Apostolic Friends Forum
Tab Menu 1
Go Back   Apostolic Friends Forum > The Fellowship Hall > The Newsroom > Political Talk
Facebook

Notices

Political Talk Political News


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 04-02-2016, 01:10 PM
Originalist Originalist is offline
Registered Member


 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 10,075
Dismount your high horse......

...please all you Anti-Trumpers and everyone else and carefully consider the words of Rush Limbuagh from yesterday.



Quote:
Folks, I was just talking about the passion that exists on both sides here. The passion that Trump voters have for him is equaled by the passion they have in opposition to Cruz, and it's the same with Cruz people. Cruz supporters are so passionate of Cruz, and they are so, so angry and frustrated with Trump supporters for not seeing the light. And the Republican Party had better be careful, because if they end up tiring a fire hose on the passions of all of these voters, there is no way the party survives, and that's what this is.

You've got this burning passion. You've got a significant segment of Republican voters, it's a large group of people, all of the energy in this primary season is on the Republican side. Look at that turnout. That turnout is through the roof. The establishment doesn't have a single person that could generate that type of turnout. There's not a single person they can choose from their fresh faces that would come anywhere near equaling this kind of excitement. Nowhere near maintaining this kind of excitement leading to continued turnout records, which are happening in primaries.

If they do what these stories indicate they're thinking of doing, it's the equivalent of turning a fire hose on these passions and potentially on both groups of voters. And if just one of these groups of voters decides to sit it out, then it doesn't matter what fresh face they come up with. And that's why there are some people who think that the Republican establishment is totally cool with that, totally cool with maintaining the establishment, but losing to Hillary, because at least they maintain themselves. They sustain in their jobs, they sustain in their lifestyles, they remain entrenched where they are. But I don't know how you quell these passions and then convert this passion to somebody who has not run or somebody who has run and has been shellacked, but apparently it's what they're plotting or planning.

It's fine to hate Trump, to love Cruz and to be frustrated with those who do not agree, all in the name of "principle". But if I went strictly by principle I'd be voting for the Constitution Party candidate or writing in Ron Paul's name. There comes a time when we must balance principle with pragmatism. So then, what do all of you think is going to happen at the convention? If Rush is right as to there being an establishment conspiracy (which Rush , Sean and I agree on), then do we just cover our eyes and ears and cling only to "principle"? What are your thoughts?

Last edited by Originalist; 04-02-2016 at 02:27 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 04-02-2016, 01:14 PM
Birddog Birddog is offline
Registered Member


 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Mesopotamia
Posts: 378
Re: Dismount your high horse......

Yes, vote Trump. Lol
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 04-02-2016, 03:16 PM
Evang.Benincasa's Avatar
Evang.Benincasa Evang.Benincasa is offline
Unvaxxed Pureblood too


 
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 40,541
Re: Dismount your high horse......

Quote:
Originally Posted by Birddog View Post
Yes, vote Trump. Lol
FlamingZword cut it out!
__________________
"all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."
~Declaration of Independence
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 04-04-2016, 07:58 AM
Birddog Birddog is offline
Registered Member


 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Mesopotamia
Posts: 378
Re: Dismount your high horse......

Quote:
Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa View Post
FlamingZword cut it out!
I am definitely not the flamer.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 04-02-2016, 03:27 PM
n david n david is offline
Registered Member


 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 17,807
Give it up, O. I'm #NeverTrump. I understand the rumors going around about what the establishment wants to do.

However, I'm not going to abandon my principles and vote for a pro-choice, faux conservative who doesn't know the role of government or what the role of a SCOTUS Justice is, just so I can put my thumb in the eye of the establishment.

Not going to happen.

Just as the establishment seems willing to lose to Hillary to keep control of the party, I'm willing to lose to Hillary instead of voting for a fake and a fraud like Donald J. Trump.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 04-02-2016, 08:53 PM
FlamingZword's Avatar
FlamingZword FlamingZword is offline
Yeshua is God


 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 4,158
Re: Dismount your high horse......

Quote:
Originally Posted by n david View Post
Give it up, O. I'm #NeverTrump. I understand the rumors going around about what the establishment wants to do.

However, I'm not going to abandon my principles and vote for a pro-choice, faux conservative who doesn't know the role of government or what the role of a SCOTUS Justice is, just so I can put my thumb in the eye of the establishment.

Not going to happen.

Just as the establishment seems willing to lose to Hillary to keep control of the party, I'm willing to lose to Hillary instead of voting for a fake and a fraud like Donald J. Trump.
If President Hellary Clinton happens to go by your town, make sure to wave at her and kiss the ground she walks on, you can also kneel and bow down before her.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 04-03-2016, 04:03 AM
Michael The Disciple's Avatar
Michael The Disciple Michael The Disciple is offline
Registered Member


 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 14,650
Re: Dismount your high horse......

Quote:
Originally Posted by n david View Post
Give it up, O. I'm #NeverTrump. I understand the rumors going around about what the establishment wants to do.

However, I'm not going to abandon my principles and vote for a pro-choice, faux conservative who doesn't know the role of government or what the role of a SCOTUS Justice is, just so I can put my thumb in the eye of the establishment.

Not going to happen.

Just as the establishment seems willing to lose to Hillary to keep control of the party, I'm willing to lose to Hillary instead of voting for a fake and a fraud like Donald J. Trump.
Pro choice? Didn't he just say if a woman had an abortion she should be punished? To me that makes much more sense than what anyone else is saying. Isnt the woman the one offering up the Baby to be killed? If abortion is murder then the woman ultimately is to blame for it.

I think Trump may be the first candidate to think of this. But alas he back pedaled. And yet it seemed it was his first and honest response.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 04-04-2016, 08:50 AM
deacon blues deacon blues is offline
Pride of the Neighborhood


 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 6,166
Re: Dismount your high horse......

Quote:
Originally Posted by n david View Post
Give it up, O. I'm #NeverTrump. I understand the rumors going around about what the establishment wants to do.

However, I'm not going to abandon my principles and vote for a pro-choice, faux conservative who doesn't know the role of government or what the role of a SCOTUS Justice is, just so I can put my thumb in the eye of the establishment.

Not going to happen.

Just as the establishment seems willing to lose to Hillary to keep control of the party, I'm willing to lose to Hillary instead of voting for a fake and a fraud like Donald J. Trump.
8 years ago people wouldn't vote for McCain on principle. 4 years ago they wouldn't vote for Romney on principle. Eight years of Obama have bee the result of conservatives staying home because they didn't like their choices.

Well pat yourself on the back if we get Hillary. Because four to eight years of Hillary will be FAR FAR WORSE than a Trump presidency. I didn't vote for him in the primaries but I didn't vote for McCain or Romney either.

That's why the liberals keep changing this country because they are SMART ENOUGH to know if they can't have it all in one candidate, they can get enough. So they incrementally erode our nation into something unrecognizable, while conservatives stay home and feel morally superior because they didn't vote for someone they couldn't feel 100% good about.

Did you stay home in 2008? Did you vote for some third party candidate? 2012? Will you stay home this year? It's a mistake and short sighted.
__________________

‎When a newspaper posed the question, "What's Wrong with the World?" G. K. Chesterton reputedly wrote a brief letter in response: "Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely Yours, G. K. Chesterton." That is the attitude of someone who has grasped the message of Jesus.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 04-04-2016, 08:53 AM
aegsm76 aegsm76 is offline
Registered Member


 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 5,121
Re: Dismount your high horse......

Quote:
Originally Posted by deacon blues View Post
8 years ago people wouldn't vote for McCain on principle. 4 years ago they wouldn't vote for Romney on principle. Eight years of Obama have bee the result of conservatives staying home because they didn't like their choices.

Well pat yourself on the back if we get Hillary. Because four to eight years of Hillary will be FAR FAR WORSE than a Trump presidency. I didn't vote for him in the primaries but I didn't vote for McCain or Romney either.

That's why the liberals keep changing this country because they are SMART ENOUGH to know if they can't have it all in one candidate, they can get enough. So they incrementally erode our nation into something unrecognizable, while conservatives stay home and feel morally superior because they didn't vote for someone they couldn't feel 100% good about.

Did you stay home in 2008? Did you vote for some third party candidate? 2012? Will you stay home this year? It's a mistake and short sighted.
Totally correct.
__________________
If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under - Ronald Reagan
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 04-04-2016, 09:53 AM
Pressing-On's Avatar
Pressing-On Pressing-On is offline
Not riding the train


 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 48,544
Re: Dismount your high horse......

Quote:
Originally Posted by deacon blues View Post
8 years ago people wouldn't vote for McCain on principle. 4 years ago they wouldn't vote for Romney on principle. Eight years of Obama have bee the result of conservatives staying home because they didn't like their choices.

Well pat yourself on the back if we get Hillary. Because four to eight years of Hillary will be FAR FAR WORSE than a Trump presidency. I didn't vote for him in the primaries but I didn't vote for McCain or Romney either.

That's why the liberals keep changing this country because they are SMART ENOUGH to know if they can't have it all in one candidate, they can get enough. So they incrementally erode our nation into something unrecognizable, while conservatives stay home and feel morally superior because they didn't vote for someone they couldn't feel 100% good about.

Did you stay home in 2008? Did you vote for some third party candidate? 2012? Will you stay home this year? It's a mistake and short sighted.
There isn't much difference between Hillary and Trump. Trump talks about tariffs (good article - Donald Trump is No Capitalist - http://www.marketwatch.com/story/don...-1302540677772), how he loves eminent domain, government healthcare, etc. It's all big government. Trump has an authoritarian streak which simply means, throw principles out the window.

So, will I vote for Trump if he is the nominee? No. I will vote third party. If America gets Hillary, they get her. I didn't vote for Romney and I refuse to vote for Trump.

Donald Trump is not a Republican, so it really doesn't matter. He is running the nastiest, dirtiest campaign, full of violence and classless rhetoric. I saw his son Eric carrying forth his lies toward Ted Cruz on Fox and Friends - the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. No lie is beneath Eric Trump anymore than his own father. No other candidate has been as dirty and low as the scum of the earth - Donald J. Trump Corleone.

The GOP Establishment has pushed against the candidate who has fought all of his life to restore our Constitution. The media has given Donald Trump BILLIONS of dollars in FREE advertisement. I am glad that Ted Cruz called out Sean Hannity saying that both he and O'Reilly have been very, very friendly to Donald and that we need fair moderators. I will add Greta to that list.

Megyn Kelly seems to have done a 180 and has given Ted Cruz fair time. She will be having a townhall with him today. That's a big difference from Hannity giving Donald a townhall every Monday before a primary vote the next day.
__________________

Last edited by Pressing-On; 04-04-2016 at 09:56 AM.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Pale Horse KwaiQ Islamic Issues and News 38 06-09-2013 07:53 PM
Red Horse Rising renee819 Fellowship Hall 2 12-13-2012 04:29 PM
Catholic Horse Sam Fellowship Hall 5 09-13-2011 05:54 PM

 
User Infomation
Your Avatar

Latest Threads
- by Salome

Help Support AFF!

Advertisement




All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:04 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.