Comments on: And another thing about Donald Trump

By: jack morgan

jack morgan — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:12:33 +0000

At first, I was a Trump fan, but that wore off. Although I liked his dad a lot more, right now the best candidate is Rand Paul. Trump is another puppet for those special people who steal, kill and destroy for the sake of their peculiar agenda. Trump has already said he’ll start a war with Iran. I prefer, if anything, a war with Israel, as they siphon off countless billions from America. They use all the peoples and nations of the earth for their own sake, based on a demented idea of who they think they are. Trump has a LOT of favors to repay. By ‘running’ for president, he pushed Rand Paul out of the picture, and made it easy for the j e w s to get what they want. It is sad to see America always used (our blood and money) by the j e w s so they can advance the j e w i s h agenda, which is by its very nature un-American. This has been going on all over the world for centuries. America is no exception and became an easy and gullible target for this satanic cult.

By: Rondo

Rondo — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:22:47 +0000

This is an excellent article regarding Trump and the election.

http://desolationrow2.blogspot.ca/2015/07/why-i-support-donald-trumps-campaign.html

By: KLSmith

KLSmith — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:30:50 +0000

Neo: good point. It would have been nice if in the NY mayoral race all those Republicans that stayed home because they knew De Blasio would win had still gone out to vote since it was such a low turn out election.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:17:31 +0000

KLSmith:

Every abstention from voting, however, makes the mandate of the opposition (if that person ends up winning) seem greater.

I am also convinced that if turnout among conservatives is high and among liberals is low, you never know what might happen.

By: KLSmith

KLSmith — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:01:07 +0000

I remember FL. But, it’s one of the swing states I’m referring to. And actually as for saying “too bad I voted”. I do in fact regret for having voted for Bill Clinton, twice. Although, at the time my state was red not purple like it is now. So, in fact my vote didn’t matter except as a point of later chagrin.

By: KLSmith

KLSmith — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 23:53:53 +0000

Daniel: I think it is one’s patriotic duty to vote. Unless the person is so stupid that they shouldn’t. But there really are only a handful of swing states, unfortunately. I’ve only set out one election, myself. I was undergoing my metamorphosis at the time and truly couldn’t decide.
I just think it’s kind of wrong to try to guilt someone into holding their nose to vote for someone they don’t like, say a Republican for national office, if that person lives in a deep blue state.

By: Daniel in Brookline

Daniel in Brookline — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:26:38 +0000

KLSmith:

“As you know, if you don’t live in one of the few swing states it doesn’t really matter who you vote for or even if you vote. (maybe down ticket excluded).”

I hope you haven’t forgotten Florida in 2000. The margin of victory was tremendously smaller than the number of Floridans (Democrats and Republicans both) who stayed home, no doubt thinking “my vote won’t matter anyway”. Ditto for the election that gave us Senator Al Franken.

This is not a new phenomenon. People used to talk about the Presidential election of 1916, in which California tipped the scales… and in which Woodrow Wilson carried California by less than one vote per precinct. A little extra Republican campaigning could have changed history in all sorts of ways.

In short: you never know, when you are voting, if your vote will make a difference or not. But you will never view election results and say “too bad I voted”. You might one day view election results and say “I wish I had voted”.

If you can vote, vote.

By: Frog

Frog — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:11:52 +0000

As to a Third Party, at what point does it become necessary, even vital, to go there?

The Dems shift Left, and they drag the GOP establishment with them.
The Dems do their statist things (e.g., Wilson, FDR, Barack) and when the GOP takes office, NOTHING is reversed or undone.
Now we have Trump, and who is jumping on Trump the hardest? Why, the GOP.

The GOP is near useless as an opposition party. We (at least I) would not be as fearful of Hillary as POTUS if an effective, even hostile (imagine that!) opposition existed. But, instead, as an example, the GOP concedes the Dems’ right to appoint whom they choose, while the Dems Bork away.

The GOP is incompetent, hesitant, quibbling, cowardly; the Dems are corrupt, sly, totalitarian.

A great lesser evil is the GOP.

By: physicsguy

physicsguy — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:01:03 +0000

“Now, if we can just find a candidate who can say the same things without the bombast, name-dropping, and self-aggrandizement, we’ll win the election going away.”

Bingo!

By: RickZ

RickZ — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:25:48 +0000

George Pal Says:

The salutary effect: somewhere Karl Rove and GOP media consultants are having the political equivalent of cardiac infarctions.

If that’s the case, one can only hope the defib paddles are nowhere to be found or, if found, are in perfect nonworking order.