Trump vs. Republicans

Not at all.

I can't stand progressives and the authoritarian society they want.

I'm no fan of the republicans. They talk a good game: smaller government, etc. But they don't deliver. I don't agree with any of their social agenda, at all.

I liked Reagan, as he was a libertarian. The rest of the republicans in my lifetime, not so much.

You don't see me saying Paul Ryan is great or any other republicans in congress, except for Ron Paul. A handful of republican governors are O.K. Mitch Daniels, and Kasich. But I also think governor Moonbeam is a fine man, decent governor, and was brilliant as mayor of Oakland. I voted for Harry Reid when I lived in Nevada, but that was a huge mistake.

I don't say republicans are good. I do say democrats aren't. You shouldn't confuse that for support of republicans.

In fact, I've said if Trump wins that I'd prefer a Democratic senate.

But you know my views better than I do. Or something.

 

How can you not like this:

 

I also think republicans who claim to channel Reagan do him a great disservice. Ron Paul is the closest thing to Reagan. The rest are very different animals. Neo conservatives, religious nuts, war mongers. They promised term limits in 1994, but couldn't even keep their most important promise.

Either you believe in citizen government, or you're a statist.

 

All the fake news and hate for Trump translates into...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/...ite-house-keep-cable-news-ratings-strong.html

MSNBC nearly tied CNN in total viewers in prime time, with an average of about 1.2 million viewers. Though Fox and MSNBC both had gains in prime time for the month versus last year, CNN slipped 7 percent in viewers compared with its 2016 averages.

 

Ron Paul Liberty Report.

http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/archives/what-trump-could-do

The Left views Trump’s election as an absolute calamity, despite his support for unions and protectionist trade policies, despite his identity as a New York elite rather than some despised red state politician, and despite his ambivalence toward the social issues that animate Christian conservatives. One would think Democrats would be relieved not to suffer an ideologue like Santorum or Cruz in the White House. Yet their hysteria and lack of self-awareness prompt them to attack the Electoral College, of all things.

Progressives bear direct responsibility for Trump’s victory. They grossly miscalculated in nominating Mrs. Clinton, an avaricious and humorless technocrat who utterly failed to engage ordinary people. They abandoned populist economic themes and union halls in favor of global trade deals. They stayed silent while the Obama administration spent two full terms at war. They excused Obama’s NSA scandals. They cheered the growth of an imperial presidency and an activist judiciary, both of which they are now shocked to imagine outside their control.

But worst of all, progressives have poisoned America with vicious identity politics and a deeply false narrative of racism, sexism, xenophobia, and privilege. How could a backlash not result? By demonizing history, religion, traditional families, and middle America, they deliberately politicized whole areas of life that should be off limits to government. Politics is war, but it is also sales.

 

When you leave and the enemy almost immediately takes the land you fought to control, that's surrender.

Fake news