Contra Trump

Albany and Troy — Odysseus and the Achaeans used the famous “Trojan horse” to deceive the Trojans and destroy Troy. At this very hour, a large crowd of people in Albany are falling for another fraud.
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I made the mistake, just now, of turning on the news while I was lacing up my shoes and getting ready to head out the door in a few minutes. It was a mistake because, as almost always happens, the news was about Mr. Donald Trump. And then there was Mr. Donald Trump himself, speaking live at a rally in Albany, New York: “Lying Ted Cruz,” he said, in one of his most substantial policy pronouncements of the presidential campaign. “He’s a bad man. He’s a liar. We call him ‘lying Ted Cruz,’ because he lies.”

I’m so very, very tired of this horrible man, who has poisoned American political discourse in a way that I’ve never seen in my lifetime. But he’s going to win New York. Behind him, at every mention of “lying Ted Cruz,” his followers guffawed as if he’d just uttered a witty and original joke. “New York values,” I guess.

Anyway, seeing the Leader of the Trumpist movement made me want to put some material up about him and Trumpism. So here goes:

“National Right to Life Political Committees will support Sen. Ted Cruz in upcoming primaries”

This was fairly easy, I think. People who care about the unborn should not support Mr. Donald Trump.

And a prominent conservative attorney, author, and radio talk show host has come out in opposition to Mr. Trump:

“Mark Levin: I won’t back Trump in the general”

Mark Levin can scarcely be dismissed as a RINO or a member of the “Establishment.” He’s simply a real conservative who knows a bully when he sees one.

And here’s some analysis:

“Trump’s Border Wall Plan is Ridiculous on Its Face”

“Donald Trump and the Return of Right-Wing Statism”

How astonishing, and how deeply sad, that this terrible man, Mr. Donald Trump, has a serious shot at destroying the Republican Party and damaging American conservatism for decades to come.