Joe Cooper
2016-03-26 16:04:56 UTC
I hammered John McCain and Mitt Romney so brutally during the GOP
primaries that I was blackballed from the 2008 and 2012 Republican
conventions in retaliation, but when the time came in the general
election, I did vote Republican. I will never be a fan of John McCain or
Mitt Romney, but I could at least embrace Reagans my 80 percent friend
is not my 20 percent enemy mantra and support them.
I cannot say the same about Donald J. Trump.
Hes not a good man, a Christian or a conservative and he doesnt care
about the Constitution, the country or as far I can tell, anything other
than making money and hearing his name repeated as often as possible. If
Matthew 7:16 is right and, By their fruit you will recognize them, what
fruits has Donald J. Trump borne into the conservative movement? Hes
managed to turn longtime allies against each other, good people are
approving of despicable behavior they would have unhesitatingly condemned
a year ago and the way he behaves is so childish and disgusting that 35%
of Republicans and Republican leaning independents want a third party if
hes the nominee. Many Donald J. Trump fans assume these people who
detest him so much are establishment Republicans. While its true that
many members of the GOP establishment dislike Donald J. Trump (And
others, like Chris Christie, Rick Scott and Scott Brown have endorsed
him), the majority of people who oppose him are grassroots conservatives.
Donald J. Trump may have more backers than anyone else in a divided
field, but so far roughly two-thirds of Republicans have picked someone
other than him as their candidate.
I dont insult people for supporting or endorsing Donald J. Trump, I
havent called for any blacklists, Im not calling for the nomination to
be taken from him at the convention and Im not encouraging anyone to
start a third party. In fact, I know there are many good conservatives
who support Donald J. Trump. Unfortunately, when a third of the
Republican Party rallies behind an unelectable, unstable, misogynistic,
authoritarian conman who says any stupid thing that comes into his head,
there is no escape for the rest of us from the ramifications of that
decision. Maybe there could have been, if another third of the party
didnt just as stubbornly refuse to unite around Ted Cruz, the only
candidate who could have gotten more delegates than Donald J. Trump, but
it is what it is.
Barring a miracle and I doubt if God is helping out a phony Christian
who says hes never asked for forgiveness Donald J. Trump is going to
lose the general election. I could give you a detailed explanation of why
thats going to happen, but if youve taken the time to look at any
election data at all, you already know Donald J. Trump is highly likely
to be defeated. If you believe hes going to win despite the overwhelming
evidence to the contrary, its certainly not logic or poll numbers that
are convincing you of it.
The reality is likely to be even worse than the current numbers because
there will be some Republicans actively campaigning against him and a
conservative third party campaign is a genuine possibility. Do you think
Donald J. Trump wins if a Republican like Tom Coburn runs third party? Do
you think he wins even though, Mitt Romney, our last presidential nominee
has publicly written that, "Through the calculated statements of its
leader, Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry,
xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence. I am
repulsed by each and every one of these." You can like Mitt or not (and I
dont), but if youre telling yourself that it wont be incredibly
damaging in a general election that he has said that publicly about
Donald J. Trump, youre kidding yourself.
Just to give you a little taste of how hopeless it would be if Trump is
our nominee, the last time Utah went for a Democratic president was in
1964. McCain won the state by 28, Romney won by 48 and Cruz is winning in
a head-to-head matchup with Hillary by 28 while Donald J. Trump .is
losing 36/38. Yes, its one poll and yes, Donald J. Trump could still win
Utah, but when hes struggling in a state that should be one of the
easiest gimmies in the general election, it suggests a level of potential
weakness approached by candidates like McGovern, Dukakis and Mondale. So,
you can say that the millions of Republicans who wont vote for Donald J.
Trump in a general election are helping to elect Hillary, but the real
truth is that the people who are insisting on nominating Donald J. Trump
are the ones who are practically guaranteeing that Hillary Clinton will
be our next president.
Its also fine to say, We the people want Donald J. Trump, but so far,
more of We the people dont want him. Millions more of We the People
wont be able to vote for him in a general election because we dont
blindly love him to such an extent that we can overlook the fact that
hes obviously unfit to be in the Oval Office. I can certainly understand
liking some of the things Trump has done and said, but I dont get the
Reaganesque hero worship of a loud mouthed, cowardly braggart who has yet
to do anything to help the Republican Party, the conservative movement or
the country. At least Reagan earned his adulation by proving himself as a
principled conservative leader who turned out to be a strong governor and
one of the best American presidents in history.
On the other hand, Donald J. Trump is like a grown up version of King
Joffrey from Game of Thrones. He is like a mean-spirited parody of a
Republican on Saturday Night Live come to life. Donald J. Trump is a
walking, talking Internet meme who seems to be spouting off shallow
slogans half the time and lying the other half. He's also a creepy, thin
skinned authoritarian who has made it clear he cares nothing about free
speech for anyone but himself and has publicly encouraged political
violence at his rallies. Moreover, aside from some tough talk about
immigration, trade and unworkable, over-the-top attacks on Muslims, his
entire campaign has been centered on mean tweets, third grade insults and
campaign promises that sometimes change from day-to-day or even from
hour-to-hour. Its difficult to know what Trump would really do if he
were in power. His real views could range anywhere from liberal to
conservative to South American dictator on just about any issue. So, if
youre a conservative who believes in God, country and the Constitution,
how do you fall in line behind someone like that?
When I see the way Donald J. Trumps campaign treated Michelle Fields,
when I see him falsely claiming that Cruz was behind an attack on his
wife, even as he threatens Cruzs wife and attacks her looks, when I hear
him promising to force our soldiers to commit war crimes, mocking the
handicapped, smearing POWs and saying he may pay the bail of thugs who
assault people at his rallies while he bizarrely obsesses over Megyn
Kelly and his hand size, I can only conclude that hes not a good man,
hes not mentally stable and hes not someone who should ever be trusted
with our military, the DOJ, the FBI, the DHS, and the IRS or nuclear
weapons.
At the end of the day, if the goal is to say screw you not just to the
establishment, but to millions of grassroots conservatives and committed
Christians, then its almost mission accomplished time. However, if the
goal is to beat Hillary Clinton, Donald J. Trump is not someone who can
make that happen. To do that, the Republican Party would need to unify
and thats not possible with human poison like Donald J. Trump as the
nominee. If, as expected, Donald J. Trump becomes the GOPs candidate,
the Republican Party will splinter, the GOP will be decimated down
ticket, and millions will leave the Republican Party, at least until its
infatuation with Hugo Chavez Jr has run its course. If Donald J. Trump is
the cure, the Republican Party would be better off with the disease.
Source: http://bit.ly/1RClt9t
--
"It's ironic that Donald Trump, hailed as the anti-establishment savior,
has supported and funded establishment and liberal causes much of his
adult life, and to this day is getting less opposition from the
establishment than bad boy Ted Cruz."--David Limbaugh
"Never underestimate the willingness of white progressives to be offended
on behalf of people who arent and to impose their will on those who
didnt ask for it." (Derek Hunter)
"No doubt Hillary would like to call [Paula] Jones a liar, but Bill paid
Jones $850,000 to settle her sexual harassment suit. Can you imagine the
fun Donald Trump, for one, would have with that? Plus, it was Bill
Clinton, not Paula Jones, who was found by the presiding federal judge to
have committed perjury."--John Hinderaker
primaries that I was blackballed from the 2008 and 2012 Republican
conventions in retaliation, but when the time came in the general
election, I did vote Republican. I will never be a fan of John McCain or
Mitt Romney, but I could at least embrace Reagans my 80 percent friend
is not my 20 percent enemy mantra and support them.
I cannot say the same about Donald J. Trump.
Hes not a good man, a Christian or a conservative and he doesnt care
about the Constitution, the country or as far I can tell, anything other
than making money and hearing his name repeated as often as possible. If
Matthew 7:16 is right and, By their fruit you will recognize them, what
fruits has Donald J. Trump borne into the conservative movement? Hes
managed to turn longtime allies against each other, good people are
approving of despicable behavior they would have unhesitatingly condemned
a year ago and the way he behaves is so childish and disgusting that 35%
of Republicans and Republican leaning independents want a third party if
hes the nominee. Many Donald J. Trump fans assume these people who
detest him so much are establishment Republicans. While its true that
many members of the GOP establishment dislike Donald J. Trump (And
others, like Chris Christie, Rick Scott and Scott Brown have endorsed
him), the majority of people who oppose him are grassroots conservatives.
Donald J. Trump may have more backers than anyone else in a divided
field, but so far roughly two-thirds of Republicans have picked someone
other than him as their candidate.
I dont insult people for supporting or endorsing Donald J. Trump, I
havent called for any blacklists, Im not calling for the nomination to
be taken from him at the convention and Im not encouraging anyone to
start a third party. In fact, I know there are many good conservatives
who support Donald J. Trump. Unfortunately, when a third of the
Republican Party rallies behind an unelectable, unstable, misogynistic,
authoritarian conman who says any stupid thing that comes into his head,
there is no escape for the rest of us from the ramifications of that
decision. Maybe there could have been, if another third of the party
didnt just as stubbornly refuse to unite around Ted Cruz, the only
candidate who could have gotten more delegates than Donald J. Trump, but
it is what it is.
Barring a miracle and I doubt if God is helping out a phony Christian
who says hes never asked for forgiveness Donald J. Trump is going to
lose the general election. I could give you a detailed explanation of why
thats going to happen, but if youve taken the time to look at any
election data at all, you already know Donald J. Trump is highly likely
to be defeated. If you believe hes going to win despite the overwhelming
evidence to the contrary, its certainly not logic or poll numbers that
are convincing you of it.
The reality is likely to be even worse than the current numbers because
there will be some Republicans actively campaigning against him and a
conservative third party campaign is a genuine possibility. Do you think
Donald J. Trump wins if a Republican like Tom Coburn runs third party? Do
you think he wins even though, Mitt Romney, our last presidential nominee
has publicly written that, "Through the calculated statements of its
leader, Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry,
xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence. I am
repulsed by each and every one of these." You can like Mitt or not (and I
dont), but if youre telling yourself that it wont be incredibly
damaging in a general election that he has said that publicly about
Donald J. Trump, youre kidding yourself.
Just to give you a little taste of how hopeless it would be if Trump is
our nominee, the last time Utah went for a Democratic president was in
1964. McCain won the state by 28, Romney won by 48 and Cruz is winning in
a head-to-head matchup with Hillary by 28 while Donald J. Trump .is
losing 36/38. Yes, its one poll and yes, Donald J. Trump could still win
Utah, but when hes struggling in a state that should be one of the
easiest gimmies in the general election, it suggests a level of potential
weakness approached by candidates like McGovern, Dukakis and Mondale. So,
you can say that the millions of Republicans who wont vote for Donald J.
Trump in a general election are helping to elect Hillary, but the real
truth is that the people who are insisting on nominating Donald J. Trump
are the ones who are practically guaranteeing that Hillary Clinton will
be our next president.
Its also fine to say, We the people want Donald J. Trump, but so far,
more of We the people dont want him. Millions more of We the People
wont be able to vote for him in a general election because we dont
blindly love him to such an extent that we can overlook the fact that
hes obviously unfit to be in the Oval Office. I can certainly understand
liking some of the things Trump has done and said, but I dont get the
Reaganesque hero worship of a loud mouthed, cowardly braggart who has yet
to do anything to help the Republican Party, the conservative movement or
the country. At least Reagan earned his adulation by proving himself as a
principled conservative leader who turned out to be a strong governor and
one of the best American presidents in history.
On the other hand, Donald J. Trump is like a grown up version of King
Joffrey from Game of Thrones. He is like a mean-spirited parody of a
Republican on Saturday Night Live come to life. Donald J. Trump is a
walking, talking Internet meme who seems to be spouting off shallow
slogans half the time and lying the other half. He's also a creepy, thin
skinned authoritarian who has made it clear he cares nothing about free
speech for anyone but himself and has publicly encouraged political
violence at his rallies. Moreover, aside from some tough talk about
immigration, trade and unworkable, over-the-top attacks on Muslims, his
entire campaign has been centered on mean tweets, third grade insults and
campaign promises that sometimes change from day-to-day or even from
hour-to-hour. Its difficult to know what Trump would really do if he
were in power. His real views could range anywhere from liberal to
conservative to South American dictator on just about any issue. So, if
youre a conservative who believes in God, country and the Constitution,
how do you fall in line behind someone like that?
When I see the way Donald J. Trumps campaign treated Michelle Fields,
when I see him falsely claiming that Cruz was behind an attack on his
wife, even as he threatens Cruzs wife and attacks her looks, when I hear
him promising to force our soldiers to commit war crimes, mocking the
handicapped, smearing POWs and saying he may pay the bail of thugs who
assault people at his rallies while he bizarrely obsesses over Megyn
Kelly and his hand size, I can only conclude that hes not a good man,
hes not mentally stable and hes not someone who should ever be trusted
with our military, the DOJ, the FBI, the DHS, and the IRS or nuclear
weapons.
At the end of the day, if the goal is to say screw you not just to the
establishment, but to millions of grassroots conservatives and committed
Christians, then its almost mission accomplished time. However, if the
goal is to beat Hillary Clinton, Donald J. Trump is not someone who can
make that happen. To do that, the Republican Party would need to unify
and thats not possible with human poison like Donald J. Trump as the
nominee. If, as expected, Donald J. Trump becomes the GOPs candidate,
the Republican Party will splinter, the GOP will be decimated down
ticket, and millions will leave the Republican Party, at least until its
infatuation with Hugo Chavez Jr has run its course. If Donald J. Trump is
the cure, the Republican Party would be better off with the disease.
Source: http://bit.ly/1RClt9t
--
"It's ironic that Donald Trump, hailed as the anti-establishment savior,
has supported and funded establishment and liberal causes much of his
adult life, and to this day is getting less opposition from the
establishment than bad boy Ted Cruz."--David Limbaugh
"Never underestimate the willingness of white progressives to be offended
on behalf of people who arent and to impose their will on those who
didnt ask for it." (Derek Hunter)
"No doubt Hillary would like to call [Paula] Jones a liar, but Bill paid
Jones $850,000 to settle her sexual harassment suit. Can you imagine the
fun Donald Trump, for one, would have with that? Plus, it was Bill
Clinton, not Paula Jones, who was found by the presiding federal judge to
have committed perjury."--John Hinderaker