Posted on 07/16/2015 3:38:22 AM PDT by RC one
When he speaks of lobbyists having a say so to the people they contribute to, he was probably speaking from first hand experience in bending politicians to his will in getting out of his way in his various business projects.
No surprise that a businessman big enough to attract the attention of regulators donates to local pols to get them off his back.
?Politifact? Note bene that liberals always want a handle on how the truth is spun. Nobody seriously believes Trump to be a conservative. He’s at best a RINO, yet he’s saying things that a large swath of the public wants to hear or at least wants to believe is being noticed by a politician or elected official. There’s a void he’s meant to fill and he’s filling it.
Trump has actually been relatively evenhanded in doling out cash to the two parties, but since 1989, he’s contributed over $350,000 more to Republicans running for federal and state offices, campaign finance records show
From the same article in the "Our Rating" section:
We can’t say definitively that his claim is wrong at all levels of government, since we don’t have the local data. But public records show that the real estate tycoon has actually contributed around $350,000 more to Republicans at the state and federal level than Democrats. That, however, is a recent development.
THIS is why I never take much stock in anything "Politifact". You can google their liberal Tampa origins and their involvement with AJC for background. What they do is to intersperse a little data/truth in the mix and then make sweeping judgments in their bottom line - that which gets in the headlines or becomes the bottom line.
If you want to build up a 10 BILLION DOLLAR empire, you sure as heck are going to be playing BOTH SIDES.
Maybe the left can come up with another reason to dislike him - but I have no problem with him doing what it takes to legally make money in this country, nor do most Republicans, based on the latest polling.
Donald T. Is to conservatives what Lucy is to Charlie Brown in place kicking footballs. If the man has changed, it’ll take more than a couple years of proof.
That's the nature of the game and NOTHING to do with political leanings.
Regardless, he’s in the game and holding the ball. Blood in. blood out I say.
Businessmen buy access to politicians of both parties wherever they do business. Is it really a surprise that a real estate developer from NY who invests in lots of blue states donated more to Democrats?
Since then this "Democrat" has best I can tell almost exclusively supported Republicans. This person had done a 180 degree turn. They were the last person I ever expected to do what they did but 4 years ago they changed parties.
My friend is the smartest person I have ever met. An absolute and gifted genius.
In the last few years I would expect that a lot of people have changed their mind about the insanity going on in this country. Especially the fiscal insanity. The country has gone nuts in other ways as far as morals and the foundation of this country has been spit on by people that are insane. A case in point was the room that was mostly full of people that gushed over a drag queen at the ESPY awards last night.
It is starting to look like Trump just like my friend got to the point they could not longer support a group (democrats and leftists) who reject God and strangely at the same time rejects science. A group that has turned reality on its head where men are women and chopping the unborn up and selling the parts is worthy of discussion over a nice salad and glass of wine. Pfffffft!!
Sad but true a business has to "buy" their way through politics to get things done.
he’s connecting cause he answers questions. he fights back when people go after him and he shows that he wants America to be great again, acknowledging what most have long known, that other countries take advantage of us and we negotiate fromm positions of weakness on important things. my favorite line from him is when asked about El Chapo he said, You can’t be afraid. This is too important!. I’d vote Trump over ANY Dem candidate, but I prefer Cruz to be the nominee as a Conservative.
Politifact is a left-leaning organization.
Donald Gump
It’s all talk and even Cruz hasn’t accomplished anything except the Shut Down (which I like). We don’t have a real candidate who’s going to please. It’s going to be compromises all the time. That’s the nature of our government and our goal is to move the ball to our side on every compromise.
Yeah.. my question as well.. more important, what the hell is Trump really up to?
“That’s the nature of the game and NOTHING to do with political leanings.”
I see. How about his friendship with the Clintons, his statement in 2004 that he considered himself a democrat, and his repeated support for the Kelo decision.. do those also have nothing to do with his political leanings?
That’s the nature of our government and our goal is to move the ball to our side on every compromise.
We’re not represented in DC now. Corportists and marxists are. So there’s no “our side” to move the ball to.
What’s he up to? I suspect he is just seeing where this all leads, LOL. He probably doesn’t know much more than we do. Gotta admit, his default to failure is not too bad so he could just coast quite a while. I, for one, am going to enjoy watching the establishment heads exploding like fireworks. Need more popcorn.
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