Posted on 08/17/2015 7:28:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It’s still early, and despite his current lead in the polls, there’s a long and arduous row to hoe if Donald Trump is to make it to Cleveland in 2016.
But at this point, what can we really make of the man?
The Good
It’s easy to understand why many conservatives are excited about Trump. First, he’s something of a Washington outsider, and that certainly helps when Congress has a 15% job approval rating. Second, he’s perceived as no-nonsense, take-charge kind of guy who doesn’t mince words or take any guff from the PC attack dogs in the media.
Conservatives are sick to death of the manner in which the left barricades itself in a bastion of political correctness to escape legitimate criticism. Trump’s brash rhetorical salvos have certainly had the positive effect of damaging that stronghold, however ungraceful one might deem his efforts.
Consider the following scenario in which the media, in a standard sort of fashion, sets him up for self-immolation on the PC pyre.
On CBS’ “Face the Nation” weeks ago, he was delivered a typically left-laced question: “Hillary Clinton released her tax returns, and it was revealed that she paid almost 40% of her income in taxes. Are you going to release your tax returns, and what do you think that percentage will be for you?”
Without missing a beat, Trump responded to the loaded question:
Well, I may very well tie that to a release of Hillary’s [potentially criminal] emails, I may very well do that. […] I fight like hell to pay as little as possible for two reasons. Number one, I’m a businessman. And that’s the way you’re supposed to do it, and you put the money back into your company and your employees,
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Even though Trump can’t Constitutionally deport anchor babies born here from illegal parents, and he knows that, it reflects the sentiment of millions of Americans about the illegal alien invasion.
This article has a caveat in the last paragraph. That is, if Trump is elected the country will go down the drain. The country’s water is already swirling down the drain, as it now stands. But, there is still water in the sink, so we haven’t gone totally down. Yet!
The same treatment the Dem's gave Obama. Trump's braindead supporters are a joke.
Everything bad about Trump is already out there. I seriously doubt there are any hidden evil secrets about the guy. I have no problem giving him four years to try to turn this crap bucket of a country around.
I thought the article was fair. It is sort of a “wait and see” on Trump.
The Immigration plan is an example of what they say will make the difference.
Nearly everyone realizes that the Anchor baby loophole in immigration is insane.
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