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Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:56 am
by johno
...was very good. Who knew he could complete a coherent thought?
He did a good job contrasting himself to Hillary re: the Border & Sanctuary Cities, trade, law enforcement, school choice (how that's federal, I don't know), regulation & taxes, and the Middle East.
If he hadn't just done a disastrous interview with the NYTimes, I might have been swayed. Among other problems, he has a disturbing affection for strongman dictators.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:50 am
by Turdacious
Who would have ever thought that Hillary would be the Republican in the race?
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 11:45 am
by Pinky
Turdacious wrote:Who would have ever thought that Hillary would be the Republican in the race?
The only Republicans who should consider Hillary one of their own are those who miss Dick Cheney. Hillary is Dick Cheney.
Meanwhile, two two-term Republican Governors are running together on the Libertarian ticket.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 11:54 am
by dead man walking
"I alone can fix it."
the pumpkin-colored megalomaniac does his best imitation of [insert your favorite authoritarian demagogue here].
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:32 pm
by DrDonkeyLove
dead man walking wrote:"I alone can fix it."
the pumpkin-colored megalomaniac does his best imitation of [insert your favorite authoritarian demagogue here].
Obama's acceptance speech here. Not all that different from Trump's.
The One wrote:...this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth. This was the moment - this was the time - when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves, and our highest ideals. Thank you, God Bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:34 pm
by Turdacious
Pinky wrote:Turdacious wrote:Who would have ever thought that Hillary would be the Republican in the race?
The only Republicans who should consider Hillary one of their own are those who miss Dick Cheney. Hillary is Dick Cheney.
Meanwhile, two two-term Republican Governors are running together on the Libertarian ticket.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:34 pm
by Herv100
Hilary = never met a war she didn't like. Funny how all the people who crushed Bush for Iraq are ready to vote for a candidate who supported that war, plus two more wars since then involving countries who didn't attack us, and wants to continue to instigate Russia via NATO. Hilarious.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:57 pm
by powerlifter54
Not bad. Not bad at all.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:58 pm
by Boris
Improve insurance, student loans, roads, bridges, airports, bridges, TSA, steel mills, coal mining, military, border/immigration control, trade, and trade agreements. All while adding millions of jobs and reducing taxes and regulation.
It's almost like the problems all solve themselves! It's a vicious cycle of winning!
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:00 pm
by Boris
dead man walking wrote:"I alone can fix it."
the pumpkin-colored megalomaniac does his best imitation of [insert your favorite authoritarian demagogue here].
I think it was "No one knows the system better than me. And that is why I alone can fix it."
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:52 pm
by Grandpa's Spells
Incredibly dark, which is very out of place in a country where the problems he's describing have improved dramatically over the "good old days."
My main concern was that he might be persuasive to people not already on the bus. I don't think that was the case here. He's going hard after the same group he's been going after. I wouldn't be surprised to see no bounce or a negative one.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:57 pm
by johno
He could get a bounce with people like me, who like a candidate with a little self-restraint and discipline. (But not a Hillarybot.)
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 2:00 pm
by Grandpa's Spells
Herv100 wrote:Hilary = never met a war she didn't like. Funny how all the people who crushed Bush for Iraq are ready to vote for a candidate who supported that war, plus two more wars since then involving countries who didn't attack us, and wants to continue to instigate Russia via NATO. Hilarious.
I'm not sure I'm understanding your argument. That's a reason for a liberal to oppose her, not a Republican who likely voted for Bush twice.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:01 pm
by Pinky
Grandpa's Spells wrote:Herv100 wrote:Hilary = never met a war she didn't like. Funny how all the people who crushed Bush for Iraq are ready to vote for a candidate who supported that war, plus two more wars since then involving countries who didn't attack us, and wants to continue to instigate Russia via NATO. Hilarious.
I'm not sure I'm understanding your argument. That's a reason for a liberal to oppose her, not a Republican who likely voted for Bush twice.
You understand his argument better than you think you do.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:02 pm
by Pinky
Turdacious wrote:Pinky wrote:Turdacious wrote:Who would have ever thought that Hillary would be the Republican in the race?
The only Republicans who should consider Hillary one of their own are those who miss Dick Cheney. Hillary is Dick Cheney.
Meanwhile, two two-term Republican Governors are running together on the Libertarian ticket.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:28 pm
by Protobuilder
I liked it a lot. Criticism of it in the initial 90 minutes was primarily "Trump says mean things" until the "dark" narrative took hold.
Ivanka also has a real future in politics if she wants it.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:35 pm
by Turdacious
Pinky wrote:Grandpa's Spells wrote:Herv100 wrote:Hilary = never met a war she didn't like. Funny how all the people who crushed Bush for Iraq are ready to vote for a candidate who supported that war, plus two more wars since then involving countries who didn't attack us, and wants to continue to instigate Russia via NATO. Hilarious.
I'm not sure I'm understanding your argument. That's a reason for a liberal to oppose her, not a Republican who likely voted for Bush twice.
You understand his argument better than you think you do.
And it's not just foreign policy. He's protectionist; she's not. Her religious beliefs are more consistent with the Republican line than his are.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:05 pm
by DrDonkeyLove
Protobuilder wrote:I liked it a lot. Criticism of it in the initial 90 minutes was primarily "Trump says mean things" until the "dark" narrative took hold.
Ivanka also has a real future in politics if she wants it.
Love or hate The Donald, he has to get credit for one thing - creating a universally known brand. For all of his love of us little people and his unfathomable love for all things Amurikkkan, maybe future Trumps in politics is part of his long game. Trump = One of America's first families for generations, think Bush, Roosevelt, Rockefeller & Kennedy families. Fits his profile.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:11 pm
by Yes I Have Balls
And of course the biggest difference between 1968 and today, you could easily win a presidential election by only appealing to whitey.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:22 pm
by Yes I Have Balls
johno wrote:...was very good. Who knew he could complete a coherent thought?
And today he's back harping on Ted Cruz's dad and JFK, telling people that Lewandowski is "fighting hard for me" while working for CNN and letting a white supremacist address the crowd. *Shrug*
I mean, how certain are we that one of you aren't really Donald Trump? samsies
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:36 pm
by Turdacious
Yes I Have Balls wrote:And of course the biggest difference between 1968 and today, you could easily win a presidential election by only appealing to whitey.
One thing we do know is that the Donald was around when the modern playbook was written.
http://www.salon.com/2011/06/07/anthony_weiner_1991/
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:41 pm
by Yes I Have Balls
Turdacious wrote:Yes I Have Balls wrote:And of course the biggest difference between 1968 and today, you could easily win a presidential election by only appealing to whitey.
One thing we do know is that the Donald was around when the modern playbook was written.
http://www.salon.com/2011/06/07/anthony_weiner_1991/
IMO, Trump is much more Buchanan but without the religion. Man that's awful. Buchanan was a better person than Trump......smdh
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:48 pm
by Pinky
Trump is a train wreck. His only selling point is that he's not Hillary.
Her only selling point is that she's not Trump.
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:49 pm
by Yes I Have Balls
Herv100 wrote:Hilary = never met a war she didn't like. Funny how all the people who crushed Bush for Iraq are ready to vote for a candidate who supported that war, plus two more wars since then involving countries who didn't attack us, and wants to continue to instigate Russia via NATO. Hilarious.
Which would you rather? Instigate Russia in a face to face fight, or allow them to fuck you in the ass?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/us/po ... rview.html
Re: Trump's Acceptance Speech...
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:44 pm
by Herv100
Grandpa's Spells wrote:Herv100 wrote:Hilary = never met a war she didn't like. Funny how all the people who crushed Bush for Iraq are ready to vote for a candidate who supported that war, plus two more wars since then involving countries who didn't attack us, and wants to continue to instigate Russia via NATO. Hilarious.
I'm not sure I'm understanding your argument. That's a reason for a liberal to oppose her, not a Republican who likely voted for Bush twice.
I didn't quote him but was responding to Pinky who said Hilary = Cheney. Wasn't making an argument, just a statement that the anti-war/anti military industrial complex sentiment has disappeared from the most left's list of key voting issues.