Posted on 02/27/2016 6:07:37 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Paul (Mirengoff) has already noted one of the strangest incidents in last night’s debate, when Donald Trump repeatedly talked about judges signing “bills.” Before the debate fades into history, let’s go to the tape. It’s short: (the tape will not play)
Three times, Trump says his sister and Sam Alito signed the same bill. As Paul politely put it, judges don’t sign bills. I would say, how did this knucklehead get through the eighth grade?
We are faced with a likely presidential nominee who has no idea what a bill is, as opposed to a judicial opinion. I never imagined that this could be possible. It is like hiring someone to manage a major league baseball team who is unfamiliar with the terms “hit” and “out.” To the extent that there are know-nothings in the electorate, they obviously have found their candidate.
Hillary Clinton isn’t much of an intellect, but I am afraid she will make Trump look like an idiot. Even in the degraded culture of 21st century America, it is questionable whether someone perceived as an idiot can get more than 46% or 47% of the vote.
Plays fine for me.
Ignorance is doing the same thing that did not work over and over and expecting a different result.
I laugh at the ignorance of the GOPe and the people who have engaged in this method to get rid of Trump.
He is laughing all the way into Super Tuesday.
One of you may be right by your perception, the other is clearly wrong.
You go girl!
Not near as ignorant as those in power. Those in power have taken this nation to the point of bankruptcy, financially and morally. That is 100% ignorance.
We know what he meant...but that aside, his inexperience and other things he says does trouble me about his lack of understanding.
LOL he can yell at everyone, even his wife, but he can’t take it???? Bwahahahaha. typical. Y’all are wife abusing enablers.
If Trump is going from a script then he should shoot the script writer. One reason why I think a Trump administration would be interesting is his lack of scripting. Can you imagine what a laugh riot a Trump inaugural address or a Trump State of the Union address would be like?
How can one judge a piece of advice when he doesn’t even know the basics? He’s going to be a child king. Is that what you want? All it would take is him reading one small book on the government. HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT ALREADY.
It's silly to think a judge would need to sign a bill when they can just invent and pass laws on the fly here in the post literal world. Words no longer mean anything. Call it a decision, call it a bill, call it a cab - it doesn't even matter anymore.
Look at his campaign. Any problem staff early on, he addressed. He seems to have chosen well. Look at Cruz's staff from *ell. Trump also has very excellent knowledge of what people have potential to clean things up, because he's not a pol. What is there in Cruz's or Rubio's resume that would make them qualified to make good choices to fill those jobs?
You can't clean up what's inside the DC sewer with an insider. Cruz might have looked okay for awhile, but in fact he's the ultimate insider. What has he accomplished that isn't a government job and an Ivy League education?
Trump doesn't even know what he stands for. The exchange over health care showed he didn't know his own proposal.
The exchange with the telemundo chica showed he doesn't even remember who he has complimented and who he's insulted.
The exchange with Cruz on what he's said in debates shows he doesn't have a clue what he stands for.
It wasn't a ‘bad’ day for him, it showed that he isn't honest and does not operate according to principles.
You don't have to be out to get someone to notice these things. You just need to have a tiny touch of objectivity left.
Each of the candidates had cringe worthy moments. Even ‘poor little me’ Carson in his 1.2 minutes. Trump had many. Or in trumpspeak: “Many many, so many, look squirrel!, bigly bad moments”.
Well, considering the history of the past few presidencies, it is true that there is no anti-Trump argument that should be persuasive if one is inclined to give him a chance. Trump is well worth any possible risk.
Trump doesn’t need Hillary to make him look like an idiot. He does that just fine on his own.
Liar, says he’s against illegal immigration,yet he out hire them and making money off of them.
Trump not bought off by the lobbyist, only because they know he’s in their pocket already, why would they have to buy him off when he already supports all their trash policies.
Trump does not claim to be an intellectual. He is a business man with a record of getting things done!
I agree with your assessment; he largely speaks what’s on his mind. Then PIF would be wrong about his ‘script writers’. My wife watches every one of has appearances online and she tells me she doesn’t see teleprompters.
I guess it’s something to consider about speaking from script and speaking extemporaneously.
He did not even seem to under stand that both Cruz and Rubio also included the same item as only one of several logical free market replacements for Obamacare.
Anyone with only a remote knowledge of the issues surrounding medical insurance would recognize this.
“Pathetic losers.”
When this is how a question is answered in America, and on FR, we know why Trump is popular. Why think when you can insult instead? Hillary can win if she just starts calling everyone a Poo-Poohead.
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I tend to agree with you. It’s just that it is a real question whether Trump will rely on those who aren’t Ivy Leaguers (like himself) or those with primarily government experience. Businessmen are used to relying on consensus experts.
I certainly can. That's why many are calling his act a "clown show".
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