Trump

mattsl1983

Someone stated that he has a record high approval rating for this far in his presidency. That is a false statement. It's not arguing, it's called fact checking.

Gern Blansten

You seem to place a lot of importance on that meaningless statement.

myoung321

Second-Term Averages

Harry Truman 36.5

Dwight Eisenhower 60.5

Lyndon Johnson 50.3

Richard Nixon 34.4

Ronald Reagan 55.3

Bill Clinton 60.6

George W. Bush 36.5

source GALLOP

mattsl1983

Well I see it as you can believe what you want to believe, or you can be informed and just not repeat something you heard. Either or, I will not fact check anymore. Appereantly that is precieved as arguing and not wanted. I'll just countinue reading the comments and won't say anything. Have at it!

Gern Blansten

mattsl1983 said:

Well I see it as you can believe what you want to believe, or you can be informed and just not repeat something you heard. Either or, I will not fact check anymore. Appereantly that is precieved as arguing and not wanted. I'll just countinue reading the comments and won't say anything. Have at it!

He used the same source that you did dude...

myoung321

mattsl1983 said:

Well I see it as you can believe what you want to believe, or you can be informed and just not repeat something you heard. Either or, I will not fact check anymore. Appereantly that is precieved as arguing and not wanted. I'll just countinue reading the comments and won't say anything. Have at it!

You said Gallop... should we look at Rasmussen? it's more conservative

Today's Rasmussen Poll.... shows 51% as well

myoung321

Okay let's try Fox News... What 51% as well....hmmm

Fox News Obama Approval Ratings

myoung321

mattsl1983 said:

Well I see it as you can believe what you want to believe, or you can be informed and just not repeat something you heard. Either or, I will not fact check anymore. Appereantly that is precieved as arguing and not wanted. I'll just countinue reading the comments and won't say anything. Have at it!

I agree 100% - You can believe FACTS or BULLSHIT... you choose.

mattsl1983

Everyone of these numbers you throw out do not support the statement of a record high this far into a presidency. Which is what my response was about. Im not really sure what you are going on and on about, but keep on keeping on. I think you might have lost track of your point while responding to my comment.

Gern Blansten

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-foreign-contributor-derp-update

Well this is strange...

Now, you're likely asking: what on Earth is going on here? Obviously, it is strictly against US election law to receive campaign contributions from foreign nationals. I suspect knowingly soliciting them is likely also illegal. And when you're soliciting money from foreign parliamentarians it's probably a pretty good bet they're not US citizens. But obviously, as big as a buffoon as Trump is, and as crooked as he is, there's no possible way his campaign is intentionally soliciting small donor contributions from members of foreign parliaments. Somehow this must be incompetence in how they bought their email solicitation lists. But how?

Candidly I didn't know you could easily buy the email list of all members of the Icelandic parliament. But it seems like you can.

Now a few people suggested that maybe someone was just pranking Trump - going to the website and signing up various foreign parliamentarians and dignitaries. But this seems far too systematic for that. It does appear to be every member of each parliament. You'd need to collect each email and then manually add them in on the Trump website, somehow get them to confirm the opt-in confirmation email. It's too complicated. These are lists that were almost certainly added from within the campaign.

The only plausible answer seems to be that the Trump campaign either dealt with a sloppy or disreputable list broker or was so desperate after its horrible May FEC report was released that it went to a broker and just said they wanted every list and they'd sort it all out later. I confess that both scenarios seem a little farfetched. But some version of one of them basically had to happen, unless there's a prankster actually inside the campaign.

mrussel1

^^Either the campaign is woefully uninformed on campaign laws, or they are super incompetent. Neither will be a good story once this hits the cable news, etc.

josevolution

mattsl1983 said:

Well I see it as you can believe what you want to believe, or you can be informed and just not repeat something you heard. Either or, I will not fact check anymore. Appereantly that is precieved as arguing and not wanted. I'll just countinue reading the comments and won't say anything. Have at it!

Your contribution to this forum are appreciated !

PJ_Soul

BS44325 said:

Holy crap...

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/us/politics/hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump-are-deadlocked-poll-shows.html

I thought this election was already over?

It looks like Chris Gardocki is gonna keep trying to make you all lick the dog shit.

PJ_Soul

mattsl1983 said:

Well I see it as you can believe what you want to believe, or you can be informed and just not repeat something you heard. Either or, I will not fact check anymore. Appereantly that is precieved as arguing and not wanted. I'll just countinue reading the comments and won't say anything. Have at it!

I hope you continue to say something.

mrussel1

PJ_Soul said:

BS44325 said:

Holy crap...

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/us/politics/hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump-are-deadlocked-poll-shows.html

I thought this election was already over?

It looks like Chris Gardocki is gonna keep trying to make you all lick the dog shit.

Love all these stepbrothers references. It's kind of like how the Holy Bible permeates culture with the stories, Stepbrothers has achieved the same level.

PJfanwillneverleave1

Well this is interesting. This after me using pinnacle for awhile now.
https://newrepublic.com/article/134667/conservatives-groomed-perfect-suckers-trumps-epic-scam
The nub here is the pinnacle Trump has reached as the presumptive presidential nominee. Below that august level, there have been many operators and less successful candidates who have paved the way for Trump by showing that the campaign trail can be a yellow brick road leading to an Emerald City of riches.

PJfanwillneverleave1

gimmesometruth27 said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

i like comedies. big fan of stepbrothers.

"i said i didn't want salmon! i said it 4 times!

this thread is horseshit...."

Speaking of movies Donald Trumps favorite movie is Citizen Kane
Find this and 24 other fun facts about Trump here http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-2015179

He likes hamburgers too.

that list isn't complete.

nowhere does it list how he is the worlds greatest douchebag. yuge douchebag. like the best douchebag.

your fascination with a man you can't vote for is bordering on the disturbing.

It's not a fascination. Donald Trump winning will have immediate effects on other countries.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/285189-trump-says-he-will-renegotiate-or-withdraw-from-nafta-without-changes
"If they do not agree to a renegotiation, then I will submit notice under Article 2205 of the NAFTA agreement that America intends to withdraw from the deal

Trump has a very real chance at winning and unlike many Americans there are a lot of (and possibly more) Canadians who pay attention to American elections. Hillary is not a candidate to worry about she is boring and may win only because her opponent is Trump.

His own party can't stop him.
So to say it is bordering disturbing I say it is being involved in global affairs.

correct, it is not a fascination. it is an obsession. and it is disturbing.

also, trump can't unilaterally negotiate, ratify, or withdraw from treaties as president. congress does that. not the president. he won't be president so this is not even worth discussing.

are you saying trump is a better candidate because he is "not boring"?? that is what it comes down to when choosing a candidate for you?

i can't wait to be here on election evening as the results roll in and trump gets less than 130 electoral votes. i can't wait to read the excuses and the revisionist history you will type here. you didn't even acknowledge my proposed bet from a few weeks ago.

I don't gamble.

Gern Blansten

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/285991-new-york-times-reports-plagiarism-in-trump-textbooks

At least 20 pages of Donald Trump's textbooks for real estate and wealth seminars were plagiarized from another book written 10 years earlier, according to The New York Times.

The Times compared an an excerpt from the Trump Institute's 2006 book, "Billionaire's Road Map to Success,” alongside the 1995 book, "Real Estate Mastery System: Mortgage and Finance,” and found a more than 100-word passage was lifted from the older book. The Democratic super-PAC American Bridge first noticed the similarity, according to the Times.

mrussel1

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Well this is interesting. This after me using pinnacle for awhile now.
https://newrepublic.com/article/134667/conservatives-groomed-perfect-suckers-trumps-epic-scam
The nub here is the pinnacle Trump has reached as the presumptive presidential nominee. Below that august level, there have been many operators and less successful candidates who have paved the way for Trump by showing that the campaign trail can be a yellow brick road leading to an Emerald City of riches.

Are you agreeing with the piece simply because they use the same noun as you, although in a totally different context?

gimmesometruth27

mattsl1983 said:

Everyone of these numbers you throw out do not support the statement of a record high this far into a presidency. Which is what my response was about. Im not really sure what you are going on and on about, but keep on keeping on. I think you might have lost track of your point while responding to my comment.

how about this.

he has record high approval for a kenyan muslim this far into his second term.

seriously though. most presidents decline as they get to the end of their second term. obama's numbers are going up. in spite of unheard of opposition and one party who's only purpose was to block him at every turn.