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Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
Wed May 11, 2016, 10:21 PM May 2016

Apparently the left is to blame for the rise of Trump

The American Revolution, unlike the French Revolution, placed liberty above equality. For the Left, equality is more important than all else. That’s why so many American and European leftists have celebrated left-wing regimes, no matter how much they squelched individual liberty, from Stalin to Mao to Che and Castro to Hugo Chávez. They all preached equality. It took generations, but the Left has succeeded (primarily through the schools, but also through the media) in substituting its values for America’s.

So, then, thanks to leftism and America’s taken-for-granted success, most Americans no longer understand what it means to be an American. Those who do are called “conservatives” because they wish to conserve the unique American idea. But conservatives now constitute not only a minority of Americans, but a minority of Republicans. That is the primary reason Donald Trump — a nationalist but not a conservative — is the presumptive Republican nominee.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/435195/donald-trump-won-because-many-republicans-arent-conservative

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/435195/donald-trump-won-because-many-republicans-arent-conservative

Once again, the GOP never finds itself at fault. Its always something else.

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Apparently the left is to blame for the rise of Trump (Original Post) Fresh_Start May 2016 OP
In the beginning I was expecting Ashton Kutcher to come out and say we've been Punk'd. grossproffit May 2016 #1
I wonder what that person's DU name is. n/t QC May 2016 #2
I think some of it was because of the beating Obama gave him at doc03 May 2016 #3
wow--all the words are in english, but they make no sense. niyad May 2016 #4
What a pantload. Sparkly May 2016 #5
The bathroom police Mnpaul May 2016 #6
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