Trump is going after Cruz and Conservatives, because WE are his enemies. He is a big government, all power in the Executive Office liberal.
It is not difficult to define Trump as liberal, because that is exactly what he is.
And it is not difficult to define Cruz as conservative, because his record and his words together prove it in spades.
The gymnastics don't work with Trump, WAC. Maybe you should go to that echo-chamber you long for, where you don't have to say things that can withstand scrutiny.
Here, you have to be able to defend your positions outright. Unfortunately, Trump-defense is logically and rationally impossible.
That's why you have to resort to this kind of evasion.
Trump is neither liberal nor conservative........he is a nationalist. How I present my case for Trump has been presented here enough I shouldn't have to repeat it time and again.....however this might make that clear....I agree with it...
... there is nothing morally wrong with voting for a 'flawed' candidate if he will do more good for the nation than his opponent. In fact, it is the morally right thing to do.....I think most of the policies he supports are those that will do the most good for the nation.
I take seriously the prophet Jeremiah’s exhortation to the Jewish people living in exile in Babylon saying....
“Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare” (Jeremiah 29:7).
Therefore we have a similar obligation to vote in such a way that will “seek the welfare” of the United States. so the one overriding question to ask is this: Which vote is most likely to bring the best results for the nation?
I believe that defeating Hillary's Progressive/Liberalism would be a morally right action. Therefore I feel the force of the words of James:
“Whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin” (James 4:17).
If someone votes for a write-in candidate instead of voting for Trump, this action will directly help Hillary Clinton, because she will need one less vote to win. Therefore the question that Christians should ask is this: ....Can I 'in good conscience' act in a way that helps a liberal like Hillary Clinton win the presidency?
The teachings of Scripture do not allow us to escape moral responsibility by saying that we decided to do nothing....
The prophet Obadiah rebuked the people of the Edom for standing by and doing nothing to help when the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem:...
“On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that . . . foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.” (Obadiah 1:11).
This election is not just about Hillary Clinton. It is about defeating the far left liberal progressive agenda that any Democratic nominee would champion. Liberal Democrats are now within one Supreme Court justice of 'their highest goal': ......gaining permanent control of the nation with a five vote majority on the Supreme Court, and then relentlessly imposing every liberal policy on the nation not through winning elections but through a relentless parade of one Supreme Court decision after another. ...........................ie: Nobody would campaign any more for laws to limit abortions, because any such laws would be unconstitutional. The legislative lobbying work of pro-life advocacy groups would be totally and utterly defeated. Millions of unborn children would continue to die.
Soe are saying that character doesn’t matter?” But I do believe that character does matter, but I think Trump’s character is far better than what is portrayed by much current political mud-slinging, and far far better than his opponent’s character.
In addition, if someone makes doubts about character 'the only factor to consider', ...that is a fallacy in ethical reasoning that I call “reductionism” – the mistake of reducing every argument to only one factor, when the situation requires that 'multiple factors be considered'..... In this election, an even LARGER factor is the future of the nation that would flow from a Clinton or a Trump presidency.
For those who say they won’t vote for Trump because there is a chance he won’t govern at all like he promises, I reply that all of American presidential history shows that that result 'is unlikely',.... and it is ethically fallacious reasoning to base a decision on assuming a result that is unlikely to happen.....Consider instead the most likely results. The most likely result of voting for Trump is that he will govern the way he promises to do, bringing much good to the nation.
But the most likely result of NOT voting for Trump is that you will be abandoning thousands of unborn babies who will be put to death under Hillary Clinton’s Supreme Court, thousands of Christians who will be excluded from their lifelong occupations, thousands of the poor who will never again be able to find high-paying jobs in an economy crushed by government hostility toward business, thousands of inner-city children who will never be able to get a good education, thousands of the sick and elderly who will never get adequate medical treatment when the government is the nation’s only healthcare provider, thousands of people who will be killed by an unchecked ISIS, and millions of Jews in Israel who will find themselves alone and surrounded by hostile enemies. And you will be contributing to a permanent loss of the American system of government due to a final victory of unaccountable judicial tyranny.
When I look at it this way, my conscience, and my considered moral judgment tell me that I must vote for Donald Trump as the candidate who is most likely to do the most good for the United States of America.
Yes..He is egotistical, bombastic, and brash. He often lacks nuance in his statements. Sometimes he blurts out mistaken ideas that he later must abandon. He insults people. He can be vindictive when people attack him. He has been slow to disown and rebuke the wrongful words and actions of some angry fringe supporters. He has been married three times and claims to have been unfaithful in his marriages. These are certainly flaws, but I don’t think they are disqualifying flaws in this election.
http://townhall.com/columnists/waynegrudem/2016/07/28/why-voting-for-donald-trump-is-a-morally-good-choice-n2199564
