Well,I can't say I'm surprised to come here and find the Ugly American brigade supporting Trump. To my friends overseas, while there is a chance we elect this jackass, I'm hoping that most moderates and reasonable Republicans will reject him like they did Palin.
The fact of the matter IS that Trump is misogynist. His record with women is terrible. He literally insulted a news anchor at a debate by claiming she had "blood coming out of her you know what." He bragged about the size of his dick at another debate. AT A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. The crap he has said and done with women over the years is inexcusable. He's racist. He thinks Hispanics are rapists and crooks by nature. He thinks we should ban Muslims from entering the country.
He's not "constitutionalist" like a lot of right wingers falsely claim to be -- and their support of him shows how little they really care about the Constitution and the principles that underlie it. He doesn't respect the Constitution - see said ban which would violate the 1st Amendment. He thinks the 1st Amendment should be limited so that when people attack him politically, he can use his wealth to sue them and shut them down. The founders would be abhorred by this. Competely abhorred.
He has not grasp of foreign policy other than to bully. He thinks he can threaten Mexico into paying for a border wall. Vladimir Putin LIKES HIM. Well, he says he does. Putin is no idiot and realizes an America with a Drumpf (his real family name by the way) as President will only be weaker. It will result in less support for NATO and Putin will have more leeway to operate in the Baltics and the Ukraine/Belorussia.
His domestic policy is entirely incoherent. Debate after debate he says NOTHING. Absolutely NOTHING about policy other than he will "make America great again." It's truly Hitler-esque and white male Americans -- his only real base of support -- are eating it up, just like white Germans did in the 30s.
And good businessman? What a joke. 12 of his companies have gone bankrupt. He started with daddy's money and has underperformed the New York real estate market over the last 40 years. He's made money on reality shows and self-congratulatory books, and his "brand." Not real nuts and bolts business acumen.
I'm not surprised Larry is on the Trump Train -- and he is, despite what he says above. He'll gleefully vote Trump in November. But I'm just disappointed in Randy. Randy seems like the typical moderate Republican who, for example, realized Palin was a complete idiot and didn't vote for McCain as a result.
And Obama bowing before a Saudi King? When is respect for other cultures bad? You realize that kind of He-Man American bullshit is what drives people around the world crazy?
And Obama as a bad steward of the economy? Uh, ok. Let's see. Deficit in 2008: 1.4 trilion. Now: 450 billion. Stock market: 7000. Now: 17500. Unemployment rate: 10%. Now: 5%
And Clinton and Benghazi? What our FoxNewsFeeders here won't tell you is that Secretary Clinton was completely exonerated by the House REpublican committee on Benghazi. And her emails? She placed them on a secure server at her house, versus say Colin Powell who used freaking Gmail and Yahoomai for his. Was it dumb for her to do it? Maybe. Was it some treasonous crime? No, that's just misgynistic, pathological Clinton hate - which approaches the pathological hate a lot of conservative white males have for the President.
Sooooo...lemme sum up (so to speak):
Trump is a "jackass", a "bully", a "misogynist", a Nazi (Hitler-esque...'same thing), and a "racist"...those who support him are "Ugly Americans"... and "a lot" of conservative white males who support him are "pathological haters" as well...aaaaand Trump is also a
failure as a businessman (even though he's worth $10 Billion or so). 'Got it.
On the other hand, Clinton has done
nothing wrong even though she's the target of an FBI
criminal investigation...so, I guess the FBI must also be a "misgynistic" (misogynistic), pathological, and Clinton-hating bunch as well. And whereas Trump says "absolutely NOTHING" about his policies other than he will "make America great again", Mr. Young implies Clinton has spelled out
all her policies in intricate microscopic detail...and he basically says Obama has proven to be God's gift to America and the world as well. 'Got all that, too.
And Obama as a bad steward of the economy? Uh, ok. Let's see. Deficit in 2008: 1.4 trilion. Now: 450 billion. Stock market: 7000. Now: 17500. Unemployment rate: 10%. Now: 5%"
What Mr. Young
neglects to mention is: (1) the federal DEBT has gone from $10.63 Trillion when Bush left office to over $19.2 Trillion currently...and estimates are it will be over $20 Trillion by the time the moving van pulls up to the White House, (2) The stock market is where it is today due to The Fed
dropping interest rates to practically Z-E-R-O, thereby forcing people to enter the 'market in order to have
any hope at all of growing their wealth while receiving an income, (3) today's REAL unemployment rate is closer to 11% if the unemployed who
aren't counted are factored in, IOW those who have exhausted their unemployment bennies and those who have just plain given up looking for work (Obama said the unemployment rate wouldn't rise above 8% if congress passed the "stimulus bill" - congress DID pass it, and the unemployment rate went to 10.84% if I remember correctly), (4) the "labor participation rate" is the l-o-w-e-s-t it's been in darned near 40 years. In addition, the 5% unemployment figure doesn't distinguish between PART TIME and FULL TIME employment. Further, if anyone works a minimum of 1 hour a week and is paid at least $20 for it, said person
is NOT counted as "unemployed".
DONALD LAMBRO: Obama hides jobs failure by not counting long-term unemployed - Washington Times
And Obama bowing before a Saudi King? When is respect for other cultures bad?
Name ONE OTHER president in the history of this country who's ever BOWED to the head of another country - be he the Saudi King or whomever. Like flying some other nation's flag ABOVE Old Glory -
it just isn't done.
And then there's this little gem:
I'm not surprised Larry is on the Trump Train -- and he is, despite what he says above. He'll gleefully vote Trump in November. (my emphasis)
So, basically, Mr. Young says I'm a liar.
Mr.
Young knows better than I precisely what I'm thinking. ("The Amazing Kreskin" had better move over!)
Fact: "I'm not a passenger on "Trump Train". But, I'm far, far, faaaaaaaaaar less of a fan of what's been going on over the past 7.5 years. THAT CRAP has to stop - IMMEDIATELY. Bernie or 'Billary' won't change
any of it. That's a 'GIVEN'. If anything, either one of them would make things
worse. So...aside from those two, who else is going to be on the ballot...?
"
The last sentence explains why I'll be voting for Trump. I'm not really casting a vote
for Trump as much as I'm voting
AGAINST Billary or Bernie (for the reasons stated). If the GOP candidate were "Joe the plumber" - I'd vote for HIM.
'Done here...:annoyed: