Republicans seem to be abandoning all of their principals for the perceived "strong man".
It's what I've always said...republicans in a lot of instances are nothing more than authoritarian looking for someone to tell them which way is up.
Here's how the majority of R's that I know think (as expressed to me over the years, looooong before Trump came around).
1. Border (secure it, enforce the laws, and DON'T **** AROUND about it).
2. Economy (by and large, get the gov't out of the business of the free market).
3. Gov't programs (cut the shit out that doesn't work or is obscenely wasteful - Dept. of Education - we are 30th in the world yet spend more per student than any other nation).
People don't care about Trumps stance on Planned Parenthood, gay marriage, etc... At least not to the extent you think they do.
You're right, republicans haven't been saying anything other than supportive things about gays and abortion. What was I thinking?
Read what I typed. THE MAJORITY OF R'S THAT I KNOW. Like in "Personally Know". Not the talking points people on the television. Most of them simply don't care whether it's Adam and Eve or Adam and Steve. And yes, while the vast majority of R'S THAT I KNOW abhor abortion, just about all of them feel it's a state's rights decision, and that the Federal Gov't should stay the **** out of it, and certainly they don't want to be taxed to pay for it.
Republicans seem to be abandoning all of their principals for the perceived "strong man".
It's what I've always said...republicans in a lot of instances are nothing more than authoritarian looking for someone to tell them which way is up.
Here's how the majority of R's that I know think (as expressed to me over the years, looooong before Trump came around).
1. Border (secure it, enforce the laws, and DON'T **** AROUND about it).
2. Economy (by and large, get the gov't out of the business of the free market).
3. Gov't programs (cut the shit out that doesn't work or is obscenely wasteful - Dept. of Education - we are 30th in the world yet spend more per student than any other nation).
People don't care about Trumps stance on Planned Parenthood, gay marriage, etc... At least not to the extent you think they do.
You're right, republicans haven't been saying anything other than supportive things about gays and abortion. What was I thinking?
KingOfCars is
one of those Republicans who never meets a social conservative at the country club or at the tennis court or in the boardroom, so he assumes we don't exist.
Wrong on many levels:
1. Not a Republican any more. Seeing the true nature of what the party has become has driven me away. Still very conservative on many things, and middle of the road on others.
2. Don't hang out at country clubs / tennis courts / boardrooms. I've got better things to do. Been there and done that, and quite frankly, it left me with a feeling of emptiness hanging out with those trouser-stains.
3. No assumtion that you don't exist. Again, READ MY ORIGINAL POST. The MAJORITY of R's that I KNOW.