Posted on 07/19/2015 10:12:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
He may not have a shot at becoming president, but Donald Trump has already succeeded in uniting America — one nation, awash in snark. Pundits from the left and the right have declared open season on the Donald. As longtime Democratic strategist Paul Begala told The Washington Post, “I am a person of faith — and the Donald’s entry into this race can only be attributed to the fact that the good Lord is a Democrat with a sense of humor.” Or, as conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer said on Fox News: “This is the strongest field of Republican candidates in 35 years. You could pick a dozen of them at random and have the strongest Cabinet America’s had in our lifetime, and instead all of our time is spent discussing this rodeo clown.”
But writing Trump off is dangerous. The billionaire may play the buffoon, but he is an important one — one whom Americans appear to adore. A USA Today-Suffolk University poll released Tuesday shows him leading all Republican presidential hopefuls. And while establishment candidates in both parties might want to ignore him, or express a milder version of his anti-immigration opinions, an enormous number of voters clearly like his views. Pretending they don’t allows Trump and other immigration firebrands, such as Rick Santorum and Ted Cruz, to resuscitate a century-old nativism that could stick around beyond this election...
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Marron, I agree with you on this.
That guy has always been a POS and so has devil twin carvel.
No defining moment yet, but why do I get the feeling his mouth is on auto pilot?
Don’t know how this will all play out but I still think its a slow motion shark jump. How does Trump avoid all the things he has said in days of old?
Can someone ask him about that?
I think that’s a fair question. I believe the right answer is, I gave it more thought and realized I was wrong.
At the time I said, “X”, I hadn’t really looked into the issue that deeply. I since have and realized I didn’t have the proper grasp of the issue.
I’d like to think I’m learning, and I hope the public agrees with that and with my current stance.
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