The Donald

Cosmo wrote:

usamamasan1 wrote:

What about Libya? “Either I’d go in and take the oil or I don’t go in at all,” Trump said. When Crowley reacted with disbelief at what she’d just heard, Trump doubled down. “Absolutely, I’d take the oil, I’d give them plenty so they can live very happily. I would take the oil. You know, in the old days when you have a war and you win, that nation’s yours.”

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Just go and TAKE the oil? Just like it would be okay for me to just go and take the money from the bank... or I can just take the stuff from my neighbor's garage... as long as I leave them enough so they can live happily.
What a great world that would be, huh?
As for winning wars... do we own Germany and Japan? Did I miss that lesson in my High School History class?

usamamasan1 wrote:

he said he would give the people some....

usamamasan1 wrote:

Please read the first three words of this thread.

usamamasan1 wrote:

twice now you have made references to people on the right blasting obama for being a celebrity. I have no idea what that means but for you to keep saying that makes me laugh.

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

i remember when gop voters attacked obama in 2008 for "being a celebrity"....how can you vote for this clown if being a "celebrity" is a negative attribute??? how can you reconclie that criticism between the two candidates???

how does this make sense?

Shawshank wrote:

aerial wrote:

Shawshank wrote:

I think leading up to the crap about the birth certificate, the reason he was/is doing well in some polls is because he actually has some pretty solid opinions. He's pretty much against us being the world police, he hates the trade relationships we have with various countries like China, and he's for us being more independent. There's really nothing wrong with any of those views, and that is something the majority of the people in this country support. I'd rather have someone who's already a billionaire, who can finance a campaign with the change he leaves on his dresser drawer at night, as opposed to someone who is beholden to a myriad of campaign contributors. I believe we need someone like him, just not him.

love this post! But why not him?

I just think there's too much of a circus atmosphere that surrounds him. The really sad part in all this is, you have NO ONE else who even comes close to representing these same principles. You have Romney, practically a robot, Huckabee who I really just don't care for, and there's no way Palin has a snowball's chance of ever doing anything. The only other slight possibility would be Herman Cain, but he'd have about as much of a chance as McCain did. Really there is no one at all who is electable.

I guess I'm just too damn picky. If I had an ideal candidate, they would have at least some of the following characteristics:

1) Write their own damn speeches, and be competent enough to speak off the cuff. Lincoln could do it, and had less than 2 years of formal education.

2) Support a tax overhaul. Either move forward with a proposed national sales tax (with a cap rate), or reform corporate tax code that prevents sheltering money outside of the US. This would prevent mega corporations from withholding the billions of dollars in taxes, that every other small corporation in this country is forced to pay.

3) Bring home our troops. Stop policing the world, and if you're going to get involved, then be consistent. If you're going to go after tyrants, lets start in Africa. Instead of spending billions of dollars rebuilding Afghanistan and Iraq, how about we use the same money to build fresh water lines and supply simple medicine for those in rural African villages. It may sound stupid, but I seriously thank God sometimes when I'm brushing my teeth at night, and I'm able to turn a handle and get fresh clean water out of the faucet. Ok, sorry to ramble on this one.

4) Secure our borders. There's nothing racist about that. When you are dealing with drug lords and possible terrorist threats, it's stupid to leave the door open for them. I've got no problem having the military patrol and protect our borders. I'd rather them do this than having them stationed all over the world protecting other borders.

5) Stop subsidizing oil, support a ban on oil being traded as a public commodity and create incentives for companies who invest in the research and development of alternative energy for both industry and transportation.


These are just a few, and there are many others I can think of right now, but I gotta get back to work.