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To: Sacajaweau

We are not voting on their performance in the business world.

We are voting on their maturity, their grasp of the issues, and their ability to stay calm under fire.

Whose finger do you want on the nuclear button?


35 posted on 09/17/2015 8:34:32 AM PDT by miserare ( RIP TrooperJoseph Ponder, RIP Deputy Darren Goforth; RIP Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz)
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To: miserare

That is a silly question anyway. I don’t think any of them would be dumb enough to use that button flippantly.


40 posted on 09/17/2015 8:38:58 AM PDT by dforest
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To: miserare

Whose finger do you want on the nuclear button?
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MINE


55 posted on 09/17/2015 8:48:46 AM PDT by g.orwell
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To: miserare
We are voting on their maturity, their grasp of the issues, and their ability to stay calm under fire. Whose finger do you want on the nuclear button?

I'm in favor of a jock-humored bully with a bad hairstyle and 50 years of business experience risking his entire fortune and family on a regular basis, something no one else on that panel has ever done.

87 posted on 09/17/2015 9:43:46 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If you can't make a deal with a politician, you can't make a deal. --Donald Trump)
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To: miserare
Whose finger do you want on the nuclear button?

Considering our enemies today? I will go for the guy that they believe won't be afraid to use it versus someone they are sure will hesitate. It's only a deterrent if your your enemy is afraid you will make use of it, otherwise it's just expensive window dressing.

92 posted on 09/17/2015 9:54:21 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: miserare
We are not voting on their performance in the business world.

We are voting on their maturity, their grasp of the issues, and their ability to stay calm under fire.

Whose finger do you want on the nuclear button?

Business experience is very relevant - running the Executive Branch is not a whole lot different than running a large organization. The leader sets broad policies, then has lower level managers (whom he/she picks) implement them well. Someone who can't do that well isn't going to be a good President, regardless of their maturity.

Regarding calm under fire and fingers on the nuclear button: You sound like those criticizing Reagan. Look, Donald Trump has spent his whole life BUILDING things - as in, being creative. The exact opposite of that is nuclear destruction, where you not only destroy people and things, but you can't then go in and use the same land because it is poisoned. He'll be tough, and he'll use his demeanor to intimidate foreign leaders where necessary - it is part of a strategy; this is a guy who thinks in terms of success over decades, not just the next news cycle.

114 posted on 09/17/2015 11:50:54 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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