If you've known me for any amount of time, it won't take you long to figure out that I am vastly interested in staying current on political goings on--issues facing the word and our country, the leaders of our nation, as well as the many different opinions by pundits, analysts, news personalities, the everyday citizens who make up our nation. If you've been following the debates--Democratic or Republican--you cannot have missed the bumbling antics and contradictory rhetoric of Donald Trump. Trump is an anomaly in this Presidential race; no one thought he'd make it as far as he has and personally, I'm disgusted that there are actual people who believe he's a legitimate conservative. Here's the rub with Trump (and if you don't read Charles Krauthammer, then do yourself a favor and subscribe to the Washington Post just for his analysis of all things political, because he's shed a great deal of light on this Trump spectacle): Trump speaks out of both sides of his mouth. It wasn't until this past year that he began to "embrace" (and I use that term with the lightest of emphasis possible) the conservative ideas that the Republican party has defined itself by. Previously, he hasn't just been a stout Democrat, but he's been a rather large contributor to the likes of both Bill & Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, Rahm Emmanuel, Charlie Rangel, John Kerry, and Ted Kennedy. If at least two of those names didn't make your heart stop, then you either need to read up on your Democrat scandal cover-ups or realize that what I have to say on this blog won't sit too well with you. And I will hand it to Trump that he has contributed to other people who are not nearly as shady as those I listed, but his political donations to Democrats are 54% of his total donations. And if that wasn't enough to convince you that he's more Democrat than Republican, then this little fact from a 2011 article in the Washington Post by Dan Eggen & T.W. Farnam should definitely make you concerned: "The biggest recipient of all has been the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee of New York, which has taken in more than $125,000 from Trump and his companies. Overall, Trump has given nearly $600,000 to New York state campaigns, with more than two-thirds going to Democrats." Predominantly, Trump's money indicates much more accurately what he supports than what he claims to support. So to say Trump is a Republican who wants to return to conservative principles is like telling me that yellow snow is a lemon flavored icee. You're right, it is the right color, but the taste indicates that it is most definitely NOT for human consumption.
Trump it seemed at first came out of the woodwork as one of those individuals who was just fed up with an administration that wasn't doing what it promised. I can't fault him for that, the promises of the Obama administration really did fall short, even to their supporters. But here's the problem with the progression of the Trump frenzy: conservatives who want change are now taking him seriously as the "champion" for the restoration of conservative principles. And this is a gross misunderstanding of who Trump is and what he stands for. Originally, Trump threw out his ideas in a rather bizarre manner of strategy: if the Republican base agreed with what he said, then he touted that idea more firmly, insisting that this was why he'd make a great Republican President. If the base disagreed or felt that his wording was too ostracizing, he backed off the idea and put up the excuse that what he said was taken out of context. But now we've reached a point in the Trump campaign where he literally can say ANYTHING and the base applauds it, runs with it, and screams, "PREACH IT, BROTHA!" And to prove his arrogance at this point, he literally said he could murder someone and he'd still get votes. And no one batted an eye, because you know, it's Trump. Part of his appeal is that he says things bluntly. But just because you can state things bluntly does not mean you should run a country; maybe you should just start a talk show instead. Trump can't handle a moderator lobbing difficult questions, so he decides to not participate in the Iowa debates. He's intimidated that Ted Cruz is gaining in the polls, so he decides to launch a smear campaign against one, of if not the most, conservative member in the Senate. He doesn't like that you disagree with him, he shuts you out, forget having a debate based on facts and strategy. We already have a President who does that--why on earth would we trade him in for the exact same thing, just under a different label?
I'm a Liberty graduate, the place Jerry Falwell Sr. started to educate men and women in moral principle & truth based on the Word of God and encourage the Christian youth of our nation to engage in civic duty, not just in voting, but in knowing the issues and discussing them from a biblical point of view. I can't tell you how disappointed I was that Jerry Jr. endorsed Donald Trump, even going so far as to compare Trump to his dad. Now, don't get me wrong, I wasn't always a fan of Jerry Sr. because you can only take but so many sermons telling you to rethink your life and consider going to the foreign mission field, when you already have a plan that does not include Thailand or Nigeria. And I was the last generation to actually have Jerry Sr. as a chancellor, so it's not like I had this incredibly tight relationship with Jerry Sr.--I never even got to meet him my freshman year, which did make me a bit sad because he did visit my dad at MCV when he was diagnosed with cancer. But I digress: I have to think that based on why Jerry Sr. founded Liberty and started Moral Majority, comparing him to Trump is not just a slight misinterpretation of Jerry Sr's principles, but a kind of a slap in the face to Jerry Sr's adherence of moral truth. Trump isn't a conservative-- he doesn't want to take our nation back to the basics of the Constitution and he only values the Bible as it serves his purpose. He doesn't have a real game plan or strategy of what he wants to accomplish in office other than build a wall on the Mexican border and give everyone his version of Obamacare that he swears will work because it's by "the Donald". What Trump wants is to play God and being President is as close as you can get to that. To call him a conservative is grossly inaccurate and to be honest, having Trump in office is just as terrifying as having Hillary in office, because it becomes difficult to distinguish the truth when you're a blind sheep following explosive rhetoric full of sound and fury signifying nothing... except selfish ambition.
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