This one hits hard, and considering what’s happened in the last 24 hours, it is very much appropriate.
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Tag: Donald Trump
Some straight talk on Donald Trump
This is laughable at best. When Trump is winning, he loves the polls, when he is behind they are unscientific. 🙄
The Story via NYT:
Ben Carson has taken a narrow lead nationally in the Republican presidential campaign, dislodging Donald J. Trump from the top spot for the first time in months, according to a New York Times/CBS News survey released on Tuesday.
Mr. Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, is the choice of 26 percent of Republican primary voters, the poll found, while Mr. Trump now wins support from 22 percent, although the difference lies within the margin of sampling error.
The survey is the first time that Mr. Trump has not led all candidates since The Times and CBS News began measuring presidential preferences at the end of July.
Charlie Rose thinks this is a big deal:
Trump says that the polls are unscientific:
This is laughable at best, this is because the reason Donald Trump is falling in the polls, is because of the fact that Trump has bashed Jeb Bush (I am not a fan of Jeb, don’t worry!) and Donald Trump took an underhanded swipe at Ben Carson’s religious beliefs as well, which I thought was totally uncalled for.
Here’s the video of Donald Trump taking his underhanded swipe at Ben Carson’s religion:
You see, people see this sort of stuff; the back and forth with the Bushes, the slamming of Ben Carson’s religious beliefs and they start to think, “since when did this become a religious contest?” Which political elections are not supposed to be about that at all. Donald Trump also comes off as a bit of a jerk to most people when he does this.
For the record, Ben Carson is a Seventh Day Adventist, which I as a Baptist do disagree with their theology, very much so. However, I do not believe that Ben Carson’s religious beliefs should be a litmus test to be President of the United States and I do not believe that this sort of idiotic slamming of someone’s religious beliefs should be a part of this Presidential race at all.
Not to mention that Donald Trump insulted Iowa voters, I mean, can you get any more stupid than that? The funny part is that, to cover his own backside, he blamed a staffer for the insult. How childish can you get?
It is a bit early in this primary cycle; but, I have to say, I am beginning to believe that Donald Trump has used up his star power and that it is going to start hurting him, and not help him. At first, when Donald Trump came on the scene, I supported him. However, it is becoming clearer to me, that Trump is simply in this race to make a name for himself and that he really does not care about winning the Presidency. My support of him has basically dried up and I hope he shortly does the honorable thing and drops out of this race. He has turned a serious race into a clown show and it has done more to hurt the Conservative cause than anyone else in this race could ever do.
I mean, Donald Trump is trying and failing badly at trying to take credit for Ford Motor Company bringing jobs back to America, something that the current Governor of Ohio, who is also running for President, is taking serious issue with, not to mention Ford themselves. This tells me that Trump is simply into this for what I like to call “publicity whoring.”
My advice to Iowa primary voters, give this joke of a Presidential Candidate a one way ticket back to his plush office in Manhattan and vote for someone who is actually serious about being the next President of the United States of America.
Donald Trump, A flip flopper?
As I rule, I wouldn’t agree with anything that a neoconservative would say.
But. these two articles that The Neo-Neocon and Chicago Boyz have written are very interesting.
I think that all Conservatives and Republicans need to take a very hard look at Donald Trump and see what he has said in the past. I know that Ronald Reagan changed his views; but, Reagan was the real deal. Trump strikes me as an opportunist, who is playing the populist card to get elected.
We do want to get a conservative back in the white house; so, we have to be very wise in who we support in this election cycle. Because, we have so much lose, if we are not. This goes for conservatives of all colors and stripes. Donald Trump’s talk on trade and foreign policy might be music to some people’s ears, and that would include mine as well. However, if this man is playing people for a fool, it should be exposed and reported on, because it would be a painful lesson to all Americans, if Donald Trump were simply lying to get elected.
So, to my fellow conservative bloggers, good job! Keep the heat and scrutiny up on Trump and let’s hope the media is paying attention.
Glenn Beck is now channeling Al Sharpton
Here’s the video, right here. (Click on the link)
On Tuesday, talk radio host Glenn Beck accused the Tea Party supporters of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump of being racists.
While he questioned whether Trump’s supporters are genuine Tea Partiers, Beck said of them, “If you were a Tea Party person, then you were lying. You were lying. It was about Barack Obama being black. It was about him being a Democrat.” Although he later identified fellow talk show host Sean Hannity as a Tea Party supporter who thinks Trump is “a great guy,” Beck said that he simply disagrees with Hannity about Trump.
Source: Glenn Beck: Tea Partiers Who Support Donald Trump Are Racist – Breitbart
Glenn Beck is sporting his butthurt, because of two reasons:
- Glenn Beck sold Andrew Breitbart up the river back in 2011 and Sarah Palin wants nothing to do with him anymore, because of it. This was during the Sharon Sherrod incident. Someone informed her of this and a skit that Beck had on his show that mocked her son with Down’s. Also too, there was an e-mail of hers that was read on air, that she did not want read. So, Glenn is angry about that.
- Donald Trump will not go on Glenn Beck’s show. My sources tell me, it is because Trump thinks that Glenn is a kook. Trump would not even give him press credentials into one his events. (although, they were allowed in eventually…)
Basically, I am thinking that this is nothing more than some attempt of Beck’s to capture some of the Trump limelight for himself. Beck’s also venting, because he lost a good number of his subscribers after he turned on Sarah Palin and Andrew Breitbart. Sources also tell me that Glenn Beck’s Blaze Network is about to collapse, because financially, the network is treading water and is losing money more and more everyday.
So, now you know the rest of the story.
AllahPundit makes a very good point about Donald Trump
Hate to say it, but he is very much correct:
One more thing: In the unlikely event that Trump does sweep to the presidency, I think some historians will begin reconsidering what the Reagan revolution was really about. Was it a conservative revolt against the Great Society, Nixonian welfare-state management, and Carter-era exhaustion with liberalism, or was it more a response to the sense of national renewal that Reagan projected, above and beyond ideology? Reagan, unlike Trump, was a true conservative and wanted to limit government accordingly, but they both stood for American power in different ways. Maybe it was that sense of power, of overhauling a failed governing class, that drew Republicans and centrist Democrats to Reagan first and foremost, with Reagan’s conservatism more of an experiment voters were happy to go along with so long as the economy was booming and the Soviets were back on their heels. If you look at Reagan that way, with ideology a component of his appeal but not the catalytic component, you can sort of see a line between him and Trump
Source: Hugh Hewitt to Trump: Will you resist the authoritarian impulse as president? « Hot Air
He’s right about that; and too, Reagan was the great communicator. Reagan also was a very kind-hearted person and would win you over with his charm. He was a statesman, and of the greatest generation and era ever, one that has sadly passed into the annals of history.
Now, Donald Trump? He is a totally different horse of a total different color and breed. Basically, he’s a bare knuckles, tell it like it is, shoot from the hip, tough guy New Yorker, with a really, really, good education and business savvy. Because of this, he tends to be very, very very, blunt. This works in the business world, where such things are seen as powerful, groundbreaking and decisive; but in the political world, especially in the Conservative political world, he has those people running around with their hair on fire, losing their minds! Mainly because today, political correctness and a slight amount of couth are the standard these days. Donald Trump has none of this; and the grassroots love it to death! The GOP establishment? Not so much.
By the way, the establishment hated Reagan too; but they had to accept him. Especially after the “I’m paying for this microphone!” incident. Funny that “AllahPundit” seems to have forgotten that one and the fact that basically the Fundamentalist and Evangelical Christian world basically was what propelled Reagan into the White House. But, he’s an idiot atheist, so one should expect that.
Glenn Beck says that Donald Trump is no conservative
I find this interesting, and I somewhat agree.
The Audio:
The story via NPR:
The rise of Donald Trump as a Republican presidential candidate has surprised many pundits, but not conservative commentator Glenn Beck.
Trump has widened his lead over other Republican presidential candidates in public opinion polls. Other non-professional politicians, including Dr. Ben Carson, a heart surgeon, and Carly Fiorina, the former head of Hewlett-Packard, have also shot ahead of politicians in the polls.
Voters are angry, and they “want somebody just to say it the way they think it — especially if they say it in a non-politically correct way,” Beck says.
Beck, the broadcaster and author, is considered one of the most influential — and loudest — voices in American conservatism. Formerly with Fox News, Beck now hosts a daily radio program and founder of The Blaze, a cable and Internet network. His most recent book is It Is About Islam.
But Beck tells NPR’s Scott Simon that he doesn’t support Trump, and doesn’t think he is a true conservative.
“It’s hard to say you espouse conservative principals and small-government principals when you are saying that you think [the] Canadian health care system works and is wonderful,” he says.
I especially like the part where Glenn Beck talks about civility. As I reported on here, that some people are using Trump’s message to commit violence. Not to mention that some people, who feel that anyone who does not have their nose or other such relevant body part, placed in the anal cavity of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson; that they are “RAAAAACIST!” Which is basically one of the reasons, why I stopped voting for Democrats.
Here’s what Booman should be using for his logo:
I thought Booman was smarter than that? I guess not. What makes me laugh is that this booman, from what I hear is some “well to do” entitled white guy, who is calling Donald Trump a racist. 🙄
The downside to stoking populist rage
Is this right here:
(CNN)Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Friday he “would never condone violence” after Boston police said two men beat a homeless man while making anti-immigrant statements.”Donald Trump was right,” the two men said, according to police, as they beat the man with a metal pipe and then urinated on him. “All these illegals need to be deported.”Trump tweeted on Friday that the incident was “terrible.””We need energy and passion, but we must treat each other with respect,” Trump said.
Source: Cops: Invoking Trump, 2 men beat up homeless man – CNNPolitics.com
Trump for his part says this:
Boston incident is terrible. We need energy and passion, but we must treat each other with respect. I would never condone violence.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 21, 2015
He is right, we need to be aware and want to change things; but, beating homeless immigrants is not the way to do that.
My thoughts on the Fox debate
Here are my thoughts on the Fox News debate tonight.
Please keep in mind that I am dictating this using voice to speech on my telephone. So, if the punctuation is bad or the wording sounds a little odd that is why.
Number 1: Donald Trump bombed, horribly. He came off as an arrogant a-hole. He attacked Meghan Kelly; he came off as a misogynist, aggressive a-hole, who respected no one else on that stage except for himself.
That might play well with his hardcore supporters and it might play well with his business friends in New York City and around the world, but it will not play well with middle America and it will not play well with women voters at all.
Number 2: Jeb Bush look like a freaking nerd. He looked like the smart intelligent geeky kid at debate club. He supports common core although he claims he doesn’t, he just wants higher standards. But, he did not look presidential he looked like he was nervous and a bit out of his element on the debate stage. I predict that he will not fare well in the primary.
Number 3: The rest of them did rather well. I think the sparring of Chris Christie and Rand Paul paints a drastic difference between the libertarian wing and the national security/antiterrorism wing of the Republican Party. The voters in the primaries, will have to choose which side of that divide that they want to vote for. It should be interesting.
Number 4: Mike Huckabee looks like a Southern Baptist preacher talking about politics. Although I did admire his defense of Social Security. I did not however, appreciate Chris Christie’s comments about Social Security. It sounds to me like he wants to gut it and possibly stop it. He needs to be a bit more clear about that.
Number 5: The only candidate that really stood out to me during the 5 o’clock debate was Carly Florina. I very much appreciated her smart answers to the questions that she was presented especially the ones about Iran. She very much held her own, being a woman and I think that was admirable. She would really make a good vice president and probably a president after the second term of whoever wins but she runs with.
So there you have it,my impressions of the first debate of the Republicans in 2015. I’m hoping that after the first primary this field gets narrowed down. Right now there is much too many people and much of their messages are interchangeable, except for some finite details. hopefully the ones who vote in the primaries will select the best candidate.
One thing I will say as an independent conservative who’s not beholden to any particular party as a rule. I keep hearing these candidates saying that America is going down, America is in terrible shape, America is not a good place now; and all that I feel that is bad messaging myself personally.
I feel that what they should be saying is America still the greatest nation on earth. It just has poor leadership at the moment and we need to change that.
Yes, America has problems. Yes, America has leaders now we were out of touch with the rest of the world and with the people of America obviously. But to say that America is going down to me strikes me as being anti- American.
America now is still the greatest place on earth to live. just ask all the Mexican immigrants who are coming across the border illegally. Obviously, we’re doing something right or they wouldn’t be pouring into this country.
I think that needs to be addressed in the upcoming debates. It’s bad messaging and it gives swing voters like my mom, the impression that the Republicans believe because we have a black president who is a Democrat that that makes America a bad place and that’s not a good message to be putting out to the rest of America are not necessarily Republicans.
Just my opinion and I will come yours here.
UPDATE: As I figured he would, Donald Trump is whining like a little bitch that he was picked on by Meghan Kelly.
If he can’t handle Meghan Kelly, how the hell is he going to handle the problems that he is going to meet in the White House?
The man is not entitled to be treated any differently than anybody else. I don’t give a darn how much money he has!
So, as far as I’m concerned; Donald Trump is no longer a serious candidate in my eyes and I am sure I’m not the only person that feels that way.
Update #2: Now a big story on Memeorandum.
Is the DNC trying to stifle the Democratic debates?
It sure seems that way.
The neocon Weekly Standard writes:
Bill Hyers, a senior strategist in the Martin O’Malley presidential campaign, is calling the new Democratic debate schedule “less democratic.”
“By inserting themselves into the debate process, the DNC has ironically made it less democratic. The schedule they have proposed does not give voters—nationally, and especially in early states—ample opportunity to hear from the Democratic candidates for President. If anything, it seems geared toward limiting debate and facilitating a coronation, not promoting a robust debate and primary process,” Hyers writes.
“Rather than giving the appearance of rigging the process and cutting off debate, the DNC should take themselves out of the process. They should let individual and truly independent news, political, and community organizations create their own debates and allow the Democratic candidates for President to participate. There is a long, proud tradition of voters in early states like Iowa and New Hampshire getting to hear early and often from candidates for President—the DNC schedule kills that tradition, and we shouldn’t stand for it.”
The Democrats have only six debates scheduled.
There is a reason for this; and I have to explain this one a bit. There are two factions in the Democratic Party, as in the Republican Party. There is the grassroots left, which is made of the normal people, who actually vote and are involved with progressive politics on the ground and the other faction —- the establishment or corporate left.
Hillary Clinton is the establishment candidate, she is seen as the electable one for the Democratic Party. She has money, funding and name recognition. Needless to say, the Party will be totally behind her. For the record, Barack Obama was seen as a grassroots candidate, when he was running. However, as time went on, it was very clear to many on the left; that he was just another establishment type.
Bernie Sanders however, is a grassroots progressive, he is not a part of the corporate left or establishment left. Bernie Sanders has tapped into the grassroots left, who feel that the Democratic Party establishment has sold them out. Donald Trump is doing the same very thing in the Republican Party with the conservative grassroots.
Martin O’Malley has a point and a very good one. However, if you think that the Democratic Party is going to stand by and risk loosing an election to some no-name candidate or some grassroots candidate, you are very highly mistaken. The Democrats have much to lose in the election. They already know that they are going to take hits in some red states; so, they are going to do everything they can to put forward the best candidate for the general election. The Democrats learned their lessons from 1968 and they are not about to implode again like they did then.
Bernie Sanders will not make it to the general election, I can assure you of that. The gatekeepers in that party will see to that; you watch and see. Neither will Donald Trump, as the GOP has too much to lose; they screwed it up last time, they will not do it again.
Mixed feelings about Donald Trump’s comments about John McCain
First what “The Don” said: (via Youtube)
https://youtu.be/Jz0Vgpr8sWg
Now, the reactions:
Montel Williams:
I will not pretend to know what’s been up with Donald Trump from the beginning of this road show he’s currently on. Perhaps he truly wanted to be President. Perhaps it was all part of his ongoing circus. Only the man himself can know which when he looks in the mirror each day. But this is one gigantic bridge too far. Whether he said that out of ignorance, a desire to cause a stir or – and I pray this isn’t true – because he really feels that way, I am done with him. Completely and absolutely done. Anyone who can allow those words to pass their lips is not fit to command our armed forces and is either too stupid, too oblivious or just too unamerican to serve as President of these United States.
Speaking only as one veteran who survived absolutely nothing compared to Senator McCain, I will close with a simple message. Goodbye, Mr. Trump. Your little show has been entertaining to say the least and, in your own way, you spurred some aspects of the national debate which needed a boost. But the sooner you exit the stage the better. You shall have no vote from me in any election, primary or general.
Now Trump is trying to save face, Via Fox News insider:
Okay, here is how I feel about all of that. As smart of a man as Donald Trump is; he should know, that in politics, the third rail is to insult members and former members of United States Military. It simply does not fly, especially in the Republican Party and in Conservative circles.
Now, as for John McCain? I happen to agree with Donald Trump’s comments about his performance in the Senate and as a Republican and a Conservative. It is true, he did lose the 2008 election, because of his picking of Sarah Palin. My own Mother was willing to vote for him; but because he picked that stupid Alaskan hick Fem-Nazi; she decided against it.
The problem here is this; Donald Trump in his attempt to poke John McCain on his senate record and his record on his handling of veteran affairs, Donald Trump ended up besmirching John McCain’s military honor and service. In Conservative and especially in Republican politics; that is a fatal move and I think Donald Trump either needs to really make a serious apology or leave the race or run as an independent.
Update: Even Joe Cannon at Cannonfire, who I have had issues with in the past; he even says that Trump was out of line. Joe Cannon is also a vet as well.
Update #2: Rupert Murdoch chimes in: (via NewsMax)
When is Donald Trump going to stop embarrassing his friends, let
alone the whole country?— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) July 19, 2015
