Trumps is in!

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

Cheap shot artist or envious?

Hey, you know me. That is obviously a cheap shot. The ball was tee'ed up and I took a swing!

[HarmanKardon]

If you listen to the lyrics of Frank's song "Cheapness" it is as if he was talking in a way about the Trump issue.

[Dondilion]

It is said that Trump is the most main stream of the Repubs candidates.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

From the polls, it seems Trump got a boost from his McCain jab.

Fixed it for you.

[Rajoo]

A good summation here regarding Trump, the Republican Party and the current state of disarray.

Trump is Trump: what you see is what you get—and in many ways what you always got. The worldview, personality traits, unending self-confidence, sharp tongue and refusal to play nice has always characterized Trump’s public persona. Yet, now the Republican Party has given him an institutional platform to introduce those behaviors to the political arena.

Over the past two decades, the Republican Party has built a messaging machine that at times focused on personal attacks, at times tasteless in nature. Those attacks have been aimed at Democrats like Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Max Cleland, to name a few. But they have also been aimed at fellow Republicans (just ask John McCain about his experience in South Carolina in the 2000 presidential primary). Over time, Republican politics seized vitriol and disdain and personal distrust and even hatred as a means of accomplishing political victory or making political distinctions.

As a president’s citizenship and legitimacy were questioned, the party grew stronger. As Democrats were compared to communists, Nazis or whatever enemy du jour was convenient to publicly criticize health care or immigration policy or international negotiations or financial regulation or the stimulus law, the party grew bolder.

There seemed to be few boundaries in the mudslinging of politics, until last week when Trump criticized John McCain’s war record. Though previous criticisms of John McCain appeared acceptable (the 2000 Republican primary) as were attacks on veterans (the 2004 presidential election or the 2002 Georgia Senate Election).

I think it's now too late for the GOP to contain or embrace Trump's candidacy. If his net worth is around half of what he estimates (Trump has indeed stated that inflating property values is quite normal ), he will run as a self financed independent. Big ego and big money is a useful combination in politics.

http://www.newsweek.com/republicans-...mselves-357965

[Tom Joad]

Well now that he's the front runner the mud slinging has started full bore and they're throwing everything at him including the Kitchen sink.

First he's a rapist.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...uring-sex.html

Then he's calling a breast feeding mom disgusting.

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/trum...350815777.html

I wonder what's next?

Pedophilia?

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

First he's a rapist.

Then he's calling a breast feeding mom disgusting.

I wonder what's next?

Pedophilia?

Cheated on his taxes?

[Tom Joad]

What's hilarious is that the right is blaming the liberals for these attacks.

I dunno, most liberals I know are happy as pigs in shit that Trump is running.

It's the other Republican candidates for President that want to destroy him.

[Rajoo]

I overheard either today or yesterday the talking heads at MSNBC defending The Donald vociferously.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

I overheard either today or yesterday the talking heads at MSNBC defending The Donald vociferously.

I'm going to defend him too.

Trump is my pick for the Republican nomination.

I still think the most likely scenario for 2016 is Clinton vs. Bush, but my dream is for it to be Sanders vs. Trump.

You can't say that wouldn't be a real distinct choice for the voters.