The Donald for President

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  • Shawshank
    Shawshank Posts: 1,018
    I think any smart Republican would bash the living hell out of what the party has done for the last 15+ years. It's been the same mindset, the same business as usual bullshit. Trashing Bush and his lack of initiative to keep the economy from collapsing is actually a brilliant move. That message will resonate with a lot of Republicans. Sure you'll have the fringe that think the party can do no wrong and never has, and will always blame things on the Democrats, but that is not the majority. Again, there's a reason why his numbers are so high, and it's not because the people out there supporting him are a bunch of racist, right wing, crazies. He's appealing to a very broad scope of the voter base and the other runners represent everything that is wrong within the party. He won't win the nomination, but I'm sure it's an "oh shit" eye opener for the people who thought they had this figured out.
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Shawshank said:

    http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/249062-trump-i-identify-with-some-things-as-a-democrat

    This is great....he basically says the Dems wouldn't have crashed the economy like Bush did

    I said weeks ago he floats left, and that along with his straight talk (agree with it or not) is where his popularity is based and where it will continue to grow. For the people that just see him as a clown and a fucking idiot because, well because you are told to, have you even read what he's said about revamping Obamacare? I don't mean getting rid of it...I mean dismantling it's current form and ending the Republican endorsed raping people are getting from the insurance companies. Have you read that he thinks people who can't afford insurance should be able to get it without being forced to pay? Have you read that he wants to eliminate state line insurance laws so that competition can increase and prices decrease? Has anyone read that he doesn't want to stop immigration, but wants to make it easier? Of course not, because everyone thinks he said every Mexican (except for a few assumed good ones) are rapists and murders. Has anyone read that he wants to take away many of the corporate tax loopholes that keep these multi-billion dollar companies running tax free? Has anyone read that he wants to give incentives to corporations who keep their manufacturing (i.e. jobs) in the US, and penalize those who don't?

    Shit...like him or not...he's the only one who at least has some balance to him that's not way right or way left.
    Like how you're told to ignore his 4 bankruptcies because you're told so by the Rupert Murdoch media? *mic drop*
  • Donald is going to get the nomination.
    It will take awhile for it to sink in to the average brain that it is going to happen.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576

    Donald is going to get the nomination.
    It will take awhile for it to sink in to the average brain that it is going to happen.

    At this point in the last election it was Herman Cain. A month later it was Rick Santorum. These early polls always favor the outliers with the long odds.
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  • ^^^
    The poll asking who you would vote for on AMT has quite a list of candidates that I see with no odds.
    Bush, Clinton and Donald are what is running.
    Herman Cain, Rick Santorum? Who the hell are they?
  • CH156378
    CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/24/politics/dennis-rodman-donald-trump-endorsement/?iid=ob_homepage_showcase_pool&iref=obnetwork

    Looks like The Worm is endorsing The Donald. Trump even thought Dennis little trips to North Korea were "smart"
    lol
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576

    ^^^
    The poll asking who you would vote for on AMT has quite a list of candidates that I see with no odds.
    Bush, Clinton and Donald are what is running.
    Herman Cain, Rick Santorum? Who the hell are they?

    Ahhh perhaps you are a Canadienne? They were the GOP fringe candidates in 2012 that led the polls early.
    16 or 17 candidates this year, the odds aren't good for most of them lol
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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504

    Donald is going to get the nomination.
    It will take awhile for it to sink in to the average brain that it is going to happen.

    I'll bet your right...

    Godfather.

  • Shawshank
    Shawshank Posts: 1,018


    Like how you're told to ignore his 4 bankruptcies because you're told so by the Rupert Murdoch media? *mic drop*

    If he had filed personal bankruptcy, you'd have a point. Chapter 11 corporate bankruptcies are a common tool used to restructure debt and free up capital in order to pay off the debts and still maintain operation. I've worked with companies that were over leveraged because everybody and their mother wanted to loan them money or the loans were risky to begin with and they were paying exorbitant points on interest. Then it hits a down swing and its either liquidate or file Chapter 11. I can assure you Chapter 11 is the smarter move for everyone, unless you were dumb enough to loan money that wasn't secured. Many companies companies come back stronger than ever. It would be stupid for a company not to take advantage of the laws that are there to help corporations. In many cases, chapter 11 will improve a company's value for investors, and really has no reflection on how the company is managed at all. But I'm sure you already know enough about bankruptcy laws and running a major corporation that you didn't need me to tell you that.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,681
    rgambs said:

    ^^^
    The poll asking who you would vote for on AMT has quite a list of candidates that I see with no odds.
    Bush, Clinton and Donald are what is running.
    Herman Cain, Rick Santorum? Who the hell are they?

    Ahhh perhaps you are a Canadienne? They were the GOP fringe candidates in 2012 that led the polls early.
    16 or 17 candidates this year, the odds aren't good for most of them lol
    Don't blame it on being Canadian please. ;) I think your point kind of flew right by him for a minute there.
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited December 2015

    It's not sanity...he's just a childish asshole. Anyone who says anything bad about him gets called out as "dummy" or "loser", etc.

    Follow him on twitter...it's hilarious.

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  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    rgambs said:

    Donald is going to get the nomination.
    It will take awhile for it to sink in to the average brain that it is going to happen.

    At this point in the last election it was Herman Cain. A month later it was Rick Santorum. These early polls always favor the outliers with the long odds.
    Plus, they usually always have the one who tried out the previous time get in in the long run next time. It happened to Romney and McCain. Since Trump was not in the debates for the primary or even ran last time, it won't happen just on tradition alone.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,028
    edited July 2015
    Trump is not getting the nomination but if he did it would be the best thi to happen to the Democratic Party. 16 straight years of the presidency would be all but guaranteed
  • InHiding80
    InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623

    Trump is not getting the nomination but if he did it would be the best thi to happen to the Democratic Party. 16 straight years of the presidency would be all but guaranteed

    Trump has me going full Consipracy Keanu sometimes, I won't lie, regarding his possible trolling to make the GOP bad. Please tell me he's becoming the Andy Kaufman of politics instead of the Tom Cruise circa 2005 of politics.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,292
    the fact he's supposedly leading the polls, says a lot about our country....and especially about "conservatives"
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,681

    Trump is not getting the nomination but if he did it would be the best thi to happen to the Democratic Party. 16 straight years of the presidency would be all but guaranteed

    Trump has me going full Consipracy Keanu sometimes, I won't lie, regarding his possible trolling to make the GOP bad. Please tell me he's becoming the Andy Kaufman of politics instead of the Tom Cruise circa 2005 of politics.
    :lol:
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,193
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  • mickeyrat
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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    politics is just waaaaaaay out of hand when the other side starts slinging bedroom stories from ex-wives...it's not like he got a bj in the oval office (and it's not like Bill was the first either) soon the media will be reporting on the size of a politions junk......


    Godfather.

  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576

    politics is just waaaaaaay out of hand when the other side starts slinging bedroom stories from ex-wives...it's not like he got a bj in the oval office (and it's not like Bill was the first either) soon the media will be reporting on the size of a politions junk......


    Godfather.

    Hahaha well considering it's all a big pissing contest anyways, maybe that pertinent piece of info would save a whole lot of breath from the windbags that report on elections!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
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