As I stated many times if Trump does what he says he'd be a dream candidate
BUT....I ain't buying what he's selling
Trump's self-assessment that he's "capable of changing to anything I want to change to" also applies to his political "principles." This is a man who's reportedly switched party affiliations five times since the late 1980's. Who's donated to Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Who was pro-choice, was anti-gun, and was (is?) pro-Socialized healthcare. Who identified as a Democrat in the mid-2000's. Who praised Barack Obama and supported his "stimulus" boondoggle. And who criticized Mitt Romney for being too harsh on the issue of immigration in 2012, right around the time that he became a DREAM Act supporter. Now he's ostensibly all about big walls and mass deportations. This bogus transformation is painfully obvious. As I've written before, Trump will be "a conservative" for precisely as long as he perceives that label to be beneficial to Trump, after which he'll morph into The Donald 6.0, or whatever self-serving upgrade we're up to. Even on the central issues that have vaulted him to the top of the GOP polls, he's quite "capable of changing to anything" he wants to change to. He says so himself. His hardcore sycophants will blindly and brutishly go along with literally anything he does -- including murder, he's joked, mocking his own people. But how might the many pro-Trump voters who are more reluctantly in his corner because "at least he'll do X" react if X suddenly changes to Y, at the drop of a hat? Or is thoughtlessly discarded altogether? That's how he operates.
Those of us who are not enamored with Mr.Trump have been trying to understand why his fans are, for months. We have been confounded by the fact that his past is of no consequence and that his refusal to commit to any agenda other than "Make America Great Again" is enough for so many to carry his torch. It has been said by many that the reason they like him is that he is too wealthy to be corrupted, but that just didn't make much sense. Corrupted from what? Being a democrat? A rival campaign blamed it on "celebrity", and I bought into that for a while, but who watched his game show? If they did, who liked his character?
I've figured it out. The reason a Trump fan can't be convinced that he is a bad man is because they know he is a bad man. That's what they like about him. He is condescending, rude, and mean and they are hoping to project their own anger through him.
Everything else be damned.
He's popular with the base because he represents a non-establishment voice that has enough personal wealth to overcome the control of the establishment over who can and cannot run for president. The chance for politics to be about who's conservative and who's not has past, at least for the present. We've been asking for conservatives to vote for, and been having the neocon vs liberal choice forced on on for decades. The damage caused by this arrangement has finally become nearly terminal for the nation, so now it's about establishment/internationalism vs non-establishment Americanism. Not enough people are able to be suckered into another phony conservative like Cruz to get one such as him nominated anymore.
That's a pretty good evaluation. Except I am not convinced that Cruz is a phony when it comes to matters of the Constitution.
What you folks aren't getting is that we are not going to ever get anything like conservative government till the unified establishment is dethroned. Till then, phony conservatism will be held out in front of us like a carrot on a string to trick us into more of the same. The "conservatism" the establishment uses as the carrot is always a mirage. That cycle needs breaking, and that's what Trump support is about.
Wasn't it Tennessee that gave us Al Gore and Global warming?
Hey wait a minute...Bill and Hillary were politically "hatched",and developed their corrupt and nefarious political ways....in Arkansas.
Isn't that the "conservative" south? LMAO.
Regardless where they came from, Hillary is utterly incompetent to be president by any objective standard,even though Obama has set the bar so low,almost anyone would be an improvement.
Lyndon B. Johnson gave us the "Great Society" and didn't he wear cowboy boots, too?
Those of us who are not enamored with Mr.Trump have been trying to understand why his fans are, for months. We have been confounded by the fact that his past is of no consequence and that his refusal to commit to any agenda other than "Make America Great Again" is enough for so many to carry his torch. It has been said by many that the reason they like him is that he is too wealthy to be corrupted, but that just didn't make much sense. Corrupted from what? Being a democrat? A rival campaign blamed it on "celebrity", and I bought into that for a while, but who watched his game show? If they did, who liked his character?
I've figured it out. The reason a Trump fan can't be convinced that he is a bad man is because they know he is a bad man. That's what they like about him. He is condescending, rude, and mean and they are hoping to project their own anger through him.
Everything else be damned.
He's popular with the base because he represents a non-establishment voice that has enough personal wealth to overcome the control of the establishment over who can and cannot run for president. The chance for politics to be about who's conservative and who's not has past, at least for the present. We've been asking for conservatives to vote for, and been having the neocon vs liberal choice forced on on for decades.
Let me clear something up for you...just because Trump has never held elected office does not make him a non establishment candidate...has he or has he not donated money for political causes??? Hell, he gave $50K to Emanuel for a frikkin Mayoral race!!! Has he or has he not been on numerous television talk shows talking about divisive issues like partial birth abortions, TPP, NAFTA & the assault weapons ban???
This was well before his running for office...
He may not be an establishment candidate in the conventional sense, but his record indicates he is very much part of the "establishment"...for which party, is open to speculation...
The "conservatism" the establishment uses as the carrot is always a mirage. That cycle needs breaking, and that's what Trump support is about.
That's what he wants you to think...his actions of the past (his record) indicates otherwise...In fact, he's said numerous times that he'd be able to "make deals" on both sides of the aisle...don't you LISTEN to what he SAYS???