(November 10, 2016 at 4:01 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: But my point is, these people aren't racist bigots who love Trump. They're not the KKK. They're not racist. They begrudgingly voted for him because they saw him as a better alternative to Hillary and to the liberal ideology.
Is he? Trump's not a dyed-in-the-wool Republican. At best, he's an opportunist.
I think what surprised me most was that the 2005 audio of him did not seem to hurt his standing among Christians. And it's not the crass "grab them by the pussy" comment that stood out the most, as stupid as it was. During that discussion, he is almost giddy at the notion that his fame and fortune allow him to do those crass and disgusting things without any risk. So here we have a man who loves the idea of how money and fame give him carte blanche to act as immoral and sick as he wants, and he was just elected to the most powerful political office on the planet.
He also got that support from all of those God-fearing Americans after explaining how he desperately sought to have sex with a married woman. Not an affair, mind you. He wasn't interested in a relationship. In his own words, he "did try and fuck her. She was married." His excuses ranged from calling it 'locker room talk' to trying to compare himself favorably to Bill Clinton. Who knew that would work as a strategy? Does any of that really sit well with his voters?
He thinks vaccines cause autism. He thinks that global warming is a hoax. Now, most conservatives might be with him on that one, but he thinks it's a hoax PERPETRATED BY THE CHINESE. He thinks that you can bring jobs back to America by slapping massive tariffs on imports. He has a short temper and a paper-thin mental filter which means that his feet have a reflective urge to dive into his mouth... and he's going to be dealing with foreign leaders who are going to provoke him at every turn. You think he looks orange now? Wait until his first trip around the globe.
Hey, if you're religious and conservative, I would expect that there are quite a lot of GOP members that you would consider a better alternative to Hillary and the liberal ideology. I find it hard to believe that you can justify a vote for Trump that way.
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