Posted on 10/31/2015 5:36:08 PM PDT by McGruff
The way Joe McCoy sees it, the last time America was great was when Ronald Reagan was president, when people played by the rules. No, it was in the '70s, Holly Martin says, when you could depend on Americans to work hard. No, to find true American greatness, Steve Trivett contends, you need to go back to before the Vietnam War, "when you could still own a home and have a good job even if you didn't have a college education."
Even if they don't have a "Make America Great Again" campaign cap, Donald Trump's supporters easily recite the signature slogan of the real estate developer's insurgent presidential bid. And even if they don't agree on exactly why the country lost its way, they do accept - give or take a few degrees of hyperbole - Trump's contention that the United States has become, as he has put it, "an economic wasteland" that is "committing cultural suicide."
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What is lost is lost.
You travel in foreign countries you will constantly hear America referred to as a has-been nation. Korea and China just entered into a series of economic treaties to jointly market their goods. Essentially, Korea just dissed the U.S. and threw its lot in with China (no TPP). Japan is also about to join in, also dissing the U.S. Do you hear anything about this in the corrupt Democrat media in the U.S.? No.
well said.
You’ve given up?
As someone about Trumps age, I find it easy to believe his explanation as to why he’s running.
I’ve agonized over the America we are leaving for my own children and grandchildren to live in and raise their families in. Most Freepers here probably feel the same way.
America hardly resembles the one I grew up in. It’s but a shadow of its former self, with freedoms, successes, and with respect from our friends, and fear of us by our enemies, all but non-existent.
Trump said he was running so that his family wouldn’t look at him, knowing he could have fixed it, but didn’t.
His own story of building the Trump Organization shows that he knows how to build great empires. Now he wants to make all of America great again.
I think we are but the lucky side beneficiaries.
That's true, which is why we have to build something better, so it won't be lost as easily.
Thank God America is awakening.
[Trump] really believes we can make America great again, and I’m not an optimistic person, but I think he can, because he’s got a built-in ability to use the media, just like Obama
Source?
Don’t assume.
Gravis marketing.
I didn’t. That’s why there was a question mark at the end and not a period.
Pretty big jump by Rubio. Seems to have come mostly at Trump’s expense, though. Slight edge ahead by Carson... if he just went and took a nap for 6 months would he hit 100%? The sleepier he looks and the less visible he becomes, the higher his numbers go.
When polling sample is under 1000 voters, expect couple of points up and down within margin of error.
What I am taking away from debates is that people have pretty much made up their minds on who they like, and a zinger here and there is not going to move the needle all that much.
Exactly. If it were closer, it would be a game changer. Very rarely does one shot win the war.
Nope, the typical WaPOO reader will just think the people being Interviewed are Rubes who don’t appreciate how Wonderful a Soviet like Centralized Government really is.
You know what they say, consider the source, the WaPOO.
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