I agree and his approval rating has climbed steadily post election
This is the first thing you’ve said in a long time that I definitely agree with. However, I do have to agree with thunderbolt because Trump’s “evolving” stances so far are things conservatives who voted for him are generally opposed to but we are not seeing any wide criticism. Crickets, as it were. EDIT–I agree that Levin and Beck have been hammering him.
I am wondering how much of it is post-election fatigue of seeing news every day and how much is apathy.
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We also have Stephen Moore saying the GOP should just accept that they are now a populist, working class party. Christ, we may as well write fiscal conservatism off right now and save ourselves the time/ heartache.
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You mean to death…repeatedly. But once again looking at the choices Trump is the more conservative of the two…by far. Does anyone here honestly think that Hillary Clinton would have chosen Jeff Sessions as her AG, Mike Flynn as National Security Advisor, Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff and on and on…
No Trump is not a real conservative, as is his great pick for VP Mike Pence. But he’s a hell of a lot closer than the corrupt Hillary Clinton.
I agree with you therajiraj no more needs to be said on this topic.
That’s ok, sure - does that mean that the un-conservative things Trump is committing to doing are now acceptable? Even if you voted for him as a Lesser of Two Evils, aren’t these things still bad and worthy of criticism if you claim to be conservative?
Point being, to your point, just because you voted for someone as the Lesser of Two Evils doesn’t mean you have to be an uncritical lemming, assuming your principles are worth fighting for.
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It’s interesting - the Whigs did this years ago, appropriating the populist theme against the traditional populist party without a bona fide populist economic platform (Log Cabin and Hard Cider, etc.).
It was more political marketing than truth, and I think the same will be true of Trump’s populism in the long run.
But this is part of the point I was making earlier - did all these conservatives suddenly convert to populism overnight? They appear to have.
I absolutely agree with you.
Nope. I plan on discussing this ad nauseam for at least four years. Ignore it if you’d like.
If he pulls a Bush 43 and pays lip service to conservatism and then drastically increases the size of government (or tries to), I want a full on shit storm from congress.
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Yes. As soon as they heard one trillion dollars. They became populists busy with positioning themselves to get as much of that 1T as possible.
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Good luck, those hacks are all seeing how they can expand and cement their local vote with a 1 trillion dollar infrastructure bill.
Victory does interesting things to “men of principle,” it makes them forget they have any.
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TB and Legalsteel bring out points worth emphasizing.
I doubt you are now going to hear much talk about the “evil overreach” of Government and it’s “invasion” in all if our Lives…or of it’s waste and overspending (as there are no signs of even an attempt to reel that overspending in).
Trump, McConnell and Ryan are about to wield as much Federal Governmental Power as they can…guaranteed.
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I don’t doubt those 3 wielding the power statement.
My counterpoint: Tea Party, Pack with America, Rand Paul, and every attempt to reel in spending, term limits, smaller govt is met with demonization.
So who can win in this game of non compromise?
Not directed at Mufasa
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It should be an interesting fight, treco.
Not at all true Mufasa.
First of all Trump has not even been sworn in yet. Will he build a wall? Will he lower taxes? Will he do the many other things that he promised? Let’s find out. All some are doing now is picking apart his proposals. No problem they are fair game. But there are many things on the table and most of them are far more important than his urban renewal plan for example. One such topic would be picking a conservative judge to replace Scalia. And on top of that perhaps a second or even possibly a third judge. If that is the case we have a conservative court for the next 50 years. Forget tax cuts, the many other conservative proposals and the many conservatives that he has already chosen for his cabinet. The Supreme Court appointments alone are worth voting for Trump. Sure I will be the first to admit that Trump is not the conservative that I want. But he was the more conservative of the two candidates so I voted for him. Glad I did and glad he won as I predicted.
If and when he proposes and follows through with less than conservative ideas I will certainly be critical of him. But at the same time thanking God that Hillary Clinton is not President.
Agree. No question that the placing of conservative Judges on the Bench is huge.
The only thing I would “caution” about is that a Supreme Court Justice can at times Vote contrary to what their “Conservative” or “Liberal” label would have us to believe.
With that said; Trump’s selection can certainly change the balance of the Court.
You make a very good point when it comes to republican Presidents they sometimes pick a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It seems that the democrat Presidents get it right. They want a left wing agenda and they choose judges that follow in lock step. Not one single republican President in the last 36 years or so has done it nearly as well as the democrat Presidents have. There are many examples of this too numerous to mention. But, with that said, I knew what I would get with Hillary Clinton. So the gamble on Trump was very good and low risk.
Hey, has anyone else noticed that Donald has been sounding an awful lot like a grownup since he won the election?
I seriously doubt that this will last. He has learned to communicate in such a way over the past 70 years of his life and I don’t think that will change long-term. But, I must say it has been nice in the short-term.
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