Look, I'm pretty sure he realizes...as do I...that some of you are never going to give him a fair hearing on his current views and campaign. That's OK, it's your right to oppose him and vote for Hillary or some other 3rd party candidate. No one disputes that. I think all he's hoping for, and I think that applies to the vast majority of Trump supporters, is that those who oppose him really take another open minded look at where the country is right now. And what our genuine options are in this election. As the article notes, for many this will be a bridge too far...but I think its also true that there are others who will be open to at least re-examining what these next 4 years will mean for the nation.
If we lose this election to Hillary, there may not be a way to turn things around...especially once she piles 2-4 very liberal justices onto the Supreme Court. All presidential elections are important, but this one is a "sea-change"...who appoints the bulk of the Supreme Court over these next 4 years is going to set the course of this nation for a full generation. That is worth a second look IMHO.
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From Sinkspurs article
Trump’s lies arrive with such rapidity that before one can be refuted a new one comes to take its place. It wasn’t his voice on that tape of pitiful self-promotion. O.K., it was—but he never mocked the handicapped reporter, he was merely imitating an obsequious one. The media eventually moves on, shrugging helplessly, to the next lie. Then the next lie, and the next. If the lies are bizarre enough and frequent enough, they provoke little more than a nervous giggle and a cry of “Well, guess he’s changed the rules!”
He’s not Hitler, as his wife recently said? Well, of course he isn’t. But then Hitler wasn’t Hitler—until he was.
At each step of the way, the shock was tempered by acceptance.
It depended on conservatives pretending he wasn’t so bad, compared with the Communists, while at the same time the militant left decided that their real enemies were the moderate leftists, who were really indistinguishable from the Nazis. The radical progressives decided that there was no difference between the democratic left and the totalitarian right and that an explosion of institutions was exactly the most thrilling thing imaginable.http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-dangerous-acceptance-of-donald-trumpThe bolded is quite an eye opener. That is exactly what we are being pushed to do. To justify somehow why we could vote for Trump and there isn't a valid reason.
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I give everyone a fair hearing. If it were only his past we were concerned about that would be one thing. It isn't. Most, if not all of what will keep me from voting for Trump is the things he has said during this campaign. Let me refresh:
Wave Bible I am a Christian but I don't need the sacrifice Jesus made for my sins. Never need to ask for forgiveness.
I could shoot someone...........
Lies about Cruz and his family. I know that some career politicians don't have a problem with that but I do.
Saying he would shoot terrorists families and the military will do it if he tells them too.
Insulting Carly Fiorina for her looks.
Promising Americans jobs when he doesn't even run his own business hiring Americans.
I could write a book on how offensive Donald Trump is. Every time I think about him being President I imagine this man relying only on himself when making important decisions. I imagine him abroad meeting with Dignitaries and President and opening his mouth to insult the looks of their wives. He is so superficial. He has made so many comments on women's looks. Everyone can see that if a woman isn't the vision of model or beauty queen she has no value. I don't believe there is good in him. It isn't about whether we are electing a pastor. It is about a superficial liar who thinks his opinion reigns above all others. If you can lie about being a Christian you can lie about anything. Trump has said so many things that reveal he is not a follower of Christ. That would be OK for a candidate, but not one that has to lie about it. To me it was openly mocking the Lord and His sacrifice. To me that is important. The most important thing in my life is the Lord.
