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sirs

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Time to buck up
« on: May 04, 2016, 05:48:03 PM »
As a Ted Cruz supporter, I have the appropriate regret that my guy will not be the nominee. I share that lament with millions of other Republicans whose favored candidates took the exit ramp.
 
For my part, I sought the bold and consistent conservatism Cruz would have brought to the Oval Office. It struck me as the best antidote to the nightmare we have traveled during two terms of Barack Obama.
 
But now I have a job to do, as a Republican, as a conservative, as an American. It is my job to resist any urge to walk off in a huff, allowing my wounded feelings to permit a Hillary Clinton presidency.

There are two kinds of Republicans now: those who get that and those who don’t.

The ones who don’t may be fans of Cruz or Kasich, Rubio voters still not over it, or the tiny sliver of Republicans who still can’t believe it’s not Jeb.
 
Maybe they are pundits who just can’t believe their antennae were aimed so badly.
Maybe they are donor-class elites stunned that voters did not follow their suggestions.
Maybe they are party bosses quivering at the thought of a nominee who won’t march to their tune.
Maybe they are establishment comfort-zone addicts getting the vapors because the old half-measures have fallen out of favor.
 
No matter the reason, to everyone whose head slumped as Donald Trump delivered his Indiana victory speech, which might as well have been his nomination acceptance speech, a wake-up call is due.
 
It is time to wake up from the absurd dreams of a third party run. It is time to wake up from the stupor that has led so many to insult the millions of Americans who have given Trump his victory. It is time to wake up from the twisted revenge fantasy of the geniuses who preach that some punishment must be meted out for the sin of elevating Trump.
 
The punishment they offer is a Hillary Clinton presidency, and no conservative should be willing to pay that price.
 
Is Trump’s conservatism spotty? Does some of his populism actually offend conservative values? Yes.
Has some of his behavior been soundly un-presidential? To say the least.
While some criticism of Trump has been wildly excessive and poisonous, some of it has been more than deserved.
 
But any conservatives stewing in the juices of resentment need to recognize that we have an economy to save and a Constitution to protect. Donald Trump will not approach either task with the clarity of a Cruz, but he will be a better steward of both than the absolutely guaranteed disaster of Obama’s third term.
 
A Hillary presidency will bring certain ruin to the Supreme Court. Illegal immigration will be ignored if not encouraged. Crushing government expansion will suffocate businesses and taxpayers. Global jihad will be soft-pedaled. The Second Amendment will be attacked without end. The political correctness that suppresses rights and poisons discourse will have a continued home in the presidency.

The suggestion that Hillary and Trump are sort of the same thing is evidence of a deep perceptual disorder. The good news is that there is a cure. It’s called the healing power of time, coupled with the growing menace of the Hillary campaign.
 
I don’t know if George Will can be deprogrammed, and he will probably be joined by a snooty resistance that will never accept the will of the primary voters. But for most, once the conventions come and go, a comforting focus will settle in.
 
People deep in despair today will come to realize that at worst, Donald Trump is a candidate who does not bring a complete package of conservatism. At best, he may actually do the conservative things he says he will do, and the rest will be a mixed bag no worse than “big-government conservative” George W. Bush offered, and surely no worse than his brother Jeb would have tried to sell us.
 
Trump himself may be of value in this healing process. His primary competition is gone, and with it the engrossing but jarring persona he put on to gain this victory. Tuesday night, Ted Cruz was no longer “Lyin’ Ted,” but a “tough, smart competitor.”

Trump will no longer be the source of messy Republican internecine warfare. From here on out, it will only come from the tattered shreds of the NeverTrump cult or highbrow pseudo-intelligentsia who just can’t get over their grudges.
 
We should pray that even they will decide to fight the battle every conservative must now take up: the fight to save America from Hillary Clinton.
 
Conservatism is not harmed in the least by a Trump nomination. It is what it is, and its adherents will remain strong and vocal. if a President Trump needs some pushback from conservatives, he will get it.
 
What he needs from conservatives from here on out is support— not because he was everyone’s first or even second choice, but because now he is the only choice.
 
The system has worked. Not everyone is happy. Democrats still exist, and must be beaten in November. In this very different year, those constants remain.
 
Now everybody grow up, armor up, and let’s kick the Democratic Party out of the White House.
 
Couldn't have said it better, myself
"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal." -- Aristotle

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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2016, 06:33:29 PM »
No.

Sorry.

The Republicans as a party lost my support years ago. The Democrats never had it. I prefer to vote for what I see as the most qualified individual csndidate. In this case, as I see it, we lose with either one.
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2016, 06:36:01 PM »
Whatever works for you H, is fine by me.  As far as I'm concerned, we have a choice between the lesser of the 2 evils, and choosing a 3rd, guarantees the worst of the evils.  Can't take that chance
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2016, 09:28:13 PM »



Suppose Donald Trump, sometime about a year ago, decided to make certain that Hillary Rodham Clinton became president.

  He could have done it!

Running interference , winning up to thirty percent of the Republican vote, he knocks asunder all of the plans of all the Republicans but doesn't actually have to become President, coming in second on purpose doesn't seem so hard.

Then , surprising to all, HRC is arrested, indicted, convicted and takes up residence in Martha Stewarts old digs.

Trump insults all of the minorities and starts insulting the majority, then he actually does shoot a puppy in times square , then shoots the puppy's owner. It is too late! In spite of all he can do; he is made president and has to take the pay cut.





http://www.people.com/article/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-wedding-photo
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2016, 09:46:45 PM »
Hillary is not so stupid as to name Trump her running mate.

Cruz was a bag of shit. Everybody hates his rancid guts. He is toast.

Women despise Trump. As do Hispanics. Hell, even the Miami Cubans hate him.
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2016, 09:56:25 PM »
Hillary being stupid isn't bothering me.

She makes a wage of $250,ooo perh hour sometimes, I could stand to be that sorta stupid for a few hours.

  What bothers me is her depending so much on us being stupid.

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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2016, 03:11:04 PM »
Stupid would be wanting an asshole religious loon and conniving weasel like Cruz or a blowhard self-promoter like Trump to lead one's country.
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2016, 07:48:48 PM »
Hillary being stupid isn't bothering me.

She makes a wage of $250,ooo perh hour sometimes, I could stand to be that sorta stupid for a few hours.

  What bothers me is her depending so much on us being stupid.


As I referenced ...... the moronic vote
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2016, 11:49:59 AM »
Trump has made hourly incomes even higher.

Casinos bilk people as a part of their fundamental business plan. I don't think Hillary's speeches cause anyone to declare bankruptcy.
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2016, 01:43:28 PM »
I don't think Hillary's speeches cause anyone to declare bankruptcy.

Not the point now, is it.  Seriously though, you think ANYONE would be so stupid as to go bankrupt, in order to listen to a 1 hour speech by Clinton, that she now won't divulge to anyone??   :o
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2016, 09:13:41 PM »
Trump has made hourly incomes even higher.

Casinos bilk people as a part of their fundamental business plan. I don't think Hillary's speeches cause anyone to declare bankruptcy.

  Is bilking the public fundamental to the HRC election plan?

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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2016, 09:43:07 AM »
There is no evidence of this.

Casinos bilking people is the major core of their business plan.

In the 1950's, bar owners and places that had gambling or even allowed it were banned from membership in the Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis and Optimist Clubs.
Perhaps they still are.
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2016, 11:53:53 AM »
And as you keep harping about......nothing illegal
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2016, 03:40:04 PM »
Casinos are immoral. They should be illegal.

Trump is a swindler. He has made a career out of swindling,
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Re: Time to buck up
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2016, 03:47:16 PM »
Adultery is immoral.  So is homosexuality.   Let's make them illegal now, if we're going to harp.on selective immoral outrage.

Fact is,.casinos are perfectly legal.  People enter and exit on their own free will.  No one forces anyone into gambling, so you have no leg to stand on
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