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To: tennmountainman
Something is wrong with Bush. He has lost his mind.

So many members of the "elites" have a screw loose.

Growing up around unlimited money and power lets you get away with that. It's an environment that frees one from the Darwinian forces that enforce mental and intellectual discipline on a person. Result: you get Bushes, and Romneys, and Obamas.

There are exceptions. Trump was born with a silver spoon, and developed the mental discipline on his own.

Obama and Hillary Clinton grew up in trying circumstances, and yet mentally are like privileged losers, members of the elite.

31 posted on 12/20/2015 2:34:13 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom

This is a cry for help. Jeb wants out and he can’t seem to bring himself to just do it. The family needs to intervene.


33 posted on 12/20/2015 2:35:25 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Steely Tom
Trump's father loved to work every day. Loved it.

Trump caught it from his father. Went home every weekend in college and cleaned Trump apartment utilities and facilities. And loved it.

His fellow classmen--partiers and drinkers--felt sorry for Trump.

Good disease to have.

That said, it is good to honor the Sabbath.

I worked everyday for a very long time (honored the Sabbath, though)...makes for fast advancement.

Worked late at night too (until 10:00 or 11:00)...slept in until 8:00 or 9:00 the next morning. Dared the big bosses to do the same (they couldn't).

38 posted on 12/20/2015 2:43:56 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light - John Milton, Paradise Lost)
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To: Steely Tom; tennmountainman

> “There are exceptions. Trump was born with a silver spoon, and developed the mental discipline on his own.”

You really should read up on the life story of Donald Trump.

His father did not spoil him at all, but rather made him work work work. His father’s work ethic was imprinted on young Donald from an early age and Donald in turn passed it on to his children. There are no slackers in the Trump family or businesses. They all work their butts off.

When Donald was a young boy, he had behavioral problems, so his father sent him to a military academy. When Donald returned and started college, his father made him work on weekends scrubbing toilets and replacing them, fixing up apartments and homes. While his buddies were out partying, Donald had to work with only a break for church on Sundays.

Somehow, the phrase ‘silver spoon’ doesn’t fit Donald’s life. Sure his family had money, but they worked their butts off for it and to this day Donald looks at money as a great responsibility, a resource that has to be grown by doing great things of high standards. He only allows extravagance when there is a business upside. If Melania or Ivanka start businesses of extravagance, the bottomline is what Donald demands.

Donald also went broke, terribly broke and after wandering about rudderless for a spell, he launched an incredible comeback. A ‘silver spoon’ had nothing to do with it.


52 posted on 12/20/2015 2:58:00 PM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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