It is late in the day. The choices we make today could not only result in economic collapse but loss is U.S sovereignty. World war is possible without the strong stabilizing influence of America. Now, I get that Trump is his own man but he’s at the other extreme on relation to every other politician. He is really only beholden to himself. That can be just as dangerous as being bought and paid for by special interests that don’t coincide with the rights of Americans. And as far as spending his own money, Twitter is free. He has other expenses but he has an army of volunteerrs. He’s not going bankrupt. Win or lose he’ll still have billions.
As another poster stated, this isn’t your grandma’s democrat party we’re fighting. Lou Dobbs stood up for US sovereignty, and got repaid with a drive-by shooting attempt on his house while his whole family was inside. Not even the MOB were that crass.
You can’t use up the fingers on one hand counting the number of major public figures in this country who have been willing to stick their neck out in the last 20 years. Trump may not end up in the gutter if he loses, but that doesn’t mean he’s not taking a huge personal risk. You don’t think Hillary wouldn’t love to sic her flying monkeys in the IRS on him if she gets in? You don’t think the wheels are already in motion to destroy him and his family? You don’t think some deranged loon or another wouldn’t love to put a bullet in him or destroy his business?
My take on it is that Trump is either running one squeaky-clean ship, or he has enough dirt on the uniparty to bring the whole thing down when the lights come on.
Worrying about style points is what “liberals” do. I’m sorry, but all of the other candidates on the GOP side are suspect at the very least. I was all in for Cruz until his TPP vote. I don’t care what magic beans he was promised or from who - I’m out. I might vote for him if he got the nomination, but that’s as far as it goes. I am done trusting Ivy League indoctrinates with the rudder. There appears to be not a soul within the existing party other than Jeff Sessions willing and able to stand for anything and he is needed in Congress.
There used to be 2 parties in DC. The party of treason, and the party of stupid. There is no longer any difference between the two. It’s time to fumigate all 3 branches of government. That’s going to take someone (a few ‘someones’, really) with a certain level of autonomy, ego, and courage. We also need people who have actually had to function outside the DC/Wall St/Tech echo-chamber. I just don’t see that in any of the other candidates.