Posted on 09/04/2015 7:30:55 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Neither do the vast majority of the public. These questions are just a device the political elites use to destroy the outsiders who deign to enter their realm. They want to portray certain Rep candidates as stupid and uninformed. They want to take down Trump anyway they can.
Yes, I understand that the Chechnya question was directed at W.
But I disagree with you regarding the al-Quds force. It is not a gotcha question. One of the arguments offered against the Iranian nuclear agreement is that some of the released sanctioned funds will be used to fund al-Quds, which was responsible for some of sophisticated IEDs used against American forces in Iraq. We’ve been dealing with actions of al-Quds for many years now. A leader needs to have an understanding of our antagonists.
I’ve read a lot of Hewitt interviews - he frequently asks the interviewee if he / she / it has read Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower on the expectation that someone who is expounding on the Middle East should have done some background reading. Asking such questions as ‘who is in charge of al-Quds?’ is standard operating procedure for Hewitt.
I suspect that Hillary could identify the al-Quds force (evil knows evil, of course). I won’t speculate regarding Obama and Biden.
Trump seems remarkably uninformed for someone seeking the presidency.
Trump is the Paris Hilton of politics.
Are you comfortable with electing someone who doesn’t know what the nuclear triad is? We’ve relied on it only about the past fifty years.
I wouldn’t call Hewitt a MSM. Is he “a Trump cheerleader”...heck no. But Trump has to do better with these gotcha questions than getting “outraged” and blacklisting the free flow of ideas, opinions, information, questions, etc.
IMO, Trump, Obama, anyone that may be in the spotlight has to toughen up and not look like a kid that “took his marbles and went home” just because he wasn’t “winning.”
What the other media do with Obama’s blacklisting is not really a concern of mine. Just because Obama gets away with the “pouty lip” demeanor, doesn’t mean it’s right. And when it begins to happen on a regular basis,IMO, that gives us a little preview of what Trump would be like as a President. I don’t think Obama’s actions are “Presidential” nor do I think Trump playing the same games is “Presidential.”
I don’t agree with that behavior in Obama, I don’t agree with it in Trump, or any other candidate for that matter.
I wonder if it’s dawned on Trump that he should be getting “tutored” on quite a few fronts, so he will have answers. Or at least learn to deflect questions you don’t know the answer to....I just hear Rush give one example of a question on foreign Heads of State that was asked as a “gotcha” to Reagan, and he turned the tables and answered it masterfully. Noticed in the article Fiorina would have been prepared for that question. At some point we’ve got to decide if bombastic behavior means you’re a leader or just arrogant.
So what is the significance of not knowing the term? How will that affect the way he governs? Do you think he will receive briefings from the Pentagon?
Hewitt is on the panel of the CNN hosted debates on September 16.
IMO, Trump, Obama, anyone that may be in the spotlight has to toughen up and not look like a kid that “took his marbles and went home” just because he wasn’t “winning.”
Trump is sending the message he is not going to play along with ambush journalism, the SOP of the liberal MSM. Why should he tolerate it? Remember Halperin asking him to recite his favorite Bible verses? Or Halperin asking Cruz to say a few words "en Español?" These smug, arrogant bastards should be told to F##k off.
What the other media do with Obama’s blacklisting is not really a concern of mine. Just because Obama gets away with the “pouty lip” demeanor, doesn’t mean it’s right. And when it begins to happen on a regular basis,IMO, that gives us a little preview of what Trump would be like as a President. I don’t think Obama’s actions are “Presidential” nor do I think Trump playing the same games is “Presidential.”
What is "Presidential" has become a joke. Obama was elected twice with the two highest vote totals in American history. He did unprecedented things that seem to have connected with the average voter. Trump was a reality TV show star for 12 years. Ronald Reagan was a movie star. Remember "Bedtime for Bonzo?" Do you want to win or do you want to be "Presidential?"
I don’t agree with that behavior in Obama, I don’t agree with it in Trump, or any other candidate for that matter.
You are in a distinct minority.
I wonder if it’s dawned on Trump that he should be getting “tutored” on quite a few fronts, so he will have answers. Or at least learn to deflect questions you don’t know the answer to....I just hear Rush give one example of a question on foreign Heads of State that was asked as a “gotcha” to Reagan, and he turned the tables and answered it masterfully. Noticed in the article Fiorina would have been prepared for that question. At some point we’ve got to decide if bombastic behavior means you’re a leader or just arrogant.
Trump is not a career politician. He has never held elective office. I suspect that Trump will get better and better as a candidate. He is doing well now because he has a terrific political instinct. And it appears that the more the people get to know him, the more his favorability ratings go up. He will learn as he goes along.
Exactly. Trump has been running around all over the place, calling out the Iran deal, saying things like, "The U.S. lost on virtually every point."
While Trump, of course, right that the deal is horrible (an obvious point, easy for him to say), the fact that Trump does not seem to have a working knowledge of what exactly is going on in Iran (as you allude to, the fact that The ability to funnel funds to al-Quds is a HUGE point that we lost) makes Trump's criticism of the deal look shallow. It looks like he is criticizing the deal without really understanding why it's so bad.
That doesn’t mean HH and TGO agree on the issues. TGO is much more conservative than HH.
Obama knows that Iran is the enemy (not just to America but to Israel and the Mid East in general) and is purposefully aligning America with Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood. Obama purposefully cut a most dangerous deal with Iran that will cause a nuclear arms race in the Mid East AND finance terrorism that will further destabilize the Mid East. Obama purposefully destabilized the Mid East siding with the Jihadist in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, etc.. I have no effing idea how we undo what this POS of a POTUS has wrought.
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When I said, “is purposefully aligning America with Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood. “
I know Muslim Brotherhood is not in or with Iran. It is a Jihadist movement that began in Egypt and is Sunni. Just trying to make my self clearer.
I forgot that Hugh always asks about that book (haven’t been able to listen to him for years now that I carpool). Trump should have read it. Trump’s dismissal of Hewitt was pretty lame. He dismisses everybody that zings him.
Trump was a grown man in the 80’s. We had a HUGE debate on the nuclear Triad at that time. I would expect anyone who was even slightly competent to be CIC to know that.
Here’s a transcript of the beginning of the interview with Hewitt on the “Commander in Chef Questions” from 9/3.
“Donald Trump joined me today:
Audio:
09-03hhs-trump
Transcript:
HH: Joined now by Donald Trump. Donald Trump, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show, it’s always a pleasure to talk to you.
DT: Thank you, Hugh.
HH: I would thought that today, this is our sixth interview, I’d turn to some of the commander-in-chief questions. Are you ready for that?
DT: Okay, fine.
HH: Are you familiar with General Soleimani?
DT: Yes, but go ahead, give me a little, go ahead, tell me.
HH: He runs the Quds Forces.
DT: Yes, okay, right.
HH: Do you expect his behavior…
DT: The Kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated by …
HH: No, not the Kurds, the Quds Forces, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Forces.
DT: Yes, yes.
HH: …is the bad guys.
DT: Right.
HH: Do you expect his behavior to change as a result…
DT: Oh, I thought you said Kurds, Kurds.
HH: No, Quds.
DT: Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you said Kurds, because I think the Kurds have been poorly treated by us, Hugh. Go ahead.
HH: Agreed. So Soleimani runs the Quds Forces. Do you expect his behavior is going to change as a result of this deal with Iran?
DT: I think that Iran right now is in the driver’s seat to do whatever they want to do. I think what’s happening with Iran is, I think it’s one of the, and I covered it very well. I assume you saw the news conference. I think Iran is, it’s one of the great deals ever made for them. I think it’s one of the most incompetent contracts I’ve even seen. I’m not just talking about defense. I’m not talking about a contract with another country. I’ve never seen more of a one-sided deal, I think, in my life, absolutely.
HH: Well, Soleimani is to terrorism sort of what Trump is to real estate.
DT: Okay.
HH: Many people would say he’s the most dangerous man in the world, and he runs the Quds Forces, which is their Navy SEALs.
DT: Is he the gentleman that was going back and forth with Russia and meeting with Putin? I read something, and that seems to be also where he’s at.
HH: That’s the guy.
DT: He’s going back and forth meeting with other countries, etc., etc.
HH: That’s the guy.
DT: Not good.
HH: And so do you think…
DT: Not good for us. And what it shows is a total lack of respect, I mean, that the other countries would even be entertaining him, and they’re entertaining him big league, big league.”
Here’s a link to the transcript of the entire interview.http://www.hughhewitt.com/donald-trump-on-the-day-he-took-the-pledge/
Here’s the audio if you want to listen.
http://www.hughhewitt.com/wp-content/uploads/09-03-Trump.mp3
How exactly was that a “gotcha” question and disrespectful?
Trump tired to bluff, and got caught out. A simple “ I don’t know” would have been honest, and acceptable. Bluster is not going to cut it during a long campaign.
Hewitt asks ALL the candidates tough questions, which are pertinent and important.
Maybe we should throw in a little Herman Kahn (a high school classmate of my mother) to discuss nuclear strategy. I wonder how many of the Rep candidates can discuss his game theory on nuclear war.
Hewitt is an a$$hole who supports amnesty. I could destroy him in any discussion of immigration. He doesn't know what he is talking about on a whole variety of subjects. These smug MSM talking heads think they are superior to the people they interview and cover. It is a form of jealousy. They think how dumb these guys are compared to me, yet they are running for President.
In the real world Trump has been a major success. Hewitt is a pigmy compared to him.
LOL. Hewitt is a lawyer, and worked in the White House for Reagan. He would destroy you. By the way he’s all about building a fence and getting control of the border. But I guess if someone isn’t 100% in agreement we now have treat them like the enemy. By the way “most americans” aren’t running for president. I threw in the Triad because Trump tried to bluff his way out of that too. Just like this time. It will get him murdered in the REAL presidential election, and we will end up with President Cankles, or Slow Joe, or Bernie the Red.
I agree with most of Trumps position on immigration, wish the Republican platform was modeled on it, and am mad nobody else grasped the issue like he did. However on almost every other issue, health care, abortion, gun control, etc etc Trump isn’t even a RINO, he’s a Democrat.
I have worked on the immigration issue for over 8 years as part of a grassroots group that lobbies on the Hill. I don't care whether Hewitt is a lawyer, went to Harvard, or was part of the Reagan administration. I know more about the issue than he does judging from his statements on amnesty. I have no doubt whatsoever that I know more about the subject than he does.
FYI: Securing the border only solves part of the problem. 40% of the lawbreakers came here legally and overstayed their visas. We need to fully implement the 1996 US-VISIT act or something like it to track and deport visa overstays. And we must shut down the job magnet thru mandatory e-verify.
Donald Trump, thanks to Jeff Sessions, has put forth the most comprehensive and lucid immigration proposal on immigration than any other Presidential candidate in recent memory.
By the way “most americans” aren’t running for president. I threw in the Triad because Trump tried to bluff his way out of that too. Just like this time. It will get him murdered in the REAL presidential election, and we will end up with President Cankles, or Slow Joe, or Bernie the Red.
LOL. So Trump tried to bluff his way out of a question he didn't want to answer. How does that make him any different than any of the other candidates? I will say that he is more open to the MSM than any of the others and he is not hesitate to say what he believes. He is the anti-establishment candidate who is unrestrained by the donor class and political consultants. In contrast, Walker has been neutered by the same influences. It is why he dropped like a stone.
You can pick out anything you want to criticize Trump. The nuclear triad is just something you seized on to diss him.
I agree with most of Trumps position on immigration, wish the Republican platform was modeled on it, and am mad nobody else grasped the issue like he did. However on almost every other issue, health care, abortion, gun control, etc etc Trump isn’t even a RINO, he’s a Democrat.
Immigration is the defining issue of our time. It affects every major existential challenge facing this country from health care, national security, electoral politics, the environment, jobs, wages, the economy, education, etc. All these other issues like abortion, gun control, etc pale in comparison. If we don't do something about immigration, legal and illegal, the country is finished. Everything else is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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