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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 19, 2016 16:52:37 GMT -5
That was before Orlando. Now Trump has promised to be the best president "the gays" could ever have hoped for. In fact, once he's president, he will be officiating over gay marriages in the oval office every weekend (I kid, I kid). www.dailykos.com/story/2016/6/15/1539220/-Donald-Trump-tells-people-to-ask-the-gays-about-how-great-he-is-The-gays-respond-and-it-is-EPIC
Donald Trump is a great ally to the gay community. The greatest. The most amazing ally that you’ll ever see. Just ask Donald Trump!
In fact, Trump is so confident that he is the great straight savior LGBT Americans have been waiting for that he challenged people to “ask the gays” about just how great an ally he is:
For the gays out there—ask the gays and ask the people—ask the gays what they think and what they do in, not only Saudi Arabia, in many of these countries, with the gay community, just ask, and then you tell me—who’s your friend, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?
Trump says Hispanic voters just love him too. The Hispanic Vote in 2016: Donald Trump's Struggle Among Latino Voters Growing, New Poll Finds 89 Percent Have Negative Image of Him
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 19, 2016 19:31:57 GMT -5
Great. So, only 15% are "radicalized" that makes... 900,000 potential threats. At the time Great Britain was dealing with the worst of the leftist IRA terror, there were roughly 100 active IRA "soldiers"... TRUMP makes more sense every day. according to the DOD estimates, it is closer to .003% 200 seems like a manageable number of threats. The standard is zero.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 19, 2016 19:36:09 GMT -5
Uh oh...
The general election- not counting the Monster Vote- is still tied. Once you correct for oversampling of Democrats, Crooked Hillary Clinton's supposed lead evaporates.
Here's the gist:
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 19, 2016 20:07:20 GMT -5
American Thinker also called Donald Trump a "juinior high school girl". A "pathetically vain "mean girl""
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Post by happyhoix on Jun 20, 2016 8:36:26 GMT -5
Not at all. The American public is comprised muchly of idiots. (It would have to be to end up with someone like Trump as the nominee.) But even I can't get behind the idea that the total of right-wing idiots outnumbers the combined total of left-wing idiots and thinking people. Hence, Trump loses. You were here for the election (bad enough), and re-election (what the actual f***?!?) of Barack Obama, right? This doesn't have anything to do with ideology. Just as Obama's hope and change was not a "left wing" campaign; neither is "Make America Great Again" a "right wing" campaign. The mass of Trump supporters are a giant blob in the middle of the American electorate. In short, Trump support is non-ideological. It's populist, America-first, patriotic, etc. and even the vast majority of rank and file Democrats are Trump supporters.
After Orlando-- no matter what you think happened in the wake of the radical islamist massacre there-- you are going to see a surge in support for Trump. Millions of Americans are going to wake up to the fact that Democrats simply do not care if you die. They have an agenda that isn't going to be obstructed by a few hundred dead Americans here and there. Disney has an alligator problem. They knew about it. They were warned explicitly, and suggestions were made to fence off areas, and post warnings to guests, but they fell on deaf ears. Similarly, Democrats have a radical islamist problem. They knew about it. They were warned explicitly. Suggestions were made to cordon them off and warn Americans, but they fell on deaf ears. I call bullshit. Post a link that shows the vast majority of democrats support Trump.
You can't just post wishful thinking as fact. Back it up with something concrete, something from a mainstream legitimate news outlet, not something Rush said.
For instance, I'm going to state that there is a growing number of GOP voters who are actively mounting an anti-Trump push to oppose him at the convention, and here is my link: www.cnn.com/2016/06/19/politics/rnc-delegate-angst-donald-trump/
Roughly 1,000 interested people were on the call, according to organizer Steve Lonegan -- up sharply from the roughly three dozen who were on a similar call last week
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Post by happyhoix on Jun 20, 2016 8:40:32 GMT -5
That was before Orlando. Now Trump has promised to be the best president "the gays" could ever have hoped for. In fact, once he's president, he will be officiating over gay marriages in the oval office every weekend (I kid, I kid). www.dailykos.com/story/2016/6/15/1539220/-Donald-Trump-tells-people-to-ask-the-gays-about-how-great-he-is-The-gays-respond-and-it-is-EPIC
Donald Trump is a great ally to the gay community. The greatest. The most amazing ally that you’ll ever see. Just ask Donald Trump!
In fact, Trump is so confident that he is the great straight savior LGBT Americans have been waiting for that he challenged people to “ask the gays” about just how great an ally he is:
For the gays out there—ask the gays and ask the people—ask the gays what they think and what they do in, not only Saudi Arabia, in many of these countries, with the gay community, just ask, and then you tell me—who’s your friend, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?
So, Trump is implying if Hillary gets elected she'll start stoning gay people like they do in Saudi Arabia, and therefore Trump is a better option?
Trump must think gays are idiots.
Of course, he seems to think regular voters are idiots, so I guess he's lumping gays in with the rest us.
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Post by tallguy on Jun 20, 2016 8:48:43 GMT -5
You were here for the election (bad enough), and re-election (what the actual f***?!?) of Barack Obama, right? This doesn't have anything to do with ideology. Just as Obama's hope and change was not a "left wing" campaign; neither is "Make America Great Again" a "right wing" campaign. The mass of Trump supporters are a giant blob in the middle of the American electorate. In short, Trump support is non-ideological. It's populist, America-first, patriotic, etc. and even the vast majority of rank and file Democrats are Trump supporters.
After Orlando-- no matter what you think happened in the wake of the radical islamist massacre there-- you are going to see a surge in support for Trump. Millions of Americans are going to wake up to the fact that Democrats simply do not care if you die. They have an agenda that isn't going to be obstructed by a few hundred dead Americans here and there. Disney has an alligator problem. They knew about it. They were warned explicitly, and suggestions were made to fence off areas, and post warnings to guests, but they fell on deaf ears. Similarly, Democrats have a radical islamist problem. They knew about it. They were warned explicitly. Suggestions were made to cordon them off and warn Americans, but they fell on deaf ears. I call bullshit. Post a link that shows the vast majority of democrats support Trump.
You can't just post wishful thinking as fact. Back it up with something concrete, something from a mainstream legitimate news outlet, not something Rush said.
For instance, I'm going to state that there is a growing number of GOP voters who are actively mounting an anti-Trump push to oppose him at the convention, and here is my link: www.cnn.com/2016/06/19/politics/rnc-delegate-angst-donald-trump/
Roughly 1,000 interested people were on the call, according to organizer Steve Lonegan -- up sharply from the roughly three dozen who were on a similar call last week
As ridiculous as that is, it's still far better than posting something from his own blog as legitimate, authoritative commentary and not disclosing that he wrote it.... That sets a new low in legitimacy, doesn't it?
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Post by happyhoix on Jun 20, 2016 8:52:32 GMT -5
I call bullshit. Post a link that shows the vast majority of democrats support Trump.
You can't just post wishful thinking as fact. Back it up with something concrete, something from a mainstream legitimate news outlet, not something Rush said.
For instance, I'm going to state that there is a growing number of GOP voters who are actively mounting an anti-Trump push to oppose him at the convention, and here is my link: www.cnn.com/2016/06/19/politics/rnc-delegate-angst-donald-trump/
Roughly 1,000 interested people were on the call, according to organizer Steve Lonegan -- up sharply from the roughly three dozen who were on a similar call last week
As ridiculous as that is, it's still far better than posting something from his own blog as legitimate, authoritative commentary and not disclosing that he wrote it.... That sets a new low in legitimacy, doesn't it? Who did that?
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Post by tallguy on Jun 20, 2016 8:59:19 GMT -5
Same person. And linked back to himself. Multiple times.
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Post by billisonboard on Jun 20, 2016 9:02:02 GMT -5
As ridiculous as that is, it's still far better than posting something from his own blog as legitimate, authoritative commentary and not disclosing that he wrote it.... That sets a new low in legitimacy, doesn't it? Who did that?
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Post by happyhoix on Jun 20, 2016 9:10:41 GMT -5
Oh, I didn't catch that - too funny.
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Post by Opti on Jun 20, 2016 9:24:45 GMT -5
Not at all. The American public is comprised muchly of idiots. (It would have to be to end up with someone like Trump as the nominee.) But even I can't get behind the idea that the total of right-wing idiots outnumbers the combined total of left-wing idiots and thinking people. Hence, Trump loses. You were here for the election (bad enough), and re-election (what the actual f***?!?) of Barack Obama, right? This doesn't have anything to do with ideology. Just as Obama's hope and change was not a "left wing" campaign; neither is "Make America Great Again" a "right wing" campaign. The mass of Trump supporters are a giant blob in the middle of the American electorate. In short, Trump support is non-ideological. It's populist, America-first, patriotic, etc. and even the vast majority of rank and file Democrats are Trump supporters. After Orlando-- no matter what you think happened in the wake of the radical islamist massacre there-- you are going to see a surge in support for Trump. Millions of Americans are going to wake up to the fact that Democrats simply do not care if you die. They have an agenda that isn't going to be obstructed by a few hundred dead Americans here and there. Disney has an alligator problem. They knew about it. They were warned explicitly, and suggestions were made to fence off areas, and post warnings to guests, but they fell on deaf ears. Similarly, Democrats have a radical islamist problem. They knew about it. They were warned explicitly. Suggestions were made to cordon them off and warn Americans, but they fell on deaf ears. Make America Great Again is most definitely a phrase aimed at disaffected RW Americans. He did pull in some people on hope that immigration would change, etc. But at its heart it is a campaign based on RW memes and beliefs.
Post Orlando there will likely be a surge of undecided going to Hillary and Bernie as well. While Trump isn't actively against gays, I really think the hate molded by Trump was why this manifested the way it did. You have a guy who is Muslim and possibly gay. The only thing he knows that is worse than that is being Muslim is coming into the country illegally. I think that's the key reason the targets were Latino and Gay. Made his 'I am Muslim' cross easier to bear in the wake of the anti-Muslim sentiment fanned by Donald J. Trump, advertiser in chief.
FWIW, you and many like you still don't get it. I expect you will be one of the late adopters. The problem is radicals who happen to be Islamic. And frankly, this is not really one of them. This is a confused man who wanted payback and glory before he exited stage right. If he really wanted to be part of ISIS he would have contacted them. You call 911, to alert people of a problem you want stopped.
Listen, I could pledge allegiance to Brie Cheese and then go do a drive by in Florida, but it doesn't mean my drive by would be motivated at all by my allegiance to Brie Cheese. You and other scared folk want to binary this, because you think it would make you safer. It won't.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 20, 2016 9:31:20 GMT -5
Like many others, I only hear 'Make America Great Again' as 'Make America Hate Again'.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jun 20, 2016 12:08:39 GMT -5
Republican Operatives Launch All-Out Effort To Unbind Delegates, Deny Trump Nomination...
Over the past couple of days, the Washington Post, CNN and a whole host of other mainstream news outlets have been reporting on a new “last-ditch effort” that has been launched by Republican operatives to get the Republican convention Rules Committee to unbind all of the delegates and allow them to vote however they want. As you will see below, they can do this, and if they get enough votes they will do it.
This current effort is different from what we have seen so far during this campaign season, because it is actually being organized by the delegates themselves. The following comes from the Washington Post… Dozens of Republican convention delegates are hatching a new plan to block Donald Trump at this summer’s party meetings, in what has become the most organized effort so far to stop the businessman from becoming the GOP presidential nominee.
The moves come amid declining poll numbers for Trump and growing concern among Republicans that he is squandering his chance to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton. Several controversies — including his racial attacks on a federal judge, his renewed call to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States and his support for changing the nation’s gun laws — have raised fears among Republicans that Trump is not really a conservative and is too reckless to run a successful race. This movement is being spearheaded by a delegate from Colorado named Kendal Unruh. She is actually a key member of the Republican convention Rules Committee, and this is very important for reasons that I will explain below.
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Interesting. Political suicide, but interesting.
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Post by happyhoix on Jun 20, 2016 15:39:41 GMT -5
Well yeah. They've already committed political suicide anyway- in my opinion- by making Trump the nominee in all but the official tally. They really have nothing to lose at this point, and only their dignity to try to reclaim. Yes, I have heard several talking heads say that once the dust settles and everyone is wondering why the hell the GOP had Trump as their standard bearer, there will be an accounting period in order to fix the blame, and those GOP members who could have done more to upset the Trump applecart but choice to remain silent (or worse yet, endorsed him) will find themselves the scapegoats.
It will be those GOP members who failed to rally around Trump (or even struggled to unseat him) who will be the ones leading the way out of the murk that is the Trump campaign, while the enablers have to sit in time out chairs.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 20, 2016 22:56:02 GMT -5
If you don't believe in the Monster Vote, just wait. If you don't think that the events in Orlando will have political consequences- namely that it will greatly benefit Trump as millions of Americans, especially those on the left in the LGBTQ community who now realize that the Democrats have chosen radical islam over them, you're nuts. Log cabin Republicans is going to explode. So much for that bold statement. Why would a class of people, discriminated for hundreds of years and even still today, discriminate against another class of people just because of a very small minority. Why would a class of people who have been harassed, beaten and killed by non-Muslim Americans for hundreds of years discriminate against another class of people. Trump Casts Himself as Gay-Rights Champion After Orlando ShootingBut the Log Cabin Republicans—along with other major gay-rights groups—oppose Mr. Trump’s immigration plans. When Mr. Trump announced his proposal in December after the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., the Log Cabin Republicans said he was “inciting the politics of fear.” The reaction from other gay-rights leaders and gay Republicans to Mr. Trump’s avowed support ranges from disdain to skepticism. “He has no shame,” said Jay Brown, spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, which has endorsed Mrs. Clinton. Many gay people are also Muslims, Latinos and women, said Mr. Brown, adding, “We are the very people around whom he has built an entire campaign belittling and maligning at every turn.” Trump Casts Himself as Gay-Rights Champion After Orlando ShootingTrump as a gay rights champion, you say? A champion like this they can do without. What a douchecanoe. Self-Proclaimed LGBT Hero Donald Trump To Announce Advisory Board Of Anti-LGBT Activists Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed hero of the LGBT community, is slated to unveil a religious advisory board filled with outspoken opponents of LGBT rights this week, coinciding with his meeting tomorrow with hundreds of Religious Right leaders. According to the Wall Street Journal, the group is likely to include longtime supporters such as televangelist Paula White, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr., and Southern Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress. Jeffress, as we’ve noted, “believes that gays and lesbians are ‘perverse’ people who are either pedophiles or likely to abuse children in the future; compared homosexuality to bestiality and called it ‘a miserable lifestyle’; accused gay people of using ‘brainwashing techniques’ to have homosexuality ‘crammed down our throats’; said that gay people ‘are engaged in the most detestable, unclean, abominable acts you can imagine’; predicted that the gay rights movement ‘will pave the way for that future world dictator, the Antichrist’; and labeled homosexuality a ‘filthy practice’ that will lead to the ‘implosion of our country.’” Floyd, the SBC president, once said that Satan is using the “gay lifestyle” to destroy cultural values and labeled the adoption of children by same-sex couples a “tragedy”: www.rightwingwatch.org/content/donald-trump-teams-anti-lgbt-activists-again
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 21, 2016 16:47:40 GMT -5
Same person. And linked back to himself. Multiple times. The website name isn't even original. YOUR REPUBLICAN UNCLE
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 21, 2016 21:53:42 GMT -5
The phrase Drunk Republican Uncle is just as popular on the internet.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 22, 2016 12:07:00 GMT -5
Republican Operatives Launch All-Out Effort To Unbind Delegates, Deny Trump Nomination...
Over the past couple of days, the Washington Post, CNN and a whole host of other mainstream news outlets have been reporting on a new “last-ditch effort” that has been launched by Republican operatives to get the Republican convention Rules Committee to unbind all of the delegates and allow them to vote however they want. As you will see below, they can do this, and if they get enough votes they will do it.
This current effort is different from what we have seen so far during this campaign season, because it is actually being organized by the delegates themselves. The following comes from the Washington Post… Dozens of Republican convention delegates are hatching a new plan to block Donald Trump at this summer’s party meetings, in what has become the most organized effort so far to stop the businessman from becoming the GOP presidential nominee.
The moves come amid declining poll numbers for Trump and growing concern among Republicans that he is squandering his chance to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton. Several controversies — including his racial attacks on a federal judge, his renewed call to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States and his support for changing the nation’s gun laws — have raised fears among Republicans that Trump is not really a conservative and is too reckless to run a successful race. This movement is being spearheaded by a delegate from Colorado named Kendal Unruh. She is actually a key member of the Republican convention Rules Committee, and this is very important for reasons that I will explain below.
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Interesting. Political suicide, but interesting. Their problem is the same problem they had in the primaries where Trump swept 16 of their little darlings, while garnering a record-smashing all-time high GOP primary vote total of over 13,500,000 votes: there's simply no grassroots support for dumping Trump. In fact, when you look at the race- it's really got to be alarming for the establishment. The fact that they can barely maintain the illusion of a dead heat by oversampling Democrats in every battleground state after the week Trump has had...and of course, there's the lurking Monster Vote. I was wrong- it didn't turn out for Romney. I based my prediction on a gut feeling I had. The problem for the Democrats this time is that the numbers are there to support the Trump Tsunami. I will be available all day on the 9th for anyone that needs counselling.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 22, 2016 12:15:51 GMT -5
So much for that bold statement. Why would a class of people, discriminated for hundreds of years and even still today, discriminate against another class of people just because of a very small minority. Why would a class of people who have been harassed, beaten and killed by non-Muslim Americans for hundreds of years discriminate against another class of people. Trump Casts Himself as Gay-Rights Champion After Orlando ShootingBut the Log Cabin Republicans—along with other major gay-rights groups—oppose Mr. Trump’s immigration plans. When Mr. Trump announced his proposal in December after the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., the Log Cabin Republicans said he was “inciting the politics of fear.” The reaction from other gay-rights leaders and gay Republicans to Mr. Trump’s avowed support ranges from disdain to skepticism. “He has no shame,” said Jay Brown, spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, which has endorsed Mrs. Clinton. Many gay people are also Muslims, Latinos and women, said Mr. Brown, adding, “We are the very people around whom he has built an entire campaign belittling and maligning at every turn.” Trump Casts Himself as Gay-Rights Champion After Orlando ShootingTrump as a gay rights champion, you say? A champion like this they can do without. What a douchecanoe. Self-Proclaimed LGBT Hero Donald Trump To Announce Advisory Board Of Anti-LGBT Activists Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed hero of the LGBT community, is slated to unveil a religious advisory board filled with outspoken opponents of LGBT rights this week, coinciding with his meeting tomorrow with hundreds of Religious Right leaders. According to the Wall Street Journal, the group is likely to include longtime supporters such as televangelist Paula White, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr., and Southern Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress. Jeffress, as we’ve noted, “believes that gays and lesbians are ‘perverse’ people who are either pedophiles or likely to abuse children in the future; compared homosexuality to bestiality and called it ‘a miserable lifestyle’; accused gay people of using ‘brainwashing techniques’ to have homosexuality ‘crammed down our throats’; said that gay people ‘are engaged in the most detestable, unclean, abominable acts you can imagine’; predicted that the gay rights movement ‘will pave the way for that future world dictator, the Antichrist’; and labeled homosexuality a ‘filthy practice’ that will lead to the ‘implosion of our country.’” Floyd, the SBC president, once said that Satan is using the “gay lifestyle” to destroy cultural values and labeled the adoption of children by same-sex couples a “tragedy”: www.rightwingwatch.org/content/donald-trump-teams-anti-lgbt-activists-againThat shark has finally been jumped- or Trumped, if you will. It's finally over. The idea that if you disagree with someone politically you are a racistsexistbigothomophobe or anti-fill-in-the-blank is played out. We have real problems for which women, gays, transgendered, blacks, Asians, Hispanics, the freckled, etc all need solutions-- starting with, as it turns out, we want to live. Gays and lesbians have finally worked out that you can't force a Christian to bake you a cake if you're dead. Trump is running a campaign for ALL Americans. Islamic terrorism is bad for ALL Americans. $20 trillion in debt hurts gays and blacks as much as Hispanics and whites. 100 million on food stamps while illegal aliens flood in- not good for anyone. Lowest workforce participation rate in history- bad for every American regardless of heritage. Democrats non-seriousness post Orlando-- almost to the point of open complicity-- has shocked a lot of people awake. And you can't do that when you start with a 7.3 million + vote deficit...
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 22, 2016 12:22:36 GMT -5
In fairness, I think that's his point, right? Isn't he riffing on the Democratic version? Basically- yes. And having already neutralized the "woman card", he's now taking away the LGBTQ card.
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What about the Kool-Aid card?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2016 12:51:26 GMT -5
Paul, what you take, is it script? There are days when I think I could use a little something...
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Post by movingforward on Jun 22, 2016 12:55:30 GMT -5
I can't imagine Trump getting the nod from the Republican Party. He won't play the "party game". Trump strikes me as the type who only wants to play by his own rules. I can respect someone not wanting to play the party game (in fact I wish we had more) but I don't respect Trump or any of his crazy ass ideologies. ETA: I didn't realize I was responding to a post from a year ago - oops!
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Post by busymom on Jun 22, 2016 13:06:02 GMT -5
I can't imagine Trump getting the nod from the Republican Party. He won't play the "party game". Trump strikes me as the type who only wants to play by his own rules. I can respect someone not wanting to play the party game (in fact I wish we had more) but I don't respect Trump or any of his crazy ass ideologies. ETA: I didn't realize I was responding to a post from a year ago - oops! That's o.k. My opinion hasn't changed in that amount of time.
BTW, anyone catch the news story this morning on the television that every 1 out of 6 dollars being donated to the Trump campaign is being funneled to one of his companies? What do you all think of that? (I always suspected if he became POTUS, he'd try to change laws primarily to benefit his own companies, instead of helping the American citizens.)
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 22, 2016 13:13:37 GMT -5
Here's the winning line- if you remember nothing else Trump has said, this is why he will have won in November:
"On election day the politicians stand trial before the voters. The voters are the jury. Their ballots are the verdict. We don't need or want another Clinton or Obama...Come November, the American people will have a chance to issue a verdict on the politicians that have sacrificed their security, traded their prosperity, and sold out their country...They will have a chance to vote for a new agenda with big dreams, bold ideas, and enormous possibilities for the American People. Hillary Clinton's message old and tired. Her message is that things can't change. My message is things have to change...if we don't have real change now, we may never get another chance"
Trump will trounce Hillary in the primary the same way he dispatched 16 darlings of the GOP establishment: he's going to be a candidate from OUTSIDE the system. Hillary simply CANNOT compete with this argument, yet she seems to be insisting she can. Trump has total frame control.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jun 22, 2016 13:15:13 GMT -5
I can respect someone not wanting to play the party game (in fact I wish we had more) but I don't respect Trump or any of his crazy ass ideologies. ETA: I didn't realize I was responding to a post from a year ago - oops! That's o.k. My opinion hasn't changed in that amount of time.
BTW, anyone catch the news story this morning on the television that every 1 out of 6 dollars being donated to the Trump campaign is being funneled to one of his companies? What do you all think of that? (I always suspected if he became POTUS, he'd try to change laws primarily to benefit his own companies, instead of helping the American citizens.)
I don't think Crooked Hillary or the Democrats want to start a discussion about money being funneled places. The Bill and Hillary Clinton Crime Family Foundation and Crooked Hillary laundering money through the State Department into their pockets is not something they need examined.
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