Just a thought for Republicans that dislike Trump.

[Ray From Cleveland]

Republicans have broken voter turnout records in every state so far. I'm pretty sure that is the result of the Trump phenomenon. I'm also pretty sure a lot of his supporters will disappear with him if he loses the nomination. I know how much a lot of you dislike Trump, but at this point he is probably the best bet for a Republican win.

THere's gonna be HUUUUGE buyers remorse should Trump be selected. His tyrannical way of doing business is gonna turn folks against him quickly. Because MOST of his support is not looking for "deals".. They are looking to reduce the growth and restrain the power of Fed Govt. He's NOT a political reformer.

All all those "Great People" he owns and controls are not gonna put up his ego and flippant ways of making pronouncements and decisions. It's gonna be a disaster of EPIC proportions should he get elected.

Be damned certain of one thing. He is NOT intending to govern as a Republican or a Conservative or for that matter with ANY POLITICAL consistency. So when your only goal is winning, you are gonna LOSE every shred of party identity you own when he's done destroying your brand.


If this is the best BOTH parties are offering -- God help the United States of America..

Who was the last president to reduce the growth and restrain the power of the Federal Government? Reduce spending. Secure the border?

Clinton actually cooperated in a fairly decent spending reduction. It's about time for one --- dontchathink?

Trump has NEVER uttered a word (that I've heard) about ANY of that. He plans to use all those agencies to strongarm deals. Sic the IRS, OSHA, FDA, EPA, etc on anyone he's "dealing with".. LOVES the idea of wielding all that influence and PLANS on expanding and USING it..

Donald Trump Would Cut Department Of Education, EPA

Trump Says He Will Cut The EPA As Prez: 'We'll Be Fine With The Environment'

We KNOW the establishment Republican candidate will do nothing...because the establishment candidate ALWAYS does nothing. Bush created whole new departments, tried to pass amnesty, spent like crazy, championed and signed "no child left behind", demanded and signed the Patriot Act and created a new entitlement. Way to reduce the size scope and power of government? And I'm pretty sure he had both the House and Senate at one point.

The next establishment candidate will do the same thing...run on one thing, and do something completely different.

The ONLY way to break the cycle is to do something completely different. Break from the establishment and elect a citizen/statesmen. This may be our only opportunity in our lifetime to do it.

Cruz is never going to be the nominee. The establishment stacks the deck against any hard right conservative or social conservative by making many of the primaries in liberal leaning states winner-take-all.

Rubio is the establishments man...business as usual. More outsourcing, more free trade, more government spending, more illegal aliens, more amnesty. The same old same old.

Trump is the only viable candidate with no lobbyists hands shoved up their ass making their mouth move.

If you want less government, Trump is honestly the only option.

The total budget of the EPA and the Dept of Education is $110 billion.

The budget deficit is projected to be $438 billion.

Trump said he's not going to cut SS, Medicare or the military.

SS and Medicare will be the biggest contributors to incremental increases in the budget deficit, and Trump says he's going to increase military spending.

So what else is he going to cut?

Hopefully every bureaucracy in the country.

 

[Illya. K. Makrus]

People tend to stay in a certain frame of thinking. Fortunately, I haven't had that frame built, because I haven't seen that many elections. That is why when people talk about "electability" and "seriousness", I often shrug and smile. From what I've seen, they failed to predict nearly anything on Trump's candidacy, yet they count on their prediction to evaluate Trump's "electability"; they certainly believe that Trump is not "serious", whereas the most "serious" candidate in my opinion bowed out from the race yesterday. With all due respect, I don't believe in those stuff. I believe what I see.

For me, Trump is a charismatic, intelligent, and tough leader, someone that I believe truly loves our country. His passion inspires a lot of people, motivating them to be part of a revolution for a better future. Winning or not, he has earned my respect and support.

 

[Eaglewings]

...at this point he is probably the best bet for a Republican win.

Good post, but, he has always been the best choice for a Republican win.

Pretty much the ones that hated him before may come around after the shock wears off..

 

[JimBowie1958]

The 2 folks who scare the shit out me wielding and USING all that power are Bernie the Red and the Trumpster.

They WILL use it all..

If Dear Leader Obama didnt use, it, I cant imagine Trump or Sanders doing so.

These people are straightforward, while Hillary and Rubio have a long track record of lying to the American people.

I wouldnt want them to have that power for certain, and I will vote for anyone to defeat them.

 

[flacaltenn]

Republicans have broken voter turnout records in every state so far. I'm pretty sure that is the result of the Trump phenomenon. I'm also pretty sure a lot of his supporters will disappear with him if he loses the nomination. I know how much a lot of you dislike Trump, but at this point he is probably the best bet for a Republican win.

THere's gonna be HUUUUGE buyers remorse should Trump be selected. His tyrannical way of doing business is gonna turn folks against him quickly. Because MOST of his support is not looking for "deals".. They are looking to reduce the growth and restrain the power of Fed Govt. He's NOT a political reformer.

All all those "Great People" he owns and controls are not gonna put up his ego and flippant ways of making pronouncements and decisions. It's gonna be a disaster of EPIC proportions should he get elected.

Be damned certain of one thing. He is NOT intending to govern as a Republican or a Conservative or for that matter with ANY POLITICAL consistency. So when your only goal is winning, you are gonna LOSE every shred of party identity you own when he's done destroying your brand.


If this is the best BOTH parties are offering -- God help the United States of America..

Who was the last president to reduce the growth and restrain the power of the Federal Government? Reduce spending. Secure the border?

Clinton actually cooperated in a fairly decent spending reduction. It's about time for one --- dontchathink?

Trump has NEVER uttered a word (that I've heard) about ANY of that. He plans to use all those agencies to strongarm deals. Sic the IRS, OSHA, FDA, EPA, etc on anyone he's "dealing with".. LOVES the idea of wielding all that influence and PLANS on expanding and USING it..

Donald Trump Would Cut Department Of Education, EPA

Trump Says He Will Cut The EPA As Prez: 'We'll Be Fine With The Environment'

We KNOW the establishment Republican candidate will do nothing...because the establishment candidate ALWAYS does nothing. Bush created whole new departments, tried to pass amnesty, spent like crazy, championed and signed "no child left behind", demanded and signed the Patriot Act and created a new entitlement. Way to reduce the size scope and power of government? And I'm pretty sure he had both the House and Senate at one point.

The next establishment candidate will do the same thing...run on one thing, and do something completely different.

The ONLY way to break the cycle is to do something completely different. Break from the establishment and elect a citizen/statesmen. This may be our only opportunity in our lifetime to do it.

Cruz is never going to be the nominee. The establishment stacks the deck against any hard right conservative or social conservative by making many of the primaries in liberal leaning states winner-take-all.

Rubio is the establishments man...business as usual. More outsourcing, more free trade, more government spending, more illegal aliens, more amnesty. The same old same old.

Trump is the only viable candidate with no lobbyists hands shoved up their ass making their mouth move.

If you want less government, Trump is honestly the only option.

Bush is not the best example of Conservatism. In fact -- he is the PRIME reason the Tea Party was formed.
The ONLY Repub candidates criticizing the Patriot Act were Rand Paul and his father. Trump has philosophical limits on pursuing the War on Terrorism and would probably EXPAND the monitoring and spying to assist his immigration plans.

Trump is no "statesman".. He's a dictator wannabee. Will push thru deals assisting crony Capitalism in order to "make America great". Does not see any harm in USING government for corporate advantage.

You CAN solve these things. Vote for the Tea party candidates or vote for Gary Johnson as a Libertarian who HAS these things a FIRST PRIORITY. Trump will make Conservatism irrelevant, piss off minorities, make corporate-government collusion a FIXTURE of Washington D.C politics.

You want a grass roots candidate with convictions? Vote for Bernie on a Socialist ticket. Or ditch BOTH the broken parties and stop REWARDING them for giving folks these poor choices..

 

[JimBowie1958]

Trump got 24% of the Iowa vote 35% of New Hampshire and 32% in South Carolina it's not all about Trump. If his numbers go up as Kasich and Carson join Bush on the sidelines that will be a big deal if the Bush, Kasich, Carson supporters rally around Rubio or Cruz then Trump was never as big a deal as thought.

If you think that is likely to happen, in order to stop the Trumpster, then why havent they done it already?

Because they are too ambitious themselves to take one for the team?

And why assume that some of their supporters wouldnt go to Trump?

This is just about over already.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Republicans have broken voter turnout records in every state so far. I'm pretty sure that is the result of the Trump phenomenon. I'm also pretty sure a lot of his supporters will disappear with him if he loses the nomination. I know how much a lot of you dislike Trump, but at this point he is probably the best bet for a Republican win.

THere's gonna be HUUUUGE buyers remorse should Trump be selected. His tyrannical way of doing business is gonna turn folks against him quickly. Because MOST of his support is not looking for "deals".. They are looking to reduce the growth and restrain the power of Fed Govt. He's NOT a political reformer.

All all those "Great People" he owns and controls are not gonna put up his ego and flippant ways of making pronouncements and decisions. It's gonna be a disaster of EPIC proportions should he get elected.

Be damned certain of one thing. He is NOT intending to govern as a Republican or a Conservative or for that matter with ANY POLITICAL consistency. So when your only goal is winning, you are gonna LOSE every shred of party identity you own when he's done destroying your brand.


If this is the best BOTH parties are offering -- God help the United States of America..

Who was the last president to reduce the growth and restrain the power of the Federal Government? Reduce spending. Secure the border?

Clinton actually cooperated in a fairly decent spending reduction. It's about time for one --- dontchathink?

Trump has NEVER uttered a word (that I've heard) about ANY of that. He plans to use all those agencies to strongarm deals. Sic the IRS, OSHA, FDA, EPA, etc on anyone he's "dealing with".. LOVES the idea of wielding all that influence and PLANS on expanding and USING it..

Donald Trump Would Cut Department Of Education, EPA

Trump Says He Will Cut The EPA As Prez: 'We'll Be Fine With The Environment'

We KNOW the establishment Republican candidate will do nothing...because the establishment candidate ALWAYS does nothing. Bush created whole new departments, tried to pass amnesty, spent like crazy, championed and signed "no child left behind", demanded and signed the Patriot Act and created a new entitlement. Way to reduce the size scope and power of government? And I'm pretty sure he had both the House and Senate at one point.

The next establishment candidate will do the same thing...run on one thing, and do something completely different.

The ONLY way to break the cycle is to do something completely different. Break from the establishment and elect a citizen/statesmen. This may be our only opportunity in our lifetime to do it.

Cruz is never going to be the nominee. The establishment stacks the deck against any hard right conservative or social conservative by making many of the primaries in liberal leaning states winner-take-all.

Rubio is the establishments man...business as usual. More outsourcing, more free trade, more government spending, more illegal aliens, more amnesty. The same old same old.

Trump is the only viable candidate with no lobbyists hands shoved up their ass making their mouth move.

If you want less government, Trump is honestly the only option.

Bush is not the best example of Conservatism. In fact -- he is the PRIME reason the Tea Party was formed.
The ONLY Repub candidates criticizing the Patriot Act were Rand Paul and his father. Trump has philosophical limits on pursuing the War on Terrorism and would probably EXPAND the monitoring and spying to assist his immigration plans.

Trump is no "statesman".. He's a dictator wannabee. Will push thru deals assisting crony Capitalism in order to "make America great". Does not see any harm in USING government for corporate advantage.

You CAN solve these things. Vote for the Tea party candidates or vote for Gary Johnson as a Libertarian who HAS these things a FIRST PRIORITY. Trump will make Conservatism irrelevant, piss off minorities, make corporate-government collusion a FIXTURE of Washington D.C politics.

You want a grass roots candidate with convictions? Vote for Bernie on a Socialist ticket. Or ditch BOTH the broken parties and stop REWARDING them for giving folks these poor choices..

Bah. Trump will fix the guest worker program, the black market labor problem and return the government to listening to the people instead of corporate lobbyists. Your projection of his being a wannabe dictator are based on figments of your imagination.

Trump I think has a deep seated desire to be a hero, and slaying the international corporate dragons trying to strangle America to death is his quest.

He could have played the corporate lackey easily enough without running for President.

 

[flacaltenn]

The 2 folks who scare the shit out me wielding and USING all that power are Bernie the Red and the Trumpster.

They WILL use it all..

If Dear Leader Obama didnt use, it, I cant imagine Trump or Sanders doing so.

These people are straightforward, while Hillary and Rubio have a long track record of lying to the American people.

I wouldnt want them to have that power for certain, and I will vote for anyone to defeat them.

Not clear that Obama didn't ATTEMPT to use it. Stifling the growth of the Tea Party with special persecution by the IRS????? Expanding the NSA domestic surveillance powers and capabilities??? All those immigration laws by fiat??

Sanders WILL HAVE to use those minions of the damned to implement his "make a wish" society. It's a REQUIREMENT of his faulty plans. And Trump will use payouts and kickbacks to corporations in order to "make better deals". His deals will include enforcement and monitoring provisions of ALL those Fed Dept and Agencies.

 

[blackhawk]

Trump got 24% of the Iowa vote 35% of New Hampshire and 32% in South Carolina it's not all about Trump. If his numbers go up as Kasich and Carson join Bush on the sidelines that will be a big deal if the Bush, Kasich, Carson supporters rally around Rubio or Cruz then Trump was never as big a deal as thought.

If you think that is likely to happen, in order to stop the Trumpster, then why havent they done it already?

Because they are too ambitious themselves to take one for the team?

And why assume that some of their supporters wouldnt go to Trump?

This is just about over already.

Given how ugly it was between Jeb and Trump I see no reason to believe any of his supporters would go to Trump Carsons supporters are largely people who believe it's important that there candidate share their values that would be Cruz or Rubio before Trump most likely Rubio given the Cruz Carson incident in Iowa as for Kasich his supporters tend to be the more moderate level headed type and not really interested in the over the top rhetoric and bomb throwing which would again tend to favor Rubio over Trump or Cruz.

 

[flacaltenn]

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

P. J. O'Rourke
Read more at P. J. O'Rourke Quotes at BrainyQuote.com

Could paraphrase to -- Giving the Nuclear football and the power of the Federal govt to Trump ---- is like giving whiskey and the car keys to a teenage egomaniac..

 

[flacaltenn]

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

P. J. O'Rourke
Read more at P. J. O'Rourke Quotes at BrainyQuote.com

Could paraphrase to -- Giving the Nuclear football and the power of the Federal govt to Trump ---- is like giving whiskey and the car keys to a teenage egomaniac..

Lemme fix that. "Giving Trump the power of Federal Govt and the Nuclear Football is like giving whiskey and the car keys to Ethan Couch." (the affluenza spoiled brat)..

 

[Missourian]

THere's gonna be HUUUUGE buyers remorse should Trump be selected. His tyrannical way of doing business is gonna turn folks against him quickly. Because MOST of his support is not looking for "deals".. They are looking to reduce the growth and restrain the power of Fed Govt. He's NOT a political reformer.

All all those "Great People" he owns and controls are not gonna put up his ego and flippant ways of making pronouncements and decisions. It's gonna be a disaster of EPIC proportions should he get elected.

Be damned certain of one thing. He is NOT intending to govern as a Republican or a Conservative or for that matter with ANY POLITICAL consistency. So when your only goal is winning, you are gonna LOSE every shred of party identity you own when he's done destroying your brand.


If this is the best BOTH parties are offering -- God help the United States of America..

Who was the last president to reduce the growth and restrain the power of the Federal Government? Reduce spending. Secure the border?

Clinton actually cooperated in a fairly decent spending reduction. It's about time for one --- dontchathink?

Trump has NEVER uttered a word (that I've heard) about ANY of that. He plans to use all those agencies to strongarm deals. Sic the IRS, OSHA, FDA, EPA, etc on anyone he's "dealing with".. LOVES the idea of wielding all that influence and PLANS on expanding and USING it..

Donald Trump Would Cut Department Of Education, EPA

Trump Says He Will Cut The EPA As Prez: 'We'll Be Fine With The Environment'

We KNOW the establishment Republican candidate will do nothing...because the establishment candidate ALWAYS does nothing. Bush created whole new departments, tried to pass amnesty, spent like crazy, championed and signed "no child left behind", demanded and signed the Patriot Act and created a new entitlement. Way to reduce the size scope and power of government? And I'm pretty sure he had both the House and Senate at one point.

The next establishment candidate will do the same thing...run on one thing, and do something completely different.

The ONLY way to break the cycle is to do something completely different. Break from the establishment and elect a citizen/statesmen. This may be our only opportunity in our lifetime to do it.

Cruz is never going to be the nominee. The establishment stacks the deck against any hard right conservative or social conservative by making many of the primaries in liberal leaning states winner-take-all.

Rubio is the establishments man...business as usual. More outsourcing, more free trade, more government spending, more illegal aliens, more amnesty. The same old same old.

Trump is the only viable candidate with no lobbyists hands shoved up their ass making their mouth move.

If you want less government, Trump is honestly the only option.

Bush is not the best example of Conservatism. In fact -- he is the PRIME reason the Tea Party was formed.
The ONLY Repub candidates criticizing the Patriot Act were Rand Paul and his father. Trump has philosophical limits on pursuing the War on Terrorism and would probably EXPAND the monitoring and spying to assist his immigration plans.

Trump is no "statesman".. He's a dictator wannabee. Will push thru deals assisting crony Capitalism in order to "make America great". Does not see any harm in USING government for corporate advantage.

You CAN solve these things. Vote for the Tea party candidates or vote for Gary Johnson as a Libertarian who HAS these things a FIRST PRIORITY. Trump will make Conservatism irrelevant, piss off minorities, make corporate-government collusion a FIXTURE of Washington D.C politics.

You want a grass roots candidate with convictions? Vote for Bernie on a Socialist ticket. Or ditch BOTH the broken parties and stop REWARDING them for giving folks these poor choices..

Bah. Trump will fix the guest worker program, the black market labor problem and return the government to listening to the people instead of corporate lobbyists. Your projection of his being a wannabe dictator are based on figments of your imagination.

Trump I think has a deep seated desire to be a hero, and slaying the international corporate dragons trying to strangle America to death is his quest.

He could have played the corporate lackey easily enough without running for President.

^^^This.

If Trump just wanted power, he wouldn't say the things the establishment uses against him. He would just tell you what you want to hear, then do whatever he wants after elected.

The man is the most honest person I have heard running for office in my lifetime. The dictator is totally projection on your part.

There is no benefit to him to say Planned Parenthood isn't all bad in the primaries...or that the mandate in Obamacare was a Conservative proposal that might be retained. There is no doubt that the man tells it like it is and lets the chips fall where they may.

I'm no fan of Planned Parenthood, but when Trump tells me the truth about something I don't like, it makes me more apt to believe what he says that I do like.

 

[flacaltenn]

Who was the last president to reduce the growth and restrain the power of the Federal Government? Reduce spending. Secure the border?

Clinton actually cooperated in a fairly decent spending reduction. It's about time for one --- dontchathink?

Trump has NEVER uttered a word (that I've heard) about ANY of that. He plans to use all those agencies to strongarm deals. Sic the IRS, OSHA, FDA, EPA, etc on anyone he's "dealing with".. LOVES the idea of wielding all that influence and PLANS on expanding and USING it..

Donald Trump Would Cut Department Of Education, EPA

Trump Says He Will Cut The EPA As Prez: 'We'll Be Fine With The Environment'

We KNOW the establishment Republican candidate will do nothing...because the establishment candidate ALWAYS does nothing. Bush created whole new departments, tried to pass amnesty, spent like crazy, championed and signed "no child left behind", demanded and signed the Patriot Act and created a new entitlement. Way to reduce the size scope and power of government? And I'm pretty sure he had both the House and Senate at one point.

The next establishment candidate will do the same thing...run on one thing, and do something completely different.

The ONLY way to break the cycle is to do something completely different. Break from the establishment and elect a citizen/statesmen. This may be our only opportunity in our lifetime to do it.

Cruz is never going to be the nominee. The establishment stacks the deck against any hard right conservative or social conservative by making many of the primaries in liberal leaning states winner-take-all.

Rubio is the establishments man...business as usual. More outsourcing, more free trade, more government spending, more illegal aliens, more amnesty. The same old same old.

Trump is the only viable candidate with no lobbyists hands shoved up their ass making their mouth move.

If you want less government, Trump is honestly the only option.

Bush is not the best example of Conservatism. In fact -- he is the PRIME reason the Tea Party was formed.
The ONLY Repub candidates criticizing the Patriot Act were Rand Paul and his father. Trump has philosophical limits on pursuing the War on Terrorism and would probably EXPAND the monitoring and spying to assist his immigration plans.

Trump is no "statesman".. He's a dictator wannabee. Will push thru deals assisting crony Capitalism in order to "make America great". Does not see any harm in USING government for corporate advantage.

You CAN solve these things. Vote for the Tea party candidates or vote for Gary Johnson as a Libertarian who HAS these things a FIRST PRIORITY. Trump will make Conservatism irrelevant, piss off minorities, make corporate-government collusion a FIXTURE of Washington D.C politics.

You want a grass roots candidate with convictions? Vote for Bernie on a Socialist ticket. Or ditch BOTH the broken parties and stop REWARDING them for giving folks these poor choices..

Bah. Trump will fix the guest worker program, the black market labor problem and return the government to listening to the people instead of corporate lobbyists. Your projection of his being a wannabe dictator are based on figments of your imagination.

Trump I think has a deep seated desire to be a hero, and slaying the international corporate dragons trying to strangle America to death is his quest.

He could have played the corporate lackey easily enough without running for President.

^^^This.

If Trump just wanted power, he wouldn't say the things the establishment uses against him. He would just tell you what you want to hear, then do whatever he wants after elected.

The man is the most honest person I have heard running for office in my lifetime. The dictator is totally projection on your part.

There is no benefit to him to say Planned Parenthood isn't all bad in the primaries...or that the mandate in Obamacare was a Conservative proposal that might be retained. There is no doubt that the man tells it like it is and lets the chips fall where they may.

I'm no fan of Planned Parenthood, but when Trump tells me the truth about something I don't like, it makes me more apt to believe what he says that I do like.

He runs his commercial enterprise as a dictator. Even played one on TV.. That's his style. That and BUYING PEOPLE OFF to get what he wants. Is that not clear to you fans???

You seen him hiring famous and competent high mgt for the Trump ORg? Not really. GREAT people won't work for people like that.

 

[PredFan]

Think about this as part of a dynamic process if you really want to anticipate what will eventually happen.

Right now Trump is going up in polls, and there is no reason to believe he has some fictional cap. People were saying that about Romney in 2012 as well and were proven wrong. Trump isnt polling high as a second choice, but he has been a lot of peoples third or forth choice behind idealistic candidates like Carson and Kasich.

Hillary is dropping in the polls as she shows the world she is a cheating cantankerous old hag, cheating Sanders, lying to authorities about her email and secured document handling and may be indicted just prior to the election. Her poll numbers will continue to drop.

Rubio is a provenliar, and though he has rising numbers, as people become more informed with his track record he will start hemorraging supporters.

Rubio is a loser no matter who yo put up against him. He even makes Hillary look honest.

You are letting your dislike of Rubio cloud your thinking. He isn't my first choice but I can easily see him beating both Democrat candidates handily. It's a fact that lying is almost a positive thing with most democrats and many independants. Obama's reelection proves that. Plus there are a great many voters who vote for stupid reasons like looks, youth, and ethnicity which Rubio has all of. He beats either candidate pretty easily, IMO.

I think you are correct Pred. He would probably win the easiest, which would make the establishment happy as hell since he is absolutely controllable. How much actual change we would get is the big question. If winning the easiest is the number 1 desire of GOP voters, then Rubio is their guy!

If Rubio wins the nomination I'm voting third party. I will not vote for someone who is pro-amnesty. PERIOD!

What if you can't find a 3rd party candidate that isn't pro-amnesty?

I might vote Hillary.

Hillary is pro amnesty. Why would you do that?

 

[Missourian]

He runs his commercial as a dictator. Even played one on TV.. That's his style. That and BUYING PEOPLE OFF to get what he wants. Is that not clear to you fans???

Clear as mud. Cruz can't get the nomination. He is literally at 4% in the prediction odds market. Rubio the Robot's clockworks is bought and paid for. Business as usual, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. And regardless of what anyone says, he had no chance of beating Hillary. Every ounce of the GOP enthusiasm is with Trump. Once he is out, the election is over. Everyone seems to understand it except the stodgy establishment types.

Talk about dictators, the establishment is the dictator. They rig the game, and then pretend to give the electorate a choice. Even stacking the audience with establishment types at the last Republican debate. Now we have a candidate that uses the RNC establishment advantages against them. He's already won two primaries.

No Republican has EVER won South Carolina and New Hampshire and not won the nomination.

If it happens, if Trump were to lose at this point, everyone would see that the fix is in. Can you not see that?

That would be the end of the Republican Party.

Luckily, I don't see that as likely.

Trump wins Nevada...then runs the SEC...and that's likely the end of the campaign. Folks love to back a winner. And Trump is a winner.

Read my sig.

No one else running could have survived this week. Not Rubio the Corporate Robot...hell, he barely survived one rotund New Jersey Governor. Not Hillary...she is barely able to handle a 75 year old socialist.

Trump not only survived, but succeeded by winning the South Carolina Primary.

And he will do the same in the General Election.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Clinton actually cooperated in a fairly decent spending reduction. It's about time for one --- dontchathink?

Trump has NEVER uttered a word (that I've heard) about ANY of that. He plans to use all those agencies to strongarm deals. Sic the IRS, OSHA, FDA, EPA, etc on anyone he's "dealing with".. LOVES the idea of wielding all that influence and PLANS on expanding and USING it..

Donald Trump Would Cut Department Of Education, EPA

Trump Says He Will Cut The EPA As Prez: 'We'll Be Fine With The Environment'

We KNOW the establishment Republican candidate will do nothing...because the establishment candidate ALWAYS does nothing. Bush created whole new departments, tried to pass amnesty, spent like crazy, championed and signed "no child left behind", demanded and signed the Patriot Act and created a new entitlement. Way to reduce the size scope and power of government? And I'm pretty sure he had both the House and Senate at one point.

The next establishment candidate will do the same thing...run on one thing, and do something completely different.

The ONLY way to break the cycle is to do something completely different. Break from the establishment and elect a citizen/statesmen. This may be our only opportunity in our lifetime to do it.

Cruz is never going to be the nominee. The establishment stacks the deck against any hard right conservative or social conservative by making many of the primaries in liberal leaning states winner-take-all.

Rubio is the establishments man...business as usual. More outsourcing, more free trade, more government spending, more illegal aliens, more amnesty. The same old same old.

Trump is the only viable candidate with no lobbyists hands shoved up their ass making their mouth move.

If you want less government, Trump is honestly the only option.

Bush is not the best example of Conservatism. In fact -- he is the PRIME reason the Tea Party was formed.
The ONLY Repub candidates criticizing the Patriot Act were Rand Paul and his father. Trump has philosophical limits on pursuing the War on Terrorism and would probably EXPAND the monitoring and spying to assist his immigration plans.

Trump is no "statesman".. He's a dictator wannabee. Will push thru deals assisting crony Capitalism in order to "make America great". Does not see any harm in USING government for corporate advantage.

You CAN solve these things. Vote for the Tea party candidates or vote for Gary Johnson as a Libertarian who HAS these things a FIRST PRIORITY. Trump will make Conservatism irrelevant, piss off minorities, make corporate-government collusion a FIXTURE of Washington D.C politics.

You want a grass roots candidate with convictions? Vote for Bernie on a Socialist ticket. Or ditch BOTH the broken parties and stop REWARDING them for giving folks these poor choices..

Bah. Trump will fix the guest worker program, the black market labor problem and return the government to listening to the people instead of corporate lobbyists. Your projection of his being a wannabe dictator are based on figments of your imagination.

Trump I think has a deep seated desire to be a hero, and slaying the international corporate dragons trying to strangle America to death is his quest.

He could have played the corporate lackey easily enough without running for President.

^^^This.

If Trump just wanted power, he wouldn't say the things the establishment uses against him. He would just tell you what you want to hear, then do whatever he wants after elected.

The man is the most honest person I have heard running for office in my lifetime. The dictator is totally projection on your part.

There is no benefit to him to say Planned Parenthood isn't all bad in the primaries...or that the mandate in Obamacare was a Conservative proposal that might be retained. There is no doubt that the man tells it like it is and lets the chips fall where they may.

I'm no fan of Planned Parenthood, but when Trump tells me the truth about something I don't like, it makes me more apt to believe what he says that I do like.

He runs his commercial enterprise as a dictator. Even played one on TV.. That's his style. That and BUYING PEOPLE OFF to get what he wants. Is that not clear to you fans???

You seen him hiring famous and competent high mgt for the Trump ORg? Not really. GREAT people won't work for people like that.

LOL. Trump is a realist. He openly said he contributes to both parties because that's how you get business done. We may not like it, but it's the truth. Finally we have a contender that tells the truth about politics and business, and people bash him for it.

This entire thing reminds me of the movie Going Back To School. If you haven't seen the movie, it's a real classic starring the late Rodney Dangerfield. But here is a clip that reminds me so much of Donald Trump:

 

[JimBowie1958]

Given how ugly it was between Jeb and Trump I see no reason to believe any of his supporters would go to Trump Carsons supporters are largely people who believe it's important that there candidate share their values that would be Cruz or Rubio before Trump most likely Rubio given the Cruz Carson incident in Iowa as for Kasich his supporters tend to be the more moderate level headed type and not really interested in the over the top rhetoric and bomb throwing which would again tend to favor Rubio over Trump or Cruz.

But these Bush supporters were not all of one mind. Each had different reasons to support Bush, and many will find it easier to go to Trump than Rubio, and many will just go with the prevailing winds, as they see them.

 

[blackhawk]

Given how ugly it was between Jeb and Trump I see no reason to believe any of his supporters would go to Trump Carsons supporters are largely people who believe it's important that there candidate share their values that would be Cruz or Rubio before Trump most likely Rubio given the Cruz Carson incident in Iowa as for Kasich his supporters tend to be the more moderate level headed type and not really interested in the over the top rhetoric and bomb throwing which would again tend to favor Rubio over Trump or Cruz.

But these Bush supporters were not all of one mind. Each had different reasons to support Bush, and many will find it easier to go to Trump than Rubio, and many will just go with the prevailing winds, as they see them.

We will find out soon enough but I see few if any going to Trump.

 

[JimBowie1958]

He runs his commercial enterprise as a dictator. Even played one on TV.. That's his style.

His business is his business, but the Whire House and office of POTUS do not belong to him and I am sure he knows that.

These are just ghosts and wraiths intended to scare thick minded people to not vote for Trump when Trump has defied the GOP Establishment and the corporate Crony Network from the day he declared for the Presidency.

 

[Flopper]

Republicans have broken voter turnout records in every state so far. I'm pretty sure that is the result of the Trump phenomenon. I'm also pretty sure a lot of his supporters will disappear with him if he loses the nomination. I know how much a lot of you dislike Trump, but at this point he is probably the best bet for a Republican win.

The problem the party faces is if they win, they loose. Trump's support by the establishment which is congress will be somewhere between zero and -1.