\u201cChristie Told Newspaper He Would Never Endorse Trump\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Friends, if you\u2019re as concerned as I am about the impending Trumpist takeover of the Republican Party and the massive damage that this will do to the cause of American conservatism and limited government, please choose a few expos\u00e9s of the real Donald and share them as widely, over the next two or three days, as you possibly can.<\/p>\n
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There is power in the grassroots. \u00a0There is astonishing power in the Internet and the Web. \u00a0Tens or hundreds of thousands of people who spread the truth about Trump\u2019s history of support for liberal policies and Democratic candidates, his massive hypocrisy regarding illegal immigration, his arrogance, his rampant and unashamed personal immorality, his crass vulgarity, his bankruptcies and questionable business dealings, his lack of concern for constitutionalism, his open admiration for Strong Man leadership as it\u2019s exemplified by such loathsome figures as Vladimir Putin, his well-documented willingness to use government against the \u201clittle people,\u201d his public mean-spiritedness, his reduction of political discourse to the level of the World Wresting Federation, can make a genuine difference. \u00a0Folks who\u2019re tempted to support Mr. Trump should be acutely aware of all these things. \u00a0If they still want to support him, if they still want to put him at the head of the party of Lincoln and Reagan, if they still want to place him in the seat once occupied by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and to make him the international symbol of the United States of America . . . \u00a0Well, in that case, there\u2019s nothing more that we can do, and we can only mourn the\u00a0gross offense against the ideals of the Founders of our Republic that a Trump victory will be.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m in deadly earnest. \u00a0Please. \u00a0This is a battle for the soul of the Republican Party and the future of our country. \u00a0Post up a storm. \u00a0Influence everybody you can.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSilence in the face of evil is itself evil,\u201d said Dietrich Bonhoeffer. \u00a0\u201cGod will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Pastor Bonhoeffer was martyred by the Nazis for speaking out against them. \u00a0We face no such threat.<\/p>\n
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Speak out!<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Marco Rubio seems to have been quite correct in branding Mr. Donald Trump a \u201ccon artist\u201d: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/432010\/trump-university-scam \u00a0 But will the Trumpists care? \u00a0 In other news: \u00a0 \u201cChristie Sells Soul\u201d \u00a0 \u201cChristie\u2019s Conscience\u201d \u00a0 \u201cChristie Told Newspaper He Would Never Endorse Trump\u201d \u00a0 Friends, if you\u2019re as concerned as I am […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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