g5000
Diamond Member
- Nov 26, 2011
- 125,224
- 68,924
First, Trump was a registered Democrat all during the Bush Administration.
Some direct quotes:
“I think Bush is probably the worst president in the history of the United States.”
"Bill Clinton was a great president. They are fine people."
“I’m very pro-choice.”
“It may be a little bit of a New York background, because there is some different attitude in different parts of the country…but I am strongly for choice.”
“I am pro-choice in every respect”.
Trump on the Iraq War:
"Well, he lied. He got us into the war with lies. And, I mean, look at the trouble Bill Clinton got into with something that was totally unimportant. And they tried to impeach him, which was nonsense. And, yet, Bush got us into this horrible war with lies, by lying, by saying they had weapons of mass destruction, by saying all sorts of things that turned out not to be true."
"It just seemed like [Nancy Pelosi] was going to really look to impeach Bush and get him out of office, which, personally, I think would have been a wonderful thing."
Trump the cut-and-run New York limousine liberal:
BLITZER: How does the United States get out of this situation?
TRUMP: You know how they get out? They get out! That's how they get out. Declare victory, and leave.
Trump on health care reform:
“As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland."
Donald Trump in his book The America We Deserve:
We must have universal healthcare...I'm a conservative on most issues but a liberal on this one. We should not hear so many stories of families ruined by healthcare expenses...
Doctors might be paid less than they are now, as is the case in Canada, but they would be able to treat more patients because of the reduction in their paperwork..
The Canadian plan also helps Canadians live longer and healthier than Americans. There are fewer medical lawsuits, less loss of labor to sickness, and lower costs to companies paying for the medical care of their employees. If the program were in place in Massachusetts in 1999 it would have reduced administrative costs by $2.5 million. We need, as a nation, to reexamine the single-payer plan, as many individual states are doing.
Donald Trump on Larry King the first time he ran for President:
I'm quite liberal, and getting much more liberal, on health care and other things. What's the purpose of a country if you're not gonna have defense and health care? If you can’t take care of your sick in the country, forget it, it’s all over. So I'm very liberal when it comes to health care. I believe in universal healthcare.
Trump not only supports an Assault Weapons Ban, he also believes in background checks and longer waiting periods to buy a gun: “I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun. With today’s internet technology we should be able to tell within 72 hours if a potential gun owner has a record.”
Hey, where do I register as a Republican?
