News Donald Trump's Popularity To Date

[Fadeaway]

This whole election is a joke. I wish they would all stop opening their mouths so that I could delude myself into thinking at least on of them was a viable candidate.

People like trump because he isn't a politician, but he is worse, he is one of the ones who pays off the politicians to vote and create laws that benefit them, not us. By running for office, all he is doing is cutting out the middle man. He is a lobbyist himself.

 

[The Albatross]

If you take a really hard look at previous presidents you'll find all manner of dysfunction which mystifies me but not so much before as in the last 4 election cycles. We have a plethora of information at our fingertips for cripes sake, yet the bovine masses swallow and regurgitate the main stream (sarcastically as MSM to me is propaganda) media.

Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll cut his own proverbial throat by saying something so stupid it wakes people up. But then again money talks, after all it got us GW and Obama.

 

[Neverthesame]

Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll cut his own proverbial throat by saying something so stupid it wakes people up.

Honestly "Can't rape your wife" is about as stupid and offensive as it gets. Then again I am apparently a strange man. Hmm

Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll flop totally the other way (as politicians often do).

"Can't rape your husband", might actually offend the right people. Here's hoping. Or else we need only abandon all hope.

 

[Ed Norton]

Well just to be fair that was his lawyer who said that.

I'm writing in Charles Bronson on the ballot...

 

[Deleted member 28740]

Most powerful nation on earth with this as Commander and Chief?

Well, "W" did fabricate. Trump, TRUMPS that. Yesterday, Donald Trump tweeted a series of inaccurate murder statistics from the “Crime Statistics Bureau — San Francisco.” The bureau doesn’t exist and the statistics were fabricated. It appears Dead Link Removed. For example, the graphic claims that 81% of whites are killed by blacks. The actual percentage, based on the latest data from the FBI, Dead Link Removed.

 

[Neverthesame]

Well just to be fair that was his lawyer who said that.

Here's the thing about that.

Unless the Donald immediately sacked the lawyer who said that. I think it's safe to assume he wasn't overly bothered by that statement.

Lawyer's are a dime a dozen. It's not as though Trump couldn't just replace the prick.

I appreciate your clarification of the facts @Ed Norton. Though in this particular situation it does nothing to impact my feelings on this matter. Good on you for pointing it out.

Charlie Bronson isn't a bad idea, what about Gomer Pyle? Lol.

 

[Forgetful]

I don't usually talk politics with anyone however with this election I think I'll have to vote for Mikey Mouse.. Its my opinion that as a nation we are no longer voting for the candidate who we feel will make the better president but instead we are voting for the one who makes the best liar.

I'm not trying to offend anyone. I am simply stating my opinion.

 

[Chava]

Trump is still talking and hogging the republican show. He's trailed by a tea partier, that sad fringe party. Unf*ckingbelievable that this is what the republican party has come to. But fine, as I'd have no problem voting for Bernie Sanders.

 

[ms spock]

In Australia the top 250 companies avoid enough tax every 3 months to pay for social security (welfare) for more than 5 years (1980s figures I can't be bothered to find out the latest estimates - it would make me too angry).

It is time to stop scapegoating the poor and disenfranchised, and make every one meet their mutual obligations. It is time for the richest to at least pay something approaching their fair share of tax.

I worked in the Tax Office in Australia and some companies pay less tax than a working family. It is disgusting. And they all are willing pay endlessly for premium legal representation, and they can afford it, so the Tax Office doesn't have the same unlimited resources. So they get away with it - as they are too rich!

It is time to stop supporting the lifestyles of the super rich, and stop working and middle class people from financing their lifestyles, with the poor being used as the scapegoat and beat up in the media "as exploiting the system". Look at those tax breaks and then talk about totally exploiting the system.

Seriously can no one do mathematics anymore? Why can't people add the bleeding obvious up? I am talking literally here.

People like Trump serves and functions as a distraction, entertainment and to make the other candidates look not as bad. He scapegoats the traditional people that are scapegoated to direct people's fear and uncertainty away from their own lives, and therefore far away from any actual action, consistent rational thinking or proactive actions in the future, because those bad, scary, welfare cheats out there are the ones out there that are the real problem, and not parts of the system itself.

Trump comes under the distorted cognition of:

30. Falling victim to the “Door in the Face” technique.
When someone makes an outlandish request first, then makes a smaller request, the initial outlandish request makes the smaller request seem more reasonable.
https://www.myptsd.com/threads/cognitive-distortion-list-do-you-see-any-that-you-do.58223/

You put up at totally crazy off the wall candidate and you put up a less crazy candidate without much policy and it doesn't matter as much because there is immense relief that Trump is off the table. No candidate can be as bad or embarrassing as Trump.

These things are carefully orchestrated, it is no accident that this is happening.

 

[Ed Norton]

My best friend thinks he's a plant to get Hillary in.
Exactly Ms Spock

 

[Deleted member 20978]

I remember the first time I saw Dubbya, he was on Letterman, and I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking oh this guys a total maroon, no way he'll ever be president. And he was *way* smarter than Trump. But then, he also didn't have people all over pronouncing him disgusting, and denouncing his whole platform. No way Trump wins. Hopefully a contested primary and then at least we can have a more usual puppet show for 2016.

 

[Ladyghosthunter]

One thing is I'm voting for the right guy for the position and it sure isn't Shrillary. I was hoping that Ben Carson would get in but Donald Trump? Sorry I'd rather vote for Clint Eastwood.