles on trade, foreign affairs & the size of Government. That Trump has called them out on that, on issues where Republicans are now expected to tow a nonsensical line, is to his credit.
I will agree that he picked the wrong line of attack on the gross mistakes of the Bush Administration, in the Near East. But he understands the origins of the present mess. To understand what was wrong with George W.'s understanding of American purpose, see the juxtaposition of Washington's wisdom with the errant folly in the Bush II Second Inaugural Address: Bush/Washington Debate. (Note how truly relevant are the passages from Washington, quoted; how absurd the Bush misuse of the word "freedom"; etc..
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:43:42 PM PST
by
Ohioan
To: Jay Thomas
Cruz proposed the wall in 2013 several years before Trump said anything about a wall.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:45:36 PM PST
by
inpajamas
(Texas Akbar!!!!!!!)
To: proudpapa
please provide evidence for your mallicious allegation
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:45:55 PM PST
by
Thibodeaux
(leading from behind is following)
To: dead
“Looking at his long history of supporting government/business partnerships (taxpayer money propping up business) and his support for horrific decisions like Kelo, to me it appears that Trump is the biggest big overreaching government candidate in the race, with the possible exception of Sanders. His very recent rhetoric does nothing to make me see it otherwise.”
Exactly right. Trump is not a Conservative or a “populist”, he’s a big government liberal democrat and an OPPORTUNIST. Trump wins, democrats and big government win. He’s the fox in the hen house, the wolf in sheep’s clothing. Whether or not he wins the republican party is changed, or at least more exposed.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:46:27 PM PST
by
duffee
(CRUZ 2016)
To: catnipman
Ted Cruz stood up, and Trump’s supporters treat him like crap for it.
To: Durbin
Trump didnât buy the Conservative movement. Heâs turning people against it.The "conservative" movement sold us out.....Nicky Haley is just the latest example.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:49:45 PM PST
by
Las Vegas Ron
("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
To: GodGunsGuts
Do we really need a conservative President, don’t we already have a whole Congress full of Conservatives?
They are already making sure the President doesn’t get to enact a Liberal agenda, and I expect they will continue to do so.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:52:02 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
( (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
To: Las Vegas Ron
“The “conservative” movement sold us out.....Nicky Haley is just the latest example.”
Nicky Haley isn’t a Conservative.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:55:55 PM PST
by
Durbin
To: GodGunsGuts
If the GOP and other repukelicans pull their head out of their 3rd point of contact; they would realize that TRUMP is what happens when there is no leadership.
Hey, I’d vote for the guy over any rat, any day, but I will never fully endorse the man. He is a symptom to a much bigger problem.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:56:38 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
To: Durbin
Thatâs pretty obvious now.Yeah, they see the "conservative" movement was not conservative at all.
We're tired of getting the knife in the back over and over.
Don't believe me, watch what they do with Obama's new SCOTUS appointment, then tell me why I should keep voting for them.
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posted on
02/17/2016 1:59:56 PM PST
by
Las Vegas Ron
("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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