Posted on 09/26/2015 6:20:37 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
Strangely enough, I’m not as angry now.
I have hope again that it can all be turned around somehow.
Thanks to Donald Trump.
>>“Trump got away with slandering John McCain for his Vietnam ordeal.”
He lost me there...<<
When McCain stopped us from going back to search for POW’s, that’s when his hero title disappeared in my mind. He is a scumbag politician now.
McCain should be tossed across the Mexican border :p..
Btw, I am staying in a guest house with 13 peeps from Hanoi now.. They are still the most disrespectfull, disgusting, rude people... X/
I tried to teach them manners, but they just got worse (to p!S’s me off)..
Let me ask you this - I’ve heard Ted Cruz’s stump speech many, many times. He gives 5 things he would do on day one in office - tear up the Iranian deal, repeal Obamacare, shut down the IRS, etc. Now, what I don’t hear is how he is going to do this. Yet, everyone wants specifics from Trump and this is grossly unfair. Cruz’s speeches are rhetoric as well. You can give specifics, but once in office, those might go out the door according to the situations you are confronted with. I’m real sick of people yelling - we wants specifics - when in reality, one must remain flexible.
While what came out of Trump’s mouth sounded awful, I think what he was really saying is that he didn’t care for John McCain - “I prefer those who weren’t captured.” Looking at it in that context is the only thing that makes sense because he said 4 times that he was a hero. I just think it didn’t come out right - and it didn’t.
Bump
At this point, I don’t care what Trump says.. He is bringing the cockroaches out of the cracks..
This was needed after Billery’s first term... The Marxists went into overdrive after Reagan..
Forgive me for typoes.. on android... :/
It’s not heroic to get shot down. It is heroic to lead your men as a war prisoner with some dignity, and to refuse a personal release offered, before his men, for a North Vietnamese propaganda victory. But a man can disgrace himself after that, as has been seen.
And his wife is an architect of the "North American Union".
Bravo, Bravo, the best post I have read in a long time, maybe ever!
Exactly! Rush mentioned one of the reasons Trump is doing so well is because he isnt them..meaning the other Rs in the race. Good points. If Trump doesnt self destruct he will be pres.
From Trump I would like some clear things that he can do as President to bring back jobs and manufacturing. What he wants to beef up the military? How many ships for the navy? How many airplanes for the Airforce? How will he do things—I am in favor of bold ideas—Out-of-the-box plans to revitalize the nation. I know that as soon as he does this the nay sayers will hit him—saying it can’t be done —or it would be unfair to women and children on food stamps—junk like this—But a few bold ideas would help. A call for Volunteerism—would help—a new plan for a new branch of the army—The Border Guard—to man the wall and keep people out (Think Coast Guard on Land). Some
He was still sputtering as I left.
We seem to have a few like him here.
Excellent point.
Cruz is being a little more specific than Trump is, but still not much more than saying what he plans to do without saying a lot about how.
What I’m getting at, is that Trump is still mostly just saying he wants to “make America great again”, without much about how he intends to do things. I have little doubt he can and will do what he says, that’s how he became a billionaire. You don’t get where he is by being an ineffectual leader, and he was trained at a military academy specifically to be a leader.
The same can be said of other candidates, but I think later on we might start getting a little more about policy, it’s still early.
I think what Trump is doing is great, it’s what we have needed to see for a long time. Somebody is standing there telling it like it is and the completely out of touch political elite is scared. Their power is being threatened. Their little boat is being rocked, they can’t stop it and they don’t know what to do.
As far as Cruz goes, we can look at his existing performance in Congress and have a general idea how he does things, he’s already showed us. That’s the best thing about Cruz, his record speaks for itself. The only thing I question is can he get both sides to cooperate at least a little, rather than perpetuating the nonstop political games going on now.
If people would stop and actually think about it, Trump probably can do that. How else would he get projects off the ground in different countries all over the world where he has to deal with their governments to even get things started? How about Trump Tower. It was originally supposed to be limited to 13 floors, it’s now 68. He had to deal with politicians to do that.
I’m not saying I want to see him spell out every little thing, just give us an idea what he intends to do other than just “make America great”...so far I know he has released an immigration plan, 2nd amendment plan, and we’re supposed to see something about taxes soon. So maybe it’s coming out, we’ll have to see what happens.
But I agree with what you said, Cruz and others are just giving us general ideas so far.
I guess what I’m saying is I want Trump to start telling us what kind of President he intends to be, rather than the never ending Trump show we’re seeing now. It’s great, he is already making people rethink their strategies, others are starting to try and mimic him, acting like they want to stand up to the establishment too, when Cruz is the only one who has actually done it all along.
Carly Fiorino is trying to pass herself off as an outsider too, which is pretty ironic, she’s attacking Trump any way she can think of while telling us she’s another outsider just like him...yeah right...been working for McCain and the Republican party for 10 years...
Mainly what I want to see is how he intends to implement things. He’s already hinted at it, he knows a lot of people who are good with economics, is he going to put people in place who know what they’re doing, then actually listen to what they recommend?
Ditto for military, that’s one huge issue I think is not being given enough credit, Russia and China are building up while we are cutting down. He has said he will put our military back together and make it so good nobody will want to challenge us, which is great, but does he know the people who can actually implement that and will he listen to them? That idea is perfect, nobody is going to challenge a military capable of taking them apart without breaking a sweat.
Maybe I’m expecting too much, but if he wants to be the leader of this country I want to see him act like one. One thing I have noticed, he’s being slammed by the media about his comments about other people, but every time it has been a response to attacks on him, he has never initiated it once that I’m aware of. And that’s an issue I think, the personal attacks need to stop in all directions. So far everyone else - or most of them anyway - seems to be more interested in bringing Trump down than anything else, drop the squabbling and tell us how you intend to run this country.
Another good point, but I think he does have the vision. And you said the same thing I’m saying.
“The vision has to be a little more specific than “I’ll build the wall and Mexico will pay for it” or “I’ll make Iran come back to the bargaining table and give up their nukes”. Yes, that is a very generalized vision, but they both don’t sound realistic until we get a little more specific”
That’s exactly what I’m talking about. HOW does he plan to get Mexico to pay for he wall. HOW does he plan to get Iran talking again.
I think he will be doing something like I’ve said for the past 10 years or more in getting Mexico to pay for the wall.
Stop all foreign aid, temporarily shut down tourist traffic into Mexico, Americans aren’t safe there, and once you shut off their money they will do anything to get it back. That’s just part of what I’ve been laying out for a long time, but shut off their cash, and Mexico will stop illegal immigration, all we have to do is enforce border security on our side.
But what you said is the same point I’;m trying to get across.
he’s not going to give away his strategy, or let the enemies know his plans. listen to his speech in Oklahoma. He talks about this. He doesn’t want them to know what he’s thinking.
Lie number one. Bush and Rubio are not conservative, they are the GOPe who Republicans are pissed at.
As a patriot, I’m shocked that Trump got away with slandering John McCain for his Vietnam ordeal
McCain over used that ploy until everyone was sick to death of hearing he was a vet but he destroyed that reputation while standing with terrorist in Syria and looking like a traitor. The base has had it with the falseness and lack of true principle of their supposed GOPe leaders. They are cheering the attack on their own leaders.....
Maybe Bohner was right about the solution to the problem and the only honorable GOPe left, the old guard has been there too long and is compromised and controlled by the data collection on them, they did not lose their principles and what they believe in overnight without reason....the reason is the dems have that info.
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