Posted on 03/02/2016 5:08:54 AM PST by Kaslin
Well I was trying to be nice about it.
He still doesn’t ‘get it’. Sigh
It’s not a money man running that is the problem, it’s the money men behind the guy running - ie. Koch Brothers et al, that is the problem.
As for the media, I’m laughing at their idiocy - they made themselves the arbitrators of what is and isn’t good for the country and now they get to wallow in it -
The leftists think that any candidate beats Clinton - except Trump
What the pundits are not saying is that Trump is literally putting his money where his mouth is; he's running for President himself instead of hiding behind others.
Trump is known for building luxury apartment buildings for the well-off, as well as high-end hotels, resorts, and golf courses. People don't fault Trump for being rich; in fact, many people are fans of the "lifestyles of the rich and famous," and read their magazines and watch their movies and TV shows. Trump is not an enemy of the people.
Let's see who some of these other "rapacious band of billionaires manipulating government policy and elections" are:
The Koch Brothers - The Koch family made their wealth refining crude oil. Koch industries is heavily involved in crude oil transportation, refining, and distributing petroleum products, as well as fertilizers, chemicals, pulp and paper, and plastics. If a Koch chose to step out from behind the curtain, he would instantly be labeled Evil Oil, Polluter, and he blamed for Global Warming.
So the Kochs won't run themselves.
George Soros - Soros built his wealth by undermining the currencies of weak nations. He made $l billion short-selling an over-valued British pound, cost the British treasury £3.4 billion. Soros would later repeat this tactic with Thailand and Malaysian currencies.
Being a natural born Hungarian, accused of breaking the currencies of three nations, and with an insider trading conviction in France, George Soros can't run himself or be publicly associated with a candidate.
Sheldon Adelson - Adelson started out from a poor family and slowly built a series of small businesses that culminated with forming the COMDEX computer trade shows of the 1980s and 1990s. Adelson sold COMDEX, with his share being about $500 million. Adelson then bought the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, expanding it into a full convention center. He then razed the Sands and replaced it with the Venetian Hotel. Adelson continued to expand his hotel and casino empire internationally.
Adelson probably could run on his own merits (he was born in Massachusetts), but several controversies would likely overshadow his campaign. First is that Adelson was a Democrat who famously said that "I didn't leave the Democrats. They left me." His three main reasons for becoming a Republican were differences in taxation and economic policies, charitable giving trends, and support for Israel. Israel is the second issue. After Joe Lieberman, Adelson would be the only other Jew running for top office. Given the current Middle East tensions, it's hard to say how a staunchly pro-Israel Jewish Republican candidate would stay in control of his message. And finally, Adelson has been accused of union busting at his hotels in Las Vegas, so there is already a built-in hatred from the core Democrat base.
For these reasons, Adelson won't run.
Looking back on these four "rapacious band of billionaires manipulating government policy and elections," is it really fair to single out Trump as some sinister force out to destroy the nation? And then throw Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Cuban, and others into the mix, and ask what makes Donald Trump so different?
-PJ
He was too busy frothing at the mouth to hear it.
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Well, we definitely want to dump the worthless backstabbing GOPe and all such dictatorial gravy-train kingmakers while keeping commie traitors like Hillary or Sanders, et al, out of the White House, so Trump may very well suit the bill.
Welcome to the Revolution. But it’s not about Trump. It’s about the people, stupid.
Actually in addition to self love there is love of money. Just read that less people are playing golf, less people are going on vacation, less people going to casinos. So what does a billionaire do? Save the economy so people can give him more of their money?
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