Making America Great Again

[HerbieHeadley]

The Donald is non stop. This man has more energy than most 20 year or so juniors. He is not only correct and right, but he is honest. If you are tired of liars for politicians, you have to love Trump.

http://rsbn.tv/live-stream-donald-trump-holds-rally-in-muscatine-ia/

 

[HerbieHeadley]

http://www.c-span.org/video/?403595-1/donald-trump-campaign-rally-muscatine-iowa

 

[BoltNut]

The Donald is non stop. This man has more energy than most 20 year or so juniors. He is not only correct and right, but he is honest. If you are tired of liars for politicians, you have to love Trump.

http://rsbn.tv/live-stream-donald-trump-holds-rally-in-muscatine-ia/

I'll say one thing, this election is definitely not boring. LOL

I love how he says things in a way that throws Political correctness out the window. You can count on Donald saying what is truly on his mind. Not my first choice, but still a vast improvement over what we have now.

 

[TheBear]

The Donald is non stop. This man has more energy than most 20 year or so juniors. He is not only correct and right, but he is honest. If you are tired of liars for politicians, you have to love Trump.

http://rsbn.tv/live-stream-donald-trump-holds-rally-in-muscatine-ia/

You know, I couldn't put my finger on it until I watched this latest video you provided. Trump's vernacular, mannerisms, facial expressions and body language reminds me of a straight up Mafia gangster ~ a wiseguy. He reminds me of a Mob Boss. A bully.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Trump is a natural leader who attracts natural followers... the weak are always drawn to strength.

 

[The Cadet]

He is not only correct and right, but he is honest.

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/

Of the statements Trump made that Politifact examined, a whopping 39% are false and 20% are "pants on fire". 1 claim (out of 84 total checked) is rated as "true". Politifact also rated his entire campaign the 2015 lie of the year. To quote:

PolitiFact has been documenting Trump’s statements on our Truth-O-Meter, where we’ve rated 76 percent of them Mostly False, False or Pants on Fire, out of 77 statements checked. No other politician has as many statements rated so far down on the dial.

In considering our annual Lie of the Year, we found our only real contenders were Trump’s -- his various statements also led our Readers’ Poll. But it was hard to single one out from the others. So we have rolled them into one big trophy.

To the candidate who says he’s all about winning, PolitiFact designates the many campaign misstatements of Donald Trump as our 2015 Lie of the Year.​

He's constantly objectively wrong on many issues, and is almost certainly dishonest about many of those. Have you ever checked what he's said?

I love how he says things in a way that throws Political correctness out the window.

Just out of curiosity, was his implication that Megyn Kelley is on her period also "bucking political correctness"? How about his retweeting of inaccurate crime statistics from a white nationalist twitter feed? Or his saying that a BLM protester deserved to get assaulted at his event? Or his calling mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers, despite the fact that illegal immigrants typically commit fewer crimes than native born citizens? Do you think those are things everyone would say if it weren't for political correctness?

It's one thing to "buck political correctness" to make important points other people don't want you to say, or say something meaningful about the current, or even just to be irreverantly funny (Mel Brooks sure got away with it). But a lot of what Trump is saying that most people wouldn't say isn't about political correctness. It's about accuracy, or, often, not being a sexist, racist jerk. Moviebob has a great video on the subject of "political correctness" mostly being a shield for bigotry - "Hey, you can't tell me not to be a jerk, you're just being PC". And Trump's whole campaign is perhaps the best example of it I have ever seen. Yeah, he's not being politically correct. He's also not being reasonable. He's also being a racist, misogynistic jerk, and we should not just give him a pass on it because he's being "politically incorrect".

There's a difference between breaking "PC taboo" to punch up and doing the same to punch down. Trump is definitely doing the latter.

 

[Armoured]

The Donald is non stop. This man has more energy than most 20 year or so juniors. He is not only correct and right, but he is honest. If you are tired of liars for politicians, you have to love Trump.

http://rsbn.tv/live-stream-donald-trump-holds-rally-in-muscatine-ia/

... coming from the guy who was incensed about people "worshipping" Obama, this is pretty special.

 

[Oafman]

If you are tired of liars for politicians, you have to love Trump.

You could not hope to find a career politician with fewer principles, who is more prepared to say anything it takes to get into power, than Donald Trump. It's ridiculous that you think otherwise.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Although I am curious about what, specifically, The Donald has said to earn the support of the OP and others... I suspect it's more the projection of strength and power than any particular issue or statement.

 

[The Cadet]

Although I am curious about what, specifically, The Donald has said to earn the support of the OP and others... I suspect it's more the projection of strength and power than any particular issue or statement.

Actually, a friend of mine from another forum made a similar observation:

For some reason I was flipping through some random YouTube videos last night of snippets of Trump interviews, and it struck me that there was a pattern here. Typical example:

Trump is talking about his business successes. Interviewer points out that Trump Hotels & Casinos went through three bankruptcies. Trump argues that he made out quite well for himself. Interviewer persists: "three bankruptcies" -- how can you call that successful management? Trump then says he wasn't actually running the place, other people were. Interviewer persists: "You were chairman of the board!". Trump says, sure, but he wasn't really doing anything. Interviewer persists: "They were paying you two million dollars a year. If you weren't doing anything, what were they paying you for?" Trump says "They were paying me for my genius", then changes the subject and moves on to some new bluster.

Here's the thing. One after another, interviewers make him look like a complete idiot, but he's either oblivious to it or ignores it, and prattles on with more bluster than ever. I know this is probably pretty damn obvious but it just made it all so vividly apparent: If you listen to the words, Trump is a blathering idiot. If you don't listen to the words, but are just sensitized to the tone, sort of like a dog, then Trump is the undefeated champ of interviews -- the media send their best and brightest, and Trump defeats them all!

It's a fascinating study in psychology, and apparently of the mental aptitude of the Trump loyalists. Or is it their dog-like loyalty?

 

[BoltNut]

Just out of curiosity, was his implication that Megyn Kelley is on her period also "bucking political correctness"? How about his retweeting of inaccurate crime statistics from a white nationalist twitter feed? Or his saying that a BLM protester deserved to get assaulted at his event? Or his calling mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers, despite the fact that illegal immigrants typically commit fewer crimes than native born citizens? Do you think those are things everyone would say if it weren't for political correctness?

It's one thing to "buck political correctness" to make important points other people don't want you to say, or say something meaningful about the current, or even just to be irreverantly funny (Mel Brooks sure got away with it). But a lot of what Trump is saying that most people wouldn't say isn't about political correctness. It's about accuracy, or, often, not being a sexist, racist jerk. Moviebob has a great video on the subject of "political correctness" mostly being a shield for bigotry - "Hey, you can't tell me not to be a jerk, you're just being PC". And Trump's whole campaign is perhaps the best example of it I have ever seen. Yeah, he's not being politically correct. He's also not being reasonable. He's also being a racist, misogynistic jerk, and we should not just give him a pass on it because he's being "politically incorrect".

There's a difference between breaking "PC taboo" to punch up and doing the same to punch down. Trump is definitely doing the latter.

I made a general statement. I am NOT a Trump "fan". He is NOT my favorite candidate. I realize he "shoots from the lip", so to speak.

It's one thing to be an avid supporter of someone, and someone who listens, and finds a candidate interesting. Donald Trump says a lot of different thing in a way that is simple and unencumbered by Political correctness. Trump is being Trump. I find him to be much more intriguing than many of the others. It doesn't mean I would choose that kind of person to be my President.

 

[The Cadet]

It's one thing to be an avid supporter of someone, and someone who listens, and finds a candidate interesting. Donald Trump says a lot of different thing in a way that is simple and unencumbered by Political correctness. Trump is being Trump. I find him to be much more intriguing than many of the others. It doesn't mean I would choose that kind of person to be my President.

I'll say this much: this is probably the most interesting political season since Andrew Jackson stopped being a thing.

 

[One Voice Among Many1]

I'll say this much: this is probably the most interesting political season since Andrew Jackson stopped being a thing.

Just the mention of his name makes my skin crawl.

 

[BoltNut]

I'll say this much: this is probably the most interesting political season since Andrew Jackson stopped being a thing.

Yep. I also think we'll begin to see a little more separation between a few candidates, and the rest of the pack. It's not unusual for support of the front runners to "solidify" after early primaries. Since this is a somewhat unusual election, the winner of Ohio or New Hampshire, may not end up being the nominee. I could be wrong, I've been wrong about things like this before, but nothing about this campaign has been "normal".

 

[grasping the after wind]

You know, I couldn't put my finger on it until I watched this latest video you provided. Trump's vernacular, mannerisms, facial expressions and body language reminds me of a straight up Mafia gangster ~ a wiseguy. He reminds me of a Mob Boss. A bully.

He should fit right in in Washington then.

 

[BoltNut]

Just the mention of his name makes my skin crawl.

Why would someone who's been dead for over 170 years, make your skin crawl?.... Unless he was sitting next to you, that is. LOL

 

[grasping the after wind]

Trump is a natural leader who attracts natural followers... the weak are always drawn to strength.

Seems this year they are drawn to old men with bad haircuts.

 

[One Voice Among Many1]

Why would someone who's been dead for over 170 years, make your skin crawl?.... Unless he was sitting next to you, that is. LOL

Long story, wrong thread. I just made a side remark unrelated to the OP.

 

[grasping the after wind]

You could not hope to find a career politician with fewer principles, who is more prepared to say anything it takes to get into power, than Donald Trump. It's ridiculous that you think otherwise.

Again he should fit right in, in Washington.

 

[TheBear]

He should fit right in in Washington then.

LOL you might be right!



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