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'Not a morally upstanding guy,' yet Trump has the love of millions of Christian conservatives
Washington Examiner ^ | June 10, 2018 12:01 AM | Salena Zito

Posted on 06/10/2018 2:07:45 AM PDT by GonzoII

KENOSHA, Wis. — Jill Gilmore is one of those voters who have confounded both Democrats and Never Trump Republicans the most. She is a college-educated, gun-owning female conservative Republican who voted for Donald Trump. But here’s the real kicker: She is also a devout Evangelical Christian.

“In the list of what is most important to myself and my family, faith is always first,” said the striking 34-year-old mother of seven, small business owner, and community volunteer who says she and her husband teach their children daily that behavior and respect towards others is not an option, but a requirement.

Contrast the Gilmore Golden Rule with her vote for Donald Trump — who is accused of an affair with a porn star, and who does not have a reputation for politeness and respect for others — and her decision stuns the sensibilities of both his resisters and experts.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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To: definitelynotaliberal

That made me tear up! Beautiful! Thank you!


61 posted on 06/10/2018 7:02:35 AM PDT by Shethink13 (there are 0 electoral votes in the state of denial)
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To: GonzoII
God works in mysterious ways.

And once again, God has favored our endeavour.

62 posted on 06/10/2018 7:18:21 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Nothing is more terrifying than ignorance in action. Particulary when that ignorance is cultivated.)
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To: LukeL

“However I didn’t vote for a church leader.”

i told many church friends that they aren’t inviting him to dinner, we want him to fix the country!

look at churchill - drank, smoked, was lewd - but without him we would ALL be speaking german. And have Merkle as a leader. :(


63 posted on 06/10/2018 7:22:20 AM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you , Julian!)
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To: Doctor Freeze

excellent analogy


64 posted on 06/10/2018 7:23:25 AM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you , Julian!)
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To: DoodleDawg

More DooDoo


65 posted on 06/10/2018 7:26:15 AM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

Yep and he also put all his sharp practice of the past behind him too no surprise he has reached greater heights all around.


66 posted on 06/10/2018 7:29:06 AM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: Unam Sanctam

Only if it’s a Democrat. If it’s a Republican, their personal life is important.


67 posted on 06/10/2018 7:29:29 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: GonzoII

He is a great POTUS. He is probably more moral and caring than most.

I am tired of the boasting toads who think they are better than my POTUS.

Hey boasting toads, YOU AREN’T. You are sickening pukes all puffed up like you are worthy to make God’s judgment for him.

Get over yourself fellow sinners.


68 posted on 06/10/2018 7:37:11 AM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: SamAdams76
He treats his wife with respect.

Nothing says respect like cavorting with a porn actress while your wife stays home taking care of your new son

I'm sure Melania felt honored.

69 posted on 06/10/2018 7:43:05 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: Unam Sanctam
I thought after Bill Clinton, we weren’t ever supposed to be concerned about the alleged sexual peccadilloes of presidents?

Democrats no longer care about sexual affairs of THEIR politicians. But Republicans are supposed to be perfect in every way.

70 posted on 06/10/2018 7:45:27 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Clap for the wolfman)
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To: semimojo

Take your tabloid trash back to DU.


71 posted on 06/10/2018 7:45:55 AM PDT by SamAdams76 ( Have you eaten your bone marrow today?)
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To: faucetman

That’s not how this works. God tells sinful people to look at other people and call it sin.

Case in point, 1 Cor. 5. In the Corinthian church, one of the men was sleeping with his stepmother. Paul made the judgment from the other side of the sea and told the church to remove the man from fellowship. Sinners throwing out a sinner. See also Matt. 18:15-20.

John the Baptist called out Herod for marrying his brother’s wife. John was a sinner, but he was right in confronting the king.

Jesus never taught to never judge. He simply told people to take the log out of their own eye first. He was not saying NEVER judge; he told them to make their own accounts right first.


72 posted on 06/10/2018 7:52:50 AM PDT by lurk
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To: CodeToad

Proving my sinfulness would be easier than blinking your eye. That’s like proving that Walmart has stuff for sale. That’s not the point.

See 1 Cor. 5 and Matt. 18:15-20.


73 posted on 06/10/2018 7:54:58 AM PDT by lurk
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To: faucetman
“.... He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. (him)

Just then, from the back of the crowd, a single stone comes whizzing through the air and catches the poor girl square on the nose.

"MOMMMMMM! Cut that out!"

/Catholic>

74 posted on 06/10/2018 8:02:17 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: WashingtonFire
I don't agree with that. Alpha men are not alpha wolves: they're men. Rational beings.

As men, they are fully responsible for what they do. Their brains are supposed to be in control of their balls.

75 posted on 06/10/2018 8:23:36 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Do the right thing.)
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To: WashingtonFire

And of course I voted for him, and will proudly vote for him again. I was voting for a president, not a pastor or a mate.


76 posted on 06/10/2018 8:24:59 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Do the right thing.)
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To: GonzoII

These scribes and Pharisees never complained when old Billy Graham covered his skirt over bjClinton. I remember... The quality, and character strength, President Trump has, over all presidents since Reagan, is he loves this country... That goes a long way with our Heavenly Father... Too bad the majority of religious denominations ignore that in their doctrines. Anyone that thinks it is not important might refresh their thinking in the story of Jacob and Esau... God said He hated Esau and Jacob He loved...


77 posted on 06/10/2018 8:30:12 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: GonzoII

They know he has their back on religious freedom.

When you are being attacked daily by the atheist LEFT, you want the strongest, not necessarily the purest, to protect you.

If he is willing to protect Christianity, how bad can he be?


78 posted on 06/10/2018 8:34:20 AM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: GenXteacher
"Wrecking ball to the desires and goals of the left"--- that's right.

Here's the metaphor I used in 2016:

"What if he's coarse, narcissistic, ignorant, bullying, insolent, lascivious and 1000 other words from the Bad Adjective Thesaurus? What if that's all true? What if he's like a half-decomposed log made from an ugly, gnarly, knot-holed, insect-infested, dry-rotted stump? Not good for anything?

Except he's the only thing we have at hand to roll into the legs of Hillary Clinton.

And that's good enough for me. I'm voting Trump 2016.


He's turned out much, much better than I expected. For 15 reasons I could list. I'll lift my head high and vote Trump 2020.

79 posted on 06/10/2018 8:36:08 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Do the right thing.)
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To: GonzoII

I jumped aboard the Trump Train in the primaries when I became convinced that he would stand with the Right to Life, including when appointing Supreme Court Justices, and he has.


80 posted on 06/10/2018 8:39:41 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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