Why don't you venture your dumb ass down to Florida Plain Ol'?
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Two points, and quickly. > > Ivana Trump withdrew her claim of rape, (which by the way was legally > impossibe, so therefore there could not have been a charge of rape); and > second, the little girl you reference was totally discounted; and it proven > that Donald Trump could not have even been remotely in proximity of this > young lass. > > On the other hand, Bill Clinton has never denied the rape charges against > him, and in fact paid $850,000 to another woman who alleged sexual > misconduct. (Along with being disbarred and impeached as the sitting > President of the United States over his sexual misconduct). > > Again, I go back to the whole "Not The Sharpest Knife In The Drawer" > analogy..... > > > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:41 AM, plainolamerican < > plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> you staunchly support a woman who enabled a sexual predator and rapist >> --- >> Clinton has never been tried for rape. >> Unless you have evidence that will hold up in a court of law all you have >> is your wishful thinking slanderous bullshit, as usual. >> Donald has also been accused of rape by Ivana and an under-aged girl. By >> your logic he's also a rapist. >> >> On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 10:13:25 AM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >>> >>> Whereas Anti-Americans like you, (and Media Matters) describe it as >>> "pathetic"; thoughtful, common sense Americans like Jerry Falwell and I >>> place no bearing on the smear, and hateful diatribe coming from >>> Anti-Americans like you Plain Ol'! The fact that you staunchly support a >>> woman who enabled a sexual predator and rapist, while attacking the victims >>> of that sexual predator/rapist; while attacking Donald Trump for an 11 year >>> old audio that was a private conversation between two grown men, discussing >>> women, shows that, (1) You're a pussy; (2) You have no common sense; and >>> (3) You're Anti-American. >>> >>> Enough Said..... >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 10:22 AM, plainolamerican <plainol...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> In the news >>>> [image: Image for the news result] >>>> <https://thinkprogress.org/falwell-trump-sexual-assault-allegations-59c80a2460a2> >>>> Jerry Falwell Jr. will vote for Donald Trump even if he sexually >>>> assaulted women >>>> <https://thinkprogress.org/falwell-trump-sexual-assault-allegations-59c80a2460a2> >>>> ThinkProgress - 2 days ago >>>> A flood of new allegations against Donald Trump came forward Wednesday >>>> evening, ... >>>> Jerry Falwell Jr. voting for Trump, despite allegations >>>> <http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/politics/jerry-falwell-jr-donald-trump-women-new-york-times-report-erin-burnett/> >>>> CNN - 1 day ago >>>> Jerry Falwell Jr. Plans To Vote Trump Even If Sexual Assault Stories >>>> Are True >>>> <http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jerry-falwell-trump-changed-man> >>>> TPM - 23 hours ago >>>> More news for jerry falwell jr I would vote for Trump even if he >>>> sexually harassed women. >>>> <https://www.google.com/search?q=jerry+falwell+jr+I+would+vote+for+Trump+even+if+he+sexually+harassed+women.&biw=1517&bih=708&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj689X9vtrPAhWIwiYKHeJbCREQsQQIJA> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> Pathetic: Jerry Falwell Jr. says he'd vote for Trump even if he >>>> sexually ... >>>> <http://therightscoop.com/pathetic-jerry-falwell-jr-says-hed-vote-trump-even-sexually-harassed-women/> >>>> therightscoop.com/pathetic-*jerry*-*falwell*-*jr*-says-*hed*-*vote*- >>>> *trump*-*even*-*sexually*-*harass*... >>>> <https://www.google.com/#> >>>> >>>> 1. >>>> >>>> <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6gbi2NnIuYcJ:therightscoop.com/pathetic-jerry-falwell-jr-says-hed-vote-trump-even-sexually-harassed-women/+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> >>>> >>>> 2 days ago - Pathetic: Jerry Falwell Jr. says he'd vote for Trump even >>>> if he sexually ... theory against him, and he would vote for JFK Jr. >>>> sexually harassing women too! ... why the hell not, he'd vote for a >>>> guy who sexually harassed everyone! >>>> Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He'd Vote For Trump Even If He Sexually ... >>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF0YXVRMlwE> >>>> [image: Video for jerry falwell jr I would vote for Trump even if he >>>> sexually harassed women.]▶ 10:39 >>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF0YXVRMlwE> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF0YXVRMlwE >>>> 1 day ago - Uploaded by Media Buzz >>>> Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He'd Vote For Trump Even If He Sexually >>>> Harassed Women. >>>> Pathetic: Jerry Falwell Jr. says he'd vote for Trump even if he >>>> sexually ... >>>> <https://megynkelly.org/182275/pathetic-jerry-falwell-jr-says-hed-vote-for-trump-even-if-he-sexually-harassed-women-updated/> >>>> megynkelly.org › Therightscoop >>>> <https://www.google.com/#> >>>> >>>> 1. >>>> >>>> <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Zfr1XZeN87sJ:https://megynkelly.org/182275/pathetic-jerry-falwell-jr-says-hed-vote-for-trump-even-if-he-sexually-harassed-women-updated/+&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> >>>> >>>> 2 days ago - Click The Right Scoop Now To Read: Pathetic: Jerry >>>> Falwell Jr. says he'd vote for Trump even if he sexually harassed women, >>>> [UPDATED] by ... >>>> Pathetic: Jerry Falwell Jr. says he'd vote for Trump even if he >>>> sexually ... >>>> <http://www.thenewscommenter.com/news/pathetic-jerry-falwell-jr-says-hed-vote-for-trump-even-if-he-sexually-harassed-women/642792> >>>> www.thenewscommenter.com/...*jerry*-*falwell*-*jr*...*hed*- >>>> *vote-for-trump*-*even*-*if*-*he*-*sexu*... >>>> <https://www.google.com/#> >>>> >>>> 1. >>>> >>>> <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HcLSnAPTCT0J:www.thenewscommenter.com/news/pathetic-jerry-falwell-jr-says-hed-vote-for-trump-even-if-he-sexually-harassed-women/642792+&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> >>>> >>>> 1 day ago - report this ad Jerry Falwell Jr. said that Trump is a good >>>> man, but he also ... Jr. sayshe'd vote for Trump even if he sexually >>>> harassed women ... >>>> Jerry Falwell Jr. Defends Trump Against Sexual Assault Allegations ... >>>> <https://juicyecumenism.com/2016/10/13/jerry-falwell-jr-trump-sexual-assault-allegations/> >>>> https://juicyecumenism.com/2016/10/.../*jerry*-*falwell*-*jr*-*trump*- >>>> *sexual*-assault-allegatio... >>>> <https://www.google.com/#> >>>> >>>> 1. >>>> >>>> <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tr7VEKoWIT4J:https://juicyecumenism.com/2016/10/13/jerry-falwell-jr-trump-sexual-assault-allegations/+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> >>>> >>>> 19 hours ago - Jerry Falwell Jr. dismissed sexual assault allegations >>>> against ... he would still vote for Trump, even if recent allegations >>>> against him proved to be true. ... from women who said they were sexually >>>> harassed by Trump, was “very ... >>>> Jerry Falwell Jr. suggests he will vote for Trump despite ... - CNN.com >>>> <http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/politics/jerry-falwell-jr-donald-trump-women-new-york-times-report-erin-burnett/> >>>> www.cnn.com/.../*jerry*-*falwell*-*jr*-donald-*trump*-*women*-new-york >>>> -times-report-e... >>>> <https://www.google.com/#> >>>> >>>> 1. >>>> >>>> <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_e5T3G0nE3cJ:www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/politics/jerry-falwell-jr-donald-trump-women-new-york-times-report-erin-burnett/+&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> >>>> >>>> CNN >>>> 1 day ago - ... Jerry Falwell Jr. suggested he would vote for Donald Trump >>>> even if new allegations of the nominee inappropriately touching women are >>>> ... To reach back decades in an attempt to smear Mr. Trump trivializes >>>> sexual assault, ... >>>> Pathetic: Jerry Falwell Jr. says he'd vote for Trump even if he >>>> sexually ... >>>> <http://conservativeangle.com/pathetic-jerry-falwell-jr-says-hed-vote-for-trump-even-if-he-sexually-harassed-women/> >>>> conservativeangle.com/pathetic-*jerry*-*falwell*-*jr*-says-*hed*- >>>> *vote-for-trump*-*even*-*if*-*he*-*s*... >>>> <https://www.google.com/#> >>>> >>>> 1. >>>> >>>> <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:0nR1xqiUnucJ:conservativeangle.com/pathetic-jerry-falwell-jr-says-hed-vote-for-trump-even-if-he-sexually-harassed-women/+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us> >>>> >>>> Pathetic: Jerry Falwell Jr. says he'd vote for Trump even if he >>>> sexually harassed women · Go to Article · jerry-falwell-jr. Jerry >>>> Falwell Jr. said that Trump is a good ... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 9:09:44 AM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >>>>> >>>>> What a great video that Plain Ol' included! >>>>> >>>>> Unfortunately, as is typical, Plain Ol' can't help himself, and had to >>>>> lie, prevaricate; and once again demonstrate how he is so Anti-American, >>>>> and that truth hurts him and his cause. >>>>> >>>>> Jerry Falwell Jr. NEVER SAID: >>>>> >>>>> "I would vote for Trump even if he sexually harassed women." >>>>> >>>>> "Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America." >>>>> >>>>> "I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our >>>>> country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken >>>>> them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that >>>>> will be!" >>>>> >>>>> "AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it >>>>> would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save one of Pharaoh's >>>>> charioteers ... AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is >>>>> God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals." >>>>> >>>>> "Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are >>>>> married to them." >>>>> >>>>> "The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God >>>>> will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, >>>>> we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, >>>>> and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying >>>>> to >>>>> make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way >>>>> -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger >>>>> in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" --on the 9/11 attacks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:30 AM, plainolamerican <plainol...@gmail.com >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2pEFz716fI >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 8:27:53 AM UTC-5, plainolamerican >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have grown to like and respect Jerry Falwell Jr. He's most >>>>>>> definitely a class act. >>>>>>> --- >>>>>>> opinion noted and laughed at. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Falwell, Jr said: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "I would vote for Trump even if he sexually harassed women." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Billy Graham is the chief servant of Satan in America." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our >>>>>>> country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken >>>>>>> them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day >>>>>>> that >>>>>>> will be!" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "AIDS is the wrath of a just God against homosexuals. To oppose it >>>>>>> would be like an Israelite jumping in the Red Sea to save one of >>>>>>> Pharaoh's >>>>>>> charioteers ... AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is >>>>>>> God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are >>>>>>> married to them." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God >>>>>>> will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent >>>>>>> babies, >>>>>>> we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, >>>>>>> and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively >>>>>>> trying to >>>>>>> make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American >>>>>>> Way >>>>>>> -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the >>>>>>> finger >>>>>>> in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" --on the 9/11 attacks >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Giving Trump an honorary doctorate in the past was unwise, but >>>>>>> comparing him to Jesus was as close to heresy as I ever wish to >>>>>>> witness." - Michael >>>>>>> Farris, the chancellor of Patrick Henry College, who once served as >>>>>>> executive director of Jerry Falwell Sr.'s Moral Majority in Washington, >>>>>>> D.C. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 7:51:37 AM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have grown to like and respect Jerry Falwell Jr. He's most >>>>>>>> definitely a class act. For those of you, (usually like me!) that >>>>>>>> give >>>>>>>> little credence to anything that Plain Ol' posts, this little nugget is >>>>>>>> contained within the article: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> “*I am proud of these few students for speaking their minds but >>>>>>>> I’m afraid the statement is incoherent and false*,” Falwell said >>>>>>>> in a statement. “*I am not ‘touring the country’ or associating >>>>>>>> Liberty University with any candidate. I am only fulfilling my >>>>>>>> obligation >>>>>>>> as a citizen to ‘render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s’ by >>>>>>>> expressing my personal opinion about who I believe is best suited to >>>>>>>> lead >>>>>>>> our nation in a time of crisis. This student statement seems to ignore >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> teachings of Jesus not to judge others but they are young and still >>>>>>>> learning*.” >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In another statement Thursday, Falwell questioned the support for >>>>>>>> the group. “*The group of students now speaking out against Trump >>>>>>>> represents a very small percentage of the Liberty student body of >>>>>>>> 15,000 >>>>>>>> resident students and 90,000 online students. The group (led by a never >>>>>>>> Trump activist, I am told) claims to have between 200 and 1200 >>>>>>>> signatures >>>>>>>> on a petition but admits that many of these signatories are not Liberty >>>>>>>> students.”* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:23 AM, plainolamerican < >>>>>>>> plainol...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Students at Virginia’s Liberty University have issued a statement >>>>>>>>> against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as young >>>>>>>>> conservatives >>>>>>>>> at some colleges across the country reconsider support for his >>>>>>>>> campaign. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> A statement issued late Wednesday >>>>>>>>> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdLe5fbVw0d12MtiYcJCf-hLDjpr7AdiYTIkMBttqdLuTQbg/viewform> >>>>>>>>> by >>>>>>>>> the group Liberty United Against Trump strongly rebuked the candidate >>>>>>>>> as >>>>>>>>> well as the school’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr., for defending Trump >>>>>>>>> after he made vulgar comments about women in a 2005 video. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> “Donald Trump does not represent our values and we want nothing to >>>>>>>>> do with him,” the statement said. “… He has made his name by maligning >>>>>>>>> others and bragging about his sins. Not only is Donald Trump a bad >>>>>>>>> candidate for president, he is actively promoting the very things >>>>>>>>> that we >>>>>>>>> as Christians ought to oppose.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *[U-Va. College Republicans rescind support for Trump >>>>>>>>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/10/11/u-va-college-republicans-rescind-support-for-trump/>]* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Many campus Republican groups have not endorsed their party’s >>>>>>>>> nominee. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Nationally, Trump seems to have less support from younger >>>>>>>>> Republicans. Less than two-thirds of Republican-leaning voters younger >>>>>>>>> than 30 support Trump, while more than three-quarters of >>>>>>>>> 30-to-64-year-olds >>>>>>>>> and 85 percent of seniors do, in an average of September >>>>>>>>> Washington Post-ABC national polls >>>>>>>>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2016/09/25/National-Politics/Polling/release_446.xml>. >>>>>>>>> They were also less likely to support Trump in the Republican >>>>>>>>> primaries and >>>>>>>>> caucuses earlier this year. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And younger Republicans were more likely to say Trump is biased >>>>>>>>> against women and minorities, according to Post-ABC polling in August >>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> early September: In combined surveys, 44 percent of Republican-leaning >>>>>>>>> adults younger than 30 said Trump was biased against women and >>>>>>>>> minorities, >>>>>>>>> compared with a quarter of those age 30 to 64 and one-fifth of those >>>>>>>>> 65 and >>>>>>>>> older. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *[Someone wrote ‘Trump 2016′ on Emory’s campus in chalk. And some >>>>>>>>> students say they no longer feel safe. >>>>>>>>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/03/24/someone-wrote-trump-2016-on-emorys-campus-in-chalk-some-students-said-they-no-longer-feel-safe/?tid=a_inl>]* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Some students maintain there is more support on campuses than >>>>>>>>> people realize, because many colleges are so liberal-leaning and >>>>>>>>> politically correct that Trump supporters choose to remain silent >>>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>>> their views. They point to stealth campaigning, such as the >>>>>>>>> “chalkenings” >>>>>>>>> that have happened at some schools >>>>>>>>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/12/pro-trump-anti-mexican-messages-chalked-on-california-campus-as-chalkening-movement-spreads/?tid=a_inl>with >>>>>>>>> students waking to find Trump slogans written in chalk all over >>>>>>>>> campus. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *[At the country’s most elite colleges, some Trump supporters stay >>>>>>>>> closeted >>>>>>>>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/09/20/at-the-countrys-most-elite-and-liberal-colleges-some-trump-supporters-stay-closeted/>]* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But recent revelations about the candidate, including the release >>>>>>>>> of a 2005 video in which he is heard talking about groping women >>>>>>>>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html>, >>>>>>>>> have made this a turning point for even some of his ardent supporters >>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> intensified debate about the candidate on many campuses. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> That conflict is crystallized at Liberty. The Lynchburg school was >>>>>>>>> founded by evangelical pastor Jerry Falwell Sr., whose sermons gave >>>>>>>>> rise to >>>>>>>>> a prominent conservative political movement, Moral Majority. The small >>>>>>>>> college Falwell created in 1971 has become an epicenter of evangelical >>>>>>>>> Christian education in the United States and one of the largest >>>>>>>>> universities by enrollment in the country, based in large part on >>>>>>>>> soaring >>>>>>>>> online participation. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The campus also has become a regular stop for politicians on the >>>>>>>>> campaign trail. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) began his run for the >>>>>>>>> presidency at >>>>>>>>> Liberty. Trump gave a convocation address in front of the student >>>>>>>>> body in >>>>>>>>> January. A week afterward, Falwell Jr. endorsed Trump. In the months >>>>>>>>> since, >>>>>>>>> Falwell has vigorously defended his decision to support the Republican >>>>>>>>> candidate. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> “Jesus said ‘Judge not, lest ye be judged.'” Falwell wrote in an >>>>>>>>> essay for The Washington Post this year. >>>>>>>>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/01/27/jerry-falwell-jr-heres-the-backstory-of-why-i-endorsed-donald-trump/> >>>>>>>>> “Let’s >>>>>>>>> stop trying to choose the political leaders who we believe are the >>>>>>>>> most >>>>>>>>> godly because, in reality, only God knows people’s hearts. You and I >>>>>>>>> don’t, >>>>>>>>> and we are all sinners.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The students at Liberty University wrote that they felt compelled >>>>>>>>> to speak out in light of Falwell’s steadfast support for Trump even >>>>>>>>> after >>>>>>>>> the candidate’s comments about women and sexual assault. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> “Because our president has led the world to believe that Liberty >>>>>>>>> University supports Donald Trump, we students must take it upon >>>>>>>>> ourselves >>>>>>>>> to make clear that Donald Trump is absolutely opposed to what we >>>>>>>>> believe, >>>>>>>>> and does not have our support,” the Liberty students wrote. “We are >>>>>>>>> not >>>>>>>>> proclaiming our opposition to Donald Trump out of bitterness, but out >>>>>>>>> of a >>>>>>>>> desire to regain the integrity of our school.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign did not immediately respond >>>>>>>>> to a request for comment Thursday. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Falwell quickly criticized the student effort against Trump. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> “I am proud of these few students for speaking their minds but I’m >>>>>>>>> afraid the statement is incoherent and false,” Falwell said in a >>>>>>>>> statement. “I am not ‘touring the country’ or associating Liberty >>>>>>>>> University with any candidate. I am only fulfilling my obligation as a >>>>>>>>> citizen to ‘render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s’ by >>>>>>>>> expressing >>>>>>>>> my personal opinion about who I believe is best suited to lead our >>>>>>>>> nation >>>>>>>>> in a time of crisis. This student statement seems to ignore the >>>>>>>>> teachings >>>>>>>>> of Jesus not to judge others but they are young and still learning.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In another statement Thursday, Falwell questioned the support for >>>>>>>>> the group. “The group of students now speaking out against Trump >>>>>>>>> represents >>>>>>>>> a very small percentage of the Liberty student body of 15,000 resident >>>>>>>>> students and 90,000 online students. The group (led by a never Trump >>>>>>>>> activist, I am told) claims to have between 200 and 1200 signatures >>>>>>>>> on a >>>>>>>>> petition but admits that many of these signatories are not Liberty >>>>>>>>> students.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *[Virginia’s Liberty transforms into evangelical mega-university >>>>>>>>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginias-liberty-transforms-into-evangelical-mega-university/2013/03/04/931cb116-7d09-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html?tid=a_inl>]* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dustin Wahl, a junior at Liberty, told The Post that he wrote the >>>>>>>>> Liberty United Against Trump statement and said that about 1,300 >>>>>>>>> students, >>>>>>>>> alumni and faculty have left signatures of support. “Since the most >>>>>>>>> recent >>>>>>>>> sexual assault thing, we realized this is a time we can all get >>>>>>>>> behind this >>>>>>>>> and say ‘Enough is enough.’ We do not support our president in his >>>>>>>>> endorsement of Trump and we want the world to know because he’s giving >>>>>>>>> Liberty University a bad name,” Wahl said. ” . . . This is an effort >>>>>>>>> to say >>>>>>>>> Liberty is not Trump university.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> During the Republican primary, Trump won about 8 percent of the >>>>>>>>> vote in Liberty’s voting precinct, while Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) won >>>>>>>>> 44 >>>>>>>>> percent and Cruz won 33 percent. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Wahl said he attended the convocation on campus Wednesday, which >>>>>>>>> included an appearance by Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike >>>>>>>>> Pence. >>>>>>>>> Wahl said few students clapped when Pence spoke of Trump. “It was >>>>>>>>> pretty >>>>>>>>> pitiful,” he said. “People associate our degree with the worst >>>>>>>>> presidential >>>>>>>>> candidate in modern history.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> David Campbell, a political science professor at the University of >>>>>>>>> Notre Dame, said the nation is seeing “mounting evidence for a >>>>>>>>> generational >>>>>>>>> divide within evangelicalism” over the campaign. “Pastors who either >>>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>>> overtly supporting Trump or . . . continue to mix partisan politics >>>>>>>>> should >>>>>>>>> worry about driving young evangelicals away from their church.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Younger evangelicals tend to lean more to the left politically >>>>>>>>> than their parents, according to a survey of religious groups from >>>>>>>>> the Pew >>>>>>>>> Research Center. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Many campus Republican groups have struggled with the choice. On >>>>>>>>> Saturday,Alex Smith <http://www.crnc.org/about/leaders/>, >>>>>>>>> national chairman of the College Republican National Committee, >>>>>>>>> posted on >>>>>>>>> Twitter: “The Party of Lincoln is not a locker room, and there is no >>>>>>>>> place >>>>>>>>> for people who think it is. Definitely not with her, but not with >>>>>>>>> him.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Smith is not granting interviews at this time, according to a >>>>>>>>> spokesman for the group. The spokesman did not respond to a question >>>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>>> how many chapters have endorsed Trump. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The New Mexico Federation of College Republicans announced >>>>>>>>> Saturday that they “will not and cannot support Donald Trump.” The >>>>>>>>> group >>>>>>>>> endorsed Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The Harvard Republican Club took a strong stand in August. “For >>>>>>>>> the first time in 128 years, we, the oldest College Republicans >>>>>>>>> chapter in >>>>>>>>> the nation, will not be endorsing the Republican nominee,” the club >>>>>>>>> said in >>>>>>>>> a statement. “Donald Trump holds views that are antithetical to our >>>>>>>>> values >>>>>>>>> not only as Republicans, but as Americans.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The club had been planning to vote on an endorsement when its >>>>>>>>> members were back on campus for the academic year, said its president, >>>>>>>>> Declan Garvey, but a series of events over the summer intensified >>>>>>>>> concern >>>>>>>>> and a survey was sent to members. Only 10 percent supported Trump, he >>>>>>>>> said, >>>>>>>>> and 80 percent were opposed. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In recent days, he said some of the revelations about Democratic >>>>>>>>> nominee Hillary Clinton disgusted members of the group. Then the >>>>>>>>> video came >>>>>>>>> out. “There was some attrition back to Trump,” Garvey said, but the >>>>>>>>> video >>>>>>>>> “stopped that.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The Yale College Republicans wrote of the divides within their >>>>>>>>> group, but in a statement leaders warned of a Clinton victory and >>>>>>>>> wrote in >>>>>>>>> part: “While not every member of our organization supported Trump in >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> primary, as an organization and branch of the GOP we support >>>>>>>>> Republicans up >>>>>>>>> and down the ballot. And yes, that includes supporting Donald Trump >>>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>>> president.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> After that decision, some members of the group left to form their >>>>>>>>> own organization. Leaders of the group declined to comment Thursday. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> At Princeton, the College Republicans stayed on the sidelines with >>>>>>>>> astatement >>>>>>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=647702055377813&id=430082530473101> >>>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>>> August promoting Republican principles but “not taking a definitive >>>>>>>>> position on Donald Trump’s candidacy.” Leaders of the group did not >>>>>>>>> respond >>>>>>>>> immediately to requests for comment Thursday. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The Cornell University College Republicans endorsed the >>>>>>>>> Libertarian ticket. In a public statement >>>>>>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1147245345349940&id=151444014930083>, >>>>>>>>> they >>>>>>>>> wrote, in part: “This election’s unprecedented nature has made blind >>>>>>>>> commitment to our Party unpalatable. The Cornell Republicans cannot, >>>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>>> good faith, endorse our party’s nominee. Mr. Trump should not be the >>>>>>>>> face >>>>>>>>> of American conservatism. Instead, we are proud to endorse the true >>>>>>>>> conservative in this election: Gary Johnson.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> At Washington University in St. Louis, site of the most recent >>>>>>>>> presidential debate, the College Republicans did not endorse Trump. >>>>>>>>> In an >>>>>>>>> op-ed >>>>>>>>> <http://www.studlife.com/forum/op-ed-submission/2016/10/06/op-ed-submission-lets-try-again-in-2020-college-republicans-descision-not-to-endorse-trump/> >>>>>>>>> published >>>>>>>>> in Student Life, an independent newspaper, they wrote, “We should >>>>>>>>> note that >>>>>>>>> even the unfamiliar sight of a College Republicans chapter not >>>>>>>>> endorsing >>>>>>>>> their nominee is not uncommon in this election cycle. A myriad of >>>>>>>>> Republicans this year have decided not to endorse Trump either. Many >>>>>>>>> Republicans have realized that we need a candidate who will follow the >>>>>>>>> guidance of and adhere to the United States constitution, and not a >>>>>>>>> nominee >>>>>>>>> who speaks of his presidency as a ‘reign.’” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In Virginia, while some students support Trump, others have >>>>>>>>> recently withdrawn support after the video, said Rachel Moss, a >>>>>>>>> junior who >>>>>>>>> is a member of the James Madison University College Republicans and >>>>>>>>> serves >>>>>>>>> as communication director for the College Republican Federation of >>>>>>>>> Virginia. Since many chapters have not publicly endorsed Trump, Moss >>>>>>>>> said >>>>>>>>> that the federation is encouraging college students to focus on >>>>>>>>> congressional races. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, the University of Virginia College Republicans voted >>>>>>>>> to rescind the group’s Trump endorsement. “We do not feel Donald Trump >>>>>>>>> accurately represents the way we view and conduct ourselves,” the >>>>>>>>> group’s >>>>>>>>> executive board wrote in a statement. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> At Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., the College >>>>>>>>> Republicans did not officially endorse Trump because the group >>>>>>>>> “exists for >>>>>>>>> the betterment of the Republican Party as a whole, not select >>>>>>>>> Republican >>>>>>>>> candidates,” said Caroline Bones, chair of the club. Bones noted that >>>>>>>>> “like >>>>>>>>> the larger Republican Party, there is room for disagreements within >>>>>>>>> our >>>>>>>>> membership. We fully recognize that not every Republican supports Mr. >>>>>>>>> Trump. ” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> At Virginia Tech, the College Republicans did not formally endorse >>>>>>>>> Trump but wrote in a statement to The Post that as a “partisan, >>>>>>>>> Republican >>>>>>>>> organization, our organization does support the Republican nominee for >>>>>>>>> President.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Virginia Commonwealth University’s College Republicans chapter >>>>>>>>> recently voted once again to “unanimously and emphatically” endorse >>>>>>>>> Trump. John Rackoski, vice president of communication for the group, >>>>>>>>> said >>>>>>>>> that they are “obviously disgusted” by what Trump said on the tape >>>>>>>>> but that >>>>>>>>> it “is no worse than the language we hear used in public on campus on >>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>> daily basis, from both men and women. … A firestorm has erupted over >>>>>>>>> Trump’s dirty jokes told in private to other men over 11 years ago, >>>>>>>>> which >>>>>>>>> hurt no one.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The students at Liberty University ended their statement by noting >>>>>>>>> that “while everyone is a sinner and everyone can be forgiven, a man >>>>>>>>> who >>>>>>>>> constantly and proudly speaks evil does not deserve our support for >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> nation’s highest office.” >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The statement concluded: “We want the world to know how many >>>>>>>>> students oppose him. 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