Now this should matter:

 

Donald Trump Has Turned Away Hundreds of American Workers to Hire Cheap Foreign Labor Instead

 

 

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/02/#

 rotekz wrote: 
Sure, he is. And a good one, too. He somehow has the average Republican voter believing that he is the voice of the common man and the best choice for their party, and he is a pro-choice former slum lord and past Clinton supporter. I'm sure he got to where he is by looking out for the little man, right? 

 rotekz wrote: 
Good retort!

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Er.. nope. He is not. 

 rotekz wrote: 
You understand that no one cares about that, right? Trump is a con man, clearly. That, at least, is relevant.

 Beaker wrote: 
Trump should reply: "Were you a gay stripper or just a stripper?"

 DaveInVA wrote: 

One of the better ones? That's all a matter of opinion, I'd say. 

Remember Ronnie Raygun got a lot of this same crap because nobody though he could be president and he ended up being one of the better ones.

Ok, this is starting to get weird

 

http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/24/political-science-professor-odds-of-president-trump-range-between-97-and-99/

I can't remember which thread Melissa Click was mentioned in the context of political correctness gone mad but anyway she's just been fired. http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/25/media/melissa-click-fired-university-of-missouri/index.html?sr=twCNN022516melissa-click-fired-university-of-missouri0934PMStoryPhoto&linkId=21658679

BBC sums up his positions to date.  If he threw out the Mexican and Muslim parts, he might be electable (and stopped talking at a 5th grade level, including calling people dopes)

Donald Trump: 22 things the Republican believes

Donald Trump is the frontrunner in the Republican race to be the presidential nominee for next year's election. What are his policies and beliefs?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34903577

 

Nearly 20 percent of Mr. Trump’s voters disagreed with Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in the Southern states during the Civil War. Only 5 percent of Mr. Rubio’s voters share this view.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/upshot/measuring-donald-trumps-supporters-for-intolerance.html?_r=0

 

To be fair, it is doubtful that most of the respondents know what the Emancipation Proclamation is and second point is it was South Carolina.  Hey I am from there so I can say that!

How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable
He's no ordinary con man. He's way above average — and the American political system is his easiest mark ever
Matt Taibbi

The Chinese are now getting worried about Trump's plans to punish their currency manipulation and begin to threaten warn the US. 

China Warns U.S. After Trump Wins Nevada Caucus

 kurtster wrote: 
I'm loving a political discussion that's about the politics and not the posters. Kudos.

 

 Steely_D wrote: 
I'll hit the bolded first and try and get to the rest in some way.

Yes, he has never held office.  That disqualifies him before he gets started ?  He has actually elaborated a very decent tax plan that has passed muster by many credible reviewers.  His plan on the borders and immigration is much more than just building a wall.  His grasp of international trade issues and monetary policy and job creation far surpass all of the candidates on both sides.  I'll give you he is so far vague on an alternative to our health care mess of which you and I have a better understanding of than most just because of our professional involvement in healthcare.  He will have to deliver something coherent on that front sooner or later.  On the success part, I'll go with Forbes over Mother Jones, which cites Forbes.  Forbes has him worth $4.5 bil currently.  As of around 1990, they had him off the 400 list and basically broke.  $4.5 bil from nothing in 25 years is pretty good any way you look at it.

We are down to 5 viable candidates.  All 5 have their share of blindly loyal and uninformed supporters.  Of the 5, who are independent of donors and the establishment ?  There are only 2.  I have yet to find any nefarious secret backers for Trump or Sanders although Sanders is becoming the sweetheart of Hollywood.  Who are the real donors ?  The oligarchs, right ?  They don't want Trump.  That is an endorsement of Trump for me.

What's the old political axiom ... if everyone is mad at you, then you must be doing something right ?  Everyone but Trump's supporters hate Trump, on both sides of the aisle.  The media hates Trump.  The US Chamber of Commerce hates Trump because of his position on the borders and The TPP.  If you support Sanctuary Cities and all that comes with that, then I would understand your's or anyone's opposition to Trump.  I disagree with that, but at least I understand it.

Do you really believe that he is the coming of the Fourth Reich ?  For what purpose ?  He's too flipping old to get something of that magnitude going again.  He is not a neocon.  A pompous asshole yes, but not a neocon.  I think the call for Social Justice is the real path to the Fourth Reich, via class warfare.  Who is Trump's scapegoat ?  The easy answer is Muslims and illegals, but if you take a close look, that is not true.  He is after an incompetent government full of political patronage hacks that enables all the bad actors.  

Have we reached the point where we believe that it is impossible to believe that anyone might actually just want to fix what is broken, just for the good of doing it, because they can ?  Or that things are too effed up for anyone to fix things ?  If that is the case, then give up and vote for Hillary.

I actually believe that Trump wants to do a good job and be remembered for doing so by having his name plastered on schools, libraries and hospitals as his legacy.

I've got nothing else.  Nor anything to add.  Its all out there.

I'll check in after March 16 and see where we are.  Or sooner if Hillary gets indicted ...



 

"Former Republican nominee Mitt Romney called Wednesday on the 2016 GOP hopefuls to release their tax returns, saying he suspects there's a "bombshell" in frontrunner Donald Trump's — a comment that prompted Trump to call Romney a "fool.""

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Real tweet from the GOP front-runner

 

 kurtster wrote: 
Ask not for whom the Bell Curve tolls.

I have no disagreement at all that Trump is becoming a leader. But of what, and to where? Those are the significant questions.
Moreover the primary blame lies with the media for giving him airtime. He has never held office, never had real success, and has espoused no real plan for our nation. They should treat him like a fringe candidate and ignore him, but the story is so entertaining that they can't. But it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: the TV says "lookit, EVERYone's voting for him!" and people wonder, "if not Hillary, whom can I vote for? Well, the TV is telling me that Trump is in the lead. I guess there's a reason..."

I read his tweets, and the blind angry support from others, mostly based on empty promises and threats - and it's so totally reminiscent of Hitler that it's a bit frightening. People come to power, decide to eliminate the ones that are causing all the problem, and gather the bullies as muscle.

Seriously, because I know we all have different ideas about where the nation should go. I think this is way past funny or interesting, and into the realm of dangerous. It took a while to end the Third Reich, but Americans should prevent it from taking hold in the States.

 haresfur wrote: 
A nice saying, but really not applicable. In some ways our nation is a hell of a lot more stable than it was seven years ago.
(insert graphs and charts here> 

 Steely_D wrote: 
Hit single: Fat Bottom Bell Curves

I reckon people have been voting for change for so long now that voting for a little continuity would be a nice change.