Trump v GOP

[GaryTaylor]

Rubio says Cruz is a liar and Trump says that Rubio is ‘Not as Smart as Cruz, And May Be an Even Bigger Liar’. These American candidates running for president of the USA seem to have the intelligence of grammar school children as they delight in playing in the mud, calling each other names. Rubio says that Trump should not be President because his hands are not large. What a ridiculous, infantile, stupid argument this American presidential candidate has.
newsmax.com/Headline/marco-rubio-calls-ted-cruz-liar/2016/02/13/id/714277/
breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/27/trump-rubio-is-not-as-smart-as-cruz-and-may-be-an-even-bigger-liar/

I wouldn’t get too caught up in individual comments and so forth, the entire race has been very dirty and will engulf the Democratic party also in the very near future who would like to paint a pretty picture of how well all is in Obama land. Simply a cold blooded lie as we see,

usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2016-02-26/the-most-hated-candidate

“It really may be that this is an election in which it is more about coming out to vote against someone than it is to vote for someone,” says Micheline Blum, a lecturer and pollster at Baruch College in New York. “It’s not a happy thing, not something you would wish to have in our elections, that our electorate has such a dislike or unfavorable view of the front-runners. If both front-runners have more negatives than positives, that doesn’t speak well” of the political environment, she says.

 

[Good_Tidings]

Rubio says Cruz is a liar and Trump says that Rubio is ‘Not as Smart as Cruz, And May Be an Even Bigger Liar’. These American candidates running for president of the USA seem to have the intelligence of grammar school children as they delight in playing in the mud, calling each other names. Rubio says that Trump should not be President because his hands are not large. What a ridiculous, infantile, stupid argument this American presidential candidate has.
newsmax.com/Headline/marco-rubio-calls-ted-cruz-liar/2016/02/13/id/714277/
breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/27/trump-rubio-is-not-as-smart-as-cruz-and-may-be-an-even-bigger-liar/

The small hands allusion goes back 25 years and it’s one thing that drives Trump nuts. He was called a “ short-fingered vulgarian” by a writer and is still perturbed by the reference. Rubio must know that
“Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer. He thinks nothing of saying the most hurtful thing about someone else, but when he hears a whisper that runs counter to his own vainglorious self-image, he coils like a caged ferret. Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian” in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers. I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby. The most recent offering arrived earlier this year, before his decision to go after the Republican presidential nomination. Like the other packages, this one included a circled hand and the words, also written in gold Sharpie: “See, not so short!” I sent the picture back by return mail with a note attached, saying, “Actually, quite short.” Which I can only assume gave him fits.”
vanityfair.com/culture/2015/10/graydon-carter-donald-trump

 

[queenofheartscv]

Pretty much how I see it, but in my mind Trump is way over the top. When you take a sublime position as he did with the KKK just to ensure extreme right votes I lose interest quickly. When your integrity reaches the depths of Hillary I could care less what party you are from. And indeed that imho is what happened with him. I also think what has taken place with Rubio is a good thing. He showed me he was indeed willing to be human and fight for the Presidency, this took on a different meaning now. Pretty,no, but raw emotion and honesty seem forthcoming on this path. First we fight, then we eat I guess?

Oreilly: Donald Trump and David Duke a complete non-story.

breitbart.com/video/2016/02/29/oreilly-trump-kkk-controversy-a-complete-non-story/

“Monday on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” host Bill O’Reilly dismissed the controversy involving Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and his alleged reluctance to disavow endorsements from David Duke and the Klu Klux Klan.”

“I’ve spoken with Trump hundreds of times and I’ve never heard him run down anyone because of race.

 

[Tomdstone]

The small hands allusion goes back 25 years and it’s one thing that drives Trump nuts. He was called a “ short-fingered vulgarian” by a writer and is still perturbed by the reference. Rubio must know that
“Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer. He thinks nothing of saying the most hurtful thing about someone else, but when he hears a whisper that runs counter to his own vainglorious self-image, he coils like a caged ferret. Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian” in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers. I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby. The most recent offering arrived earlier this year, before his decision to go after the Republican presidential nomination. Like the other packages, this one included a circled hand and the words, also written in gold Sharpie: “See, not so short!” I sent the picture back by return mail with a note attached, saying, “Actually, quite short.” Which I can only assume gave him fits.”
vanityfair.com/culture/2015/10/graydon-carter-donald-trump

In my personal opinion, the length of a person’s fingers has nothing to do with whether or not he would be a great president. For Rubio to bring this into the discussion shows that he is lacking in both intelligence and maturity and is unfit for the office of president of the USA.

 

[estesbob]

An uncharitable, shallow interpretation of what I actually wrote.

Merely a reaction to a post that claims large portions of the republican Electorate are racists.

 

[Peter_J]

Rubio says Cruz is a liar and Trump says that Rubio is ‘Not as Smart as Cruz, And May Be an Even Bigger Liar’. These American candidates running for president of the USA seem to have the intelligence of grammar school children as they delight in playing in the mud, calling each other names. Rubio says that Trump should not be President because his hands are not large. What a ridiculous, infantile, stupid argument this American presidential candidate has.

You’re in good company: I heard Sen. John McCain yesterday saying pretty much the same as you.

However, while I’m not crazy about Rubio (or Cruz) adopting a trumpesque tone, to be fair I think that is the tone that *voters *have chosen. Sometimes you just have to give the people what they want.

 

[estesbob]

Well, he sold out, didn’t he? He sold out, big time. Politicians are used to selling out, but having to go forth and try to defend Trump’s absurd proposals, proposals which he very recently derided as absurd, is an unenviable position for any candidate.

“For what is a man profited , if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

To be honest, those who are most outraged by the aforementioned factors have never been inclined to compromise about anything, or give the other side room (e.g. at the front of buses, lunch counters, schools, etc) at any time in American history. Hence the Confederacy, the Klan, Citizens Councils, etc.

Frankly, I think the election of a black guy broke the American political system. For 200 years, the presidency was tailor-made and designed to elect white guys. The election–and re-election–of Obama caused a page fault in the computer of American democracy. Thousands of white people thought to themselves: “this isn’t supposed to happen!”, and responded by rushing to the whitest, most establishment candidates alive: Romney and Trump.

Does this explain why the Democrat party is rallying behind the most whitest, most establishment candidate alive?

 

[Peter_J]

This is kind of disturbing:

theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/feb/28/trump-cruz-rubio-sanders-super-tuesday-campaign-live

For someone who wants to be president, Trump’s awfully dumb if he doesn’t know anything about the KKK and white supremacists.

There has, of course, been a ton of discussion about this, with various theories (good or bad) about that interview … But so far I haven’t heard anyone say the thing that I’ve been thinking: “I wonder if he just had a ‘senior moment’.”

 

[Path_Finder]

Does this explain why the Democrat party is rallying behind the most whitest, most establishment candidate alive?

Exactly, the DNC’s candidates are around 70 years old and white.

Polls have shown in fact, young Democrats go for Bernie, Hillary the over 65 crowd.

 

[Thorolfr]

In my personal opinion, the length of a person’s fingers has nothing to do with whether or not he would be a great president. For Rubio to bring this into the discussion shows that he is lacking in both intelligence and maturity and is unfit for the office of president of the USA.

But it says something about Trump, too, that this “short fingered vulgarian” comment still gets under his skin after 25 years to the extent that he continues to feel the need to refute the writer by writing to them. The length of his fingers or size of his hands must be something he has felt self- conscious about for much of his life so that this kind of comment really pushes a button.

 

[queenofheartscv]

But it says something about Trump, too, that this “short fingered vulgarian” comment still gets under his skin after 25 years to the extent that he continues to feel the need to refute the writer by writing to them. The length of his fingers or size of his hands must be something he has felt self- conscious about for much of his life so that this kind of comment really pushes a button.

If he’s that conscious about his hand as you say, why hasn’t he argued back to rubio about it?

 

[10gr8kids]

Some commentators, looking at the rising success of Trump, are comparing him to Ronald Reagan, saying that he is shaking up the GOP and changing the party’s views in similar ways. Some predict the party’s collapse; others believe it will result in a renaissance. What do you predict? How will changes in the Republican party affect your vote? I’m particularly interested in how Catholics will vote if the party turns against any of their key positions.

When republicans nominate someone who is pro-choice, I will not vote for them. I don’t care if I agree with them or not on other issues. I will write someone in. If Trump is already saying he supports abortion early in pregnancy, I can only imagine what he will be saying for the general election.

 

[petra22]

The point isn’t whether he endorsed Trump or not. The point is when asked on National TV if he would denounce David Duke, KKK, and white Supremacy. The guy wouldn’t do it.

This isn’t a trick political question. It’s an easy question for any decent human being.

Imagine if Muslim said they needed to research ISIS first?

KKK is similar group they terrorized people. Caused huge amounts of pain, ill, and death.

There is something seriously wrong if CATHOLICS cannot see this disqualifies Trump.

*And Trump is establishment. *

I can’t understand this one about Trump. I’m wondering if it isn’t a ploy to grab more headlines without it costing him money??? You know how he has had so much publicity without even paying for ads? It would hurt him in the beginning…make people think they got him…(since he has already disavowed…) and in the end, he will be able to convince people he never had anything to do with DD and KKK… all the time grabbing the headlines??? Could this be the reasoning???

 

[10gr8kids]

If you’re one of these ideological conservatives, it may even be in your best interest for Trump to lose in November. If Trump loses, especially by a wide margin, his brand of politics will probably be discredited, or his nomination might look like a strange, one-off “black swan” that you’ll be better equipped to prevent the next time around. You’ll have an opportunity to get your party back in 2020, and your nominee might stand a pretty decent chance against Clinton, who could be elected despite being quite unpopular because Trump is even less popular and who would be aiming for the Democratic Party’s fourth straight term in office.

But if Trump wins in November, you might as well relocate the Republican National Committee’s headquarters to Trump Tower. The realignment of the Republican Party will be underway, and you’ll have been left out of it.

This is what I’ve been thinking, which is why I will most likely not be voting for the first time since I was 18.

 

[Path_Finder]

Here is an open letter to Donald Trump by a number of State Family Councils:

Tough Questions for Donald Trump from America’s Families
An Open Letter

We, the undersigned, represent millions of pro-family Americans who are dedicated to a nation where God is honored, religious freedom flourishes, families thrive and life is cherished. As a national alliance with nearly 40 state-based organizations, we have invited you to participate in our Presidential Teleconference Series to share your views on the issues important to values voters. We have interviewed most of the leading candidates, but after several attempts, we have not yet been able to schedule such a call with you. Therefore, we direct the following questions to you on policy issues important to our constituents:

1. After years of describing yourself as “pro-choice in every respect”—even supporting partial-birth abortion—you now say that you are pro-life. Your explanation for this change of position – that a baby who was nearly aborted ended up being a “superstar” – is confusing, particularly since you acknowledged that if the child had been “a loser,” your pro-abortion position probably wouldn’t have changed. Please explain this utilitarian view of the sanctity of human life. Do you consider life only worth protecting if it meets certain criteria, and, if so, what are those criteria?

1. How do you square your new position on life with your statements in 2015 supporting continued taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion seller?

1. The next president is expected to nominate two to four U.S. Supreme Court justices, beginning immediately with the vacancy caused by the passing of Justice Scalia. These nominations will likely decide critical issues such as abortion. You’ve recommended your sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, for the High Court. Yet, as a federal judge, she overturned the New Jersey Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, writing that it “burdened a woman’s constitutional right to obtain an abortion.” How can we trust you to nominate judges who will respect the constitutional limits on judicial power and uphold the sanctity of human life?

1. You claim to support religious freedom, yet a leading gay-activist organization calls you “one of the best, if not the best, pro-gay Republican candidates to ever run for the presidency” – particularly because of your “standout position” when it comes to legislation that forces Christian business owners – and others of faith – to either betray their conscience or lose their business. How do you reconcile these contradictory positions?

1. You have built your campaign on lifting the economic outlook of lower-income Americans, yet you built your fortune in part on gambling, which preys on those very people. How will you make America great when you’ve run businesses associated with increased crime, bankruptcies, broken marriages and suicides?

1. The first casino in the nation to add a strip club was Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, which boasts of “36,000 square feet of adult entertainment.” What would you say to young girls and women who are concerned about a president who is directly connected with the exploitation of women?

Continued at: facebook.com/citizenlink/photos/a.270654960149.319705.110316380149/10156503239170150/?type=3&theater

 

[Good_Tidings]

In my personal opinion, the length of a person’s fingers has nothing to do with whether or not he would be a great president. For Rubio to bring this into the discussion shows that he is lacking in both intelligence and maturity and is unfit for the office of president of the USA.

Of course the length of one’s finger have nothing to do with anything. He is trying to get under Trump’s skin, probably hoping he will go off as unhinged. I think the maturity lever of all three top contestants is questionable.

 

[10gr8kids]

Of course the length of one’s finger have nothing to do with anything. He is trying to get under Trump’s skin, probably hoping he will go off as unhinged. I think the maturity lever of all three top contestants is questionable.

This is so disappointing, a year ago it was so exciting to seemingly have so many candidates I could vote for, even if they weren’t my number one pick.

Bobby Jindal
Mike Huckabee
Rick Santorum
Carly Fiorina
Ben Carson
Rick Perry
Scott Walker
I still would cast a vote in the general for Kasich, Bush. Rubio, or Cruz; how disappointing that it looks like Tump will be the nominee.

 

[Theo520]

There has, of course, been a ton of discussion about this, with various theories (good or bad) about that interview … But so far I haven’t heard anyone say the thing that I’ve been thinking: “I wonder if he just had a ‘senior moment’.”

I think he avoids Press attempts to herd him into a corner through ‘gotcha’ type questions.
Shrewdly, he prefers to sidestep it when someone throws a turd on the table.

 

[GaryTaylor]

I think he avoids Press attempts to herd him into a corner through ‘gotcha’ type questions.
Shrewdly, he prefers to sidestep it when someone throws a turd on the table.

Did his ratings go up again too? Unreal, this election is one for the records, I hope its not a indication of how bad things will continue to get.

 

[Path_Finder]

Our Primary is today, I will vote, I am Cruz first.

Marco has been in town this week. So, I would give him some consideration, his latest speeches too seem like they are attacking other candidates, mainly Trump and surely, his advisers told him to do this.

Ben is on the ball, too bad that quiet distinguished personality just isn’t galvanizing voters.

So, Trump is not my first or second choice but I do think he is tapping into a lot of dissatisfaction among the American people and I don’t really mind him. He is standing up for our country.