Quote of the Day 2-11-11
“I am pro-life…. I am against gun control.”
~Possible presidential candidate Donald Trump addressing the CPAC audience, as quoted by USA Today, February 10
Feb.11, 2011 7:00 am |
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The idea of Donald Trump running for president is only slightly less terrifying than that of Randall Terry running for president.
Can we please have some good pro-life folks put their hats in the ring?
But imagine it, Alice: Obama being told in the debate, “You’re fired!”
Donald Trump? I would never vote for him. He may be pro-life but he is not pro-marriage.
eeewwwww …..no thanks Trump!
This is interesting, to say the least. Over the next several months candidates will begin announcing their intentions.
There never has been and never will be the “perfect”candidate. Each will have his/her strengths and weaknesses.
I have heard pro-lifers and conservatives who are very upset with Romney because of his past statements on abortion and “Romneycare”. Now we have the Donald with his checkered past on divorce and abortion.
Reagan was a divorcee/signed a pro-abort bill as gov of California so he had to that to deal with on his resume. It does show that a person can do a turnaround.
Sarah is mercilessly ridiculed at every turn by everyone in the MSM. The rap on Pawlenty is that he isn’t “exciting” enough. Ron Paul can never seem to get traction. Anyway, you get the idea–we are going to have to come up with a candidate that carries our values forward and is electible. At this point the field is wide open.
I’m pleased to see that people are not blindly supporting him because he’s pro-life. :)
As for myself, I can’t decide what I think of him. I know little about him- just his media personality. On one hand, he seems to have a good sense of humor about himself (I think). On the other hand, he values money way too much. I’ll be able to vote in the next election- I need to start some extreme research on all the candidates!
How can he say he is prolife and be progun?
I am prolife from Mexico… and I do know my country has corruption and so many things to solve before ending the drugwars.. and many other things… but also know that guns come from the US which put us all peaceful citizens in harms way… this kind of statement really gets to me and hopefully he will not run for president…
I’m pleased to see that people are not blindly supporting him because he’s pro-life.
Vannah,
I’d like someone to ask Trump his exact position on abortion laws. “I am pro-life” is a little vague.
Well, I’m for reasonable gun control laws and I am prolife!
phillymiss says:
February 11, 2011 at 11:25 am
Well, I’m for reasonable gun control laws and I am prolife!
His wouldn’t be a dull presidency, that’s for sure!
Rebecca, don’t even bring that into this thread. I am pro-life and pro-gun. Gun ownership has saved many lives. I once heard a lady speak who was pro-gun control until she was attacked by a thug and he tried to force her into a car. A gun owner happened to be nearby and carrying. He pulled his weapon and scared the attacker away and SAVED THIS WOMAN’S LIFE.
Repeat after me, guns are not bad. Criminals are bad. You will never succeed in taking guns away from criminals. You will only succeed in rendering good people defenseless against criminals. Don’t be a fool.
Vannah,
I’m with Janet. Say you are prolife all you want Donald Trump. I shall wait and see on that one.
what planet does he live on?
No- I meant in the sense that some people are bad leaders but call themselves pro-this or that just to get votes. I was just glad to see him being called out on that here. :)
THANK YOU Sydney! I was just about to write the same thing. I’m pro-life and pro-gun as well. Unlike the pro-aborts that want to screech that abortion is a Constitutional right… my gun rights truly ARE a Constitutional right, written in plain English, for everyone to see.
Anti-gunners tend to have extremely limited knowledge of the intentions of the Founders when it comes to the right to bear arms.
I should know. I was one of them.
The peaceful citizens in Mexico would actually be in a better position to defend themselves if they had a lower level of gun restriction.
Just ask the state of Vermont.
Carder and dirtdartwife — I believe that people have the right to bear arms. I don’t have any problem with responsible gun ownership, even though I have no desire to own one myself. We have a big problem with gun violence here in Philly, however. As soon as we try to pass some reasonable laws (waiting periods and such) here in Pennsylvania, someone from NRA comes along to block it. Now, that’s what I have a problem with.
He may be pro-life but he is not pro-marriage.
Is that in reference to his postion on same-sex marriage or to his past divorces?
I wouldn’t vote for him for president, but if he’s become pro-life, well, good for him. When it comes to guns, I know that if someone broke into my house while I was home and came after me, I’d sure as heck want to have one.
“Anti-gunners tend to have extremely limited knowledge of the intentions of the Founders when it comes to the right to bear arms.
I should know. I was one of them.”
carder,
I didn’t know you are that old.
Donald Trump would have to be an improvement over the man in the White House right now. Then again, just about anyone would be.
Janet,
Lol. Oh, snap, carder! ;)
Phillymiss, what does a waiting period do to curb gun violence other than make it harder for law abiding citizens to arm and protect themselves? Do you really think some drug dealer is going to go buy a gun legally and register it and wait a period of time for it? No. He is going to break the laws and use the gun to break laws. Gun “control” has NOT curbed ANY gun violence. All it does it take liberty away from law-abiding citizens and good for the NRA having enough sense to know that. I live right outside of Philly and I know all the problems going on there. Waiting periods solves nothing. If I am a law-abiding citizen and I want to buy a gun to protect myself TONIGHT why shouldn’t I be able to?
I too live just outside of Philly. What we need is tougher laws, and tougher prosecction. It is ridiculous that so many have such long rap sheets. They ought to have more years in jail until by the time they’ve committed more than a couple of crimes they’re getting sure sentences in the decades.
All gun arguments aside, I have to agree with those who’ve said on the other thread that even if Trump is genuinely pro-life, that’s not enough to make him a good presidential candidate. After all, Randall Terry is–as I mentioned–indisputably pro-life, and he’d make a terrible president.
To paraphrase John Piper, being pro-abortion is enough to make somebody a bad candidate. Being pro-life is only one of a laundry list of things required to make them a good one.
I think Trump might actually make a good president, considering his record with business. I would definitely vote for him before I voted for Newt Gingrich.
Janet,
You should see my gray hairs.
REMEMBER: That EVIL can and will use words such as god, true, loyallty, honesty, pro-life, anti-abortion, etc; we need to remember this because it will keep us from joining the wrong wagon and endindg doing the wrong thing!!
Here’s some info on the Lies echoed by the media that most of the guns in the hands of mexican criminals come from the US.
That’ll help Rebeca hopefully.
My copy of the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, Report on the ATF Operation Gunrunner, states NO data showing that 90 percent of the guns used in crimes in Mexico come from the U.S. Most of the traces which were attempted could not even be completed. This report, makes the ATF,which had put forth that 90 percent claim, appear uncoordinated and ineffectual, and disrespected by Mexican law enforcement.
Of the guns which are traceable to the US, many were legitimately sold to the Mexican military, and a good portion of those guys defect to the drug cartels.
Every gun restriction serves to give criminals advantage over law abiding Americans, or to place us closer to the status of the Jews right before Hitler took them to the camps.
Gun control is not prolife, to those of us who really oppose genocide.
As for Donald Trump……….I don’t like what he did to Carrie Prejean, and don’t think he has character to stand firm for what he believes. (Politicians tend to be bothersome that way.) He’s an effective businessman though.