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In reply to the discussion: Against Trump [View all]skepticscott
(13,029 posts)42. Can anyone who was bored enough to read all this
report to the rest of us who all these folk actually favor as a nominee? Because the things they've said pretty much apply to the whole clown car. Not one of them understands the Constitution, the economy, diplomacy and foreign relations or much of anything else that really matters. Self-identified "conservatives' in this country are reaping what they have sown for the last 35 years, and the current crop of candidates is the (totally expectable) result.
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"Trump must be stopped ... an avalanche of essays by conservative thought leaders — 22 in all ..."
pampango
Jan 2016
#1
Did you know that Buckley would take his sailboat beyond territorial waters to smoke pot?
alfredo
Jan 2016
#43
As thoughtful and as urgent as they try make this sound, it is obviously just another
world wide wally
Jan 2016
#4
Odly enough the German conservative thinker Oswald Spenger coined a term that...
Odin2005
Jan 2016
#57
"Trump is the living, breathing, bellowing personification of all the nasty characteristics"
KamaAina
Jan 2016
#14
But then who's left? Cruz is #2. IMO, he's WORSE. His insane zealotry and fake Christian beliefs
Roland99
Jan 2016
#21
Yes, totally, real thought leaders would come up with a better name for themselves.
bemildred
Jan 2016
#40
You POS bastards on the right created the Tea Party which enables Trump to run
Feeling the Bern
Jan 2016
#38
I have no symphathy for them either, and him giving Palin a possble position
SummerSnow
Jan 2016
#66