A QUESTION FOR ALL GOP VOTERS: WHICH BIGOT DO YOU CHOOSE?

…The New Jersey Governor Christie that wants to bar war refugees under 5 years old.

 

Not a lot of difference between Trump and his rivals.

 

I’ll be the first to admit that I took the bait early on and went after Trump, “hook, line and sinker”.  Yes, I have been making all that noise about how outrageous Trump’s declarations were, as has many other opinion and Blog writers.

 

But, I am now starting to get a bit upset with all those candidates that have jumped on the “Let’s get Trump” bandwagon, when it has become basic a case of the “Pot Calling The Kettle Black”.

 

The reality is, Trump’s comments and statements have been off-the-wall, and yes, some have been outrageous.  But before all the other candidates get into their “holier-than-thou” mode, one needs to listen to some of their disgusting statements.

 

These yahoo’s should be very careful to “not protest too much”.

 

Florida Senator Marco Rubio has said that Trump’s position was “offensive and outlandish,” and S.C. Senator Lindsey Graham called Trump “downright dangerous,” and he said , “Donald Trump today took xenophobia and religious bigotry to a new level.”  Even the war-monger, Dick Cheney had said Trump’s proposal against Muslims “goes against everything we stand for and believe in.” While Ben Carson has stated, “We do not and would not advocate being selective on one’s religion.”

 

But, I don’t think many of these Republican candidates were that much further away from what Mr. Trump has proposed.

 

Just take a look at what some of these GOP candidates have said:

 

Jeb Bush and Texas Senator Ted Cruz each said the United States should accept only Christians from among the refugees fleeing violence in Syria and Iraq. (Asked how the United States would actually implement such a policy, Bush could respond only with variations of: “I mean, you can prove you’re a Christian.”)

 

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said we should “pause” all immigration from the Middle East. Senators Rubio and Dr. Ben Carson said no to any Muslim refugees whatsoever, while the coward N.J. Governor Chris Christie stated he wanted to even exclude orphaned Muslim toddlers.

 

Dr. Carson not long tried to explain multiple times why he doesn’t think a Muslim should be allowed as a US president.

 

As one writer in the Washington Post stated, “It’s not clear that Trump’s competitors have a lot of moral high ground to stand on, if their argument is essentially: ‘Vote for someone slightly less bigoted than that other really big bigot.’ “

 

But in actuality, as an example, when it comes to being fiscally sound, Trumps tax proposals are only slightly more radical and ridiculous than the other Republican candidates.

 

Trump’s tax proposal would cost the federal government an estimated $12 trillion in revenue over the next decade.  That’s per the US Tax Foundation.  As a result, the plan has been lambasted as irresponsible and absurd. Bush has said that Trump’s plan as lacking in “fiscal responsibility.”

 

But the $7 trillion hole that Bush’s own plan would blow in the budget, per the Tax Policy Center, is just as irresponsible.  And let’s not forget the $4 trillion revenue loss that Rubio’s plan would cause? Or Senator Cruz’s plan, which has about the same shortfall as Rubio’s.

 

If you also look at all of their ridiculous proposals on women’s health, gun control and climate change, there’s not all that much difference between Trump and the other Republicans. Perhaps a difference in tone, but not much in actual substance

 

The reality is that because Trump has been so bombastic, he is making his opponents look half-way reasonable.  (But only half-way.)  In many ways, if Trump is not the final GOP nominee, whomever it is will probably need to thank the “The Donald” for making them at least appear “more in line whit what the American voter wants”.

 

It all just keeps getting better.....or worse.

 

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