Posted on 04/12/2016 11:48:23 AM PDT by dennisw
Edited on 04/12/2016 11:56:09 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
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Whoever wins that Congressional District.
Yes. I see the challenges with Trump’s plan. Personally, I believe the illegals should be able to report to consulates in their area. Most states have or easily could have a consulate for Mexico, Honduras, etc. That would be a more realistic reporting station. But I like Trump’s core determination and I believe it would make a difference.
Trump is the one talking and naming companies leaving the USA. I believe he’ll do more to keep those jobs here. I believe he’ll get the trade balance to be both free and FAIR. I also believe Trump would help create more jobs.
He doesn’t want muslim refugees dumped on us. Yeah, I know Ted made statements later but it was Trump that was out front again.
We can argue all the different social issues but, if our economy collapses, none of the other stuff will matter. I believe our economy is closer to collapse than most people realize.
I did not vote for Trump in the Primary, but if they deny the nominee that the people selected, the next president will be Sanders or Clinton, guaranteed. How can the GOP douchebags not see this?
I’d like to think Trump is being sincere about his stance on Ford, but then why does Trump make his ties overseas? He could make them here if he really wanted to.
Technically unbound, but they are active in local politics and business, It would be prudent for them to vote as promised in the first round of voting. After that, all bets are off.
Trump needs to start courting unbound delegates and even those bound to other candidates. He doesn't have to offer bribes, just be nice, ask about their concerns, and express an interest in their support. If he brings them with their families to one of his resorts for that discussion, that is completely legal and a common practice (and Trump has a huge advantage in that direction!).
If Trump promises support for the issues of most concern to them, that should also help. I believe that Trump can even legally inquire about their interest in working in his administration, so long as he does not directly offer to trade patronage jobs for their votes. It's time for him to play the game by the rules and start winning delegates, including courting the delegates who are bound to him so they will stay loyal.
The gratuitous attacks on Cruz in this thread are not helpful.
Who benefits from the Trump-Cruz wars? Hillary, Bernie, Jeb, Rubio, Kasich, and others who consistently support Amnesty, who consistently support Obamacare, and who consistently support restrictions on our individual, God-given right to keep and bear arms. Decent Americans are better off with a real truce, and not just a “I’ll stop when every person who even pretends to support the other side stops” gesture toward a truce that will never happen.
The “Lying Ted” and “Whining Trump” nonsense is not helping us to elect the best possible conservative in November. I want 99% or more of Cruz supporters to vote Trump, when he is nominated, even if they hold their noses. In the event that Cruz wins the nomination, I want 99% or more of Trump supporters to vote Cruz, even if they hold their noses. Offending the other side does not encourage them to vote Trump (or Cruz) in November. I cannot help wondering how many of those who stir up the Trump-Cruz wars are actually paid trolls taking Jeb/Hillary/Soros money to cause trouble - not all of them but probably enough to set the toxic tone.
I stand by my recurring statement:
Cruz and Trump agree far more than 80% of the time (see my tagline from Ronald Reagan). They should be friends and allies, and we should treat both of them as such.
Well the issue is Trump didn’t have a majority plain and simple. But the reason they don’t care is because they want power in congress. If Trump wins they lose congress if not this year then next election. That means less need for their cronies in DC and the rats will get more cronies in DC. Trump brings his own new cronies for the White House so they lose out there. Think about it like this...you own a business that you feed your family with quite nicely and have a great life. Someone wants to run you out of business...do you let them? Or do you fight even if it means you will make less money for the next couple years? I’m just explaining their reasoning not saying I support them.
And Cruz is trying to run the gauntlet. He’s needs Trump to stay active so that the GOPe want to stop Trump more than Cruz. Pretty shrewd and smart move and about the only way we can get a real conservative thinker in the white house to undo Obama’s damage.
You seem pretty smart. Why do you think Trump makes those ties in Asia? Got any theories?
“Whoever wins that Congressional District.”
Who is that winner when no one gets to vote directly for Trump, Cruz etc?
This article is a bit old. The truth is that of the candidates to be delegates, Cruz doesn’t have anywhere near the support he does in other states. PA could make the difference for Trump because a lot of the unpledged delegates say they will vote for whoever wins their district which is as it should be. Ted doesn’t seem to have slimed the PA delegates and that makes me happy.
but then why does Trump make his ties overseas? He could make them here if he really wanted to.
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I believe you would now find it difficult to find a good tie manufacturer in the USA. It wouldn’t be economically viable. Good luck finding a USA glove manufacturer too.
And I believe any tie that says “Made in the USA” would be mostly foreign content. They would buy the fabric overseas and put a few stitches in it here. I know how that game works.
I deal with several American manufacturers on an ongoing basis. The content of so many products is mostly overseas but so often the company will do some menial work in the USA just to put “Made in USA” on it.
The textile business in the USA is dead. 100s of thousands of American jobs were lost to NAFTA and GAAT.
Trump is a businessman. He knows it wouldn’t be economically feasible to manufacturer ties in the USA because of the trade deals Washington DC has made for us.
So much for a conversation with you without you being rude. You said rules were done years ago but Sept was months but then a know-it-all like you knows that.
Same ones that Ford used to produce cars in Mexico is my guess. So Trump is most likely a hypocrite and just pandering for votes (in other words he’s not sincere about his position).
He just wouldn’t make as much of a profit, but he would be giving Americans jobs. You know Apple makes computers here even though everyone else said it wouldn’t be cost effective.
Depends on which rules you’re talking about ;-)
You know some rules existed before Sept...like the ones that said they can change the rules at certain times.
Horse shit. This was all set up for a Jeb win without voters.
People on FR should know that.
If they do not, they or stupid or lying.
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Are you kidding?
I think this is the only state where most of the delegates are directly elected from the voters? You don't like that rule now either?
Is there anything except a direct coronation of Trump that would satisfy his supporters?
I am sure Trump wasn’t interested in starting a tie manufacturing facility. He just has someone making ties to his specifications.
No way a good businessman is going to start a tie manufacturing facility in the USA under our current trade and economic conditions.
Additionally, Trump doesn’t have tie manufacturing expertise. He’s much better off to sub the work to someone that could produce to his quality standards and pricing.
Correct about Ford and Trump is far more reliable on trade than Cruz. That he made ties in Asia and made a few million dollars has no bearing on the kind of trade policies he has been campaigning on and speaking on for years.
If Trump had a 200 million dollar per year clothing and tie business and manufactured in Asia then he would be a hypocrite
fwiw —Video of Trump explaining about his neckties.
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