eagleye13 Loc: Fl

IMO; This should be shared by all;
TRUMP VS. THE STANDARD OF RONALD REAGAN
http://www.newswithviews.com/guest_opinion/guest310.htm

By Thomas Ertl
April 1, 2016
NewsWithViews.com

Donald Trump has dominated much of the Republican Primary over the past few months and has carved out for himself a wide popular appeal with the American v**er.

Despite his historic run, there are still conservatives and Evangelicals who strongly oppose his candidacy. The two reasons for their opposition are an insufficient conservative ideology and issues of moral character.

In order to determine the legitimacy of these concerns, it would be helpful to compare Trump to a true standard of American conservatism. Instead of using the comparison of contemporary Republicans like Cruz, Rubio and Bush, this study would be best served if Trump was held to a much higher standard, that being the conservative icon, Ronald Reagan.

We often hear Ronald Reagan invoked in speech after speech as the true representative of American Conservatism for the last half of the twentieth century. For conservatives, Reagan is THE standard for conservative politics. He is the standard in character, the standard in conservative ideology and the standard in his conduct as President.

This brief comparison of Trump vs. Reagan will range from areas of personal faith, morality to political policies.

PERSONAL FAITH

TRUMP: Trump was a Presbyterian from his upbringing with his Scottish-born mother.

Gwenda Blair in an October 6, 2015 article for Politico writes of Trump’s parents’ religion, Trump’s religious upbringing, and the influence of their NY Presbyterian pastor Norman Vincent Peale:

His parents, Fred and Mary, felt an immediate affinity for Peale’s teachings. On Sundays, they drove into Manhattan to worship at Marble Collegiate Church, where Peale was the head pastor. Donald and both his sisters were married there, and funeral services for both Fred and Mary took place in the main sanctuary.

“I still remember [Peale’s] sermons,” Trump told the Iowa Family Leadership Summit in July. “You could listen to him all day long. And when you left the church, you were disappointed it was over…”

In his adult years there is not an indication that he was a regular churchgoer. However, Trump remains a strong advocate of Christianity.

REAGAN: Reagan also was raised Presbyterian by his mother in Illinois. He attended church as a youth, but there is not much of a record of his church attendance when he moved to Hollywood at 26. He was never noted as a consistent church attendee. He joined Bel-Air Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles and was a member from 1988 until his death in 2004.

Reagan, like Trump, was never outspoken about his faith, but he was a strong supporter of the Christian faith.

MORAL BACKGROUND OF TRUMP AND REAGAN

TRUMP: Trump’s colorful strong outspoken personality offends some Evangelicals. Evangelical leaders complain that his moral shortcomings disqualify him from public office.

REAGAN: Ronald Reagan had two very different lives: one in Hollywood and one in politics. When Reagan came to Hollywood he became a relentless womanizer. Some of the women associated sexually with Reagan were Lana Turner, Betty Grable, Susan Hayworth, Ava Gardner, Patricia Roc, Piper Laurie and Marilyn Monroe. His recent biographers report up to 50 women with whom he was sexually involved. His promiscuity continued between his first and second marriages. It seems with his second marriage to Nancy Davis he, to his credit, amended his lifestyle and became a stable husband and father, and he and Nancy were blessed with 52 years of marriage.

MARRIAGE / DIVORCE

TRUMP: Trump has been married three times.

• First: Ivana Zelnícková (1977–1991)
• Second: Marla Maples (1993–1999)
• Current: Melania Knauss (m. 2005)

REAGAN: Reagan was married twice.

• First: Jane Wyman (1940–1949)
• Second: Nancy Davis (1952–2004)

Christian Right leaders constantly vilify Trump for his three marriages but never mention Reagan’s two. Is there a new religious standard where two marriages is okay, but three is over the limit? Are two marriages acceptable but the third becomes a great moral defect?

POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATIONS.......

Raylan Wolfe Loc: earth

An the eagle continues to make a complete fool of himself!

"Trump has a wide popular appeal with the American v**ers!" Posted by eagle the r****d!

But the fact is! Trump unfavorable rating has reached a historic low, no other p**********l candidate has ever been so disliked!


http://courier-tribune.com/news/national/trump-s-unfavorable-rating-reaches-historic-low

68% of Americans dislike Trump!

sisu77

Reagan was a liberal his entire life...Yes, he read like a Conservative from his teleprompter but governed like a Democrat, which he was most of his life....Consider: (1.) he tripled the national debt and spend our money like a drunken sailor. (2.) he turned our country from a trade surplus nation into the world's largest trade deficit nation (3.) he grew government by laying off civil service federal employees and hiring more numerous short term and cheaper contract workers. (4.) he gave amnesty to 3.000.000 i*****l a***ns and drew in another 30,000,000 ro 60,000,000 i*****l a***ns and most of our economic and social problems today And (5) he never was a born-again Christian and claimed he was saved by virture of being sprinkled as a baby...There are others but I don't have time for it.

eagleye13 Loc: Fl

"An the eagle continues to make a complete fool of himself!"
LOLOLOLOL

"Trump has a wide popular appeal with the American v**ers!" Posted by eagle the r****d! LOLOLOLOLOL

"But the fact is!
Trump unfavorable rating has reached a historic low, no other p**********l candidate has ever been so disliked!" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _^^^^^^ - You meant to say Historic high Raygirl LOLOLOLOLOL :-)

YU SpU da MSM Gruul.
DU U bulleev it??