How did Trump get to the top of the pack?
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Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
That it is!
I have to admit. I find the idea of an autocratic and egotistical corporate magnate like Trump pretty unpalatable. Particularly given some of the disgusting comments he's made and the fact that he has purposefully decided to attract a "least common denominator" as his constituency. I find that repugnant....but not nearly as scary as the idea of an ideological right wing fanatic who would with out doubt prove to be far more incompetent than W (which is saying a lot) like Ted Cruz.
In some respects Trump may be saving the GOP from something far worse. That being a Cruz nomination.
That it is!
I have to admit. I find the idea of an autocratic and egotistical corporate magnate like Trump pretty unpalatable. Particularly given some of the disgusting comments he's made and the fact that he has purposefully decided to attract a "least common denominator" as his constituency. I find that repugnant....but not nearly as scary as the idea of an ideological right wing fanatic who would with out doubt prove to be far more incompetent than W (which is saying a lot) like Ted Cruz.
In some respects Trump may be saving the GOP from something far worse. That being a Cruz nomination.
I would more readily bet on Cruz losing the General against HRC than I would Trump losing.
However, I relish an election where the Republican winning will do more damage to the Conservative Party than him losing.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
All I know is that my wife is "meh" about all the candidates except one and that one makes her hair stand up on end cause she thinks he's a complete and total asshole based on his comments about immigrants and women. That would be Trump.
Personally I fear Ted Cruz far more than I do Trump. Trump is an egoistic populist and even if he wins he'll either have to moderate his positions drastically or he'll hang himself on his own petard. Cruz on the other hand is the kind of fanatic who could rationalize anything and the idea of a man with his serious character flaws sitting in the White House would more than likely create an existential crisis for this nation. Cruz is a far more dangerous man than Trump in other words. Fortunately Cruz is about as warm and cuddly and likeable as a porcupine with rabies. Not exactly the qualities of a person who needs to build a broad coalition and that's the one serious advantage Trump has over Cruz. Trump has a much broader coalition than Cruz does. Cruz essentially has the far right wing conservatives and that's about it.
Yes, if Cruz were the nominee I would be very concerned that HRC should win.
My wife also hates Trump, in fact, as I think about it, I don't personally know any women who support him. I know several men who do.
I know a couple (man-woman) that did support him until he made fun of the crippled reporter, they have a son with a similar issue.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
That's rather warped logic as such a scenario would mean ineffective and inept governance and would, both short term and long term, hurt our nation.
I'm not going to vote for him...
I think damage to the Conservative party would be good for our nation, they would be forced to evolve a bit and move forward. They have been digging their heals in and fighting forward movement too long now, its time they take a half step forward.
No question about that. Trump and his marketing team are master manipulators, especially of the stupid.
I am sick to death of hearing celebrities (and let's face it, Donald J. Trump is a celebrity and not any kind of politician), say something vile and then apologize for it as if the apology simply wipes the slate clean. It doesn't. You said it, you should own it and deal with the consequences, except that Trump supporters are too stupid to hold him accountable for any of the things he does.
I nearly pissed myself with this one. He's believable? The only thing he actually is would be untrustworthy. He has uttered, reiterated, doubled-down on and stood behind so many of his own lies that I think he may actually believe him. To a thinking person, how he says what he says is absolutely not as important as what he actually says. But his supporters don't think, they don't check facts, and when the truth is given to them they refuse to accept it. The only thing believable about Donald J. Trump is that he is a liar and you can't believe anything he says.
Actually, he's picked not the important issues but the issues he knows will fire people up - ones that radicalized right-wing extremists have been tub-thumping on about for years. Trump may lead in all of those categories, but he didn't pick them because he knows (or cares) anything about them, and I rather doubt he picked them himself. I think it's more likely his strategy team picked them and told him "Here are the hot-button issues for radical fanatics who don't check facts. GO!"
He definitely runs to the media because again, it's marketing and manipulation. If Trump knows anything, it's about branding. He's running on a brand, not real issues or any ability to do anything about them or with any real knowledge of them. And of course, he refers to the media as dishonest while being one of the most dishonest people on the face of the planet.
Wait, wait. Political donors? But I thought Trump didn't NEED donors (which of course explains why there's not one but two "Donate" buttons on the first page of his website).
He hasn't, you're correct. It's not Liberal v Conservative, Socialist v Capitalist. But oddly enough, what he's managed to pick up is the "batshit crazy" out there who are willing to blindly follow someone without thinking to check a single thing he says.
Trump says he's self-funding, but in fact he has loaned his campaign $17 million, which his campaign can repay him up until the Republican National Convention. Out of his own pocket, he has GIVEN (not loaned) $250,000.00. And he's also taken $7.5 million dollars in individual donations from the general public.
He also reimburses his company for things like office space and his campaign headquarters at Trump Towers (in other words, he pays himself for renting his own space) through in-kind contributions from the campaign to the company.
His campaign uses TAG Air for Trump to fly from place to place. TAG Air is owned by Trump. So he pays himself to use his own company for airfare.
So yeah, he's self-funding by loaning himself money he'll pay himself back, paying himself for rent he pays, and collecting millions in small donations.
That it is!
I have to admit. I find the idea of an autocratic and egotistical corporate magnate like Trump pretty unpalatable. Particularly given some of the disgusting comments he's made and the fact that he has purposefully decided to attract a "least common denominator" as his constituency. I find that repugnant....but not nearly as scary as the idea of an ideological right wing fanatic who would with out doubt prove to be far more incompetent than W (which is saying a lot) like Ted Cruz.
In some respects Trump may be saving the GOP from something far worse. That being a Cruz nomination.
You really think that about him? I think Cruz is actually very inspiring especially with his focus on returning the country to a constitution based focus along with strengthening our good American values. I was proud to vote for him yesterday and am praying that he continues to do well in the future primaries.
I believe that when Cruz talks about "returning the country to a constitution based focus" what he really means is, using the Constitution to put his particular version of Christian values ahead of others, which to me is particularly unconstitutional.
Thanks for the opinion
Except he has never said he would do that or really even hinted at it. He's talked more about religious liberty than he has religious oppression.
Robo
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The Donald’s marketing strategy is to puke insults and get TV face time.
And drawn every non-thinking moron out of the closet who are incapable of distinguishing puking insults from tough leadership.
Only to morons! Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin were all “believable” to the assholes who loved BIG government authoritarianism.
His so-called Issues are the same shit Hitler used to swindle the morons. Hitler blamed the Jews, Trump blames China, Mexico and illegal immigrants who either want to work for a living, or suck the American welfare system that The Donald promotes. He loves the unconstitutional leftist BIG government Social Security system and wants to preserve it and he favors a leftist BIG government Single Payer health care plan.
He was for more gun control when he was a lifelong Democrat and only now pukes loyalty to the 2nd amendment to get the idiot Republican’s nomination.
Bullshit! The coward ran and hid from Megyn Kelly.
He’s the BIGGEST bullshitter, flip-flopper and liar in the race equal to Hillary Clinton.
Bullshit again! His ideology is to bullshit, flip-flop and lie and insult people and control media face time.
The clueless media is paying for his campaign with free face time. It’s sickening, absurd, pathetic and very sad.