Posted on 03/09/2016 7:33:30 AM PST by Vigilanteman
No I didn’t hate the voters. I just bucked up and voted for McCain and Romney. I was a upset Santorum didn’t win in 2012, but many hated him more on free republic then they do trump. That’s a fact.
“I just bucked up and voted for McCain and Romney.”
So you were stuck voting for the lesser of two evils. But hey, it’s the will of the people.
You do know Pinochet, while righting the Chile economy, had a LOT of blood on his hands and is commonly referred to as a dictator. THAT's the kind of leader you seek?
Yeah kinda that way for over 200 years. Those pesky voters were allowed to vote. What were the founders thinking? Lol.
“Yeah kinda that way for over 200 years. Those pesky voters were allowed to vote.”
And others aren’t forced to vote. Which is where I stand. And yes, the Founders were amazing.
Possibly, but they would likely want it on THEIR southern border, not ours.
Cool. We can win without you. Trump is bringing in voters who haven’t voted since they voted for Reagan. It is amazing.
“Cool. We can win without you.”
Yeah, I’ve heard that a bunch of times. But at the same time I’m credited for Obama winning his 2nd term. Just don’t come on here blaming me when Trump loses the general.
Non-politician Presidents fall into two categories:
Military - I wont’ list them, it’s a mixed bag of awesome and awful with Washington on one end and Jackson at the other.
Non-Military
The only two in the modern era were Herbert Hoover and Howard Taft. (Very interesting in light of the current Primary season)
The somewhat Trump-like - Herbert Hoover
An engineer who wanted to make government more efficient.
He increased Tariffs and the top tax bracket.
The economy tanked for multiple reasons including the two listed above. He is forever tied to the great depression.
The somewhat Cruz-like Howard Taft
A Jurist and statesman.
Reduced Tariffs, more of a ‘globalist’ by today’s reckoning than Hoover.
Actually caused a break up of the republican party by going after the establishment.
That’s a poor synopsis. The reality of both is fascinating and should be looked at in the light of the current cycle.
Though it is amazing that Trump is pulling in voters from the democrats in the primary, he hasn’t pulled in the majority of republican voters yet.
Not an attack.
Trump will need to find a way to pull in people like me before the general. Cruz may help him with that before it’s over. There is a deep rift in the GOP voting base that will doom whomever the candidate is unless a way is found to fix it.
Right now, if the also-ran Rubio and Kasich dropped their votes would go overwhelmingly to Cruz.
Yes, They would, We saw it last night:
Cruz over-performed against polls and trump under performed or was even with the polls.
Voters who decide late, or change their minds, vote Cruz.
All it takes is answering one question: who will appoint the most constitutional supreme court judge? With Hillary we know we will get utter destruction of our country with a leftist judge with Donald maybe we get a good one.
Democrat elties fix their races ... that way they keep the riff raff out:
https://medium.com/america-rising-pac/the-undemocratic-democratic-primary-6f0a4e3d0976#.qpty8esyu
Superdelegates consist of Democratic officeholders, as well as 21 “distinguished members,” a group made up of former presidents, vice presidents, DNC chairs, etc.
In non-political speak, “distinguished members” are really Democrat political insiders and D.C. powerbrokers, not the everyday voters Democrats claim to represent. ABC News recently reported that, “dozens of the 437 delegates in the DNC member category are registered federal and state lobbyists, according to an ABC News analysis. In fact, when you remove elected officials from the superdelegate pool, at least one in seven of the remainder are former or current lobbyists.”
Democrat elites ‘fix’ their races ... that way they keep the riff raff out:
https://medium.com/america-rising-pac/the-undemocratic-democratic-primary-6f0a4e3d0976#.qpty8esyu
Superdelegates consist of Democratic officeholders, as well as 21 “distinguished members,” a group made up of former presidents, vice presidents, DNC chairs, etc.
In non-political speak, “distinguished members” are really Democrat political insiders and D.C. powerbrokers, not the everyday voters Democrats claim to represent. ABC News recently reported that, “dozens of the 437 delegates in the DNC member category are registered federal and state lobbyists, according to an ABC News analysis. In fact, when you remove elected officials from the superdelegate pool, at least one in seven of the remainder are former or current lobbyists.”
Despite my distaste of Trump, I would without question, vote him over any Democratic candidate. I’m just not convinced he can win.
Perhaps, my royal backside. Definitely. You’ve never heard Trump brag about using a pen and executive orders to enact what congress won’t rubber stamp the way ObaMao does.
The left and our PC culture made more than 3000 Americans disappear in just one day.
And, no, I do not want an autocrat. But if our choice is between an autocrat like Trump and an autocrat like Hillary, I'll take my chances with the Donald, thank you.
It seems like if you don’t get your way, you don’t vote. Doesn’t seem mature to me. Do you think I wanted to vote for Romney in 2012 after Santorum lost? No. But I did what was best for America. America first over myself. I guess I am patriotic after 24 years in the military. Some don’t give two hoots about America.
“It seems like if you don’t get your way, you don’t vote. Doesn’t seem mature to me.”
I don’t vote for people I don’t trust. It’s as simple as that.
Even I don’t trust Cruz but will get drunk enough to pull the lever for him. I see voting for Cruz even worse then voting for Romney but he will unfortunately get my vote if the voters are dumb enough to chose him. Hillary is not acceptable.
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