Posted on 07/12/2016 10:13:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
The 2016 Presidential Election should have been a cake-walk for Republicans. When the Republican primaries started, any one of the original sixteen Republican candidates likely could have defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the candidate of the Democrat Party in November. Few could have guessed that in would walk businessman Donald J. Trump, who now threatens to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory.
The Democrat Party chose as their candidate the former Secretary of State, perhaps the most dishonest, corrupt, and despicable politician in American history. Following the recent news conference by FBI Director James Comey, which detailed the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal, incompetence can be added to the list of “qualifications” the Democrat candidate possesses. Director Comey laid out a case for Hillary being the stupidest person in recent memory to run for the office of President.
But for Donald Trump to defeat her this fall there are some things he needs to do to get his own house in order with regards to the November election. And current polling suggests that he has an uphill battle to convince the American people that he has what it takes to lead this country.
First of all, enough with the snarky Tweets. They come across as juvenile and sophomoric. There’s nothing wrong with making use of modern social media like Twitter and Facebook, some politicians have been very successful in making use of social media to get their message out and generate support for their candidacy.
But Trump needs to do so in a more reflective way. American voters don’t want to read the type of blather one might expect to see scrawled across a bathroom wall in their local high school, coming from a candidate for President of the Unite States on his Twitter account. They want to read responses or comments to issues and problems that offer a solution.
Secondly, Trump needs to keep the heat on his opponent Hillary Clinton, but drop the nicknames. While “Crooked Hillary” might play well to his staunchest supporters, they are not the ones he needs to win over. They’re going to vote for him come hell or high water. Trump indeed does need the support of the great undecided, the independent voters in American politics.
The ammunition that Hillary Clinton has provided through her own words and deeds has put on public display her incompetence and dishonesty, and is more than enough to attack her on. But Trump needs to look and sound presidential when doing it. Attack her credibility and competence based on the lies she’s told throughout the e-mail and Benghazi probes by Congress.
Put on display for all to see how she has pandered to some pretty unsavory groups such as Black Lives Matter, which is nothing more than a racist, anti-American insurgency spawned out of the “hands up, don’t shoot” lie from Ferguson, Missouri. Hillary has aligned herself with BLM and has pandered to the black vote by criticizing the police every chance she gets, even though she hasn’t a clue what she’s talking about. Then again that’s nothing new for her, not having a clue what she’s talking about that is.
Trump also needs to take some time to explain what he meant when he made his early comments about Hispanic immigration to the U.S. While it’s certainly fine to decry the open border situation under the Obama Administration and the unrestrained illegal immigration affecting American jobs and security, Trump needs to let Hispanics know that they are valued members of the American community.
And he needs to explain clearly that his intentions to “build a wall” is in no way intended to prevent legal immigration into the United States by Hispanics, or any other ethnic group or nationality which contributes to America’s greatness. Trump would do well to engage with them and to seek out the advice from Hispanic Americans on what needs to be done to address their grievances, and to fix the problems that affect their community.
The same with Muslims in America. His proposed cessation of Muslim immigration is not much different than what was proposed by President Jimmy Carter back during the Iranian crisis. But the way it was presented is.
If Candidate Trump will take the time to explain exactly what he intends, and how he appreciates the sacrifices made my many Muslims on behalf of the United States during the War on Terror, and in Iraq and Afghanistan, he will go a long way towards repairing the bridges to that community as well.
And finally Trump needs to show a little humility. Time to tone down the bombast and circus atmosphere of his candidacy. This would go a long way towards helping Trump convince the many undecided voters out there that he is not the madman and bigot that Democrats and Hillary Clinton are painting him to be. With a little self-restraint Donald Trump can turn things around and still win this election.
The good news is that Mr. Trump has been talking about policy when he did speak. Did anyone listen to his speech yesterday?
RINO blather. The 16 other candidates were supposed to lose to Hillary, and this writer is a shill for them.
No barf alert?
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The only one of the 16 candidates who would have had a chance against HRC was Cruz, and the GOPe only began to “support” him when he became the only alternative to Trump. Cruz got more primary votes than nominees from previous years, but Trump is the electoral phenom: all he has to do to win is take the campaign to Hillary and keep her on the defensive, and it is clear that this is what he intends to do.
He only has to do the one things traditional GOP candidates won’t do: fight.
The MSM ignored it ... as they will be ignoring everything substantive that Trump says or does from now until the election.
There’s no doubt in my mind that Hillary was strongly favored to win in 2016. All the talk about the GOP candidates being strong is absurd. They all would have lost to Hillary, handily.
At least with Trump, there’s a chance to win. With the usual suspects, no chance.
I agree but he can dispense with the “Crooked Hillary” invective and just continue to expose the corruption and state what he will do about it. He also needs to articulate his vision and with some more detail. He has been very good on hitting on these issues lately and continue with his mode of attack as it is working.
He's gonn'a do FINE !
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The first Presidential debate should seal it for President Trump ... IF .... he breaks away from his presidential self and returns to the smart ass Donald that got him here.
Cruz’s presentation was horrible. It was like they found an actor to play the stereotypical out-of-touch Republican, straight from 1982.
His speech pattern and cadence were grating. He is a living example of the kind of obnoxious asshat that most democrats and most independents believe Republicans to be.
To save you all the trouble of have to actually read the article, the RINO establishment writer says that Trump needs to act like Mitt Romney and/or Jeb Bush to win in November...after all Mitt and Jeb apparently know so much about winning...
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When he speaks policy, he is very eloquent. Surprisingly so.
I supported and voted for Cruz too but he is not electable in today’s America. The primaries proved that. The reasons are is the country is too divided and the spiritual state of this country is in very bad shape. The spiritual state of this country needs to be worked at from the ground level.
It was great as have the last several addresses he has made.
Trump can win the election but he has to act through November 8 as though he is two touchdowns behind. Trump must never assume that he has the election won.
Even though I used some historical analysis, this election is likely to confound pundits because the two candidates introduce some unusual dynamics into the election cycle. Trump is an unorthodox campaigner with no political experience and thus, no track record. Trump is more of a populist than a holder of any particular political view. He is seen by all in his party as the outsider which some view as good and others as bad. Hillary is viewed by even her supporters as lacking integrity, a wooden campaigner with a style of speech that is off-putting, awkward, uninspiring and comes across as nagging. In addition, she is viewed as the continuation of the political dynasty of the Clinton Family.
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