{"id":131727,"date":"2016-10-04T19:55:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T01:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/04\/a-conservative-critique-of-trumps-gloom-and-doom-about-america.html"},"modified":"2016-10-04T19:55:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T01:55:35","slug":"a-conservative-critique-of-trumps-gloom-and-doom-about-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/04\/a-conservative-critique-of-trumps-gloom-and-doom-about-america.html","title":{"rendered":"A conservative critique of Trump's gloom-and-doom about America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump's main line of argument is that America is in awful shape, comparable to a Third World country in so many ways.<\/p>\n

But a lot of people disagree with that assessment, and they aren't all ideological supporters of his opponent, either. <\/p>\n

'I’m a conservative who finds the self-described billionaire businessman wildly unfit to be the next American president. Trump’s bigotry and boorishness are morally offensive. His apparently willful ignorance of domestic and foreign affairs is alarming. But also deeply troubling is the apocalyptic picture Trump paints of the American project in 2016, one that may frighten voters into supporting him but is totally at odds with the facts.<\/i><\/p>\n

The angry, gloomy harangue that has been the Trump campaign has helped undermine core American values — including openness, generosity, and an unshakable optimism that led Ronald Reagan to say that "the difference between an American and any other kind of person is that an American lives in anticipation of the future because he knows it will be a great place."'<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nA conservative case against Trump’s apocalyptic view of America<\/a><\/span>
\nThere’s long been a pessimistic strain of conservatism. But the doom and gloom are out of hand.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Donald Trump's main line of argument is that America is in awful shape, comparable to a Third World country in so many ways. But a lot of people disagree with that assessment, and they aren't all ideological supporters of his opponent, either. 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