The Trump Phenomenon
Posted on 02/26/2016 7:06:25 AM PST by GilGil
This morning, I read a fantastic article by Nathan J. Robinson in Current Affairs titled: Unless the Democrats Run Sanders, a Trump Nomination Means a Trump Presidency. Several months ago, I would have disagreed with this statement, but today I think it’s entirely accurate.
One thing Clinton supporters remain in complete denial about (other than the fact most Americans who don’t identify as Democrats find her to be somewhere in between untrustworthy and criminal), is that a significant number of Sanders supporters will never vote for Hillary. Forget the fact that I know a few personally, I’ve noticed several interviews with voters who proclaim Sanders to be their first choice but Trump their second. Are they just saying this or do they mean it? I think a lot them mean it.
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
Hillary is just self serving. She’s scared $hitless.
If they are behind in September the Democrats will put the biggest honking student loan forgiveness proposal you’ve ever seen on the table.
They will also propose raising taxes on “the 1%” to increase monthly SS benefits.
People will be crawling over broken glass to go vote for those two things. Do not underestimate.
I said Hitlery became “damaged goods” the minute they started the in depth investigation by the FBI.
If this was written by anyone but zero hedge I’d read it.
It was not written by Zero Hedge. ZH is reporting on what someone else wrote.
As soon as Trump was nominated the media would print a full page on every scandal they can find.
The phony Trump Univ, complete with 100’s of poor schmucks taken in by the scam?
The illegals that Trump was fined for hiring?
It will be endless.
You wrote: If it wasn’t for Trump we’d have boy bot Rubio as the nominee . . .
I agree with you except we would have Jeb as the nominee. He, after all, was the anointed one! I still fear this happening, by the way, Jeb just suspended as campaign, he did not quit the race. Remember, McCain suspended his campaign also.
Since I moved to Nevada, I have attended 3 caucuses. This last caucus was huge compared to the previous two! The turn-out for the GOP caucus this year was larger than the caucuses for 2008 and 2012 added together! Keep in mind, that Nevada is one of the less populated states in the Union.
Joe Scarborough told NBC/s Chuck Todd Thursday on Morning Joe: "I will tell you who is horrified right now. Bill Clinton is horrified at the prospect that every time Hillary Clinton brings up women's issues, Donald Trump puts out an Instagram....and by the end of the campaign the names Bill Cosby and Bill Clinton are synonymous."
And that ain/t all....wait til Donald tweets out details of the
Clinton Foundation/s (cough) charitable activities. Heheheheh.
They were right about that. I'm convinced that Romney did beat Obama in 2012. And in a close race in 2016, the Democrat would again beat the Republican in the same way.
I believe a lot of sanders supporters are there out of desperation they know Hillary is corrupt and if some one else had ran against her in the primaries besides sanders that had a sizable fallowing and was honest they would of flocked to them...
My suggestion to all who are voting is to vote for the republican you think would best up hold your values in the caucuses and primaries not who you think is electable against Hillary or Sanders.
The Democrats have jumped the sharks with there candidates and unless Hillary drops out after winning all the delegates freeing them for a brokered convention we will be facing her and she is just unelectable.
Mrs. Bill cannot beat Trump among legitimate voters and when the votes are honestly tabulated. In the election that is impending conditions will be very different. Millions of non citizens will vote because the DoJ will prevent any prospective voter being challenged for any reason, except of course, being an APO voter. Most of that group will have its votes disqualified as a matter of course as has been the rule for at least since Reagan.
Trump can nail the Clintons on Haiti. The Clinton Foundation was supposed to take money to rebuild Haiti after the earthquake. Bill was put in charge. Where did the money go? Is life in Haiti any better? Then when gold was discovered there a few years back, who wins a contract to mine it? Hillary’s brother.
The article ignores the potential of some normally-reliable GOP voters to abstain if Trump is the GOP candidate.
The latest news reports say the notoriously greedy Clintons used their tax-exempt Clinton Foundation charity to setup a money-making private equity fund in the corrupt country of Columbia....same type of fund Romney was castigated for having.
Why Columbia?
WIKI REFERENCE---In 2000, the Clinton administration committed $1.3 billion in foreign aid to the corrupt country of Columbia...... and up to five hundred military personnel to train local forces.
An additional three hundred civilian personnel were allowed to assist in the eradication of coca. This aid was an addition to $330 million of previously approved US aid to Colombia. $818 million was earmarked for 2000, with $256 million for 2001.
The Clinton-era appropriations for his Columbia Plan made Colombia the third largest recipient of foreign aid from the United States at the time.
--SNIP--
As of 2008, the U.S. has provided nearly $1.3 billion to Colombia through Clinton Plan Colombia nonmilitary aid programs:
<><> Alternative Development (2000-2008 cost: $500 million)
<><> Internally Displaced Persons (2000-2008 cost: $247 million)
<><> Demobilization and Reintegration (2000-2008 cost: $44 million)
<><> Democracy and Human Rights (2000-2008 cost: $158 million)
<><> Promote the Rule of Law (2000-2008 cost: $238 million)
LONG READ--REST AT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_Colombia
Are you kidding me? Donald will tear her a new one. I can hardly wait.
And now this announcement that Chris Christie is endorsing Trump. The rumor is that he would be the VP or Attorney General. Checkmate!
Look also for greater monitoring of the polling places.
Why Hillary Clinton Cannot Beat Donald Trump?
She is a traitor and a murderous felon and Trump should call her out on it.
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