Posted on 10/12/2015 3:21:32 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Donald Trump said President Obama usually gets what he wants because so many Republicans in Congress are on his side.
"Here's the problem," the presidential contender said on CBS on Sunday. "You cannot win when you have a group of 25 or 30 percent on this side, and you have a group of 70 percent on this side," he said, referencing congressional Republicans.
"It's so sad. Because if they were really going to fight, and if they took that 30 percent stance, assuming they wanted to really make changes and do it right, and cut the budget, cut the deficit, and do things that they should be doing, if they took that group and if everybody was unified, Obama would fold," Trump added. "But there's no reason for him to ever fold, because he knows that a big proportion, a vast majority of the Republicans are on his side."
Speaking on Syria, Trump said the Arab states should contribute to creating a safe zone for refugees and questioned why they weren't doing more to defend themselves.
"The countries should all get together, including the Gulf States who have nothing but money. They should all get together, and they should take a big swath of land in Syria, and they should do a safe zone for people, so they can have a safe place where they could live," Trump said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Trump is right. There is no reason those Muslims should be allowed to enter into Europe the USA or any country that is not Muslim. Muslims are incompatible with a democracy or any other form of government that does not endorse sharia law. Muslims must be kept out of this country.
I like Trump more and more. He just calls ‘em as he sees ‘em.
Besides Cruz, is there ANY other candidate pointing out the obvious fact of GOPe compliance with the Dem agenda?
That vast majority of the GOP effectively on his side are on the side of anyone who will give them table scraps for the LEAST amount of work (if one could call the occasional lying bouts every two or six years actual ‘work’ which comes painfully easy to them).
They support him because he is the easier path. Lying once every two years about your true convictions, or giving up to Obama and getting the booty that comes with second-tier power.
That cesspool we call DC is Disneyland to them. Assured of pampering, attention, cooing and billing by media, parties, privilege and power (even if second-tier). An easy life that, when ending, transitions into cushy K-street lobbying jobs or other crony positions in big bidness. It is the circle of political life.
He’s just stating of obvious.
Let’s remember...
The big story of the 2016 congressional election cycle is whether or not the Democratic Party will be able to regain control of the Senate. In order to take the chamber back, Democrats will need to gain five seats in 2016, a difficult but not impossible task. The majority of vulnerable seats are held by Republican incumbents, many of whom are freshmen who were swept into office in the Republican wave of 2010. Additionally, Democrats only have 10 seats to defend in 2016, while 24 Republican incumbents are up for re-election.
There is significantly less at stake in the U.S. House in 2016, as control of the chamber is very unlikely to be in question. In order to flip the chamber, the Democratic Party would need to pick up 30 seats, a nearly impossible task. While it would be very difficult for the Democratic Party to gain control of the chamber in this election cycle, Democrats can still hope to reduce the majority that the Republican Party holds. Republicans currently hold their largest majority in the U.S. House since 1928.
The fact that 2016 is a presidential election year should be a boon to Democratic candidates. In the past decade, Democrats have made gains in both chambers in presidential elections, while they have suffered losses in the midterms. Should Democrats fail to retake the Senate in 2016, it is unlikely that they will get another opportunity until at least 2020.
http://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Congress_elections,_2016
His obvious statement also shows just how corrupt the GOP is. If the US is to survive, the GOP needs total replacement.
They need to be infiltrated by the Conservatives, the Constitutionalist, Libertarians and the Tea Party.
This is going to come as a shock to the rocket scientists who are the MSM. It’s all about the inside baseball of the D’s wearing the white hats vs. the black hatted R’s.
Unfortunately 90% of the GOP politicians are oblivious to the obvious.
I don't know if it is 90%, but most GOPers don't want to shut down the Govt. And most Americans don't want the GOP to shut down the govt.
The GOP needs to decide if they will wear the white or black hat, and that is what the GOP civil war is about.
-——They should all get together, and they should take a big swath of land in Syria, and they should do a safe zone for people, so they can have a safe place where they could live,” Trump said.-— There you have it...... a viable solution
the refugee containment should be in Syria
Trump is starting to sound like one of those Right Wing Extremist the MSM has been telling us about. He’s coming around.
The GOP cannot "shut down the government" by passing a budget. The president can shut it down (sort of, but not mostly) by vetoing it. The problem is that the GOP, like you, has internalized the Democrat propaganda to the point they and you believe it. If the voters so hate "government shutdowns" why did Republicans gain seats after the last one? The problem is Republican pols have no faith in their ability to change the terms of the debate. Trump is showing how it's done.
Those in DC feel they don’t need an ABM system because they are their own system: no foreign power would dare take out its 5th column.
The vast majority of politicians are too timid to fight evil, unorganized and without leadership the few with courage are vastly outnumbered by those bought and paid for.
Because the central issue in 2014 was implementation of Obamacare, and the GOP effectively used ISIS and Ebola. Plus, the GOP had quickly capitulated on the shutdown
In 2010, the central issue was passage of Obamacare.
In 2012, there was no central issue, except Romney's "47%".
Go ahead. Shut down the govt in Dec and keep it shut down until the Nov elections.
The left wing and the right wing belong to the same bird!
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