Way I see it, there's two possibilities about Trump...
Legolas Send a noteboard - 08/03/2016 01:12:01 AM
View original postIt's the classic Democratic elite "we know better" argument. Anyone who votes for Trump is clearly stupid or has been fooled. The idea that someone could knowingly vote for Trump is just not even something you can comprehend.
Either his whole public persona with the "dummy", the self-caricaturing egocentrism and Twitter tirades is one huge facade, in which case he may be less laughably unsuited than he seems now, even aside from his positions. But will the people appreciate being made fools of like that?
Or he really is like that, and him being president really will make the US the laughing stock of the world.
View original postI, on the other hand, meet a lot of people who find the other candidates completely unpalatable. Jeb didn't really seem to want it, and most people are sick of the Bushes. Rubio is an empty suit in many ways reminiscent of Obama, and Cruz is just one of the most loathsome people in the US. Trump is rude at times and no, he doesn't express things the way I would, but there is a sense that he is not spouting out positions that others have paid him to have, or that were polled to death by campaign managers. He is a businessman who can legitimately work at getting things done. More than that, he has grasped the fundamental issues that are bothering many Americans: (1) uncontrolled immigration leads to a host of problems, and (2) free trade has not worked to our advantage as much as it could or should. He is for a strong military but doesn't want to go out and get involved needlessly in other peoples' wars. And more importantly, he has generated turnout that Republicans were DYING to see for years.
The others being less than impressive (not that I agree with that) doesn't justify voting for him, any more than Clinton's flaws make a vote for Sanders for a liberal anything less than utter folly. Sanders will never, ever be president; Trump might be, and then you better pray he still remembers how adults talk, after spending the preceding year and a half in his Trump- branded, foul-mouthed kindergarten.
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the majority of the party is strongly against Trump
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The sad thing is Trump is going to poison the republican brand for decades
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Sometimes I've wondered if it is intentional
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More like he doesn't give a damn about the party
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They had to much faith in voters and didn't think he could win and didnwant him running third party *NM*
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I do know that is goal but it I don't think he would consider it a bad thing. he is a RINO *NM*
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That's a crock.
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Voter Registration
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Oh now that's just bullshit.
07/03/2016 05:06:36 AM
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Well it must be bullshit if your friends are all Trump guys
07/03/2016 02:15:48 PM
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What an elitist, Hillary-like sentiment you just expressed
07/03/2016 10:40:47 PM
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Way I see it, there's two possibilities about Trump...
08/03/2016 01:12:01 AM
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he is almost 70 ye do you see anything in his life history that makes you think that isn't who he is *NM*
08/03/2016 01:46:49 AM
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being a trump supporter makes you an anti-intellectual
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Plenty of intellectuals are supporting Trump
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I would be willing to consider someone else with that message
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Your attitude will destroy the Republican Party.
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If Trump is the face of the party then I want no part of it. *NM*
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the results from last night show that something seems to be having an affect
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Re: the results from last night show that something seems to be having an affect
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