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To: 5thGenTexan
He may be playing you, and you may not catch on until he is in the White House, but what good will it do to find out then? After all, the deal for your vote will be long since closed by that point...

To that I say, I saw Pavarotti live, twice, and both times, he was nervous and off the beat of the music. But he was still better than any other tenor I've ever heard, before or since. Similarly, Trump is operating in a range most people could never touch, imagine or even comprehend. He is a human being who makes mistakes, but he is an uniquely talented human being who has put his entire life on the line here, and the ingratitude of people who simply dismiss what he has to offer without really investigating it is breathtaking. It's like the gay people who say "Jesus never said gay marriage is wrong," but hve never read the rest of the Bible, in which the entire rest of the context makes it clear why He never even needed to mention it.

The thing about Turmp is, most people who say he's never done anything have never looked at his full context, his long, varied career and accomplishments. They just repeat talking points traded around as words on web sites, and quotes taken out of context.

Go to the web site for his business and take a look at the dozens of towers in several countries containing thousands of income-producing residences and offices, as well as 20,000 jobs to maintain them, and that's just the towers. There are also resorts, golf courses, retail stores, restaurants, merchandise, 15 best-selling books and that's not even counting the media interests and sports involvements, the vast majority of which have been very successful. To read this Forum, you would think that his only building that has had problems, the one in Atlantic City, was the only thing he'd ever done besides the Apprentice, and that the Apprentice was a total failure, when in fact it was a top-rated show for ten years.

What do you snipers and snarkmeisters want? Business does not go in a straight line. Failure is necessary to success, and a couple of misses among his many, many hits have strengthened his ability to deal with difficulties. Being able to roll with the punches is a way to keep DC from continuing to be the calcified, paralyzed, fossilized slush fund for corruptible do-nothings.

75 posted on 02/03/2016 5:33:11 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Trump has had to produce real results. Politicians on the other hand only have to convince a bunch of dumb, distracted people. Trump has had to pay bills and make a profit while professional politicians just have to run up the bill and pass it to the taxpayers then blame the other party. It is a sick childish game that I have seen for many years.


83 posted on 02/03/2016 5:52:43 PM PST by cradle of freedom
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To: Albion Wilde


In baseball, batters (like lifetime batting average record holder, Ty Cobb) are considered great, even when they fail to get a hit in more than six out of ten at-bats.   Like you made clear, every successful person (and everyone else for that matter) has some failures in life.   You have to look with genuine honesty and integrity at where they stand right now (on the actual verifiable successful/unsuccessful scale), as well as (in Trump's case) the long string of astounding successes he achieved in the past (versus minimal failures), and refuse to deceive yourself, or to allow others to deceive you.

88 posted on 02/03/2016 7:08:02 PM PST by Heart-Rest ( "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil!" Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Albion Wilde

How am I a “sniper”? I posted Trump’s own words, noting the items I see as telling. I am judging him on his word. No one line insults, but a detailed analysis of what Trump himself said.

Your counter to my post addressed none of my points.

Good grief, I quoted close to half the entire article. Are all but blind faith believers snipers in your mind?


92 posted on 02/03/2016 7:43:52 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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