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Post by jdredd on Aug 21, 2015 13:08:59 GMT -5
www.businessinsider.com/poll-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-2015-8"A new poll out Wednesday found that real-estate mogul Donald Trump is only 6 points behind former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a theoretical general-election matp. According to the CNN/ORC survey, the Democratic front-runner leads Trump just 51% to 45% among registered voters. If the poll is accurate, it represents a sharp improvement for Trump. Though Trump has surged to the front of the GOP field, polls have previously found him lagging in general-election matps." . Ha! I think I will start calling him Ronald Trump. He may be the big successor to Reagan that the GOP has been looking for for 27 years! They do share a lot in common, including lots of hair, a big red nose, and big shoes. I'm lovin' it! It makes sense that in a general poll saying, who has your vote if it came down to Trump v Clinton, that all of the right would say Trump and all of the left would say Clinton, and then there would be some sort of split amongst the middle. In this case the middle is going for Hillary. In the meantime, I find it interesting how, in the media, instead of discussing the meaning of what Trump actually says, there is this need to analyse whether or not what he said "hurt him" or how it played out in Iowa and New Hampshire, and so on. Kind of like, HOW he said what he believes is more important than what he actually believes. LOL. Everyone who supports him runs around saying oh the political-correctness police are all over the donald, and we love a guy who isn't afraid to talk straight, etc. But they fail to realize that the reason such statements (rapist murderer illegals) get such airplay, is they so clearly display his understanding of the issue, and his beliefs. In the long run it is those beliefs on which he will sink or swim. I believe he will sink like a rock. I don't believe the Republicans will find him amusing for all that long. At some point cooler heads prevail, just as they did in previous seasons with the likes of Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann, neither of whom could reason their way out of a paper bag with their understanding of geo-politics or the constitution. OF COURSE his statements are not hurting him. Right now all we have is polls and frankly the Republicans appear all giddy for this guy, just like they were Giddy for Perry, Cain, etc. Everyone gets their 15 minutes, haha. Reagan was a totally different case. He was involved in politics for two decades before winning. He was the California Governor. He was very centrist. His moderate position is how he won all those "Reagan Democrats" over. I still scratch my head over the current Republican practice of lionizing the man while simultaneously disparaging every current politician espousing the same positions Reagan held. "We need another Reagan!" they chant, but Reagan couldn't possibly pass the current conservative litmus test. I'll step off the soapbox now. This is all just my opinion, take it or leave it. That's what this board is for IMHO, getting to rant all you want without all the nasty feedback like happens in the comments section of online articles. Unless you like that sh*t. But you are right, Reagan and Trump don't have that much in common. Maybe they both were/are showboaters, though. And Reagan wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth and was never a billionaire. But they both were/are leaders of right wing populist movements (or as I call it, "bonehead populism". Just kidding! Sort of).
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Post by jdredd on Aug 23, 2015 13:17:22 GMT -5
OK, my first Trump Conspiracy Theory is that he's a Clinton double agent designed to smear Republicans as racist clowns. My new second Trump Conspiracy Theory is that he is being put up to run by the Republican establishment to make the other GOP clowns look almost sane.
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Post by dj on Aug 24, 2015 3:40:44 GMT -5
OK, my first Trump Conspiracy Theory is that he's a Clinton double agent designed to smear Republicans as racist clowns. My new second Trump Conspiracy Theory is that he is being put up to run by the Republican establishment to make the other GOP clowns look almost sane. Either theory highly plausible. In fact, it's both. Since he is a double, he is playing for both Clinton and the GOP. Actually on another Trump note, I am kind of disappointed I haven't seen any really lively Birthright Citizenship throw-downs here on San Diego Scene. I know it's a hot topic. Somewhere.
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Post by Tired in CV on Aug 24, 2015 4:36:48 GMT -5
It makes sense that in a general poll saying, who has your vote if it came down to Trump v Clinton, that all of the right would say Trump and all of the left would say Clinton, and then there would be some sort of split amongst the middle. In this case the middle is going for Hillary. In the meantime, I find it interesting how, in the media, instead of discussing the meaning of what Trump actually says, there is this need to analyse whether or not what he said "hurt him" or how it played out in Iowa and New Hampshire, and so on. Kind of like, HOW he said what he believes is more important than what he actually believes. LOL. Everyone who supports him runs around saying oh the political-correctness police are all over the donald, and we love a guy who isn't afraid to talk straight, etc. But they fail to realize that the reason such statements (rapist murderer illegals) get such airplay, is they so clearly display his understanding of the issue, and his beliefs. In the long run it is those beliefs on which he will sink or swim. I believe he will sink like a rock. I don't believe the Republicans will find him amusing for all that long. At some point cooler heads prevail, just as they did in previous seasons with the likes of Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann, neither of whom could reason their way out of a paper bag with their understanding of geo-politics or the constitution. OF COURSE his statements are not hurting him. Right now all we have is polls and frankly the Republicans appear all giddy for this guy, just like they were Giddy for Perry, Cain, etc. Everyone gets their 15 minutes, haha. Reagan was a totally different case. He was involved in politics for two decades before winning. He was the California Governor. He was very centrist. His moderate position is how he won all those "Reagan Democrats" over. I still scratch my head over the current Republican practice of lionizing the man while simultaneously disparaging every current politician espousing the same positions Reagan held. "We need another Reagan!" they chant, but Reagan couldn't possibly pass the current conservative litmus test. I'll step off the soapbox now. This is all just my opinion, take it or leave it. I’m not so quick to judge, just not sure. I’d like to have someone that has a mind and not afraid to speak it rather than a Hilary where every word, thought and move is choreographed. I would find Hillary as the most false-empty person ever to pursue the WH. I find Sanders like Trump as people I can say I know in the 80 percentile where they stand. I might not agree with either but I do know where they stand. Hillary is void of any understanding. Trump and Sanders are far from buffoons in all aspects of life and politics. Hillary cares only about Hillary and who is Bill not sleeping with. I digress, haha, intentionally. I’m thinking Trump will be around a lot longer than you think and longer than I would have guessed. He has gone from showmanship to a sincere person that wants to help the country willing to spend his own funds to achieve that goal. But to get down to meat and potatoes. Trump represents the anger that much of what America feels as a resulted of 8 years of pure bullshit. I don’t know if Trump is the right person or not but the idea of electing a non-politician is gaining steam. I’m tired of used-car salesman in the Oval Office. Finally Trump has taken a chapter out of the democrat play book. Pull the emotional cord without regard to reality. We’ve endured emotions for 8 years without substance. Also if you research Luntz polls Trump leads with democrat voters.Let’s not hijack this thread and debate the validity of Obama. We see him differently, I’ll concede that. I only mention Sanders as a person that has a position. I mention Hillary as she, if not in jail, is most likely the nominee of the left. It is only August 2015 I’m not going out on any political limb until sometime in March 2016. I agree that it is way to early to name the Party's selections. Hillary might/should be in jail, Biden may join the race, rumors.....Michelle may enter the race (she may want to but I don't see it happening). Trump is having his day right now, how many take the lead and keep it? I like Carson and Cruz, can't stand Christie, Bush, Graham or Rubio. Other candidates are still developing. I thought Jindal would be good but he has issues I don't like. Kasich has a way to go before people will look at him seriously. He can't just stand on his past record or nobody will know who he is, he has to make some STATEMENTS to mass media to get noticed. The debates might help but don't depend on them. Carly Fiorina is an interesting person but she couldn't pull off Calif., so lets see what she brings up. Better than Clinton by a long shot, heck, Obama too! To quick to embrace the PC though! But there are many more contenders to get whittled down by their lack of support for one program or another.
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Post by jdredd on Aug 24, 2015 13:54:24 GMT -5
OK, my first Trump Conspiracy Theory is that he's a Clinton double agent designed to smear Republicans as racist clowns. My new second Trump Conspiracy Theory is that he is being put up to run by the Republican establishment to make the other GOP clowns look almost sane. Either theory highly plausible. In fact, it's both. Since he is a double, he is playing for both Clinton and the GOP. Actually on another Trump note, I am kind of disappointed I haven't seen any really lively Birthright Citizenship throw-downs here on San Diego Scene. I know it's a hot topic. Somewhere. There are a SLEW of reasons why I have stayed away from the issue. I wish I had time to list them all, time being one of the reasons itself. I have to be somewhat selective on issues because of time restraints, and frankly some peeps on this board are a lot more passionate on the subject of immigration than I am, so I let them have an open field. Sad to say, I have yet to be convinced that immigration, legal or illegal, makes any significant difference in my life. But I guess I can't ignore it any longer, it seems to have become a big issue, especially Birthright Citizenship. My question is, why and why now? It all smells contrived. It does seem to be working for the Old White Guy Party as a way to get the masses riled up, and Trump has gotten a lot of mileage with it, of course. So where is the beef on the issue? Birthright Citizenship has been an American tradition for many decades. Yes, no other country has it, but so what? I thought righties believed in American Exceptionalism. Personally, I love the fact that all you have to do to have a child who is an American citizen is have it born on American soil, and as I said before, I fail to see what harm is done. Sorry, that's as lively as I get on the subject.
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Post by jdredd on Aug 26, 2015 3:55:03 GMT -5
www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34058600"Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has revived his feud with the Fox News channel host Megyn Kelly. Mr Trump said Ms Kelly, who returned to her show on Monday after a break, "must have had a terrible vacation" because "she's really off her game". Fox News chief Roger Ailes has demanded an apology, describing the business mogul's verbal attack as "disturbing". It comes two weeks after controversy over Mr Trump's remarks about Ms Kelly following the first Republican debate." "Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, who had cleared the air with Mr Trump after the debate, reacted strongly to the "surprise and unprovoked attack" on his news host. In a statement read aloud on the channel, he said it was "as unacceptable as it is disturbing". Kelly "represents the very best of American journalism and all of us at Fox News Channel reject the crude and irresponsible attempts to suggest otherwise," he added, demanding an apology." It doesn't get any better than this! Throwdown of two top right-wing demagogues! And Roger is no more used to losing than The Donald! But the most hilarious part is "Kelly represents the best of American journalism". If so, America really is in trouble.
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Post by Turk on Aug 26, 2015 16:33:28 GMT -5
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Post by jdredd on Aug 26, 2015 17:30:17 GMT -5
What disgusts me the most is all the chickenshit Dems who are not standing up for Hillary.
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Post by Turk on Aug 26, 2015 17:57:36 GMT -5
What disgusts me the most is all the chickenshit Dems who are not standing up for Hillary. When you are on a sinking ship you jump, swim or go down to the deep blue. Maybe Monica was clairvoyant and that's why she wore blue that faithful day to the Oval office. Carl's Jr sure capitalized on the day "If it doesn't get all over the place it doesn't belong in your face." Clinton bashing should be a national sport.
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Post by jdredd on Aug 26, 2015 21:35:12 GMT -5
What disgusts me the most is all the chickenshit Dems who are not standing up for Hillary. When you are on a sinking ship you jump, swim or go down to the deep blue. Maybe Monica was clairvoyant and that's why she wore blue that faithful day to the Oval office. Carl's Jr sure capitalized on the day "If it doesn't get all over the place it doesn't belong in your face." Clinton bashing should be a national sport. Apparently he knew that in modern America it's "Survival of the Slickest", which is how he got elected and re-elected. Hillary is simply nowhere near as slick as he was. The Donald has taken slick to a new level.
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Post by jdredd on Sept 3, 2015 16:13:31 GMT -5
Today on The Five: I hate it when I find myself thinking like The Stooges. But they had the same thought I had about Trump taking the "pledge" not to run as a third party candidate, which is "Hey, he sold out to the Republican Establishment!" Of course we know Murdoch does not like Trump, which is probably why Greg went on an anti-Trump rant.
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Post by Turk on Sept 3, 2015 20:36:27 GMT -5
Today on The Five: I hate it when I find myself thinking like The Stooges. But they had the same thought I had about Trump taking the "pledge" not to run as a third party candidate, which is "Hey, he sold out to the Republican Establishment!" Of course we know Murdoch does not like Trump, which is probably why Greg went on an anti-Trump rant. I think it was a brilliant Trump move. Now ever republican candidate will be asked if they will support Trump IF he wins the nomination. Trump puts them all on the spot.
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Post by jdredd on Sept 4, 2015 12:13:08 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/03/donald-trump-stumbles-and-bristles-during-foreign-policy-question/"Donald J. Trump revealed gaps in his mastery of international affairs during a radio interview on Thursday, appearing to mistake the Quds Force, an Iranian military group, for the Kurds, a Middle Eastern people, and growing testy over questions about foreign leaders. “You’re asking me names that — I think it’s somewhat ridiculous,” Mr. Trump told Hugh Hewitt, a popular conservative radio show host. “As far as the individual players, of course I don’t know them. I’ve never met them. I haven’t been, you know, in a position to meet them.” At one point, according to the interview’s transcript, Mr. Hewitt asked Mr. Trump if he was familiar with Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the shadowy commander of Iran’s paramilitary Quds Force. “Yes, but go ahead, give me a little, go ahead, tell me,” Mr. Trump replied. “He runs the Quds Forces,” Mr. Hewitt said. “Yes, O.K., right,” Mr. Trump said. But Mr. Trump seemed to think Mr. Hewitt was referring to the Kurds, a group with its own language and culture. Mr. Trump asserted that “the Kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated.” The Republican Establishment continues to chip away at Trumpmania, this time it's being done by Hugh Hewitt, a GOP tool. Will his fans care that he didn't know Quds from Kurds? I wouldn't. You are looking for someone with good judgement, not knowledge of geopolitical trivia.
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Post by Turk on Sept 5, 2015 10:30:23 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/03/donald-trump-stumbles-and-bristles-during-foreign-policy-question/"Donald J. Trump revealed gaps in his mastery of international affairs during a radio interview on Thursday, appearing to mistake the Quds Force, an Iranian military group, for the Kurds, a Middle Eastern people, and growing testy over questions about foreign leaders. “You’re asking me names that — I think it’s somewhat ridiculous,” Mr. Trump told Hugh Hewitt, a popular conservative radio show host. “As far as the individual players, of course I don’t know them. I’ve never met them. I haven’t been, you know, in a position to meet them.” At one point, according to the interview’s transcript, Mr. Hewitt asked Mr. Trump if he was familiar with Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the shadowy commander of Iran’s paramilitary Quds Force. “Yes, but go ahead, give me a little, go ahead, tell me,” Mr. Trump replied. “He runs the Quds Forces,” Mr. Hewitt said. “Yes, O.K., right,” Mr. Trump said. But Mr. Trump seemed to think Mr. Hewitt was referring to the Kurds, a group with its own language and culture. Mr. Trump asserted that “the Kurds, by the way, have been horribly mistreated.” The Republican Establishment continues to chip away at Trumpmania, this time it's being done by Hugh Hewitt, a GOP tool. Will his fans care that he didn't know Quds from Kurds? I wouldn't. You are looking for someone with good judgement, not knowledge of geopolitical trivia. I'd guess less that 1/100th of the population knows a kurd from a turd. No one cares, just like no cares Hillary was asleep at the switch and a US Ambassador was murdered.
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Post by Turk on Sept 6, 2015 11:19:12 GMT -5
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