The following article is the work of a henchman of Erick Erickson and the Never Trump movement being forwarded by supposed supporters of the Republican agenda. I have divided it into snippets be inserting my comments in red.
I am a long time conservative hawk. I find Mr. Scharoun's comments detrimental to the Republican cause and a sure-fire way to help the Democrats keep the White House for at least one more term.
By Dave Scharoun | March 24, 2016, 05:33pm | @DaveScharoun
In his quest to convince the Republican Party establishment and base of his viability as a general election candidate, Donald Trump has continually flaunted his ability to bring disaffected Democratic voters into his new, “fundamentally changed” Republican Party. He isn’t wrong. Trump has converted lifelong Democrats to his Republican campaign in an unprecedented fashion. As many as 20% of Democratic voters have pledged to support a Trump candidacy, and he has consistently fared best in states with open primaries. But I feel as if there is a question that both Trump and many of his supposedly conservative voters have failed to answer:
Since when has the mission of the Republican Party been to accommodate Democrats?
The mission of the Republican Establishment has long been to accommodate Democrats. The refusal of our current so-called "representatives of the people", both in the Republican Senate and the Republican House to use their majority power to restrain the liberal agenda illustrates the disgusting fact that Washington is controlled by big donors and lobbyists with piles of money to fling at the entrenched establishment in return for favorable acts of government.
Up to 70% of the people did not want ObamaCare...we got it!
The majority of voters do not want open borders or amnesty. We have Marco Rubio accommodating Chuck Schummer in co-authoring an amnesty bill.
Wake up, Dave! You seem to equate successful conversion with accommodation. The more Democrats we convert to voting Republican, the more our chances of winning the White House rise.
You and the Never Trump movement will do nothing more than keep the Democrats in control longer.
If you are looking for a reason that this mass migration of Democratic voters to Trump’s side was made possible, you need look no further then this current crop of Democratic candidates, who have taken the party’s long-standing use of divisive identity politics and turned them into overdrive.
Actually, it's the stand that Trump takes against job-stealing illegal immigration, weak national security, the weakening of our military and the loss of American jobs caused by the lopsided trade deals and job-killing tax structure that draws Democrats and Republicans to Trump.
Bernie Sanders has proclaimed that white people cannot understand what it’s like to live in poverty and yielded the microphone to Black Lives Matter activists at his own speaking engagement, who admonished the crowd of gathered faithful for being racist due to their whiteness. Hillary Clinton, likable and popular stateswoman she is, has needed to double down on the Sandinista sympathizer’s pandering in order to keep pace with the party’s increasingly far left base.
So Hillary is changing her political posture to win votes? This is the same claim you make against Trump.
She has waxed self-loathingly over her own white privilege and declared that old Bernie’s constant harping on Wall Street and big banks is misguided since, after all, it will not end racism, sexism, homophobia, and anti-immigrant fervor (all of which she, apparently, is capable of ending.)
If anyone is in bed with the Wall Street banks, it's Hillary Clinton. We haven't seen the transcripts of her speeches yet, have we? Hillary took in big bucks just for speaking in private to the big banks. And good old Ted Cruz...his wife works for Goldman Sachs.
Hillary won't be ending sexism either. She's tried to destroy every woman that claimed her husband molested or raped them. Do you really want to help Hillary get elected by not voting for Trump?
And of course, both have declared their support for open borders and amnesty, insisting that the only immigration problem we face is that of the prejudice of white Americans who refuse to accommodate their new neighbors.
...and our open borders make it easier for terrorists to come here and kill people. Bernie and Hillary think we should welcome all potential voters to the country regardless of the effects of their presence.
And as the left engages in this arms race of empathy for downtrodden minorities, the white, working class males of the Democratic Party increasingly find themselves alienated.
Which is likely part of their reasoning behind jumping on the Trump Train. Not only do they feel alienated, they feel OUT OF WORK. Their jobs have either been given to illegal aliens or shipped overseas for tax purposes.
Enter Donald Trump and his new Republican platform. You see, it’s not the Democratic voters that will be changing for their new party, but the party that will be (in Trump’s own words) “fundamentally changing” for them. The party of stiff principles gives way to an aspiring autocrat with a bag full of promises.
Gone are the days of simply pushing for tighter border security and increased enforcement of standing immigration laws, replaced by the promise of a “big, beautiful wall.” One you can touch and feel. One that seems to arbitrarily increase in size ten feet at a time with each spoken slight against Trump, like a parent adding extra time to a child’s timeout. One that will improve the plight of “you” by getting rid of “them.”
The height of the wall is irrelevant. Trump's point is that the more opposition from Mexico regarding the wall, the stronger will be his resolve to build it.
Gone are the days of prosperity through non-intervention in the private sector, replaced by promises of employment for all through crippling free trade, strong-arming those damn Chinese, and holding American companies hostage that attempt to dodge the proclamations of the new emperor. Fixing health care through the free market is also now an antiquated idea, replaced by the markedly Democratic policy of government-funded health care for all.
Non-intervention in the private sector ended decades ago with regulation after regulation being applied to the private sector. Our trade agreements and ridiculous tax structure have caused trade deficits with most of the countries we trade with. We can't sell much in Japan, yet they ship cars here by the millions. The free market in health care insurance would benefit by Trump's plan to allow competition across state lines. Though free anything is a liberal tenant, those that are UNABLE to pay for it on their own should get it. It's called charity and compassion.
Gone are the days of principle and conviction, replaced by a man who was for abortion, gun control, and even illegal immigration before he became adamantly against them, conveniently just around the time he began vying for the Republican nomination for president.
Regan was a liberal before he saw the light....and became the best President in decades.
Indeed, the story of the dynamic between the Republican and Democratic parties has long been one of principle against promise. With Trump, that era comes to an end, supplanted by an entirely new party with an entirely new base. Lifelong Democrats in constant pursuit of the candidate whose promises are most tantalizing and abundant find a home in this new Republican Party, led by a charismatic icon who repeatedly reminds them of his fatherly “love” for them.
And the principled conservative is left out in the cold.
You so-called principled conservatives are going to initiate the disappearance of the Republican party by aiding and abetting the liberal movement toward Marxism and Socialism. A scant few more terms in the White House is all it will take to reach the point of no return. We will follow Greece on the path to a failed nation of non-working voters.
I suggest you and Erick stop undermining the Republican Party.
I am a long time conservative hawk. I find Mr. Scharoun's comments detrimental to the Republican cause and a sure-fire way to help the Democrats keep the White House for at least one more term.
By Dave Scharoun | March 24, 2016, 05:33pm | @DaveScharoun
In his quest to convince the Republican Party establishment and base of his viability as a general election candidate, Donald Trump has continually flaunted his ability to bring disaffected Democratic voters into his new, “fundamentally changed” Republican Party. He isn’t wrong. Trump has converted lifelong Democrats to his Republican campaign in an unprecedented fashion. As many as 20% of Democratic voters have pledged to support a Trump candidacy, and he has consistently fared best in states with open primaries. But I feel as if there is a question that both Trump and many of his supposedly conservative voters have failed to answer:
Since when has the mission of the Republican Party been to accommodate Democrats?
The mission of the Republican Establishment has long been to accommodate Democrats. The refusal of our current so-called "representatives of the people", both in the Republican Senate and the Republican House to use their majority power to restrain the liberal agenda illustrates the disgusting fact that Washington is controlled by big donors and lobbyists with piles of money to fling at the entrenched establishment in return for favorable acts of government.
Up to 70% of the people did not want ObamaCare...we got it!
The majority of voters do not want open borders or amnesty. We have Marco Rubio accommodating Chuck Schummer in co-authoring an amnesty bill.
Wake up, Dave! You seem to equate successful conversion with accommodation. The more Democrats we convert to voting Republican, the more our chances of winning the White House rise.
You and the Never Trump movement will do nothing more than keep the Democrats in control longer.
If you are looking for a reason that this mass migration of Democratic voters to Trump’s side was made possible, you need look no further then this current crop of Democratic candidates, who have taken the party’s long-standing use of divisive identity politics and turned them into overdrive.
Actually, it's the stand that Trump takes against job-stealing illegal immigration, weak national security, the weakening of our military and the loss of American jobs caused by the lopsided trade deals and job-killing tax structure that draws Democrats and Republicans to Trump.
Bernie Sanders has proclaimed that white people cannot understand what it’s like to live in poverty and yielded the microphone to Black Lives Matter activists at his own speaking engagement, who admonished the crowd of gathered faithful for being racist due to their whiteness. Hillary Clinton, likable and popular stateswoman she is, has needed to double down on the Sandinista sympathizer’s pandering in order to keep pace with the party’s increasingly far left base.
So Hillary is changing her political posture to win votes? This is the same claim you make against Trump.
She has waxed self-loathingly over her own white privilege and declared that old Bernie’s constant harping on Wall Street and big banks is misguided since, after all, it will not end racism, sexism, homophobia, and anti-immigrant fervor (all of which she, apparently, is capable of ending.)
If anyone is in bed with the Wall Street banks, it's Hillary Clinton. We haven't seen the transcripts of her speeches yet, have we? Hillary took in big bucks just for speaking in private to the big banks. And good old Ted Cruz...his wife works for Goldman Sachs.
Hillary won't be ending sexism either. She's tried to destroy every woman that claimed her husband molested or raped them. Do you really want to help Hillary get elected by not voting for Trump?
And of course, both have declared their support for open borders and amnesty, insisting that the only immigration problem we face is that of the prejudice of white Americans who refuse to accommodate their new neighbors.
...and our open borders make it easier for terrorists to come here and kill people. Bernie and Hillary think we should welcome all potential voters to the country regardless of the effects of their presence.
And as the left engages in this arms race of empathy for downtrodden minorities, the white, working class males of the Democratic Party increasingly find themselves alienated.
Which is likely part of their reasoning behind jumping on the Trump Train. Not only do they feel alienated, they feel OUT OF WORK. Their jobs have either been given to illegal aliens or shipped overseas for tax purposes.
Enter Donald Trump and his new Republican platform. You see, it’s not the Democratic voters that will be changing for their new party, but the party that will be (in Trump’s own words) “fundamentally changing” for them. The party of stiff principles gives way to an aspiring autocrat with a bag full of promises.
Gone are the days of simply pushing for tighter border security and increased enforcement of standing immigration laws, replaced by the promise of a “big, beautiful wall.” One you can touch and feel. One that seems to arbitrarily increase in size ten feet at a time with each spoken slight against Trump, like a parent adding extra time to a child’s timeout. One that will improve the plight of “you” by getting rid of “them.”
The height of the wall is irrelevant. Trump's point is that the more opposition from Mexico regarding the wall, the stronger will be his resolve to build it.
Gone are the days of prosperity through non-intervention in the private sector, replaced by promises of employment for all through crippling free trade, strong-arming those damn Chinese, and holding American companies hostage that attempt to dodge the proclamations of the new emperor. Fixing health care through the free market is also now an antiquated idea, replaced by the markedly Democratic policy of government-funded health care for all.
Non-intervention in the private sector ended decades ago with regulation after regulation being applied to the private sector. Our trade agreements and ridiculous tax structure have caused trade deficits with most of the countries we trade with. We can't sell much in Japan, yet they ship cars here by the millions. The free market in health care insurance would benefit by Trump's plan to allow competition across state lines. Though free anything is a liberal tenant, those that are UNABLE to pay for it on their own should get it. It's called charity and compassion.
Gone are the days of principle and conviction, replaced by a man who was for abortion, gun control, and even illegal immigration before he became adamantly against them, conveniently just around the time he began vying for the Republican nomination for president.
Regan was a liberal before he saw the light....and became the best President in decades.
Indeed, the story of the dynamic between the Republican and Democratic parties has long been one of principle against promise. With Trump, that era comes to an end, supplanted by an entirely new party with an entirely new base. Lifelong Democrats in constant pursuit of the candidate whose promises are most tantalizing and abundant find a home in this new Republican Party, led by a charismatic icon who repeatedly reminds them of his fatherly “love” for them.
And the principled conservative is left out in the cold.
You so-called principled conservatives are going to initiate the disappearance of the Republican party by aiding and abetting the liberal movement toward Marxism and Socialism. A scant few more terms in the White House is all it will take to reach the point of no return. We will follow Greece on the path to a failed nation of non-working voters.
I suggest you and Erick stop undermining the Republican Party.
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