Posted on 03/17/2016 9:46:49 AM PDT by dps.inspect
I live in Missouri, the state Trump won by less than 2,000 (the last I heard). I had been saying all along that I’d be voting for Ted Cruz, mainly because he says he’s a Christian. But on the day of our election this week, I could not do it, I voted for Trump... knowing full well his foibles. Here’s the short story of my transformation:
I am a Christian man in my sixties, have not always been the best I could be, either as a man or a Christian, but I do try, sometimes. Months and even years back I saw Cruz as one of the only ones in DC who was standing for what I believe; I thought then, if he runs for POTUS, he’s got my vote. However, the more I’ve heard him speak, the less I've liked him, not because of the content of what he says, he says mostly the right things, but its the way in which he says them... inauthentic, insincere, disingenuous; these are words that describe my emotions when I see the expression on his face when he speaks, and then there’s that stupid little half-smile after he says a one line-er to applause... ick!
Right up until the day of the election, Tuesday, I had never really understood how instrumental Cruz was in giving us John Roberts, Chief Justice of the supreme court (the man that literally delivered Obamacare to the nation as law). The day of our election, I looked up an article from a Texas news/paper/mag, that railed on Cruz because he was one of the biggest voices selling John Roberts to the nation. Unfortunately for Cruz, I read that article before voting on Tuesday... that is mostly what sealed the deal, against voting for him.
Cruz may be a moral man, but the devil used him to help sink our nation to where we are today; moral maybe, but not wise. Why the hell would I want that man in the White House.
Comparatively, Trump is not what I'd call a moral man, at least by biblical standards, but we know that about him, its a given... he’s not trying to gloss over his, well, fallenness; he is what he is... I dumped Cruz for Trump. I made that decision within about two hours before I voted. It's not easy to explain but I felt a sense of freedom when I voted for Trump. My brother who is a Baptist pastor was nearly apoplectic when I told him I voted for Trump, he wanted me to feel very,very guilty, but I don’t, I actually feel quite good about it.
Adding to that, there is the "inbetween-the-lines" reasons that swung me to Trump. The biggest? All the entities that we conservatives and Christians see as our mortal opposition, the MSM, DC Elite, Republican Establishment, Liberal Progressives, Black Lives Matter, and now, Fox News have been trying to destroy Trump... "the enemy (Trump) of my enemy (the above noted) is my friend". I know their hatred of me and all that I hold dear, so when I see them descend on Trump with the same ferocity that I know they hold toward me and my kind, I count Trump as my kind. And now out of desperation, Ted Cruz seems to be siding with the enemy, not my kind... phooey on that!
Trump is not claiming Messiahship, like Obama does, and like Ted seems to imply (the savior of Conservatism), Trump is Trump! And you know what, I like that... as brash and unsavory as he may seem, compared to the PC Elites, Trump is more like me than anything I have seen!
It felt good to vote for Trump... I feel like a feminist freed from her bra strap, free at last, free at last...
I think a Trump/Cruz ticket would make the liberals’ heads explode...
True, though there’s a lot of hatchets to bury before it can happen.
your tagline lol
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Heh heh heh.
JOIN US. You’re already on the Trump side so you know that the liberals are already going to call you evil.
Might as well enjoy it, am I right?
Obama clearly based his entire political career as the manifestation of Saul Alinsky principles. When I see Trump, I feel like it is deja vu all over again.
They work. Its a new era - American politics will never be the same.
I am for Trump.
Yet, I agree totally that it is dishonest to blame Ted Cruz for supporting Roberts for SC justice. We all thought it was a good choice ‘on paper’ and no one should be faulted for failing to anticipate what a disappointment he would turn out to be.
Furthermore, as a Trump supporter, I was very uncomfortable whenever Trump used that against Cruz in the debates.
Remember though, Trump brought up Cruz’s support for Roberts in retaliation for Cruz insisting, time after time, that Trump would nominate liberal judges to the Supreme Court, liberal judges who he said would subvert the 2nd amendment, support partial birth abortion, and a whole litany of far left agendas. By so doing, Cruz was attempting paint Trump as a liberal which was fair game, but as soon as he argued that case it became fair game for Trump to rebut that Cruz had supported Roberts.
As a Trump supporter who believes Trump is strongly pro 2nd amendment, pro life and honestly wishes to nominate originalists in the mold of Scalia, as he says, I was annoyed with Cruz’s sideways attacks on Trump as a liberal, and thought Trump’s rebuttal was very fair in the context of “people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”
In fact, I must say that Cruz’s ‘clever’ use of implication, entrapment and false association to malign his opponents while all the time appearing civil, is what first turned me off about him. Maybe that’s a cool for a prosecutor in a criminal case or at least other prosecutors think it’s cool, but I don’t like it.
Trump is like King David. Not a perfect man and has committed sins, but is the man of the hour. He doesn’t wear his religion on his sleeves, but his charitable actions speak louder than words.
Churchill could be boorish at times, he screwed up at Gallipoli, but thank God he was there for Britain in her darkest hour.
You are gonna rub in MO going for two Dims until the CA primary at least aren’t you?
Roger that!
The reason Reagan’s marriage to Jane Wyman was declared hull had nothing to do with how their marriage ended.
Jane Wyman was married very briefly, in 1937, and was divorced. She married Reagan in 1940, and sought a divorce from him in 1949.
Wyman became a Catholic in 1954, and at that time obtained a declaration of nullity of her marriage to Reagan, because of her 1937 marriage, which was valid, and therefore indissoluble.
So Reagan, the first “divorced President,” was, in the judgment of the Catholic Church, validly married to Nancy Reagan.
Moon Reagan returned to the Catholic Church as an adult, and did pester Ronnie some about doing the same. I suspect that Moon would have mentioned that Ronnie and Nancy’s marriage was no obstacle, since it was valid.
I heard Steve Deace briefly on the radio.
Apparently, Deace is still a Cruz slappy, sticking with the theory that the best President is the one who thumps the Bible and shouts “To God be the glory!” the loudest.
“Moon Reagan”
Are you referring to Maureen?
Mainly because he’s Christian?
I’m gonna just shut up
I’m glad you came over
Btw nice screed
Pretty much like my own transformation back in the late summer
My wife went to Trump first.....yes hit me with the jokes
Wow, I’ve heard of a few black pastors joining the juggernaut but never saw this one... thanks!
And, not for nothing, a ferocity that they never, ever, not one time displayed toward Barack Hussein Obama.
It's all coming out now, everything done in the dark will be brought to the light, the alliances that are destroying our nation are being revealed, one by one.
And I will go further and say that all this revelation is the work of one man, as you say, barely a Christian, but scripture shows us over and over the type of men He uses to accomplish His purposes, even though they be unaware of the true work they are doing.
You done good, brother.
Well, there's that, plus the fact that the Evangelical-pandering wing of the Uniparty whispers appealing words in their ears while dealing with demons behind their back.
If the Lord had wanted to win an election in Judea, He would have chosen Caiaphas, or another appealing Pharisee, as His candidate.
But that's not how He works with us.
Yes, I have and I will... I don’t hate the man, I just don’t like the man... AND, make no mistake, if Cruz somehow becomes the nominee, I will be voting for him... a no vote is a vote for Hitlery!
“I would be very happy with this outcome and I think most conservatives would support it. It’s a win-win!”
I agree! I would even support Cruz dropping out now if Trump would let Cruz advise him on SC nominees.
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