I think it just makes good sense to try and understand who are all these people supporting Donald Trump? When I am talking to someone who oddly enough seems to bear out this article's findings, more often then not, I hold back my real feelings because theirs are coming across much more inflamed than my incredulity. I generally like these people, afterall!
Oh, and please note the highlighted section, I do believe I have been trying to make the same point!
Although white men without a college education haven’t suffered the same historical discrimination as blacks or women, their suffering is not imagined. The Hamilton Project has found that the full-time, full-year employment rate of men without a bachelor's degree feel from 76 percent in 1990 to 68 percent in 2013. While real wages have grown for men and women with a four-year degree or better in the last 25 years, they've fallen meaningfully for non-college men.
That Chris Christie piece is hysterical! Yeah, he's toast. Trump telling him to get back on the plane... omg! I have to agree, he must be thinking me, me, me for VP!
I never did like that guy and especially after that Geo. Washington bridge deliberately done traffic snafu. I think I drove across it right around that time, coming back from Philly! It was a pain in the arse!
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I do think it is very interesting to read about all the various world views speaking out about the state of USA elections today. An interesting study in how each country filters their own stake within the fomenting dynamics.
It makes one think, Hillary might not be wise to think she's got this thing all sewed up. I think it makes some really good points! Scary to think about, but nothing in this contest has gone according to script.
"Trump doesn't need to accurate, because he's authentic."
In all 15 states that have voted in the GOP primary, Trump’s supporters have named the same quality as most important in a president: Somebody who “tells it like it is.” Does it matter that Politifact determined that 76 percent of Trump's statements were errors, inaccuracies, or absurd lies? No way. Somebody who “tells it like it is” doesn’t have to “get the facts right.” Trump doesn’t need to be accurate, because he’s authentic. And yes, there is a difference. The difference between accuracy and authenticity is the difference between a British passport and a British accent. People with the former tend to have the latter, but the first is concrete and falsifiable, and the second is easily faked.
And I totally believe this about him:
He will fake it until he absolutely cannot make it. He’ll fib about policy, because he doesn’t care, and maybe voters don’t either. He won’t adhere too closely to what he’s already said, because he doesn’t care, and maybe voters don’t either.
His eye is on winning... Every which way AND loose!
by GSD Admin on 03 March 2016 - 17:03
Trump=the death of the republican party. Stay tuned to watch it self implode.
by beetree on 03 March 2016 - 18:03
Actually, I think you might be exaggerating. There are options and a few scenarios still to consider.
Trump wins the GOP nomination. Hillary defeats him in the prez race. GOP scoops up seats in House and Senate. GOP survives. The country only has to survive Hillary for the next four years.
Trump wins the GOP nomination. Trump defeats Hillary in Nov. and becomes Prez. Then the whole globe will be wondering what to expect, next. Certainly, all his brash talk and substanceless ideas will be met with at once with opposition, ever increasing frustration, one after another. A heart attack will spare us all. GOP survives.
What now is being considered is ingeniously called, Plan A:
It basically relies on the patriotism, good sense, and rational self-interest of two men: Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. The plan is simple: Each candidate publicly pledges to support for president whichever of them has the most delegates to the Republican convention. In return, the winner will make the other one his running mate.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/432261/ted-cruz-marco-rubio
See, I remain once again, the ultimate optimist!
by joanro on 03 March 2016 - 19:03
Cruz rubio ticket is exponentially worse than trump. Worse than Hillary.
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