When it comes to politics, I couldn’t accurately predict that any particular candidate will put his shoes on before leaving the house.
But I will say I watched the Repub dinner thing last night. Missed most of Kasich and Cruz because I had a visitor. But whoever prepared Trump did an incredibly good job in my opinion. Some people would see it as “bragging”. But that’s what all of the candidates do; point out their past accomplishments.
However, he told some stories out of his business life that were almost like “parables”. It was actually quite interesting to learn what he did with that old Commodore hotel, turning it into the very building where the dinner was being held, and changing the whole neighborhood as a result. Never would I have guessed you could rehab an old building by taking it “down to the steel” while still preserving some beautiful ceilings inside it. The details of the skating rink construction were interesting as well. I had no idea before that story how skating rinks are constructed.
And it all came down to 1) New York is a fabulous place with better people than Cruz thinks, 2) I got some major and really neat things done, against political opposition and stupid rules, before predicted completion time and under budget, (and, under that, “I could do it with the whole country”)
I thought it was really done well. Whoever wrote that deserves a bonus.
As I said, I only saw a little bit of my guy, Kasich. He said the things he needed to say, but it didn’t have that “storytelling/parable” quality. I saw even less of Cruz, but it seemed to be “reheated Cruz”, not very interesting.
