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Title: Mark Levin to #NeverTrumpers: The “Stop Trump” effort must not extend to the general election
Source:
HotAir
URL Source: http://hotair.com/archives/2016/04/ ... xtend-to-the-general-election/
Published: Apr 7, 2016
Author: Allahpundit
Post Date: 2016-04-07 10:13:36 by Tooconservative
Keywords: None
Views: 10141
Comments: 58
Via Breitbart and the Right Scoop, you can grumble about this if you’re #NeverTrump but we all understand, I think, that the vast, vast majority of the party will come around to his position by November, right? Don’t get me wrong, stalwart anti-Trumpers may have the numbers to fatally damage Trump’s chances even if they’re just five percent of the electorate. But that’s probably what they’ll be — five percent, not a third of the party despite how much fun it is to ooh and ahh over numbers like that. Never underestimate the power of partisanship, especially when you’ve got a Democrat as unlikable as Hillary topping the other ticket. And even if five percent of Republicans do end up as #NeverTrumpers, that’s not necessarily a death sentence for Trump’s campaign. Why? Because some segment of Bernie fans claim that they’re #NeverHillary: By comparison, Clinton supporters are considerably more open to supporting Sanders should he overtake her large lead in delegates and win the nomination. Just 14 percent of Clinton supporters would shun him in the general election, while 79 percent would support him, the poll found. What’s the actual number of Sanders supporters who’d sit out an election with either Trump or Cruz, both of whom will be painted by Democrats as unprecedented threats to the republic, as GOP nominee? Two percent? Remember all the Hillary fans who vowed after 2008’s bitter primary to loss to Obama that they’d never vote for him for president? How’d that work out? Anyway, click the image to listen to a preview of what conservative media’s apt to sound like this fall if Trump seals the deal in Cleveland. Levin has endorsed Cruz and has fiercely criticized Trump over the past few months (even over the Michelle Fields incident, which is unusual in major conservative media) but he’s prepared to set that aside in the name of beating Clinton. I wonder where Glenn Beck, Trump’s most strident critic in conservative talk radio dating back to last year, is on that. If anyone’s going to carry the #NeverTrump banner to the bitter end, it’s him. How could you do it under these circumstances as bad as the Republican may be, how could you stay home and allow that? Or worse, how could you vote for that? That’s a disgrace, an absolute disgrace. So you duke it out in the Republican primary process. You duke it out Republican convention. You insist that rules are rules and the rules be followed. And you call them out if they try to change them. And you fight like hell. But you do not vote for Hillary Clinton. Or you don’t not stay home. ‘Wah, my candidate isn’t nominated,’ and let the left elect their favorite candidate. Not in this election. That’s my view. Poster Comment: Levin is lowering his rhetoric against Trump. Clever. One out of four Sanders supporters– 25 percent – say they would not back Clinton in a general election if she became the Democratic nominee for president, while just 69 percent say they would support her, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. 
If you believe Hillary Clinton is virtually as off her rocker, left-wing socialist as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), if you believe that Hillary Clinton is in part responsible for the rise of ISIS and for what took care of Benghazi and what’s taking place in Libya and that [Vladimir] Putin is on the move and that China is on the move and all the rest of it, then how the hell – how the hell could you take any steps – passively or affirmatively that would put that woman in the Oval Office?
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#2. To: TooConservative (#0)
Krauthammer gave him a shoutout also: "Trump Has "The Most Rock Solid Floor Of Support" In Memory, "Despite The (Wisconsin) Loss"
He remains very opposed. I thought his remarks were in the context of "Yes, he lost badly in Wisconsin but he still keeps all of his core voters and they never desert him, no matter what." Trump has made repeated personal attacks on Krauthammer, far more than Krauthammer's attacks on Trump's policy ideas or conduct.
yup ,Trump will have a solid 35-40 % support in the general election. He will have a hard sell to the rest of the American people ;let alone conservative voters . I get Levin's point . I voted for less than ideal standard bearers before . But Trump takes that to places I many not want to go.
Whoa! Sounds scary. Trump is talking about a lot of positive things for the country -- the border wall, deporting illegals, pausing Syrian immigration, "fair" trade, tax cuts, fixing the VA, strengthening the military, etc. You're familiar with those issues and more. What I don't understand are these negatives you're referring to -- negatives that offset these positives to the point where you may not vote for him. Maybe I'm missing something. What are these negatives?
if he's so big on reducing taxes then why did he criticize Scott Walker for not raising taxes in Wisconsin ? I opposed his statist authoritarianism ,his lack of conservative constitutional principles .His lack of basic knowlege and curiosity of the issues confronting the country is frightening .I question his temperment for the office . He is erratic, inconsistent and unprincipled. He possesses a streak of crudity and cruelty . I know his supporters praise his 'telling it like it is " . I find his whole style unstatesman-like. He mocked a disabled reporter ,he disparaged John McCain's service . He called one of the finest men in the nation , Ben Carson ,pathological .He is the mean spirited parody of a Republican that plays well on Saturday Night Live. I disagree with most everything he says are his positions except for perhaps border security (something every other Republican candidate also favored except Jeb). His so called fair trade will be a disaster for the economy as most punitive tariffs are . Going isolationist does not strengthen the military . If Trump is the standard bearer ,the GOP will no longer be a conservative party; it will be a nationalist populist one not much different than where Bernie Sanders is leading the Dems. Trump is the very type of person the founders feared ;the demagogue who promises to do whatever it takes ;constitutional or not, to achive their goals.
And what makes you believe that Trump will be able to achieve any goals, --- that are not constitutional? ALL of our presidents have ultimately been stymied by our constitutions separation of powers, -- and I don't see any changes coming..
#31. To: tpaine (#30)
I don't see much that has constrained 0bama. I think it is altogether too likely that 0bama will become known as the first true post-Constitutional president, one who rules the country like a banana republic. Hugging up to the Castros is pretty natural. 0bama has ruled America the way the Castros have ruled Cuba for decades.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"Levin is lowering his rhetoric against Trump."
#4. To: misterwhite (#2)
Krauthammer gave him a shoutout also: "Trump Has "The Most Rock Solid Floor Of Support" In Memory, "Despite The (Wisconsin) Loss"
#8. To: TooConservative, misterwhite (#4)
"Yes, he lost badly in Wisconsin but he still keeps all of his core voters and they never desert him, no matter what."
#9. To: tomder55 (#8)
"But Trump takes that to places I many not want to go."
#10. To: misterwhite (#9)
#30. To: tomder55 (#10)
Trump is the very type of person the founders feared ;the demagogue who promises to do whatever it takes ;constitutional or not, to achive their goals.
Replies to Comment # 30. ALL of our presidents have ultimately been stymied by our constitutions separation of powers
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