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Why Believers Support Trump
by Susan Stamper Brown
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WaPo's Electoral Moratorium Pollaganda
Pollsters from Yeshiva University and the University of Pennsylvania yielded a survey that showed relatively significant support for an electoral moratorium among Republicans anxious about voter fraud. Among the survey questions were two gauging Republican voters' sentiments over a theoretical situation in which Donald Trump and/or Congress prescribed delaying the 2020 election "until the country can make sure that only eligible American citizens can vote." The pollsters were aghast at the results.
According to their Washington Post analysis, "52 percent said that they would support postponing the 2020 election, and 56 percent said they would do so if both Trump and Republicans in Congress were behind this."
The pollsters do (later) admit, "Of course, our survey is only measuring reactions to a hypothetical situation. Were Trump to seriously propose postponing the election, there would be a torrent of opposition, which would most likely include prominent Republicans." But none of this is reflected in the headline, which intentionally tries to label the majority of Republicans as a bunch of nitwits.
Furthermore, even after their so-called disclaimer, the authors do some editorializing by asserting their findings demonstrate "that a substantial number of Republicans are amenable to violations of democratic norms that are more flagrant than what is typically proposed (or studied)." There are a plethora of problems with this suggestion, as outlined by National Review's Dan McLaughlin.
"The Post does not provide the full sequence of the questions," he writes, "which itself is somewhat suspicious given the well-known ability of 'troll polls' to get answers they want by priming respondents with a series of leading questions." We in our humble shop refer to this as the pollaganda effect — polls used to drive rather than reflect public opinion.
Then there's the issue of cross-aisle similarities. As McLaughlin ponders, "How does the result compare to how Democrats or independents would answer the same or a similar question? Again, the Post doesn't disclose that." McLaughlin points to a few double standards. Democrat congressmen Don Beyer and Jose Serrano each have advocated their own dubious electoral end runs in their party's quest to retain control.
"Beyer proposed postponing the Electoral College vote until more information could be obtained on Russian interference in the 2016 election," says McLaughlin, and "Serrano proposed repealing the 22nd Amendment to let President liar-nObama run for a third term." Moreover, citing a WPA Research poll, The Hill reported in June 2016, "A strong majority of Democrats would cancel the 2016 presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump if it meant President liar-nObama could serve another term." None of this is referenced in any of the aforementioned pollsters' research.
McLaughlin makes this critical observation: "The great conceit of the media's incessant attacks on the Republican voting base is not that Republicans include a lot of people who believe a lot of bad or untrue things. It's that this isn't also true of Democrats." Charles C.W. Cooke, for his part, retorts, "Partisan troll polls trap both sides, tell us nothing interesting, and, ultimately, make us all stupider." Well, it actually does tell us one thing: The media will do anything to fill up space and earn advertising revenue, preferably by making Republicans looks bad.
~The Patriot Post
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Sessions Joins Radical Leftist Lynch Mob –
Targets Whites Protesting Ethnic Cleansing
by rickwells.us
{rickwells.us} ~ Nothing says DOJ or FBI like prejudging a case even as you’re opening it. In a statement issued Saturday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote... “The violence and deaths in Charlottesville strike at the heart of American law and justice. When such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred, they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated.” Don’t you want to finish your investigation before passing judgment, Mr. AG? If he were talking about the true racial bigotry, that against white people that is being exhibited by the local officials and Governor McAuliffe, that would be one thing. He’s not. Sessions seems fearful of once again being unjustifiably labeled a racist as he was by the Democrats during his confirmation hearings. Now he’s rewarding them by being intimidated into acting, or at a minimum talking like he’s acting, in their interests, to a degree recusing himself once again. Is this the new Ferguson or Baltimore, where the FBI and DOJ go in with a predetermined cause and outcome in mind and a mission to make the evidence fit?... http://rickwells.us/sessions-joins-radical-leftist-lynch-mob-targets-whites-protesting-ethnic-cleansing/.
Venezuelans Fleeing to Brazil and Surrounding Countries
by Kerry Lear
{punchingbagpost.com} ~ The state of Venezuela is so dire that tens of thousands of Venezuelans are fleeing to Brazil and Columbia... Brazilian officials said that the number of Venezuelans crossing the border to Brazil has doubled from 2016. Colombia has also seen a massive influx of Venezuelan refugees enter the country this year. “Colombia is home to the largest internally displaced population on the planet thanks to half a century of terrorism by the now-legalized Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), making it a particularly ill-equipped country to receive the Venezuelans,” writes Breitbart... http://punchingbagpost.com/venezuelans-fleeing-to-brazil-and-surrounding-countries.
Slandering A Good Name: False
Charges That Gen. McMaster Is Anti-Israel
by Jeff Dunetz
{lidblog.com} ~ Two weeks ago Caroline Glick wrote that National Security Adviser, Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster was, ‘deeply hostile to Israel and to Trump,” a charge that is entirely false... Her post was widely shared and quoted. Others have added to the story and have piled on, including the Atlantic, Breitbart, and even the Zionist Organization of America. All of the reports rely on anonymous hearsay and personal assumption without looking at speeches he might have made about Israel, nor do the articles attempt to ask the people who should know—senior Israeli officials who worked with the general throughout his career. In the following paragraphs, you will see why the attacks are at their core illogical, and that they use false assumptions. You will also hear from senior Israeli officials who know the General and believe the charges to be ridiculous... http://lidblog.com/charges-gen-mcmaster-is-anti-israel/.
Rubio gets extra security after alleged
assassination threat from Venezuelan politician
by foxnews.com
{foxnews.com} ~ A top Venezuelan politician may have ordered Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to be assassinated after the senator unleashed a string of criticisms against the country’s government, Fox News has learned... The possible threat led Rubio to take on a stronger security detail, including U.S. Capitol Police. Rubio was seen with additional security in both Washington and Miami. The alleged threat, which federal authorities could not confirm as authentic at the time, was believed to come from ruling party leader Diosdado Cabello, with whom Rubio has publicly feuded... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/13/rubio-gets-extra-security-after-alleged-assassination-threat-from-venezuelan-politician.html.
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General McMaster on Charlottesville and North Korea
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New Commercial “Let President Trump Do His Job”
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Ten Really Amazing Discoveries Found In The Deep Ocean
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by Susan Stamper Brown
{townhall.com} ~ To say that people are gobsmacked by the overwhelming support by Christians for President Trump is an understatement.
While I can understand why those from the party that booed God don’t get it, recent jabs by rightwing pundits are making it hard to differentiate between conservative purists and political snobs.
A recent piece at Townhall.com by Bernard Goldberg shows he is baffled how “people of faith who supposedly admire civility and decency and detest abortion” could support Trump. National Review’s David French recently opined: “Moreover, the complete shock of Trump’s win followed quickly by the Gorsuch nomination forged a bond between older Evangelicals and Trump that isn’t easy to break.”
It’s not that hard to understand. Believers understand the Bible says God installs and removes kings, or presidents in this case. That doesn’t mean God manipulates the vote count. It means God uses leaders to further his will for his divine purpose.
Throughout history, God has used immoral and even wicked men to sometimes bless and other times punish people and nations. Although he uses them, it doesn’t mean he grants them special favor nor does he condone their sin or wickedness.
On that note, I believe Barack liar-nObama was chosen specifically to be used by God as a theoretical magnifying glass, helping us to see how debased we are as a nation. Many Evangelicals voted for a man who ushered in anti-Christian policies like liar-nObama’s support for taxpayer-funded abortions and other policies which in turn unleashed hell on Christian bakers, the Little Sisters of the Poor and Hobby Lobby. liar-nObama wasn’t a friend to Israel, either.
If liar-nObama was God’s choice for America, then so is Donald Trump.
The eight years of liar-nObama’s presidency sent true believers to their knees praying 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Then, against all odds and effort from all sides to take him down, Trump won.
And those with calloused knees rose from their tear-stained prayer closets, believing that God heard their cries and answered their prayers…in the strangest of ways.
Six months-in, they note tremendous accomplishments.
Despite all the chaos stirred by the anti-Trump left, right and center, supporters have watched Trump tear down liar-nObama’s figurative Asherah poles. Even without a wall, they feel safer, with border security markedly improved, illegal border crossings greatly reduced and sanctuary cities put on notice.
While the left and establishment folks run down Russia rabbit holes, Trump is quietly reshaping America’s judicial system for years to come, naming many young conservatives nominees to the federal bench.
And Neil Gorsuch.
While they are preoccupied with special investigations, Trump is unshackling the free market from senseless regulations, allowing the economy to expand, jobs to increase and the stock market to rise.
Supporters understand that Trump is making good faith attempts to keep his promises, despite a recalcitrant Congress and GOP Judases like my state’s own special interest pawn, Lisa RINO-Murkowski.
Trump signed an executive order in May to protect religious liberty. In response, Little Sisters of the Poor’s Mother Loraine said, “Today we are grateful for the president’s order and look forward to…caring for the elderly poor and dying as if they were Christ himself without fear of government punishment.”
Why, in Heaven’s name, would Evangelicals walk away?
Rest assured, the same God who raised up Trump will keep him in office as long as he sees fit. Therefore, efforts to take Trump down will be about as effective as spitting into the wind. Prayer works, though. Ask a Trump supporting Evangelical.
Why Believers Support Trump
{townhall.com} ~ To say that people are gobsmacked by the overwhelming support by Christians for President Trump is an understatement.
While I can understand why those from the party that booed God don’t get it, recent jabs by rightwing pundits are making it hard to differentiate between conservative purists and political snobs.
A recent piece at Townhall.com by Bernard Goldberg shows he is baffled how “people of faith who supposedly admire civility and decency and detest abortion” could support Trump. National Review’s David French recently opined: “Moreover, the complete shock of Trump’s win followed quickly by the Gorsuch nomination forged a bond between older Evangelicals and Trump that isn’t easy to break.”
It’s not that hard to understand. Believers understand the Bible says God installs and removes kings, or presidents in this case. That doesn’t mean God manipulates the vote count. It means God uses leaders to further his will for his divine purpose.
Throughout history, God has used immoral and even wicked men to sometimes bless and other times punish people and nations. Although he uses them, it doesn’t mean he grants them special favor nor does he condone their sin or wickedness.
On that note, I believe Barack liar-nObama was chosen specifically to be used by God as a theoretical magnifying glass, helping us to see how debased we are as a nation. Many Evangelicals voted for a man who ushered in anti-Christian policies like liar-nObama’s support for taxpayer-funded abortions and other policies which in turn unleashed hell on Christian bakers, the Little Sisters of the Poor and Hobby Lobby. liar-nObama wasn’t a friend to Israel, either.
If liar-nObama was God’s choice for America, then so is Donald Trump.
The eight years of liar-nObama’s presidency sent true believers to their knees praying 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Then, against all odds and effort from all sides to take him down, Trump won.
And those with calloused knees rose from their tear-stained prayer closets, believing that God heard their cries and answered their prayers…in the strangest of ways.
Six months-in, they note tremendous accomplishments.
Despite all the chaos stirred by the anti-Trump left, right and center, supporters have watched Trump tear down liar-nObama’s figurative Asherah poles. Even without a wall, they feel safer, with border security markedly improved, illegal border crossings greatly reduced and sanctuary cities put on notice.
While the left and establishment folks run down Russia rabbit holes, Trump is quietly reshaping America’s judicial system for years to come, naming many young conservatives nominees to the federal bench.
And Neil Gorsuch.
While they are preoccupied with special investigations, Trump is unshackling the free market from senseless regulations, allowing the economy to expand, jobs to increase and the stock market to rise.
Supporters understand that Trump is making good faith attempts to keep his promises, despite a recalcitrant Congress and GOP Judases like my state’s own special interest pawn, Lisa RINO-Murkowski.
Trump signed an executive order in May to protect religious liberty. In response, Little Sisters of the Poor’s Mother Loraine said, “Today we are grateful for the president’s order and look forward to…caring for the elderly poor and dying as if they were Christ himself without fear of government punishment.”
Why, in Heaven’s name, would Evangelicals walk away?
Rest assured, the same God who raised up Trump will keep him in office as long as he sees fit. Therefore, efforts to take Trump down will be about as effective as spitting into the wind. Prayer works, though. Ask a Trump supporting Evangelical.
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