Posted on 01/14/2016 5:40:21 AM PST by reaganaut1
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Mr. Trump has no desire to acquaint himself with most issues, let alone master them. He has admitted that he doesn't prepare for debates or study briefing books; he believes such things get in the way of a good performance. No major presidential candidate has ever been quite as disdainful of knowledge, as indifferent to facts, as untroubled by his benightedness.
It is little surprise, then, that many of Mr. Trump's most celebrated pronouncements and promises - to quickly and "humanely" expel 11 million illegal immigrants, to force Mexico to pay for the wall he will build on our southern border, to defeat the Islamic State "very quickly" while as a bonus taking its oil, to bar Muslims from immigrating to the United States - are nativistic pipe dreams and public relations stunts.
Even more disqualifying is Mr. Trump's temperament. He is erratic, inconsistent and unprincipled. He possesses a streak of crudity and cruelty that manifested itself in how he physically mocked a Times journalist with a disability, ridiculed Senator John McCain for being a P.O.W., made a reference to "blood" intended to degrade a female journalist and compared one of his opponents to a child molester.
Mr. Trump's legendary narcissism would be comical were it not dangerous in someone seeking the nation's highest office - as he demonstrated when he showered praise on the brutal, anti-American president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, responding to Mr. Putin’s expression of admiration for Mr. Trump.
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Mr. Trump's virulent combination of ignorance, emotional instability, demagogy, solipsism and vindictiveness would do more than result in a failed presidency; it could very well lead to national catastrophe. The prospect of Donald Trump as commander in chief should send a chill down the spine of every American.
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ROTFLOL!!!
Quaalude much, you guys? Or, just suffering from clinically proportioned narcissism, mostly common among eleven year olds?
ROTFLOL!!!
TRUMP, 2016
I know a lot of good conservatives who feel similarly. Not sure if I’m there, yet. Depends upon Trump’s behavior after the primary (assuming he wins).
“deeply held convictions”
How long has Trump been a Republican? Hasn’t he given lots of contributions to Democrats over the years.
and yet you voted for the nasty, arrogant blowhard Willard...
Trump is the laziest candidate I have ever seen.
Interesting that both faces of the Uniparty had to attack President Trump at the State of the Uniparty on Tuesday night...
You'll be finding that out first-hand soon.
Romney is a lot more dignified and knowledgable than Trump.
I can’t imagine voting for anyone endorsed by the NYT
You first accuse him of being too confrontational. Now you accuse Trump of being a ‘suck-up’.
Is he sucking up to Hillary?
Sucking up to Islam?
Sucking up to the Euro-Tryant Establishment?
Putin is a potential ally against whom?
ISIS.
And you want Trump to be nasty to him?
Good grief.
It’s hilarious yet sad how they characterize Donald as narcissistic, ignorant and emotionally unstable.
Obama REALLY IS all of these things. So is Shrillary. They are also CORRUPT career politicians - raking in millions off the public who work for theirs. Donald is not.
This all is projection.
Well, you've ALWAYS got something nice to say about Trump, Chuck. /s
Dude - you're one of The Usual Suspects.
Ya got The Tee Dee Ess, boy. Get that checked out. :)
This drivel is for mindless group thinkers that make up the NYT readership.
When group members are inadvertently poisoned with the truth, it is the job of the group mind guards to offer rationalizations to stop the awful reassessment of assumptions the group member is experiencing.
The fact that you read this crap and brought it to FR for discussion is disturbing.
Trump is nasty towards Americans who criticize him but sucks up to foreign dictators who praise him. He's a jerk.
I will vote for Trump. Trump and I have the same enemies.
Mittens? His picture is next to the dictionary entry for "GOPe".
Not a stand up kind of Wehner.
I really like Cruz or Trump. IMO for Trump to regain momentum he needs to start talking more about the constitution. About the kind of cabinet he would have, about getting military advice from the military. And most of all that he would keep his executive mentality in check so he doesn’t become another president with a pen and a phone. I have none of those concerns with Cruz. I am not considering voting for anyone else.
An author from the NY times says they’ll never vote for Trump. No way.
“Is the author’s name pronounced peter weiner?”
Either way, not a stand up kind of guy.
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