Evangelical voters are ‘intrigued’ by Donald Trump

To: 2ndDivisionVet

"I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I also support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun." - Donald Trump

Say goodnight Donald.

21 posted on 03/31/2011 12:39:27 PM PDT by atomic_dog

To: JustSurrounded

I was so relieved to see someone stand up to Bill O. on the birth issue. O’Reilly’s cavalier attitude about that has been disgusting as he declared that HE had investigated it and found that Obama is a citizen..All hot air. The question is why would he do that?

22 posted on 03/31/2011 12:39:47 PM PDT by jazzlite (esat)

To: forgotten man

23 posted on 03/31/2011 12:40:45 PM PDT by jazzlite (esat)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

This article is the first attempt to discredit Donald Trump for his birther stand.

It is trying to associate Trump with Evangelicals (which in the mind of the media equates with ‘extremists’). Mentioning Reed and ‘birther’ close to each other is a dead giveaway. And it doesn’t matter what Trump thinks of them; the media is trying to say ‘oh look at the type of people the like Trump!’

I’m sure there are many others out there who are ‘intrigued’ by Trump, but this article has chosen Evangelicals and Reed.

Expect more articles like this, as the Democrat smear machine goes to the max.

I think Trump will be hard to discredit though.

24 posted on 03/31/2011 12:40:58 PM PDT by kidd

To: 2ndDivisionVet

This article is the first attempt to discredit Donald Trump for his birther stand.

I’m sure there are many others out there who are ‘intrigued’ by Trump, but this article has chosen Evangelicals and Reed.

Expect more articles like this, as the Democrat smear machine goes to the max.

I think Trump will be hard to discredit though.

25 posted on 03/31/2011 12:41:16 PM PDT by kidd

...”I’ll vote for the person with enough sense to at least talk the talk”...

“Talk the talk and walk the walk”..It would be so refreshing and uplifting to see that for real.

26 posted on 03/31/2011 12:43:07 PM PDT by jazzlite (esat)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Christians should stay away from Trump. Heck, I doubt he is even very conservative.

27 posted on 03/31/2011 12:43:35 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Donald Trump brings some interesting aspects to the table but as a conservative, I simply don't trust him or believe he's serious about running for president. I think he loves the attention he's receiving and wants to keep it going. Trump stated (Wednesday night, on the 'O'Reilly Factor') that he was pro-life and anti-gay marriage but when asked why he was against gay marriage he said that "it just didn't feel right' to him. I can certainly understand that, many Americans have the same feeling, but that isn't a well-thought-out position and if your 'feelings' are all you have to support that position, the gay rights groups will be all over you with ridicule, scorn and blather about giving them their 'right' to marry each other and a pro-gay marriage political opponent will make you look like a fool in a debate. Being pro-life is attractive to social conservatives (like me) but why is Trump pro-life? Without some explanation, which O'Reilly didn't seem interested in pursuing, the statement is rather hollow.

I recall candidate Barack Obama claiming he was 'against gay marriage' but his actions as president starkly belie that assertion. It's just too easy for a candidate (or potential candidate, in Trump's case) to say they're pro-life, anti-gay marriage, fiscally conservative, etc and then turn 180 degrees if elected, as many politicians have done. Donald Trump is an interesting character and he may yet be a force in the 2012 Republican primaries, but for now, I'm cautiously cynical about his seriousness and his alleged conservative political/social views. I can recall Trump on TV, just a few years ago (2007) bashing George W. Bush as "the worst president, ever". Now Trump is a 'conservative'? Odd, that. Donald Trump is a lifelong New Yorker and he likes to be liked - by everyone, especially the powerful, of whom he considers himself an equal - or better. That is usually fatal for a politician because they try to please both the (political) right and the (political) left - and end up pleasing no one. We don't need any more RINO's, panderers or wind-testers as the GOP presidential candidate. Been there, done that, regretted it.

28 posted on 03/31/2011 12:44:02 PM PDT by Jim Scott ('The collapse of the Entitlement State is not going to be pretty'. - Mark Steyn)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mr. Trump is obviously experienced in management and negotiation

SO... he is a good organizer?

lol

29 posted on 03/31/2011 12:44:27 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)

...”We need someone who will wage war on the liberals, and then wage war on the government. Thus far, only Trump has even begun to make rumblings of wanting to do both”...

I so totally agree with you!

30 posted on 03/31/2011 12:45:13 PM PDT by jazzlite (esat)

Is Trump actually pro life and anti gay marriage?

That happened the day he first thought about running for President and will likely end the day after the election.

31 posted on 03/31/2011 12:46:20 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)

32 posted on 03/31/2011 12:50:15 PM PDT by poobear (FACTS - the turd in the punch bowl of liberal thought!)

I can recall Trump on TV, just a few years ago (2007) bashing George W. Bush as "the worst president, ever"

TARP. Amnesty. Open borders. 1 million new *legal* Muslim immigrants under his watch *after* 9/11. Port security to a middle eastern country. Expanding the federal government's financing of planned parenthood beyond any of his predecessors. Expanding the federal government's financing of the national endowment for the arts beyond any of his predecessors. An unecessary war and nation building project in Iraq while Iran burned. I know that many people around here reflexively defended Bush while he was in office, but given the clarity of time perhaps we should realize that while "worst ever" was an exaggeration, Trump's criticism of the man has much validity to it.

33 posted on 03/31/2011 12:53:27 PM PDT by Yet_Again

Yet Trump is just fine with things like amnesty himself. Refusing to acknowledge those things does not make Trump a conservative.

Trump is PT Barnum and the suckers are reaching for their wallets.

34 posted on 03/31/2011 12:58:26 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))

Anotherwords he’s still more pro-gun than the hugely popular on FR Gov. Christie of New Jersey?

35 posted on 03/31/2011 1:00:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)

To: cripplecreek

As of right now, no challenger to Obama has emerged to participate in the Pubbie primary who is opposed to amnesty/a path to citizenship/whatever you want to call it.

36 posted on 03/31/2011 1:04:43 PM PDT by Yet_Again

To: cripplecreek

37 posted on 03/31/2011 1:04:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)

If that’s what you’re voting on, we’ll be sure to thank you during Obama’s second term because Donald the clown isn’t going to win.

38 posted on 03/31/2011 1:08:41 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))

Show me where Gov. Palin is pro-amnesty.

39 posted on 03/31/2011 1:10:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)

To: 2ndDivisionVet

He does look a little like a televangelist.

40 posted on 03/31/2011 1:18:01 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)

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