The GOP War On Women Continues... The Donald Trump Edition!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Saturday that bringing Syrian refugees to the U.S. could result in "one of the great military coups of all time."
"This could be one of the great military coups of all time if they send them to our country -- young, strong people and they turn out to be ISIS," he told Fox News' Eric Bolling. "Now, probably that won't happen, but some of them definitely in my opinion will be ISIS."
Trump said later Saturday that bringing in more refugees could have long-term effects.
"This could be the ultimate Trojan horse. This one could be written about for a long time," he said at a campaign event in Franklin, Tennessee. "They probably think, 'This is going to be easy. We will send all these ISIS people.' So a big percentage could be them."
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
To Donald Trump, there is no American problem that bravado cannot solve.
Except maybe one.
Want to dismantle the 14th Amendment? Armed only with fire-breathing bluster, Trump will git ’er done.
Want 6 percent economic growth ? Trump will make it happen.
Want to bring home thousands of jobs long ago outsourced to China and Mexico? Trump will show our trading partners and greedy U.S. multinationals who’s boss.
Want to defy the laws of arithmetic, causing a $10 trillion budget hole to disappear? Trump can will it so, using only his mind.
Want to round up 11 million undocumented workers, mass-deport them, then expediently let the “good ones” back in, all on the cheap? Call in your favorite negotiator.
Same with a “big, beautiful” wall on the southern border, and health care for all, and tax cuts for all, and everything else the generous Tax Cut Santa and Spending Santa can devise, all without nicking federal budgets. Trump once compared himself to Batman, but in truth he more closely resembles the Man of Steel. And he knows it.
Last week, CNBC’s John Harwood said to Trump, “Your answer to policy questions, how do you pay for this, how are you going to do that, is: ‘I’m Trump. I’m good. I’m the best. I will get it done.’ Who’s your model? We don’t have Superman presidents.”
The Republican front-runner replied: “No, but we will if you have Trump.” Thus spake Zarathustra.
A few days earlier, Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” told Trump, “You know, the problem with a lot of these ideas is that the president of the United States is not the CEO of America. . . . The Constitution is going to tell you no.”
Trump’s response? “We’ll see.”
A Trump presidency would be an all-powerful presidency, one unconstrained by ideological adversaries, other sovereign nations, constitutional restrictions, political correctness or special interests. It offers the kind of seductive tyrannical flourishes that right-wingers see in President Obama, even though Obama’s legislative agenda, executive branch appointees and judicial nominees have been blocked at every turn. President Trump has made it clear he would never tolerate such bullying.
Except, it seems, when it comes to one particular issue: gun violence.
On this issue, and this issue alone, Trump is — like every other Republican contender — strangely passive.
On “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Trump explained that there was no sense in even tinkering with our gun laws. “You know, no matter what you do, guns, no guns, it doesn’t matter. You have people that are mentally ill. And they’re gonna come through the cracks,” he told Chuck Todd.
His comments on “This Week” were similarly fatalistic. “No matter what you do, you will have problems and that’s the way the world goes.”
When host George Stephanopoulos noted how uncharacteristically can’t-do this attitude was for Trump, the latter insisted: “Now, George, I could say, oh, we’re going to do this and that and it’s never going to happen again. You have sick people in this country and throughout the world, and you’re always going to have difficulty.”
Taking a page out of the National Rifle Association’s playbook, Trump then laid responsibility for gun violence at the feet of the mentally ill. But he abstained even from advocating for more screening and services for mental illness.
In other words, Trump, like other conservative politicians he claims to disdain, shrugged. Trump, a man who prides himself on his great willingness to speak the politically incorrect truth, dared not offend his base. Trump, who considers himself unrestrained by special interests, paid obeisance to perhaps the most powerful special interest in the country, the gun lobby (from which he seems to have cribbed his own gun policy proposals). Trump, the self-proclaimed strongman, is now mysteriously impotent.
This is a shame. Unlike economic stagnation, outsourcing or inconvenient budgetary arithmetic, gun violence could be addressed by concrete, workable policy solutions. All that’s required is some Trumpian political backbone.
We know what could be done to at least reduce would-be murderers’ access to deadly weapons, including universal background checks and closure of the so-called Charleston loophole, which allowed Dylan Roof to purchase a gun when he should have been denied one. We could also limit the size of magazines, or reinstate the assault weapons ban. Or create a federally financed gun buyback program, as proved successful in Australia. When it comes to curbing gun violence, The United States suffers not from a failure of imagination; we have a failure of will.
A few days earlier, Scott Pelley of “60 Minutes” told Trump, “You know, the problem with a lot of these ideas is that the president of the United States is not the CEO of America. . . .
there....let me correct that.
the pres of the u.s.of a......IS the ceo of the 'UNITED STATES, INC.'!!
we have been sold out to foreign interests and made beneficiaries of the debt incurred by congress to the international bankers.
we aren't citizens we are 'subjects'.
we are just 'human beings' aka..corporate resources.
Just Google...'Act of 1871'
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
“There is a macho appeal to saying I’m just sick of nothing happening, I’m going to make things happen, vote for me.”
— Bill Clinton, on The Late Show, explaining Donald Trump’s appeal.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
President Obama said Donald Trump was “the classic reality TV character” who had tapped into something real in the Republican Party but was unlikely to end up as president, Reuters reports. Said Obama: “He is a great publicity-seeker – and at a time when the Republican Party hasn’t really figured out what it’s for as opposed to what it’s against.” He added: “I don’t think he’ll end up being president of the United States.”
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
“A Republican National Committee conference call to discuss plans for the Oct. 28 GOP debate with top advisers to the presidential campaigns spiraled into chaos on Thursday afternoon, as Donald Trump threatened to pull out of the debate if his demands for the format are not met.”
At issue is whether CNBC will allow candidates to give opening and closing statements. Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski “said that if the debate does not include opening or closing statements and is longer than two hours total, including commercial breaks, the real estate mogul would have to reconsider his participation.”
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace reacted to his sit-down interview with GOP front-runner Donald Trump, who said he is now “beginning to believe” that Trump “could be elected president of the United States.”
“All of us dismissed Trump early on. A summer fling, momentary amusement,” Wallace stated. “As I watch that interview and I heard what he had to say about the country and about trade and about losing and just the sheer force of his personality, I am beginning to believe he could be elected president of the United States.”
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Mike Murphy, who runs the Right to Rise super PAC supporting Jeb Bush, told Bloomberg that Donald Trump is a “zombie frontrunner.” Said Murphy: “He’s dead politically, he’ll never be president of the United States, ever. By definition I don’t think you can be a frontrunner if you’re totally un-electable.”
He added: “So there’s no meaningful outcome to it. But the question is what kind of catalyst is it? It’s a huge amount of noise and so we’re trying to find the signal in all this. You’ve seen Trump start to drop now. I think it’ll be a very slow drop, but I think he’ll continue to drop and the question is: is he ready to lose primaries, will he stay in? And nobody knows the answer to that.”
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
"The word Christmas, I love Christmas," Trump said. "You go to stores, you don’t see the word 'Christmas.' It says 'happy holidays' all over. I say, 'where's Christmas?'" "I tell my wife, don’t go to those stores," he continued, as the crowd began cheering. "I want to see Christmas. You know, other people can have their holidays, but Christmas is Christmas. I want to see 'Merry Christmas.' Remember the expression, 'Merry Christmas?' You don’t see it anymore. You’re going to see it if I get elected, I can tell you that right now." (Donald Trump) Trump did not explain how he would, as president, compel business owners to promote Christian expressions.
Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump @jaimeennis @examinercom "Thanks Jaime, Happy Holidays" 10:29 AM - 21 Dec 2012
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump @shanesgranny "Thanks and Happy Holidays." 2:04 PM - 27 Nov 2012
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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