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WHY I BACK TRUMP....an opinion piece...
My own Analysis | 3/10/2016 | Rustybucket

Posted on 03/11/2016 11:39:08 AM PST by Rustybucket

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To: Rustybucket

“I play to people’s fantasies,” he writes. “People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular.” Donald J. Trump The Art of the Deal


21 posted on 03/11/2016 12:10:36 PM PST by Stegall Tx (If Republicans choose a liberal candidate, they have chosen to lose my vote.)
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To: bluecollarman

We be dum lowe infermashun voterz. Teddi sed so an Teddi never lyes.

Except abowt TeePeeAye. An abowt Karson. An abowt Donuld. An abowt them goldmun lones. An abowt bein a kehnadian.

Uhh. Wayte a minnit.....


22 posted on 03/11/2016 12:21:04 PM PST by RKBA Democrat
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To: E=MC<sup>2</sup>

Ok, then, by way of comparison with Trump, a guy who lives to make deals:

What kind of negotiated deals, beneficial to the security and strengthh of the United States and the free world has the current president, Barack Obama, or other recent presidents made?

Do you believe that being sincere alone will do the trick? What other characteristics do you think are needed to succeed?


23 posted on 03/11/2016 12:21:05 PM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: Rustybucket

Has Trump promised to eliminate any government agencies?


24 posted on 03/11/2016 12:21:49 PM PST by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: onedoug
Rubio has a terrible work record. Cruz is not a “natural born Citizen” IMHO. Thus, it devolves to Trump, who I believe is the only one capable of defeating the clinton creature anyway.

Neither Rubio or Cruz is a natural born citizen. Neither of them had both parents who were U.S. citizens at the time of their birth. It doesn't matter where you are born it matters who your parents are and what their nationality is when you are born. Rubio and Cruz fail that test. Support them for something else, not POTUS.

25 posted on 03/11/2016 12:27:03 PM PST by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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To: Rustybucket
This paragraph:
He will not be politically correct with the peoples business, things will be done on time, at cost, and there will be no pork. He will exercise the Veto Pen, and will push for line item vetoing and simplified propositions, bills will be straightforward with NO additional pork. How refreshing. Any negotiations will be before the bill is written.

Is at odds with this:
I actually like his knowledge, but not his inflexibility

How do you think Trump is going to accomplish all these "great" things without making "deals" and signing bills laden with pork? This is primarily how deals are made in our government. You seem to laud Trump for his ability to stand firm and be inflexible (no pork, really?), while criticizing Cruz for the same?

Also, keep in mind, the line-item veto would require an amendment to the Constitution that isn't happening any time soon (nor should it - do you want the next Democrat president to have that power as well?).
26 posted on 03/11/2016 12:31:40 PM PST by Echo4C
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To: E=MC<sup>2</sup>

President trump is going to make America Great Again for you as well.


27 posted on 03/11/2016 12:37:16 PM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: Peter ODonnell
First question, is he really that skeptical of climate change to avoid any further erosion of the economic integrity of America in favor of the crazy green agenda?

I think Trump would be more inclined than most to look closely at the cost side of the green agenda. A whole lot of federal policy should be subjected to an intensive cost-benefit analysis.

28 posted on 03/11/2016 12:43:55 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Rustybucket

I just don’t think I will ever be able to bring myself to vote for Trump. I just don’t believe a word out of his mouth, and I don’t trust him at all. If Trump is the nominee, I’ll probably just check out on the election. It makes me sick that my fellow citizens can’t come up with two better nominees than Clinton and Trump.


29 posted on 03/11/2016 12:44:20 PM PST by KansasGirl (So proud to say, "I voted for Ted Cruz!")
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To: Rustybucket
In short, America is a business...

That proves that you are one of the "poorly educated" that Trump says he loves. America is not a business. If it were it would have declared bankruptcy long ago. Also, he is not going to self finance his general election campaign and he has not promised to do so. That "self-funded" line is just one of many sales pitches he is using to convince Trump's Chumps that he is fundamentally different.

You are supporting America's best carnival barker. I hope you and the rest of TRUMP'S CHUMPS don't kick yourselves when you go home in November with a stuffed animal and another President Clinton.

30 posted on 03/11/2016 1:19:51 PM PST by ravinson
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To: bluecollarman
“Cruz says Trump backers have ‘relatively low information,’ not very ‘engaged’” I hope that ticks you off as much as it does me.

If TRUMP'S CHUMPS aren't ticked off by being called "poorly educated" by Donald J. Trump himself then there is nothing that will change their narrow minds.

31 posted on 03/11/2016 1:22:28 PM PST by ravinson
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To: Rustybucket

He doesn’t say anything except for altering between insults and superlatives. People who disagree with him get insults. He gives himself superlative after superlative. He is a bundle of generalized superlatives and slogans. It’s going to be GREAT!. It is going to be SUPER. It is going to be AWESOME. You have NO IDEA. He sounds like those cure-all sales people who are peddling, basically, alcohol as medicine, claiming it will cure every ailment known to man. It won’t, of course. And neither will Trump be the answer to all our problems. Far from it. If he wins, he will be a disaster.


32 posted on 03/11/2016 1:26:09 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: jessduntno

I like what you said except for the comments on the military. I have worked supporting our military my entire career, and live it every day. This nations Military is decimated, we have old ordinance, old airplanes, old ships, old electronics. The programs to implement them have been stripped thru sequester. What new equipment we have brought to the field gets left behind when we leave the battlefield. This has always baffled me. Left for our enemies to use against us, but more importantly an asset is lost. We could use this equipment over and over again. If we don’t use state of the art ships to move them, we certainly could use container ships or repurposed mothballed ships to transport, or all the mothballed C5 Galaxys and C-130s could be repurposed to transport our assets. A businessman would recover our assets, and prevent our enemies from using them. Collecting Arms taken from our enemies and using them ourselves should be standard operating procedure, yet we don’t do this. Waste Fraud and
Abuse is SOP, not as it should be.
Our men and women, especially the mid level, really experienced officers and NCO’s have been retired or let go, due to sequester. Our able bodied seamen and army personnel are severely depleted.
IMO, your incorrect concerning how our government should be run. Things, especially for the military are overpriced and undersupplied. $1000.00 bolts are more common than you think, there is no negotiating. Manufacturing for specialty items is backlogged years. The free market is hampered by illogical and restrictive regulations. Properly run, free market would reign, but not so.
The free market determines winners and losers, not the government. $15.00/hr wages is a job killer, no longer an entry level job.
As for the rest, I think your right on.


33 posted on 03/11/2016 2:43:39 PM PST by Rustybucket
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To: Rustybucket

I said we are still the most formidable force...that was all I said. Sorry if you read it as something negative. I don’t know of a better military. Do you?


34 posted on 03/11/2016 2:46:23 PM PST by jessduntno ("Where the Hell do you put the bayonet?" - Gen. "Chesty" Puller, at a flamethrower demonstration.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

I used to agree with you until I went to his website, read a few of his books, listened to other who know him talk about what kind of man he is.
He is not a politician, I have already said that, when attacked he fights back.
If your (and I am not say you are) making judgments off 10 second sound bytes and Memes, your doing yourself a disservice. I urge everybody who thinks this to dig harder to find out what he really stands for, and look at many sources for what kind of man he is.
Personally, I found what Cruz and Rubio did during the past debate was disgraceful, and said more about them than Trump. What I did like was that Trump was unflappable, and held his own.
I truld feel he is a patriot, and wants to make America Better.
But, I respect your right to your opinion as well


35 posted on 03/11/2016 2:48:55 PM PST by Rustybucket
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To: jessduntno

By itself no. But I see world events were multiple other forces that could not have overwhelmed us before Sequester, much closer to succeeding.

That is my worry.


36 posted on 03/11/2016 2:50:39 PM PST by Rustybucket
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To: ravinson

IMO, fixing America will be ALL about the business of doing it right, that will involve watching costs, negotiating for the right business model, and delivering on time. Politicians argue law and treaty, we have a lot to do before we get to that point, but, we also need someone who knows a scam, a bad deal, bad faith from experience.

I submit, that for someone to make that statement, you have your own ideas, which you do not hold up to public scrutiny. That...IMO...is the worst kind of cowardice. But, I could be wrong about you. Educate us all...please.


37 posted on 03/11/2016 2:55:11 PM PST by Rustybucket
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To: KansasGirl

You live in Kansas, I presume, Wichita is a hub for new aircraft development. Lear, Spirit, Cessna, Boeing all live or die on government contracts. All are hurting from the Sequester from the last 8 years. ONLY Trump has addressed these problems and bringing manufacturing back to the US for our own aircraft, wing design, and employing US workers to build them.

If you can’t see that, then respectfully, we will move forward without you.


38 posted on 03/11/2016 2:58:32 PM PST by Rustybucket
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To: bluecollarman

If we could have some kind of online exam, I would challenge any Cruzer that I know more about any aspect of Trump v Cruz than any Cruzer. WAY more. Most of my posts are things Cruzers never even heard of. They know nothing about Ted’s past, Heidi’s past. They know nothing about issues like trade and immigration. Just a couple of examples.


39 posted on 03/11/2016 3:02:15 PM PST by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: E=MC<sup>2</sup>

So your definitely NOT a Clinton Supporter, you saw how Rubio and Cruz treated Trump in the debates, so that means you can only support Kasich. And you base this on what a friend saw in Atlantic City. What information do you have on the person he fired? What did that person do to deserve it? Or do you only have 1/2 a story? You imply he always wore a red tie when he did his firings, So your Friend must have seen many firings? Right?
Sorry for being so flippant. I have seen many stories from all the candidates, and after the briefest of searches find them baseless or that there was much more to the story.


40 posted on 03/11/2016 3:04:47 PM PST by Rustybucket
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