Posted on 02/26/2016 3:43:12 AM PST by Helicondelta
Trump has comfortable leads in the polls heading toward Super Tuesday, just five days away, and his campaign so far has weathered all kinds of bad news. After months of leading the pack, Trump seems immune to those who would challenge him on positions and statements that, for anyone else, should have proved disqualifying.
That didn't stop Florida Sen. Marco Rubio from using the last debate before voters cast ballots on Tuesday in 12 states to directly challenge the billionaire. Rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, too, came for Trump, but from the right. It was clear that Rubio was pitching a message that would help him survive a fight in his home state of Florida and perhaps battle toward a muddled nominating convention, while Cruz was looking at March 1 contests, including at home in Texas.
It made for a remarkable night of television, but might once again prove that the typical rules of politics do no matter in a year when a former reality TV host who promises mass deportations emerge a favorite among Christian conservatives in South Carolina and among Hispanics in Nevada.
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throw in a smattering of Narcissistic personality disorder and shit gets real - real fast
Au contraire, two words VOTE FRAUD!; it is a primary tool of the dems and don't think that they are not already gearing for for the biggest attempt in US History.
Whether some of his ventures failed is irrelevant in the exercise of free enterprise. Edison failed hundreds of times before he invented a light bulb that worked. That did not make him a poor scientist. Entreprenuers take risks and sometimes fail. Big deal.
If he had to contribute to both sides as the cost of doing business in a corrupt environment, blame the politicians for being on the take, selling access and influence-- not the business man seeking to survive and flourish.
Has anyone considered if hildabeast doesn’t go to jail that she might have some serious dirt on DT?
“Trump’s record has been public for decades. Successful real estate tycoon—clearly, he understands economics, he knows how to negotiate, he knows how to manage people, he probably has a whole host of skills.....”......
And MOST IMPORTANTLY, he’s NOT a politician, that in itself is enough to get him a good supply of votes as “We, The People” are sick and tired of politicians.
Read von Mises and Friedman as well as Adam Smith. You can try to read Keynes. Learn some actual economics. Free trade benefits the country that has the lowest tax and regulation regimen. Tariffs benefit only the politicians and a small number of dominant industries though they sound like save-alls to the uneducated.
You are an ignoramus. I showed you the data but you are pig headed fool and can’t accept reality. LOOK AT THE DATA. Try to refute the arguments I made.
Exactly. That's why I find it puzzling that Trump didn't nip all those silly attacks in the bud with that one point. Everything else after that about his "record" would have rolled off his back. Instead he kept trying to defend his "record".
He didn't hold office and didn't pledge anything to voters as a businessman and then betrayed them as elected officials did. His job was to do the best he could for his business and he did that very well.
Unless... maybe he knows that voters understand that difference. Hence, wasting that shot at the debate only risked some kind of well planned counterpoint from the attackers which would then inject doubts into the minds of voters, too. This way the other guys didn't get a chance to fire that counter shot against the point that should be obvious to everyone.
Trump has more executive leadership than Rubio and Cruz combined, and not only that he had his business constituents that depended upon him.
Trump is a conservative, just not a conservative as say Cruz, which by the way is why the GOP isn't buying into Cruz's campaign.
Conservatism isn't binary as in you either are or you are not. It's by degrees. The political landscape has shifted. The center of the GOP has shifted a bit left as a natural consequence of the vacuum left by the Liberals lurching further left and naming themselves progressives.
Trump has planted his standard dead center and he can win the Presidential election because of the abandoned Democrats will vote for him and make up for the lack of support from the RINOs from the far right.
If only you could photoshop Trump’s hair on Godzilla.
Trump is not a conservative.
... and there is no spoon.
Trump certainly has plenty of executive experience.
Based on his promises that his conversion to conservative ideas last year is genuine.
No, based on We The Peoples' belief that Donald Trump is sincere, loves his country, and is a good American.
As I've said, nobody; not the mass media, not the lobbyists, not the pundits, not bitter supporters of second-tier candidates, not purists who are righteously indignant; nobody is going to tell the American People who to choose for their President this time around. There are no gatekeepers.
The 2016 election is going to prove my assertion.
The American People are going to work through this mess, and the Washington status quo is going to be demolished.
And nothing could be better for this country than for the Washington Establishment to be shaken to its core. Nothing.
Now, there's only one or two people that could do this: Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
Sadly, Ted Cruz simply has not electrified the GOP electorate, nor can he come anywhere close to making the demographic inroads which not only can win the GOP the White House, but can also expand its demographic base to include a much wider swath of the American People.
Ted's fortunes are not going to change appreciably. He has lost. His ridiculous, near-capitulating statement of support for Rubio in lieu of Trump bears that out.
Donald Trump winning the Presidency will represent a major shakeup of the traditional Democratic constituencies.
The Republican party will emerge as a much more inclusive party, but it will still be the champion for conservative values. Perhaps just not the ultra-narrow vision of conservatism which some have become confortable with.
We are all Americans. Let's unify this country behind a leader who will lead and serve all Americans.
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