Posted on 02/22/2016 1:03:35 PM PST by the_boy_who_got_lost
... ... ... ... Why do I believe that America is now at this delicate tipping point? Largely, it is because of the meteoric rise of a person like Donald Trump in American politics. The man is a moral and verbal sewer. He has no political resume. Rather, his campaign has been buoyed by empty promises devoid of any real substance or meaningful content. He merely repeats mantras that the voters want to hear similar to the types of statements that Barack Obama gave us back in 2008. You know the rhetoric: “I’m going to build a wall around America and make Mexico pay for it.†“We are going to make this country great again.†“Believe me, Americans are going to win again.†“We are actually going to win so many times we are going to get tired of winning.†“Trust me, it is going to be great.†This type of rhetoric seems more akin to that of a used car salesman rather than that of a serious presidential contender. These sentiments are nothing more than empty slogans since they never reveal exactly how Trump plans to accomplish these great exploits. These are the sorts of trite statements that third world dictators endlessly propagate upon their beleaguered people. In fact, according to Imelda Marcos, the public expression “we are going to make this nation great again†is the very slogan that Ferdinand Marcos articulated just prior to coming to power in the 1950s in the Philippines and prior to Marcos’ imposition of martial law.1
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Andy, Andy, Andy...how is it you so lack understanding?
Donald Trump is a product of the failed GOP. If they hadn’t lied and deceived their base, they wouldn’t have this problem. It’s now too late for the GOP. Trump has taken its voters.
Where to begin......???
Most of what the author says is correct. The fact that a lot of Americans think a person like this is well suited to be president is a damning commentary on the political leadership in this country today.
OK, but other than that. . . .
The man is a moral and verbal sewer.
Ya ever hear of Arkancide?
How about the dead fags who obamma use to associate with?
Obamma hates the United States and what we are.
At least Trump likes America.
Sorry he has a potty mouth sport.
At least he may get us working again unlike poser boy.
Sanctimonious jibberish.
Don’t blame it on Trump. 2008 was the real tipping point. At this point, the United States of America are trying not to drown in ideological sewage and we’re going down on the 3rd count.
It would be simply amazing, if the train wasn't wrecking right here.
Yeah, but where?
Shakin' that bush, boss!
There’s some truth to that... Donald Trump is where he is because of the vacuum created by the GOPe.
Most people here and elsewhere who oppose Trump get caught up in the details of Trump’s policy positions... I say they have nothing to do with his popularity, and those who accuse Trump’s supporters of being cultish, or deceived are wrong as well for this simple reason:
Trump is a nationalist.
That puts him in direct opposition to the globalists, without regard to whether they are conservative globalists or liberal globalists.
This is why I don’t “oppose” Trump, even though I can’t find any solid reasons to support him.
The question to ask is why there are no other nationalist (non-globalist) candidates?
“He merely repeats mantras that the voters want to hear similar to the types of statements that Barack Obama gave us back in 2008. “
........and how did that work out for Obama??
Trump is REALLY messing with the pundits.
How DARE Trump continue to dominate polls and voting even though they all hate him!
The effrontery!
“At least Trump likes America.”
Yes, it gives him what he wants. The man is saying what he needs to get the emotions up and the votes, then he will do what ever he needs to to feed his bloated ego. It is not about America, never was and never will be. It is about him.
“How DARE Trump continue to dominate polls and voting even though they all hate him!”
Check his negatives bro.
Ah yes another passive aggressive tirade from the special little snow flakes offended by Alpha Males.
Sorry leadership makes you insecure in your manhood Andy. Why don’t you leave the politics to the adults and go back to playing with your dolls now?
Patrick Buchanan said it best: "Trump's rise represents a rejection of 25 years of Bush Republicanism - an ideology which has destroyed America's once-great manufacturing core, flooded the country with low-skilled workers, and drained the treasury with ill-advised foreign adventures in the Middle East."
yeah bro, check his negatives. Only 4 points higher then Hillaries yet Hillary is a know political quantity why most General Election voters aren’t even paying attention yet.
In June 2015 Trump had a 62% negative rate with Republican voters. Now it down with Republicans to 18%.
Given the history of American Presidential campaigns since Bubba's in 1992, and especially in light of the Kenyan's "Hope n' Change" campaign, I really had to laugh out loud at this assertion.
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