Trump: I don't need to be lectured [his own essay USA Today]

[DCPatriot]

Trump: I don't need to be lectured
Donald Trump

John McCain has called his own constituents who want a secure border “crazies.”  No one in the news media or the establishment, including the Republican National Committee, criticized the senator for those comments.

Now, as respected reporter Sharyl Attkisson has proved point by point, the news media are also distorting my words. But that is not my point. McCain the politician has failed the state of Arizona and the country.

During my entire business career, I have always made supporting veterans a top priority because our heroes deserve the very best for defending our freedom. Our Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals are outdated dumps. I will build the finest and most modern veterans hospitals in the world. The current medical assistance to our veterans is a disaster. A Trump administration will provide the finest universal access health care for our veterans. They will be able to get the best care anytime and anywhere.

Thanks to McCain and his Senate colleague Bernie Sanders, their legislation to cover up the VA scandal, in which 1,000+ veterans died waiting for medical care, made sure no one has been punished, charged, jailed, fined or held responsible. McCain has abandoned our veterans. I will fight for them.

The reality is that John McCain the politician has made America less safe, sent our brave soldiers into wrong-headed foreign adventures, covered up for President Obama with the VA scandal and has spent most of his time in the Senate pushing amnesty. He would rather protect the Iraqi border than Arizona’s. He even voted for the Iran Nuclear Review Act of 2015, which allows Obama, who McCain lost to in a record defeat, to push his dangerous Iran nuclear agreement through the Senate without a supermajority of votes.

A number of my competitors for the Republican nomination have no business running for president. I do not need to be lectured by any of them. Many are failed politicians or people who would be unable to succeed in the private sector. Some, however, I have great respect for.

My record of veteran support is well-documented. I served as co-chairman of the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission and was responsible, with a small group, for getting it built. Toward this end, I contributed over $1 million so our warriors can be honored in New York City with a proper memorial. I also helped finance and served as the grand marshal of the 1995 Nation’s Day Parade, which honored over 25,000 veterans.  It was one of the biggest parades in the history of New York City, and I was very proud to have made it possible.

I will continue to fight to secure our border and take care of our veterans because these steps are vital to make America great again!

Donald Trump is a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/07/19/donald-trump-republican-party-presidential-candidate-editorials-debates/30389993/

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[DCPatriot]

Say what you want about Doanld Trump.

$10 Billion buys you a lot of power and access.  And Trump wields it like nobody else. 

And if were John McCain, I'd be very nervous right now.

Should be a very exciting week coming.

[bkepley]

Say what you want about Doanld Trump.

$10 Billion buys you a lot of power and access.  And Trump wields it like nobody else. 

And if were John McCain, I'd be very nervous right now.

Should be a very exciting week coming.

With or without Trump if I was McCain I'd be worried.  Actually if I was McCain I'd be very happy to take on Trump.  I think I'd kind of consider it an honor.

[DCPatriot]

With or without Trump if I was McCain I'd be worried.  Actually if I was McCain I'd be very happy to take on Trump.  I think I'd kind of consider it an honor.

Yeah?  Well maybe he can begin by responding to this essay by Trump.

It's hard-hitting, bombastic, but honest and well thought-out.

[truth_seeker]

"....During my entire business career, I have always made supporting veterans a top priority ..."

A career with no interference by military service, due to dodging the draft thanks to rich father.

[mystery-ak]

Thanks to McCain and his Senate colleague Bernie Sanders, their legislation to cover up the VA scandal, in which 1,000+ veterans died waiting for medical care, made sure no one has been punished, charged, jailed, fined or held responsible. McCain has abandoned our veterans. I will fight for them.

So true and still nothing has change since the VA scandal broke...as a vet McCain should have been spearheading and on top of this 24/7

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Say what you want about Doanld Trump.

$10 Billion buys you a lot of power and access.  And Trump wields it like nobody else. 

And if were John McCain, I'd be very nervous right now.

Should be a very exciting week coming.

Keep digging that hole Donny.  The Rump is now running for President against all of the GOP, for the GOP nomination.  This is definitely going to be an exciting week.

[bkepley]

Yeah?  Well maybe he can begin by responding to this essay by Trump.

It's hard-hitting, bombastic, but honest and well thought-out.

You think this guy is deserving of seriousness?  That he has earned it?

[DCPatriot]

You think this guy is deserving of seriousness?  That he has earned it?

Problem I see, is that the Democrats are taking the adage..."If your enemy is digging a hole, shut up and hand him a shovel"...to heart.

I wish he were going after Hillary Clinton like he's zeroing in on McCain.

But hey...it's still early.   

[bkepley]

Problem I see, is that the Democrats are taking the adage..."If your enemy is digging a hole, shut up and hand him a shovel"...to heart.

I wish he were going after Hillary Clinton like he's zeroing in on McCain.

But hey...it's still early.   

He's not a serious man..Hillary knows it.

[jmyrlefuller]

He's not a serious man..Hillary knows it.

Well, Hillary has her own problems…

[Fishrrman]

[[ A number of my competitors for the Republican nomination have no business running for president. I do not need to be lectured by any of them. Many are failed politicians or people who would be unable to succeed in the private sector. Some, however, I have great respect for. ]]

KA-BOOM !!!!

[DCPatriot]

Well, Hillary has her own problems…

And coincidentally, Sanders the Communist is included in the essay along with McCain.

[sinkspur]

Say what you want about Doanld Trump.

$10 Billion buys you a lot of power and access.  And Trump wields it like nobody else. 

And if were John McCain, I'd be very nervous right now.

Should be a very exciting week coming.

For God's sake, DC, Trump pissed all over himself with his criticism of McCain.

This is a low-life, ridiculous, contemptuous sonofabitch who dodged the draft, has screwed countless creditors with his endless bankruptcies, and can't seem to keep a wife for more than a few years.

I hope this is the end of Donald Trump.  If not, he'll say something else that will drive another group of conservatives away from him.  Makes sense, since he's only donated to Democrats. What an effing phony!!!

[Formerly Once-Ler]

[[ A number of my competitors for the Republican nomination have no business running for president. I do not need to be lectured by any of them. Many are failed politicians or people who would be unable to succeed in the private sector. Some, however, I have great respect for. ]]

KA-BOOM !!!!

Half Trump's support is his name recognition, but half his support comes from the message.  The message is "I hate the GOP."  It's a message he has invested his own money in, and it resonates with many a disgruntled conservative who wouldn't think of voting for anyone but Trump and maybe Carson or Cruz.  All of the other candidates picked the other side...the credible(GOPe) candidates have made the political calculation that Trump's voters are a lost cause.

Trump is toast...and I think he knows it too, because he is clearly in damage control mode...unfortunately he can't shut up.  It is not in his nature.  He loves the limelight.

KA-BOOM is right.

Neal Dewing ‏@Neal_Dewing 5h5 hours ago

I remain utterly convinced of the fundamental soundness of my own opinion.

[EdinVA]

Half Trump's support is his name recognition, but half his support comes from the message.  The message is "I hate the GOP."  It's a message he has invested his own money in, and it resonates with many a disgruntled conservative who wouldn't think of voting for anyone but Trump and maybe Carson or Cruz.  All of the other candidates picked the other side...the credible(GOPe) candidates have made the political calculation that Trump's voters are a lost cause.

Trump is toast...and I think he knows it too, because he is clearly in damage control mode...unfortunately he can't shut up.  It is not in his nature.  He loves the limelight.

KA-BOOM is right.

Neal Dewing ‏@Neal_Dewing 5h5 hours ago

I remain utterly convinced of the fundamental soundness of my own opinion.

So you are happy with what is going on?
You like the stagnation of the GOP?
You want the GOP to stay the course?

Do you think the liberal vote chasing GOP candidate is going to change anything?

[Luis Gonzalez]

So you are happy with what is going on?
You like the stagnation of the GOP?
You want the GOP to stay the course?

Do you think the liberal vote chasing GOP candidate is going to change anything?

Do you think that pro-choice, anti 2nd Amendment, single-payer healthcare system supporter Donald Trump is the GOP's salvation?

[EdinVA]

Do you think that pro-choice, anti 2nd Amendment, single-payer healthcare system supporter Donald Trump is the GOP's salvation?

Assuming your characterization of Trump is accurate, how is he then different from the other wannabes?
The GOP loyalists have had total control of the government (congress and president) during many different administrations and what got fixed?
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results IS the definition of insanity, disagree?

[Luis Gonzalez]

Assuming your characterization of Trump is accurate, how is he then different from the other wannabes?
The GOP loyalists have had total control of the government (congress and president) during many different administrations and what got fixed?
Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results IS the definition of insanity, disagree?

It's not my characterization of Trump. It's Trump, in his own words, in his book "The America We Deserve".

There is no pro-choice GOP candidate.

There is no anti 2nd Amendment GOP candidate.

There is no single-payer healthcare system proponent GOP candidate.

What makes you think that Trump is the answer for anything at all?

[EdinVA]

It's not my characterization of Trump. It's Trump, in his own words, in his book "The America We Deserve".

There is no pro-choice GOP candidate.

There is no anti 2nd Amendment GOP candidate.

There is no single-payer healthcare system proponent GOP candidate.

What makes you think that Trump is the answer for anything at all?

luis, we are just never going to agree.
You just want to win an election no matter the cost and I want to fix the country no matter the cost.

[Luis Gonzalez]

luis, we are just never going to agree.
You just want to win an election no matter the cost and I want to fix the country no matter the cost.

Fix the country?

Why is it that you always clearly state what it is that you oppose, but never who or what it is that you support?

Who is that candidate that will "fix the country"?

Convince me, but you won't do that by insulting and demeaning everything that I support and believe in.

So then, who is it that you support and that you believe will fix the country?

I'll listen to you.

[Luis Gonzalez]

luis, we are just never going to agree.
You just want to win an election no matter the cost and I want to fix the country no matter the cost.

BTW, can we discuss the cost of losing the last two elections and how you believe that NOT winning elections will help fix the country?

[EdinVA]

BTW, can we discuss the cost of losing the last two elections and how you believe that NOT winning elections will help fix the country?

With pelosi/reid in charge and mccain in the whitehouse we would be much the same place we are now, maybe even worse in the ME.

[Luis Gonzalez]

With pelosi/reid in charge and mccain in the whitehouse we would be much the same place we are now, maybe even worse in the ME.

No GOP President or member of Congress would have ever signed Obamacare into law.

Not a single Republican voted for it. Not even McCain.

Not House Republican voted for Obamacare.

Those are facts.

I'm not going to engage you in soothsaying and conjecture.

Talk specifics and you need to define what and who it is that you stand for, not just what it is that you claim I stand for that is wrong, otherwise we're done.
 

[aligncare]

You think this guy is deserving of seriousness?  That he has earned it?

Yes