LoneLaugher
Diamond Member
So... I'm hearing this stuff about Donald Trump's liberal past. I've heard many a conservative claim that he isn't loyal to the party. So say the conservative purists. So say those who wish to preserve and maintain the status quo. But wait! Here's a burning question: Is he not allowed to change his mind? Reagan made a similar exodus from the Democratic Party and spent the rest of his life supporting Republican ideals, and he is almost worshiped as a god by the conservative Republican sphere.
Oh, but saying good things about Hillary, donating to her foundation, or being a liberal in the past makes him a RINO now? As I recall, he never voted for Bill Clinton, he voted for Bush twice and for Romney, he also helped with John McCain's presidential campaign. As an aside, when prominent "conservative" Glenn Beck accused Trump of voting for Obama, he had to apologize.
Then, The National Review, a magazine founded by none other than William F. Buckley, is planning to dedicate an entire issue for the sole purpose of trashing Donald Trump. Led by a group of 22 conservative thinkers like Dana Loesch and Glenn Beck, they aim in that issue to make the case as to why Donald Trump shouldn't win the nomination. So what happens if he does? What will they do? What will the Republican party for that matter do? Are they prepared to alienate a great chunk of their electorate simply for the attainment of such a goal?
Now, how can those people, or anti-Trump conservatives here for that matter, lecture Donald Trump about not being loyal to conservative ideals or to the Republican Party, when they are unprepared to support him should he become the nominee? All that bluster about Hillary or Bernie winning the White House, all the fear of such an occurrence; and they are prepared to vote for Hillary or even sit home on election night, running the risk of putting a Democrat in the oval office. Simply because of his political past. It only goes to show you how fleeting things such as loyalty can be.
I am sorely disappointed in the Republican Party, not only for deviating from its stated purposes and goals in the past, but for attempting to sabotage their own front runner who is seeking the nomination of his party. It is disgusting. This shows that expressed loyalties can be nothing more but a lie. The is the behavior engaged in by a collective of hypocrites, whose undying loyalty to the party or conservative ideals suddenly goes deep six because of a man named Donald J. Trump. This is why I stopped being a Republican.
This is also why legions of people support Trump. The pro-establishment Republicans show their colors when it comes to true devotion to the party and its supporters.
What's the deal you guys? What are you so afraid of?
They are afraid of getting a historical ass kicking in the general. It really can't get any simpler.