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Henry Rogue, since you always carry the beautiful quotes from BuddyRey; I must tell you with almost 100% certainty that BuddyRey would agree with your "Oh, hell no!". Under no circumstance would BuddyRey cast a vote for Trump. I believe "blowhard" was the one word he used to describe Trump.
I voted "No", I don't plan to vote for him or anyone currently in the race in either political party. Having said that, if and when Trump is elected and he actually does the better things that he has said he will do, I may consider changing my mind. As it stands, I have nothing rock solid to go on with Trump so he's, at best, an unknown quantity with inconsistent rhetoric. From a stylistic standpoint I don't care for him, but then again, I hate what most of his present enemies represent so I'm not as dead-set against him now as I was when Rand Paul was still in the race.
I differ and actually I think Trump is the absolute worst, mostly because of how unpredictable he is. Any of the other candidates would basically be more of the same (Cruz might be better.) But Trump has the potential to be far more... unhinged. Do you really want someone this egotistical with control of a nuclear arsenal? This scares me...
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My pastor, who is probably the most socially conservative and economically libertarian person I've ever known, has a similar position to the one I just gave, in fact a few conversations with him is part of why I've begun scaling back my antagonism towards Trump. As a standing rule, he isn't registered to vote and wouldn't do so unless a change to the U.S. Constitution adhering Christ's kingship is ratified, but he views Trump as a potentially useful quantity, largely depending on what parts of his rhetoric are genuine. By contrast, he views Bernie Sanders as the most potentially destructive of the bunch (I concur with him on this) and he puts Clinton and Rubio not too far behind.
One thing to keep in mind also is that my pastor has a certain degree of admiration for the Russian Orthodox Church and Putin because of the recent strides that Russia has made in cleaning up its debauched culture, and Trump is by far the least antagonistic towards them.
Poll should have a maybe option that I now want to switch my vote to. I am now in the maybe category due to Trump just softened his position on H-1B visas in tonight debate.
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With the back to back neg rep I got for voting yes it is like I just went through Cersei Game of Thrones like walk of shame.
All for nothing because Trump completely betrayed those of us supporting him due to his H-1B position that he now flip-flopped on. This is depressing. Worse I may still have to hold my nose for a Republican just to hold on to the 2nd amendment and Supreme Court nominations.
I am in maybe, no option for maybe.
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I wonder if your pastor would be interested in discussing this with me.... I'd be curious to hear his thoughts on it. Currently I am much less afraid of Sanders than Trump. Sanders I think has bad ideas but I think he does want what he sees as best for the country, even if he really doesn't. Trump strikes me as much more of a loose cannon. I have no idea what he would do with power if he had it, he seems unpredictable and I guess I'm thinking if I can't have a good candidate (and certainly there are no good candidates) I guess I'd at least like some predictability.
I'd be curious to hear your pastor's thoughts on this though. Also it seems like your pastor is an exception among covenanters I know with regards to Orthodoxy, most seem to view the Orthodox Church as more comparable to Rome, or at least the ones I have talked to.
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I'm not going to vote in the poll. I want him to win. It's unknown what he'll do as president. That is better than any other candidate has to offer.
For what its worth (@HU) from the comments I've seen floating around facebook it seems like the Schwertleys would consider Cruz the most preferable of the candidates, which is the direction I lean as well.
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