Posted on 01/13/2016 12:42:08 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
I applauded when Donald Trump jumped into the Republican presidential nominating fray. Here was someone with overwhelming national recognition due to his celebrity status, as well as someone who was politically independent due to his wealth. Someone of that stature could potentially drive a stake through the heart of the Republican establishment and forcefully blunt the folly of political correctness that has inundated American society. During the early stages of his campaign Trump exceeded all expectations in both of these arenas. However,as the novelty has begun to wear thin and his speeches and talking points have become annoyingly repetitive the question must be asked:who is Donald Trump?
.....he has dramatically changed positions on taxes,health care,gun control,labor unions,immigration and abortion over the past 20 years....there is no thinking person,much less a politician,that has not evolved in their approach and positions on various political issues over the years particularly as they get older and circumstances change.
While Trump's vacillations on issues over the years are not overly troubling on the surface,these dramatic evolutions do require a thought provoking examination of his character and who he truly is...
..In a deposition,conducted on December 19-20,2007,the following exchange between Trump and the attorney for the Defendant took place [Trump:I'm worth whatever I feel]:...
Over the years Trump has contributed enormous sums of money to individual Democrats and party campaign committees including the most unethical and partisan Senate Majority Leader in recent history-Harry Reid...[justifying]these contributions as being necessary to essentially buy influence in order to get his real estate projects etc. approved...
..but that does not explain when asked in February of 2014 who were his favorite journalists,he listed such liberal luminaries as: Maureen Dowd,Diane Sawyer,Andrea Peyser,George Stephanopoulis,Bob Scheiffer and Mika Brezinski...in 1999 when he quit the Republican Party saying, "I just believe the Republicans are just too crazy right."?......
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Too bad your disgusting candidate makes you squirm when he was pictured in his natural state during The National Anthem... until later when he was coached and prodded to go through the motions.
A picture is worth a thousand words and the picture I posted shows Trump is a fraud.
I agree Trump is a liberal.
So is the GOP establishment opposing him.
If the GOP was conservative, it wouldn’t have had to worry about Trump in the first place.
“Disgusting candidate....”
YOu know something, I like Cruzed, but I’ve grown to like him less NOW because of people like you. I can see that he attracts people who have a sickness. There’s mental illness on both far sides of the spectrum, not just the liberals who are following Sanders.
I think ALL of our candidates are true patriots, and each one would make a great president, but I’m not going to support at this time another one term senator, who is twenty five years younger than me, and doesn’t know diddly about what is on the street. Not when we have a gutsy alternative.
I’ve had enough of your mental masturbation for one morning.
Man, the hatred on these posts of yours is amazing. People have warned me.
I’ve got to get dressed and go to work. YOu can sit here and spin all you want with the Berlin guy and the others.
IF you represent the kind of people in Iowa who are caucusing for Cruz you’re whistling Dixie. No one is going to take him seriously.
In fact I would say in all accounts he’s peaked.
Ceresney: Let me understand that a little. You said your net worth goes up and down based upon your own feelings?
Trump: Yes, even my own feelings, as to where the world is, where the world is going, and that can change rapidly from day to day…
Ceresney: When you publically state a net worth number, what do you base your number on?
Trump: I would say it’s my general attitude at the time that the question maybe asked. And as I say, it varies."
Obama and leftist logic on display. Nevermind the numbers, it's your feeeeeeelings that count.
Vote for at your own risk. He makes money because he is a salesman. Salesmen tell you what you want to hear. If you don't get it, you are a fool, plain and simple. The guy seized an opportunity to take justifiably, angry conservatives for a ride and Hillary and company are laughing all the way to the polls. He's this year's folding chair the Democrats will use to split the Republicans' heads open and steal another match.
Stoopid idiots. Hell, the way things are shaping up on the left, we may even get to lose to Bernie Sanders for crying out loud...
Out here on the street, a simple truth is that a guy who has to lie to win is a loser even if he wins.
Trump flat-out lied about Cruz's stance on ethanol. That is the kind of guy Trump is "on the street."
Hey, Nikos -- do you actually "know diddly about what is on the street"? Because Hatteras does.
You evade and avoid looking Trump square in the eye.
Many claim that even allowing Hillary in, after 8 years of the tragedy under Obama, is the path to it, if Trump is our candidate - they are wrong....again.
Lied about what? Be specific.
With closed primaries in Manhattan - and generally a choice of a left-wing lunatic hizzoner-wannabee and a reasonable Democrat (Ed Koch) or business-oriented Republican - it is understandable that people switch parties in NYC over the years. I did.
That last picture is a real statement. I seem to remember that the current occupant of the White House did the same.
LOL!
-— Try coming out of the past and into the present and pay attention to what Trump is saying NOW about the Hildabeast, ok? -—
Why should we trust him NOW about ANYTHING? Maybe he’s lying NOW.
Two months ago Cruz was eligible. Now he’s not.
Have the facts changed? No. Donald is worried about Cruz at #2.
So Trump changes his positions according to what’s good for HIM.
Imagine that, from a guy who donated to Democrats for 20 years so he could do more business.
YOU can Trust Donald. Good luck with it.
Here is the $116,000 in context, from the paragraph above:
Trump s donations to various political action committees and 527 groups also demonstrate his bipartisan checkbook.
During the most recent election cycle, Trump contributed $170,000 to the Republican Governor s Association, $50,000 to the ultra-conservative American Crossroads PAC, $30,400 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee and $10,000 to the Democratic Party of New York.
However, of the nearly $420,000 Trump has donated to committees, the largest recipient has been the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee with $116,000  or more than one fourth of his total contributions to all party and political action committees.
So at least $250,000 went to the Republicans, which is more than twice the amount given to Democrats.
;)
You again? They have any free counseling over there for you?Poor baby. I don't need to invent silly bullcrap like you. Your "You again?" Troll response shows who is really in need of counseling.
You had all the time you needed to make a flame, and the best your UFO crazy mind could come up with was shooting yourself in the foot.
Don’t bother addressing him, here.
He’s already departed for other “friendlier” threads, wherein he details his recent butt hurt, to all who will listen.
You big bully.
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