The GOP has betrayed us. They have deceived, broken promises, been ineffective and lied to us.
That may be the one thing about which every last Republican in this forum agrees. (Not that the Democratic
Party hasn't deceived, broken promises, or lied to us.)
Trump isn't a golden tongued politician.
That's kind of like saying Attila the Hun had a problem playing with the neighbours. But with apologies to the late and
occasionally amusing Ann Richards, poor Trump. He can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth. ;)
He actually employs thousands of people and has accomplished much in the real world.
Donald Trump Is A Mediocre Businessman, And His Record Proves It. (
Independent Journal)
Trump, Lies, and Bankruptcy (
National Review)
Donald Trump's Record of Business Failures and Bluster (
PJMedia)
A Trip Down Donald Trump's Bankruptcy Memory Lane (
Forbes)
Like Trump's business skill? Look at Taj Mahal case (
Philly.com)
Donald Trump’s Florida Business Failure: Tampa Condo Tower Example Of Controversial Deals (
International Business Times)
Exposing How Donald Trump Really Made His Fortune: Inheritance from Dad and the Government's Protection Mostly Did the Trick (
Alternet)
I'm just a little skeptical. Well, maybe more than a little.
Trump may be crude, boisterous and rough around the edges. There have been politicians like that previously who have governed successfully.
If
all The Donald was was merely crude, boisterous, and rough around the edges, it'd be an
improvement.
But I will give you this, in terms of a vulgarian as a front-running presidential candidate, it probably shouldn't be
that severe a shock, even if his level of vulgarian might be a new low:
Considering the sordid images, coarse language, and obscene public behaviors saturating our culture, why are we surprised at someone like Trump, who comes from the glitzy world of casinos and reality television, where he has mastered the techniques for leveraging celebrity into social and now political capital? Once we twice elected a blank-slate, smooth-talking huckster like Obama based not on demonstrable achievement and abilities, but on wish-fulfilling fantasies and duplicitous rhetoric, why wouldn’t someone like Trump arise in his wake? If, as some critics are saying, Trump is the Republicans’ “Frankenstein’s monster,” isn’t Obama just as much the Democrats’ creature?
There are many valid reasons to distrust Donald Trump or fear his presidency, but harrumphing over his vulgarity and coarseness or “demeaning” of the presidency is preposterous. A coarse and vulgar culture will create a coarse and vulgar candidate
---Bruce Thornton, Front Page Mag
He's energetic and driven. If elected, I'm confident that in his desire and drive to be successful he will surround himself with the best, most competent advisors and department heads.
Energy and drive can be found in many people, just as it can be said of many people that their energy and drive were
deployed toward foolish ends. That aside, I'm not exactly convinced that The Donald's record in business overall offers
up any such suggestion of any such surrounding.
I'm also confident that Trump will present a comprehensive plan to make America great again in due time. I hope the other candidates do likewise.
1) You'd have thought such comprehensive plans were at least in basic formulation with a few critical details worked
out by this point in the campaign. 2) I couldn't care less about making America "great" again; I
do care about
making America
free again. Something none of the presidential candidates on either side seem much
bothered to think about.
This should be a lesson for the GOP. Whether they will learn from it, I have my doubts.
I doubt the GOP will learn much of anything from this. It would be simple business to say that if we must bear the like
of Donald Trump as the Republican front runner, it's mostly because the Republican Party allowed itself to become a
party of big government in its own wrong. An allowance that began well enough before the era of His Excellency Al-
Hashish Field Marshmallow Dr. Barack Obama Dada, COD, RIP, LSMFT, Would-Have-Been Life President of the Republic
Formerly Known as the United States. One that began in the most recent known period in which the Republicans controlled
the White House and both houses of Congress not very long ago.
