Posted on 06/19/2015 3:12:10 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
Admit it. You're glad Donald Trump is running for president.
Maybe you think his candidacy will be a hoot. Maybe you think it will sink the fortunes of your political opponents. Maybe his candidacy has inspired you to deliver a high-minded lament of our corroding national character. Maybe you're actually a Trump true believer. (They do exist! Trump is in a respectable fifth place in New Hampshire, according to Real Clear Politics.) One way or another, you're probably going to take some pleasure from Trump 2016.
And let's admit this, too: Deep down, many of us are glad Trump is running because we're addicted to the sort of vapid, stakes-less bloodsport that has become his specialty.
http://theweek.com/articles/561362/why-americans-secretly-love-gladiatorial-blowhard-like-donald-trump
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He;s a Democrat who just lies and has a massive ego.
Watched his interview with Hannity.
Could he pull off some of the ideas he promotes? Unlikely, but it’s fun to imagine him able to turn this Country around. Actually he might be able to at least start an economic boom.
The one thing I’m skeptical of he said is his claiming the jobless would really rather work than collect welfare and sit on their a$$es.
Gotta admit, I now like him. He’s gonna stir things up that need stirring badly.
uh.....Trump is a Democrat Stalking Horse for Hillary. He’s Ross Perot II....a hand grenade with a bad haircut.
The gladiator part of Trump’s personality is his best point - and that’s why I welcome him into the race. He and Fiorina are doing the best job of attacking Hillary and other liberals, and that’s good for the entire field.
I will apologize in advance for my next rhetorical/fantasy question. If I actually had the chance, what would I ask candidate Trump? “What do you feed that Cocker Spaniel you wear on your head?” Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
He;s a Democrat who just lies and has a massive ego.
The only candidate in the GOP primaries willing to talk honestly about immigration and “free trade” is a Democrat? If that is the case, the GOP is dead. Turn out the lights the party is over.
The only folks giving Trump a even playing field is Howie Carr and Jeff Kuhner both on WRKO out of Boston....
IMHO?
They are scared Lhitsess because "The Donald" will get a Harley Ridin' Union Steel Worker who is tired of the Bull**** too pull the lever for him like they did for Reagan.
I am not sure Jindal, Cruz, Walker, Paul will get those Reagan Democrats.
Just my 2 cents...
If Ross Perot I would have won, America would still have a manufacturing base, and would still be the world exporting champion.
Just saying.
Well said.
OMG....Perot is certifiably insane.
Your opinion.
However, China now out-exports America.
And is growing rapidly.
Because he thinks Republicans are stupid enough to take him seriously.
Stand up Ross,Oh,you are!
“He;s a Democrat who just lies and has a massive ego.”
I’m not sure that I am willing to call him a Democrat (marxist,) however he IS certainly a Progressive, so the deliniation is minimal!
He will certainly appeal to the low info GOP voters, but anyone that is willing to do a small amount of research will find that in the past he has supported abortion, he has suported a wealth tax of 14% and now he supports a very high tarriff. All are terrible ideas that would harm liberty and our economy.
If one wants a shrinking economy, then one would want to impose high tarriffs (his most recent proposal of 35%.) For example, Brazil has an approximate tarriff of 180% for subcomponent electronics. Their economy is currently on pace to shrinky by 30% this year. Their average income is about $12K, yet the average car price is $26K. This is a very apt example for today.
Historically, we can celebrate the protected economies of East Germany that gave its citizens the Trabant as the preferred vehicle, while the open market of West Germany had the much nicer VW. We could also review the results of the protective high tarriffs brought to us by Smoot-Hawley, putting the US into the Great Depression.
Trump would be a disaster and the fact that any FReeper is supporting him saddens me.
“Trumpery knows no party”
This guy is striving futilely to present himself as a deep thinker. In this article, he uses Trump as the baseline for exposing what is so wrong in the American psyche. Americans like what he is saying, so that means there is something wrong with Americans. He labels what Trump is saying as “trumpery” a word meaning attractive but of no use. He makes no effort to refute what Trump says, he just name calls. Take Jeb!, for example. Jeb! has insisted many times that for the United States to recapture its former glory, it is necessary to import multitudes of “aspirational youth” from south of the border to reinvigorate the dull Americans, who can no longer sire the the sons and daughters capable of accomplishing the task on their own (residents south of the border have an IQ 10 to 12 points lower than the average American IQ). Now, compare the two candidates, and tell me who is engaging in trumpery. And with Jeb!, that is just one of many if his inane positions. But this idiot writer thinks those inanities are spot on.
Trump is the only candidate who is for bringing back American industry, to America.
Nobody else is stating that as a goal.
I’m not sure how to define Trump, but he is so very right, about so very much, and all of it which in my opinion matters to America. Very much.
If you don’t support him, perhaps you should be talking to your own favorite candidate (whomever he or she might be) and ask them where are they, on these topics.
Because at the moment TRUMP IS THE ONLY ONE SAYING ONE WORD.
Completely series.
For a Democrat he articulates America better than any of the other candidates. He will get attention and bring young low IQ voters to the elections. He will do well in the social media, late night etc as he can speak through PC speak. He has turned the race into something fresh and new.
Pray America is waking
I can see Red Hampshire voting in this order: Jebbie, Walker, Trump.
Trump isn’t in my opinion, just about low IQ voters.
But if you’ve already decided so, that’s fine.
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