Donald Trump is an enigmatic phenomenon created by a
sustained assault on critical thinking by the whining, oversensitive crybabies
of political correctness encouraged by the likes of Obama, Reid, Pelosi
et al. Americans are disgusted and angry at their attempts to take away our
liberties and diminish America’s standing in the world, not to mention their
utter devastation of our economy by running up more debt than all previous
administrations combined. Yes, I said combined. There is a tipping point and we
are nearing it.
“The Donald” is also a product of John Boehner and Mitch
McConnell, who along with some other Republicans, made promises in order to get
elected which they broke. Their policy of lying down, rolling over, and playing
dead infuriated many of us.
I realized long ago that America is hungry for straight talk
from a forceful leader. We want our intelligence to be respected and our
freedoms to remain intact. For many, Trump seems to fill that need. But does
he?
Trump supporters say:
He is not part of the establishment and will not be beholden to special
interests.
Nonsense. He is more establishment than any of the other
candidates. The establishment is
not just politicians, but the large donors who own them. Trump gave money to
Reid, Pelosi, Obama, and even
contributed $150K to the Clinton Foundation. He defines the term “crony capitalism”.
He will build a wall
and make Mexico pay for it and rid our country of people here illegally who
are draining our economy.
During the last presidential election, he called taking away
welfare from illegal immigrants
inhumane and is on record as supporting legalization and citizenship for
folks who came here illegally. Will the
real Donald Trump please come forward?
He will destroy our
enemies, especially ISIS, and keep us safe.
Trump claims to have opposed the war in Iraq from inception. Yet he is on
record as supporting it until a full eighteen months after it began. And what about
his blaming W. for 9/11? Isn’t
that an extreme left conspiracy position? Does that
kind of deranged thinking
befit a commander-in-chief?
He also shamefully hides behind 9/11, mentioning the hundreds of friends he
lost. Though nobody can find records of his attending any of the funerals, I will
accept what he says. But I do know he
took (yes, I said
took) $150K from the World Trade Center
Business Recovery Grant program as a “small
business” hurt by the attacks. His “small
business”
brings in $26.4 million annually and occupies a $400 million building.
He seems willing to equate his prep school time with
military experience.
A military veteran said that Trump would take the lawyers
off the battlefield (referring to
the ridiculous rules-of-engagement that our Wimp-in-Chief imposes on our soldiers.) Maybe he would, but Trump has surrounded himself
with lawyers his entire adult
life.
Speaking of that . . .
He is currently involved in 169 federal lawsuits.
He is being sued for fraud for his now-defunct Trump
University.
In 2013, he settled a lawsuit from investors who lost
millions in his California resort that went belly-up.
He is an extremely
successful businessman.
Hard to argue that point, yet he has filed bankruptcy four times in the
same gambling, hotel, casino
business. A lot of fine people have gone bankrupt and recovered, but four times in the same business? Is he a slow-learner? He proudly says he used
the laws available to him. Translation:
He hid behind bankruptcy protection statutes to avoid paying creditors. If you had $9 billion, would you pay people who
loaned you money or would you let
them lose? How about the hundreds of employees who lost their jobs? If he wins the nomination, those folks will be
in campaign ads.
What John
Bright said of someone else applies to Trump. “He is a self-made man who worships his creator.”
He will get our budget
balanced, reduce the national debt, and keep taxes low.
How does that square with his support of the bailout of
large banks and the subsequent
stimulus that added trillions to our debt without contributing to a real recovery? The only problem he had
with either is that they were “not large enough”.
He will get rid of Obamacare.
Maybe, but he promises to replace it with universal care, a
single payer system controlled by the government. Do you
really want your doctors to work for the government
and hospitals run by bureaucrats? Anyone
who believes that the government should
take over another 20-25% more of the economy is not qualified to run for any public office, much less president. P.
J. O’Rourke said, “If you think health care is expensive
now, wait until it’s free.”
He is a conservative.
He has not voted in a Republican primary for at least thirty
years. Did he just skip voting or
did he vote Democrat?
He is pro-life
and a Christian.
But wait … what about that pesky video a few years back
where he said he was pro-choice
including partial birth abortions? He is threatening to sue Ted Cruz for
playing it in a campaign ad. He
calls Cruz a liar for exposing his positions. Wouldn’t you love to hear the deposition when Cruz asks,
“So, Donny, who is that guy
speaking out of your face with your
voice if it’s not you?”
Donald says he is Christian but has never had to ask God for
forgiveness. And what is a basic
(maybe the basic tenet) of Christianity?
That’s right. It’s forgiveness. God knew man would continue to sin, so He sent His Son to die on the Cross
so that we might be forgiven.
He has a
right to change his mind.
Sure, but the man will be seventy before the
general election. Shouldn’t his mind have been
made up on significant issues long ago?
What is more disturbing is that he is able to hold opposite
positions in his head over short spans of time (sometimes in the same day).
Another sign of severe narcissism. Isn’t
eight years with a narcissist
in the White House enough?
"Sixty-eight percent [of my followers]
would not leave under any circumstance. I think that means murder, I think it
means anything, okay?" —Donald Trump. Are you really going to vote for a
man who insults you that way?
The Dems want this guy to win the nomination. He polls the
worst against their candidates. He has the highest negative ratings of any
candidate.
Donald Trump is a spoiled boy in a man’s body. Even in his
senior years, he maintains the pursed-lips-pout of a small child and reacts
angrily with threats of legal action to anyone who challenges him. Because of
his personality disorder, he believes that any statement he utters is
absolutely truthful, even when it is provably false.
Texans, we have a candidate from our state. Ted Cruz is a
proven conservative, a constitutional scholar, a former Solicitor General for
Texas, a man who has represented us before the Supreme Court nine times. Do I
wish he had more private sector experience? Yes. Do I wish he had more
charisma? Yes. But I am not looking for a guy to have a beer with; I am looking
for a strong, principled leader. Cruz has kept his promises and proven
courageous under national pressure from both the media and from his fellow
Senators. If the media (including Fox) don’t like him and most politicians
don’t like him, what better recommendation could there be?
Do we really want a president who Tweets, when a tweet could
roil financial markets or cause an international incident? I think not. Common
sense, intelligence, and humility are qualities I most admire in leaders. But I
find hubris to be a dangerous trait. I’ve
worked with and for narcissists. I do not want another one to be the leader of
the free world.
Pastor Charles Stanley said, “Few people are excited about
pursuing humility because it’s considered a weakness. But if we understand
God’s view of it, we’ll realize that humility is an extremely significant
quality. Philippians 2:3 says, ‘Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but
with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves’.”
Ben Shapiro says: "In
truth, we should never be comfortable with our politicians. We should never
trust them. Our celebrities have become royals, and our politicians have become celebrities. That means we crown ourselves a
king or queen every four years. And America needs no kings and queens. We need
unimportant, decent people who focus on how to make themselves unimportant in
our lives."
