Donald Trump Presidential Campaign Thread

[tee_eff_em]

That has happened with the last 2 term presidents. Reagan, Clinton, bush, and Obama. Same thing will happen this go round. I don’t see a party sweeping all 3 houses.

In fairness, Democrats won the majority of votes for Congress (51-49%), but only won 46% of the seats because of gerrymandering.

I’m not sure which elections you all are referring to, but the 111th Congress (Obama’s first 2 years in office) was Democrat controlled.

Just sayin’
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[GaryTaylor]

I’m sorry, but after thinking about it, it certainly is a component of his success.

So your doubling down on calling Trump racist? Im sorry you feel that way I suppose your entitled to that opinion. One might really want to take a good look at the liberal double standards in the area of racism and identity politics as I said.

But my further point was its no secret as a result of the divisiveness christians are moving away from the Democratic party as the magnitude and the anti-christian issues multiply.

These are common, not very sensible but understandable…

catholicleague.org/catholics-and-democrats-the-unraveling-of-a-relationship-2/

“The Democrat Party has turned its back on Christians. It is time to turn our backs on the Democrat Party.”

worldnewspolitics.com/2016/01/12/bishop-jackson-calls-for-all-christians-to-leave-democratic-party/

And further as I was saying the christian vote in general sways the elections. Thats what is happening with the phenom of the so called turn out.

 

[Crossbones]

So your doubling down on calling Trump racist? Im sorry you feel that way I suppose your entitled to that opinion. One might really want take a good look at the liberal double standards in the area of racism and identity politics as I said.

But my further point was its no secret as a result of the divisiveness christians are moving away from the Democratic party as the magnitude and the anti-christian issues multiply.

These are common, not very sensible but understandable…

catholicleague.org/catholics-and-democrats-the-unraveling-of-a-relationship-2/

worldnewspolitics.com/2016/01/12/bishop-jackson-calls-for-all-christians-to-leave-democratic-party/

And further as I was saying the christian vote in general sways the elections. Thats what is happening with the phenom of the so called turn out.

Listen, when someone suggests that a federal judge makes a ruling based on the race of the judge, it’s racism. There’s no sugarcoating it anymore. You can try to deflect it away all you want, but what Trump said is racist and the fact that what he says appeals to his audience suggests that some of them are also racist.

I’m concerned that you don’t seem to understand the gravity of what Trump said.

 

[Theo520]

A new poll shows Clinton and Trump at 44%… in New Hampshire!

bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2016/05/franklin_pierce_herald_poll_shows_tight_nh_race_trouble

Shouldn’t this be a safe Democratic state in presidential elections? Not a toss up?

The Dems have been losing ground since Obama took control, I don’t see how DWS or Hillary can lead a major reversal this cycle. It’s more likely Rince will continue to excel at his job and leverage Trump appropriately to maintain both Houses.

 

[estesbob]

Which both parties do.

Whenever I see people complain about gerrymandering I wonder if they are referring to court ordered majority minority districts?

 

[GaryTaylor]

judge makes a ruling based on the race .

And if the judge did he was a racist? I was aware of this point and according to the conversation from its start. the fact people are calling each other racist is nothing new.

 

[CHRISTINE77]

I’ve never said that I’m in favor of the “one drop rule”. But this rule just proves that there has never been a clear definition of what percentage of one’s ancestry is required to justify claiming or being categorized by others as belonging to a certain group. If Elizabeth Warren believes that she is 1/32 Cherokee, who is to say that that is not enough to be considered a Native American?

Why not vice versa? If an Native American or a Black has one drop white blood they are white!

 

[Thorolfr]

Listen, when someone suggests that a federal judge makes a ruling based on the race of the judge, it’s racism. There’s no sugarcoating it anymore. You can try to deflect it away all you want, but what Trump said is racist and the fact that what he says appeals to his audience suggests that some of them are also racist.

I’m concerned that you don’t seem to understand the gravity of what Trump said.

I think that a lot of minorities think that Trump is kind of racist, even those who are Republicans:

MIAMI — Had Republicans nominated Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush for president, Tomás Regalado would have hurled himself into the task of electing their candidate.

“I would have been all in,” Mr. Regalado, the Republican mayor of Miami, said in his office overlooking Biscayne Bay.

Instead, Mr. Regalado, a former broadcast journalist, intends to sit out the presidential race. He considers Mrs. Clinton untrustworthy, but views Mr. Trump as a poisonous candidate who has aggravated racial divisions. In Miami, Mr. Regalado said, Mr. Trump is seen as “a bully, as a person who despises people that don’t look like him.”

Mr. Regalado, 69, said he had been inundated with angry email, some of it mentioning Mr. Trump by name. “Sometimes they say, ‘Yeah, Trump is right, you guys have to all go back to your country,’” said Mr. Regalado, who was born in Havana and emigrated as a teenager. “This is my country. I can’t go back to Cuba.”

nytimes.com/2016/05/30/us/politics/donald-trump-general-election-battleground.html?ref=politics&_r=1

 

[Ridgerunner]

The Republican electorate picked the man who best represents them and their views. That’s Trump with the racism and all.

Saying, of course, that all Trump supporters, indeed, all Repubs are racists.

Trump might or might not have a factual basis to say the judge in the case had a racial bias in his decision. I don’t know. Might be something in the opinion that caused Trump to say that. But there is certainly no basis to condemn “the Repub electorate” as racists.

 

[GaryTaylor]

Why not vice versa? If an Native American or a Black has one drop white blood they are white!

And in the end who decides, even with DNA the american Indians are the final arbiter of the acceptance in their specific tribe.

In sum, identity is a sensitive issue for many American Indian peoples and nations. The ability to determine the political and legal identity of citizens/members remains within the realm of tribal sovereignty.

genetics.ncai.org/tribal-enrollment-and-genetic-testing.cfm

I think to some degree people assimilate and identify with whoever, but there are various views of acceptance and by various groups not just the tribes it seems.

 

[estesbob]

Saying, of course, that all Trump supporters, indeed, all Repubs are racists.

Trump might or might not have a factual basis to say the judge in the case had a racial bias in his decision. I don’t know. Might be something in the opinion that caused Trump to say that. But there is certainly no basis to condemn “the Repub electorate” as racists.

Of course there is. like the term “homophobe” racist is used to stop the discussion in its tracks. much easier to dismiss those who disagree with you as racist than try to defend supporting Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt person ever to run for President of the US, Her only real accomplishment in life was Marrying Bill Clinton-a serial sex abuser whom she enabled in order to advance her political career. She is probably one of the worst secretary of states in history-leaving a dead ambassador, a middle east in turmoil , our enemies emboldened and allies betrayed. She supports homosexual marriage, trans-gendered “rights” and unrestricted taxpayer funded abortion on demand. But one can ignore all that because those who oppose her are “racists”

 

[Crossbones]

Saying, of course, that all Trump supporters, indeed, all Repubs are racists.

Trump might or might not have a factual basis to say the judge in the case had a racial bias in his decision. I don’t know. Might be something in the opinion that caused Trump to say that. But there is certainly no basis to condemn “the Repub electorate” as racists.

Trump’s attack on the judge who is overseeing his federal case is racist. If he said it was a crummy ruling and called the judge incompetent, that wouldn’t be racist. But he made a point of saying that the judge is Mexican, which suggests that the judge’s race played a part in the decision. Unless you can provide evidence that Trump has a basis to say this, then I will consider it a racist comment.

The fact that his supporters seem just fine with that and his other borderline indiscretions seem to indicate that many are racist.

 

[Sy_Noe]

A new poll shows Clinton and Trump at 44%… in New Hampshire!

bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2016/05/franklin_pierce_herald_poll_shows_tight_nh_race_trouble

Shouldn’t this be a safe Democratic state in presidential elections? Not a toss up?

Nope. Although surrounded by blue states, NH has always had an independent nature. It’s motto is “live free or die”. It has been considered a battleground in most cycles. In the last 11 Presidential elections, NH has voted Republican 6x. Most recently was in 2000.

 

[Thorolfr]

Hillary Clinton who, for all we know, might sell the remaining 80% of U.S. uranium supplies to Russia (therefore Iran) if the price paid to her is right. And what’s China’s price for termination of arms sales to Taiwan? What would Russia have to pay Bill Clinton to stop all aid of every kind to Ukraine and Poland?

This election could be determined by those who don’t want something more than they want something.

And you think that Trump wouldn’t sell our uranium if the price was right? He’d probably say, “Let’s make a deal!”

 

[Sy_Noe]

Listen, when someone suggests that a federal judge makes a ruling based on the race of the judge, it’s racism. There’s no sugarcoating it anymore. You can try to deflect it away all you want, but what Trump said is racist and the fact that what he says appeals to his audience suggests that some of them are also racist.

I’m concerned that you don’t seem to understand the gravity of what Trump said.

Crossbones, do I understand correctly that Catholic teaching considers racism an intrinsic evil?

 

[GaryTaylor]

But he made a point of saying that the judge is Mexican

Maybe he was, he certainly has the right to voice his opinion in america like Obama

I had discovered that it didn’t make any difference whether you smoked reefer in the white classmate’s sparkling new van, or in the dorm room of some brother you’d met down at the gym, or on the beach with a couple of Hawaiian kids who had dropped out of school. President Obama on his pot smoking experience

Maybe Obamas feelings have merit too.

 

[chero23]

Could be. But one has to ask oneself how badly voters want another four or eight years of economic stagnation, declining wages, job-killing regulations and increased taxes, and all under a corrupt person like Hillary Clinton who, for all we know, might sell the remaining 80% of U.S. uranium supplies to Russia (therefore Iran) if the price paid to her is right. And what’s China’s price for termination of arms sales to Taiwan? What would Russia have to pay Bill Clinton to stop all aid of every kind to Ukraine and Poland?

This election could be determined by those who don’t want something more than they want something.

But not every minority is suffering economically in these 8 years. A good number of them have prospered In these 8 years. Plus, a lot of minorities remember how well the economy was under Clinton that they would feel safe with her being in the WH.

Which if I was trump, I would get Newt as my VP to counter that.

 

[chero23]

He did the same thing with the hispanic republican gov of NM. Does he ever apologize without an excuse? Does everyone filthy wealthy act like this or is it me? He’s his own worst enemy by way of learned behavior, but I think he wants to defend christians? I mean is he confused or what?

How can you attack Hispanics, when the majority of us are Christians ? How does that work GaryTaylor according to you? How can you “help out Christians”, when 95% of Hispanics here in the US are Christians. How does that work SIr?

Let me give you the answer, it doesn’t and your falling for him.

 

[Thorolfr]

Plus, a lot of minorities remember how well the economy was under Clinton that they would feel safe with her being in the WH.

Which if I was trump, I would get Newt as my VP to counter that.

So you don’t think that the economy was better under Clinton? I remember it being better then than what it was under G. W. Bush or now under Obama, too.

 

[chero23]

You shouldn’t call people racists its not nice, I realize race and identity politics seems to be the answer to all things for liberals, and is of utter most importance but its uncalled for here, and certainly from a conservative and christian perspective.

Funny GaryTaylor how you say to others to not call those Trump supporters racist, bc as you say “from a conservative and Christian perspective”.

But when people have stated that they won’t vote for Trump, bc they don’t know were he stands on abortion, or defense, or they don’t like how he speaks badly about others, you always call them “supporters of abortion on demand”. You called them murders.

Why are your comments Ok?

Were is the Christianity in that?

You remind me a lot of the adulteress women. Your the Pharisees with the rock ready to stone somebody to death with your assumptions.

When somebody states that they are not going to vote for Trump, or if their not going to vote, don’t call them supporters of abortion on demand.