The old media is fueling the discord. Don’t buy it. The state-run media is as corrupt as BO.I believe that the old media is fueling the discord. They, and 0bama, want this horserace to start WAY too early. On this we agree, FRiend.
But I don't take my cues from them, and we have to play the cards we are dealt. I do not go very far out of my way to trash Trump. I have a little fun at his expense here on FR, and I debate with people like you who feel we should just STFU, but mostly I'm waiting for the debates because we can't make any intelligent decisions until we know just who is in the arena and what they stand for.
I’m waiting for the debates because we can’t make any intelligent decisions until we know just who is in the arena and what they stand for.””
In my humble opinion, debates are waste of air. Record of performance is the metric I use to gauge what a politician will do. Look at their background, view their achievements, and assess their historical record.
We have a common enemy of a free America and the bastard child of a kenyan tribesman is his historical record. This sick little man hates America, especially white America.
Trump is a battle wagon that has suddenly appeared on the political battle field and is blasting verbal mortar shells and direct hits right into the heart of the Obama re-election effort.
This has thrown the Dems for a complete loop and discombobulated the Obama reelection effort. They expected a number of very polite Republican candidates to play by their version of the Marquis of Queensbury Rules. Most of the current crop of intended Repub candidates went along with this idea, following in the steps of McCain’s failed Presidential effort.
They stand tall and out in the open. like the old British red coats on the field of battle, waiting for the first media /Dem blast of buckshot to mow them all down. They have been doing this for years, and know nothing better. Their generals are mostly clueless.
Who cares if Trump is a redcoat or blue coat. He has come onto the battlefield with new and better technology and he aims to keep blasting at the enemy lines until they turn and run in confusion. The release of the purported birth certificate is the first sign of enemy collapse. One of our local radio stations in Atlanta at AM640 found that a poll they took showed that their listeners thought that the birth certificate was a fake by a margin of 75%. Not what the White House expected, and more fun to watch.
His speeches are full of direct hits, I do not care for the swearing, but listen to the thirty minute speech from Vegas he gave, and it was filled with direct hits. The crowd loved it. Especially when he got around to the fact that he wanted to re-open U.S. industry to manufacturing its hi-tech in the U.S. and not in China.
I was personaly involved in the first Australian effort to establish a foreign majority owned joint venture in China in 1999. Before that time the Chinese would only provide a maximum of 49%. We were a small company and sucessfully launched a metals recovery plant near the North Korean border in 1999. It should have developed into a huge business but was stolen from us by Chinese officialdom. We produced high grade metal concentrates that were sold to metal refiners. The Chinese stopped the shipments and claimed that our paperwork was faulty, effectively shutting us down, leading to ruin. Then they reopened the plant under their own management using all of the technology they stole.
The sale of U.S. technology and building of hi tech plants by U.S. companies in China will lead to the same result. The U.S. is currently selling its technological crown jewels to China for a pittance. That is why there is massive endemic unemployment across the USA. That is why Trump will ask folks like Apple and GE to move their stuff back to the USA before they completely loose it.
This is only the first round in a battle that will play out over the next eighteen months. Trump is like the first full blown charge into the enemy camp. Let him continue the drive, as it is a lot of fun watching. He is clearly making the current administration look like fools. As Obama’s poll numbers continue to sink, his support will continue to evaporate and we will have a clear run to control of all three branches of government. And that will be another battle to be fought later in the campaign probably with a lot of other folks leading the charge.