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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jul 9, 2016 8:14:29 GMT -5
I'm a white, educated male and Trump offends me.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 9, 2016 8:55:03 GMT -5
I'm a white, educated male and Trump offends me. Me too. And Trump has been offending me for years and not just since he started his run for president. That yip yap mouth and mentality of his has bern offensive for years.
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Post by dondub on Jul 9, 2016 10:42:18 GMT -5
Is VB NOT offended by Trump?
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 9, 2016 10:45:28 GMT -5
Is VB NOT offended by Trump? I think he is but when you are a party man, ...
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 9, 2016 11:05:03 GMT -5
Ohh, now I have to stand with all white men and denounce Trump, other wise I am a bigot...... Based on the last two weeks of postings here, I am hoping he wins the Presidency just to defeat the Trump haters here. I am am a educated white man and Hillary Clinton offends me. See how easy it is to make a statement. There are a few white women on this board that can make the same statement.
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Post by dondub on Jul 9, 2016 11:19:53 GMT -5
Ohh, now I have to stand with all white men and denounce Trump, other wise I am a bigot......
You don't have to be a white male to denounce Trump for his bigotry.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 9, 2016 12:10:24 GMT -5
Ohh, now I have to stand with all white men and denounce Trump, other wise I am a bigot...... Based on the last two weeks of postings here, I am hoping he wins the Presidency just to defeat the Trump haters here. I am am a educated white man and Hillary Clinton offends me. See how easy it is to make a statement. There are a few white women on this board that can make the same statement. And we will have you to blame for it whether Trump remains in office for the full term or until he gets bored with the job. Which ever comes first.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 9, 2016 12:42:05 GMT -5
Ohh, now I have to stand with all white men and denounce Trump, other wise I am a bigot...... Based on the last two weeks of postings here, I am hoping he wins the Presidency just to defeat the Trump haters here. i understand that sentiment. i felt the same way about Obama. didn't vote for him, but i thought the case that was being made against him was stupid and in some cases bigoted. do you think that the case against Trump is ALSO stupid and bigoted?
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jul 9, 2016 18:40:09 GMT -5
IMO the case against Trump comes from what he says and his lack any policy except building a wall and deporting people.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 11, 2016 14:18:51 GMT -5
Ohh, now I have to stand with all white men and denounce Trump, other wise I am a bigot...... Based on the last two weeks of postings here, I am hoping he wins the Presidency just to defeat the Trump haters here. I am am a educated white man and Hillary Clinton offends me. See how easy it is to make a statement. There are a few white women on this board that can make the same statement. And we will have you to blame for it whether Trump remains in office for the full term or until he gets bored with the job. Which ever comes first. I agree with this. It will be important who becomes the V.P. He will announce after two years, his work is now done, and time to move on. Either that or Impeachment proceedings will have been completed.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 11, 2016 14:21:38 GMT -5
Is VB NOT offended by Trump? I think he is but when you are a party man, ... I am registered as Republican, but my views fall more to the Independent group, but disavow anything to do with Johnson. You think Trump is an idiot......... Johnson is.
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 11, 2016 14:33:27 GMT -5
... You think Trump is an idiot......... ... I don't think Trump is an idiot. A motorist is driving past a mental hospital when he gets a flat tire. He goes out to change the tire, and sees that one of the patients is watching him trough the fence. Nervous, trying to work quickly, he jacks up the car, takes off the wheel, puts the lug nuts into the hubcap and steps on the hubcap, sending the lug nuts clattering into a storm drain. The mental patient is still watching him through the fence. The motorist desperately looks into the storm drain, but the lug nuts are gone. The patient is still watching. The motorist paces back and forth, trying to think of what to do-and the patient says, "Take one lug nut off each of the others tires, and you'll have three lug nuts on each" "That's brilliant!!!"says the motorist,"What's someone like you doing in an asylum?" "I'm here because I'm crazy" says the patient, "not because I'm stupid."
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 11, 2016 14:33:42 GMT -5
As the title of the thread says, get used to it. Sounds like a few of you are starting to realize he might do it, but so far no acceptance of the fact. Weltz might have to move back to Russia, and some of you might actually move to Canada.Just remember, one of his first acts will be invading Canada to remove the socialist government up there on our borders, and make each province a new state.
Nah, it's more likely that he'll use Eminent Domain to grab our water, our gold, our lumber, our diamonds, our oil, etc. He's big on Eminent Domain.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 11, 2016 14:35:37 GMT -5
And we will have you to blame for it whether Trump remains in office for the full term or until he gets bored with the job. Which ever comes first. I agree with this. It will be important who becomes the V.P. He will announce after two years, his work is now done, and time to move on. Either that or Impeachment proceedings will have been completed. That's a start! Now if he picks that military guy who's a registered Democrat as his V.P.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 11, 2016 14:38:11 GMT -5
... You think Trump is an idiot......... ... I don't think Trump is an idiot. A motorist is driving past a mental hospital when he gets a flat tire. He goes out to change the tire, and sees that one of the patients is watching him trough the fence. Nervous, trying to work quickly, he jacks up the car, takes off the wheel, puts the lug nuts into the hubcap and steps on the hubcap, sending the lug nuts clattering into a storm drain. The mental patient is still watching him through the fence. The motorist desperately looks into the storm drain, but the lug nuts are gone. The patient is still watching. The motorist paces back and forth, trying to think of what to do-and the patient says, "Take one lug nut off each of the others tires, and you'll have three lug nuts on each" "That's brilliant!!!"says the motorist,"What's someone like you doing in an asylum?" "I'm here because I'm crazy" says the patient, "not because I'm stupid." I am sorry, I did not mean to say you think he is an idiot. I was using "you" as a representation of the board members here, and I was incorrect in defining that adjective to a specific group. I have to say, I do not understand his tactics. It is as if he want to lose to Clinton and doing his best effort to accomplish it. In that sense, he is an idiot. Or savant
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 11, 2016 14:40:04 GMT -5
I agree with this. It will be important who becomes the V.P. He will announce after two years, his work is now done, and time to move on. Either that or Impeachment proceedings will have been completed. That's a start! Now if he picks that military guy who's a registered Democrat as his V.P. I am pulling for Pence from Indiana. Drive the leftwings freaking crazy.
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Post by Value Buy on Jul 11, 2016 14:42:08 GMT -5
As the title of the thread says, get used to it. Sounds like a few of you are starting to realize he might do it, but so far no acceptance of the fact. Weltz might have to move back to Russia, and some of you might actually move to Canada.Just remember, one of his first acts will be invading Canada to remove the socialist government up there on our borders, and make each province a new state.
Nah, it's more likely that he'll use Eminent Domain to grab our water, our gold, our lumber, our diamonds, our oil, etc. He's big on Eminent Domain. All I hear is ours, ours, ours! Don't you mean it belongs to the remaining Indian tribes of Canada that it was stolen from?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jul 11, 2016 14:48:51 GMT -5
I have to say, I do not understand his tactics.
He's a reality TV star. In that universe the more of a loud mouth obnoxious ass you are the more attention you get and the more popular you are. Your success is defined by how much media attention you can draw in by being an ass.
I often wonder if he expected it to actually go this far. I feel like he was enjoying the "free publicity" he gets out of running and all the book/speaking deals that will come from it later on.
I know he's sworn he'll be more presidential as time goes on but I don't see it. Either he cannot turn off "Reality Trump" or the handlers he's hired aren't very good.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 11, 2016 15:25:24 GMT -5
Trump wanted a photo-op with the NYC police department today after the murders in Dallas last night. The man truly has no shame. Trump barred from speaking to NYPD officers; Bratton says Dallas tragedy not a photo opThe Donald got nixed. On Friday morning Donald Trump begged the city's top cop to let him speak to a 3 p.m. roll call at the NYPD Midtown North Precinct in the wake of the murders of five Dallas police officers Thursday during a protest over police shooting. But Police Commissioner Bill Bratton strongly rejected the request. "Our interest is staying out of the politics of the moment, and not to provide photo ops," he told reporters. "If Mr. Trump wants to speak to me, I would be happy to brief him on what we’re doing. If Sen. Clinton wants to speak to me, I would very happy to brief her on what we’re doing. But we are not in the business of providing photo ops for our candidates.” Trump barred from speaking to NYPD officers; Bratton says Dallas tragedy not a photo opTenn, that's a bad, bad piece of writing. what a slanted, imflamatory and biased way to present some "facts".
and you wonder why people think the media is ultra biased Where is the factual evidence that he "begged" and that he didn't just ask?
I forgot to put this in my previous reply to you. Admittedly, the New York Post (the source of the above link) loathes Trump. Always has and always will.
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Post by dondub on Jul 11, 2016 15:35:30 GMT -5
Hasn't Canada already suffered enough from Eminence domain?
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 11, 2016 15:51:22 GMT -5
Nah, it's more likely that he'll use Eminent Domain to grab our water, our gold, our lumber, our diamonds, our oil, etc. He's big on Eminent Domain. All I hear is ours, ours, ours! Don't you mean it belongs to the remaining Indian tribes of Canada that it was stolen from? Kind of like you bitching about immigrants in the Obama speech thread? Kind of like that? Who did you steal your country from?
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 11, 2016 16:03:03 GMT -5
PS, i'm up in Canada right now and I can tell you that all the foreigners (both Canadians, who don't happen to be foreigners in Canada) and people from around the world seem to hate trump.
the reason (as far as I can tease it out of their oatmeal, mushed brains) is that he's not a globalist, but an American, and thinks that the US government's primary responsibility should be to benefit US citizens, not run a F&*cking charity for the rest of the world with crappy trade deals and other things that benefit rich Americans like me, but hose all the blue and no collar workers.
I don't think the guy's a saint (in fact, I think he's bombastic, narcissistic, and super manipulative), but can someone explain to me why globalism is good for americans? no really, I asked this in my masters level international business and trade classes too, and even then, everyone pretty much admits (as does our current president0 that this is a massive wealth transfer from the US to everyone else.
WTF are we doing this?? i am shocked that they didn't know the answer to that question in the IBT Class. did your professor answer it? because the answer is actually really simple, and not exactly the one you gave. the beneficiaries of global trade are transnational corporations. transnational corporations don't see themselves as "national entities". they are not there for the benefit of the US, or Germany, or Japan, or India- or wherever it is that they are NOMINALLY "based". they are there for themselves, and they act as quasi governments (or, if you prefer, really big ass and important PEOPLE). if there is benefit to their host nation, it happens on accident. their job is to enrich their shareholders, primarily. it only siphons from the US economy to the degree that the transnationals are housed here (which is, indeed, significant). the only way to stop it is to stop the corrupting influence of capital in our government. good luck with that.
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 11, 2016 16:48:45 GMT -5
One benefit (of overseas production) is that we have exported significant amounts of pollution.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 11, 2016 16:53:48 GMT -5
Nah, it's more likely that he'll use Eminent Domain to grab our water, our gold, our lumber, our diamonds, our oil, etc. He's big on Eminent Domain. you're high.
I think we'd continue to buy gold, lumber and oil, but i'm very unsure why you think he'd try to "take it". that's insane
Perhaps you should look up all the things he already tried to take that didn't belong to him.
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 11, 2016 17:04:43 GMT -5
I agree with this. It will be important who becomes the V.P. He will announce after two years, his work is now done, and time to move on. Either that or Impeachment proceedings will have been completed. That's a start! Now if he picks that military guy who's a registered Democrat as his V.P. You mean the military guy who is a registered Democrat and also pro-choice?
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Post by dondub on Jul 11, 2016 17:24:25 GMT -5
AbeOpt,
I think you missed my 'joke'.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 11, 2016 17:25:56 GMT -5
thanks Tenn, the CBS link (second one) is at least journalism and doesn't mention any begging. it states that the Police Chief said trump asked and that Police declined. No mention of begging.
It also notes that trump's campign denies making the request at all.
Of course Trump's campaign would deny the request was made. Rejection must hurt Trump's feelings. I believe Bratton. I believe nothing Trump or his campaign says.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jul 11, 2016 17:29:38 GMT -5
No, you don't. Look it up.
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