Donald Trump’s Follow Up to Previous Statement About Sen. John McCain

Young Conservatives ^ | 07/18/2015 | John S. Roberts

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Earlier, 2016 presidential contender Donald Trump made a very ignorant statement about senator and Vietnam POW John McCain that may have greatly hurt his chances at the White House.

Trump said he favors “people that weren’t captured” in war.

Here’s the Donald’s follow up…

There’s no doubt that McCain is a Republican in name only, but I feel Trump lost a good portion of potential voters by disparaging a member of our armed forces.

Donald can say he is “fighting for our Veterans,” and I’m sure he supports them now and would as president also, but this may be hard to walk back.

Thoughts?

[woofie]

I was responding to this:

There’s no doubt that McCain is a Republican in name only, but I feel Trump lost a good portion of potential voters by disparaging a member of our armed forces.

Trump is and ha been all over the map...he is essentially a man saying anything.
I think we are watching a prolonged shark jump

[JohnBrowdie]

we at FR were perfectly justified in condemning romney for his turn about on abortion and the individual mandate.

but you want to cut this obviously unreliable guy slack because be makes your girly bits tingle on immigration?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Says the functional illiterate who cannot even compose a complete, coherent sentence.

[papertyger]

it’s inconceivable that ted cruz has any followers in those two groups.

Are you speaking "Ex Cathedra," or is that just a private proclamation?

[JohnBrowdie]

I’m not the one supporting a liberal democrat with a bad comb-over.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Trump is not going to be POTUS. The pay cut would be catastrophic.

He wants to be kingmaker, and Cruz will be his king.

[JohnBrowdie]

the comma didn’t belong inside the quotation marks, mr. english professor/jagoff.

I say that as a cruz admirer, who knows many other cruz admirers

[papertyger]

the comma didn’t belong inside the quotation marks, mr. english professor/jagoff.

Commas ALWAYS go inside quotation marks, mr. illiterate ;)

Damn you're big on giving advice on things you know little about.....

[jpsb]

"The fact that he could have been released early but refused to be without the other POWs is what makes him a war hero."

I say this as a USMC vet

No one leaves until we all leave, you just don't leave men behind. It just does not work that way. McCain followed the code, he had honor, hero in my mind has a higher meaning then just doing your duty.

[Stentor]

trumps supporters are confused conservatives and liberals. it’s inconceivable that ted cruz has any followers in those two groups.

Who needs followers when your gumar is Goldman Sachs.

[JohnBrowdie]

a quick google indicates that I am wrong, and you are right.

I stand corrected.

now, quick stalking me because I kicked your ass in the romney thread. it’s just creepy.

[Daffynition]

[jpsb]

I know for a fact that McCain graduated 5th from the bottom because my husband was in the same graduating class!

Wow, your a Navy brat, lol, good for you!

[oblomov]

They even wouldn’t let Reagan be Reagan after 1984.

Compare the accomplishments of his second term vs. his first term.

Just on economics/fiscal policy:
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 simplified the tax code, but the simplified tax code was subsequently made more complex and more afflicted with “nudges” and malincentives than ever before.

The 1981 tax and spending cuts, however, were significant. Spending actually decreased in 1982 from 1981. This hadn’t happened in the 30 years prior, and certainly not since then. The spending cuts were so significant, in fact, that the entire political apparatus worked to undo them.

[JohnBrowdie]

indeed. good shot, and quite funny. I had that one coming.

[BlessingsofLiberty]

I completely agree with Trump...completely.

I am tired of him calling conservatives “crazies”. I have nothing but disdain for him. I can’t believe Palin was on the same ticket as McCain. He treated her like dirt.

Glad someone is finally calling McCain out in public. It should have happened a long time ago.

[dragnet2]

You might get your wish woofie. It was supposed to be Bush/Clinton again. Those behind the curtains who own both have no preference. But we’d get 8 more years of that again.

American’s would dropping dead in droves from severe depression. It’s become so bad Americans no longer trust government regardless of which club they belong to. It’s no secret.

Anything could happen, no one knows. But if they somehow concocted a way to silence/eliminate Trump from joining the club debates, stand back and watch the excitement.

[papertyger]

now, quick stalking me because I kicked your ass in the romney thread. it’s just creepy.

Get ready for another correction! I didn't tangle with you on any Romney thread, and if I had your kicking my ass would have been truly noteworthy.

That being said, it's not "stalking" to address the most delusional poster on threads (Trump) that happen to interest me: it's why FreeRepublic exists.

[JohnBrowdie]

it’s delusional to think that trump is a conservative.

[papertyger]

it’s delusional to think that trump is a conservative.

You keep saying that, but there seem to be many FReepers with much more standing than you that don't agree.