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user-inactivated  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Domenico Montanaro: Donald Trump's Problems Are Much Deeper Than A Campaign Manager

Damn. If you can't effectively run a good campaign, can you really be trusted to run the country?





mk  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm more interested in what the GOP does between now and November than what Trump does. If it becomes increasingly clear that he is a sinking ship, do they jump? Do they risk losing the voters that support Trump or the voters that do not?

Trump is a symptom of a disease that the GOP is suffering from. Will they perform a Trumpendectomy?

OftenBen  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They can't cut him out without alienating the internet legions that are only too happy to vote republican because it makes liberals cry.

Just recently it became darkly cool to be a The_Donald republican, and that's giving them a window into the (Crazy, politically suicidal) youth that the Dems have enjoyed for a long time, but really were able to leverage with Obama.

They either need to keep that group happy, or else cut them out of the republican political process, like, yesterday.

steve  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Deltron_0  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would argue Hillary Clinton's overwhelming campaign of spending is the ultimate symptom of a failing system. She has spent more years in the white house executive branch than anyone in history, and is now jumping for the most influential political position on the planet. She has been a member of the Bilderberg group since 1997. Trump is touted as an untrustworthy rich businessman... well there is an easy answer: you can trust him if you see financing and promoting a functioning economy relative to a free market, which the world is still governered by I might add. It is all in your own perspective, but mark my words... Hillary Clinton is the epitome of a hypocrite - she eats from a silver spoon, and preaches public uniformity. She is the bastion for maintaining the status quo... you tell me if you look at the last 20 years of our federal government and tell me it is functioning with the current people in power.

History is repeating itself, and there is nothing this political race is going to do about it. Mark my words. The best chance this country has is by re-establishing a balanced budget.

News-flash: there are a lot of people in the world who don't appreciate the U.S. and are going to hold our debt and our fiat currency of completely mental reasoning accountable.

I don't care enough to put down links, I have much more important things to study at the moment. But you look at where the financing is going behind these media outlets, and the dots paint the most primitive picture of a complete undercutting by our own domestic political party mayhem- facilitated by the same old shit mankind has been repeating - doing over and over - since we first sought to treat symptoms as answers to problems. The pests are still swarming, much like egoism and greed, and all these new proverbial pesticides and synthesized treatments are getting into the soil, our roots are getting sick again.

A storm is coming. At this point, it won't matter, the president will become the commander in chief. If Our congress continues the flotsam, we will pave the way for a new world order.

kleinbl00  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It would take some serious research and scholarship to convince me Trump actually wishes or intends to run the country. He's a lazy man and being President is hard. I think he loves basking in the attention but the evidence is compelling that he's in it for the glory. Losing on his "principles" so he can snark for the next eight years serves him much better than actually getting the job.

The trick for the Republican party will be effectively discrediting him so that he can't fifth column them for the next decade or more.

Deltron_0  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd rather trust a man who is open about his trust in making money, than this: http://www.anonews.co/russian-hacker-hillary

But go ahead, argue the same old talking points....the media promotes that.

The media is so heavily stacked in a way of critically analyzing merely what is said, the real truth behind what is dismantling the tenets set forth by our founding fathers is going completely un-reported. Here's a hint: fuck Richard Nixon. His symptomatic treatment of a fledgling economy took our country for a trip - at the cost of the real world. It is unfolding now, and will happen soon.

But find a way to discredit this brand new hack.... I dare you. I am not a direct supporter of Trump, I am a supporter of a free market. Clinton will bring about the collapse of our country - and assume a role she feverishly wants, that she sees as the necessary evolution of our representative republic. LOOK AT A HISTORY BOOK

user-inactivated  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I'd rather trust a man who is open about his trust in making money, than this . . .

I trust neither to be honest. Still, even if Trump was honest he is demonstrably incompetent and that's dangerous. Hillary, even if dishonest, is at least competent, so the best I can do is pray that our system will keep her in check.

    LOOK AT A HISTORY BOOK

If history has taught me anything, it's to build a house as best as possible to protect me and mine. In good weather, I have a good house. In inclement weather, it will do its best to keep me safe. I can't change the path of an oncoming hurricane. The best I can do is board up my windows and pray for safety.

Deltron_0  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

that is a fantastic take away from history. couldn't agree more. I am, on the other hand, far too compassionate for the wellbeing of my neighbors than just keeping to myself. The more who know about this hurricane, the better imo - because nature has shown the health in a diverse climate. Sure, mankind is undoubtedly the problem facing our planet.... but this problem is an opportunity for advancement. Enter Elon Musk. I argue that the current pressure on our impact on the planet is as much spurring technological innovation right now as anything... and the development of mankind off the planet.

I don't want to see the same cycles repeat. Who knows how bad the hurricane is, but the data is suggesting it's a record breaker. I'm an amateur space pioneer, looking to go pro before I die. Check the health and wealth occurring for the western world once commercial enterprise was able to promote the development of the 'new world.' Of course, the paradise that was abundant for the native americans, who had it made... was ruined.

Let's go ruin space, it's flipping huge. The odds are against mankind, it's only a matter of time before something, or ourselves, wipes away life as we know it.

The issues are paramount - they are big enough that the president will become 'commander in chief'....I should've referenced the laws in place during the Roman empire that gave the emperor sole control for like 6 months or something in trying times. I'm sure a hubskian ought to know a lot more about these details ^^^ than myself.

The free-world, free in the sense of not being dominated by the $U.S., are reaching their check...and checkmate will fall - unless there is incredibly quick action - which is not going to happen with our current system of government. Clinton is in with so much of the status quo - she is the prime motivator of maintaining the status quo. Theorists would speculate this could all fall as a ruse to attain control over our federal government... I wouldn't go that far. I already know how insane my posts seem.

There is a big storm coming.... and history has shown us that our government is fully capable of functioning during these times, but the current status quo has utterly thrown the global financial system into complete disfunction, the bubble is about to pop. A reset is coming. I value a fresh candidate, vs a bastion of the status quo, aging all the way back to the times of Nixon and the birth of the current fiat U.S. dollar.

sorry to bug most of you, especially that I make posts and retrace them for the next half hour editing them -.-

am_Unition  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What bubble? Other than the Silicon Valley startup bubble that desperately needs popping.

Deltron_0  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

global. macro. everything involving the 20 trillion dollar deficit. That's all. Google is your friend but you may want to stop the blue pill. I really need to get going..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock

tacocat  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Did you by chance wander in from over here?

Deltron_0  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

not even close. My words are backed by tangible events - that were released to the public in 1997.

I am done. I am already labeled a looney. I'm half insulted by your link. But this type of treatment hasn't changed since I was diagnosed bipolar. Thank you, asshole.

tacocat  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A suitably disjointed response I suppose. You're welcome.

tacocat  ·  2859 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Trump can effectively run his mouth and that's about it.