Estase has been trying to get the attention of Republican primary voters since last July. Now he is addressing the Delegates to the Convention. Since my first post ("Price? No Man Can Say"), proceeding through early posts ("The Trump Narrenschiff" and "Citizen Kane and the Constitutional Crisis"), and concluding with "The Trump Narrenschiff, Part Two," "Fear and Stasis," and "Fear and Stasis, Part Two." The point of these blogposts has been to make four basic points.
I. Trump shows no signs of being a conservative. His record includes support for gay marriage, socialized medicine, abortion and gun control. Any alteration of these historic Trump stances can be explained as political posturing. Trump has personally supported liberal causes, giving money to the Clintons and Chuck Schumer. Trump personally invited the Clintons to his last wedding, raising the very real possibility that this whole candidacy was a favor to Hillary Clinton.
II. Trump is out of his depth. Trump's positions are bumper-sticker slogans. He has no political experience. His promises include things that may not even be legal, like banning Muslims from entering the country; or things that are absurd, like jailing women for having abortions. Donald Trump appeals to Michael Savage because he has run a shock-jock campaign for president, where being abrasive and extreme has been seen as some kind of a virtue.
III. Trump is dishonest. Donald Trump made crazy charges about Ted Cruz having multiple mistresses and Rafael Cruz assassinating JFK. He went from admitting Cruz was legally qualified to run for president to endorsing Lawrence Tribe's claim he was not. Trump is a chronic womanizer. Anyone who has practiced so much dishonesty in his life and in this campaign is not fit to hold high office.
IV. Trump is incapable of being elected. A candidate who has insulted Hispanics, Jews, Catholics and women is bound to be unpopular. When that candidate only succeeded in garnering 39% of primary votes, how is he capable of winning a general election?
If you are a Delegate, and are reading this, you are the last line of defense between Republicans continuing to exist as a reputable party, and being forever branded as George Wallace-style knuckledraggers. I'm not even just worried about who wins the 2016 Presidential Race (although it's important). Donald Trump being the Republican candidate for 2016 means the end of the Republican party representing optimistic conservatism and limited government. He represents a radical break with everything Republicans have stood for since the days of Charles Sumner and Abraham Lincoln. You cannot let this man destroy what so many have fought for.
I. Trump shows no signs of being a conservative. His record includes support for gay marriage, socialized medicine, abortion and gun control. Any alteration of these historic Trump stances can be explained as political posturing. Trump has personally supported liberal causes, giving money to the Clintons and Chuck Schumer. Trump personally invited the Clintons to his last wedding, raising the very real possibility that this whole candidacy was a favor to Hillary Clinton.
II. Trump is out of his depth. Trump's positions are bumper-sticker slogans. He has no political experience. His promises include things that may not even be legal, like banning Muslims from entering the country; or things that are absurd, like jailing women for having abortions. Donald Trump appeals to Michael Savage because he has run a shock-jock campaign for president, where being abrasive and extreme has been seen as some kind of a virtue.
III. Trump is dishonest. Donald Trump made crazy charges about Ted Cruz having multiple mistresses and Rafael Cruz assassinating JFK. He went from admitting Cruz was legally qualified to run for president to endorsing Lawrence Tribe's claim he was not. Trump is a chronic womanizer. Anyone who has practiced so much dishonesty in his life and in this campaign is not fit to hold high office.
IV. Trump is incapable of being elected. A candidate who has insulted Hispanics, Jews, Catholics and women is bound to be unpopular. When that candidate only succeeded in garnering 39% of primary votes, how is he capable of winning a general election?
If you are a Delegate, and are reading this, you are the last line of defense between Republicans continuing to exist as a reputable party, and being forever branded as George Wallace-style knuckledraggers. I'm not even just worried about who wins the 2016 Presidential Race (although it's important). Donald Trump being the Republican candidate for 2016 means the end of the Republican party representing optimistic conservatism and limited government. He represents a radical break with everything Republicans have stood for since the days of Charles Sumner and Abraham Lincoln. You cannot let this man destroy what so many have fought for.
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