The latest word on the street is that there are two Donalds. The one who rails at rallies spewing hate-provoking speech. The other a quiet reticent man.
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Friday night’s spectacle at The University of Illinois at Chicago was in my opinion morally corrupt duplicitous treachery, incredibly astute politics and offered a window into systemic issues of prejudice and bigotry.
Let me begin by stating unequivocally that many Trump supporters are bright individuals who are fed up with the system and genuinely like his no holds barred, straight speaking put up with no s**t attitude.
His self-proclaimed business acumen and ability to solve trade issues by sitting the CEO’s of companies down for 20 minutes is appealing if not amusing.
He promises to bring jobs back to America. Great. I think he can. Though personally I’d sleep better at night knowing it was Bernie Sanders doing this.
The latest word on the street is that there are two Donalds. The one who rails at rallies spewing hate provoking speech that empowers a small core of his followers to violence. The other a quiet reticent man who likes to be home sipping cocoa and in his bathrobe by 8:30pm.
Trump has become dangerous to the nation.
For months he has been fomenting divisiveness. He is appealing to and revealing the ugly side of the underbelly of prejudice.
Trumps blatant anti: Mexican, Muslim, Latino, women and other xenophobic statements are dangerous and risk creating civil unrest. His remarks when “Black Lives Matter” members protest his rallies are inflammatory and send a clear message to his followers.
We may see violence that is redolent of the 1968 Democratic convention.
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Imagine what will happen if the Republicans have a brokered convention and Trump isn’t given the nomination. We may see violence that is redolent of the 1968 Democratic convention.
Do you really believe his followers will go as Dylan Thomas wrote “… gently into that good night.“ Does Trump want them to?
It’s my belief that Donald J. Trump regrets running for President. I think he narcissistically thought he could stir up the pot — and he did. I don’t think he expected that he might get the nomination.
Now he’s trapped with no way out. He would risk raising the ire of some of the more volatile citizens in the country — his most hard core supporters.
Dupes & Dopes—Trump’s brash, flamboyant style and star power has duped many citizens into what seems like a dope induced trance where they believe whatever comes out of his mouth. He’s actually said precious little if anything at all constructive.
His supporters don’t care. He is the “Donald” and will shake things up. It’s almost their mantra as they salute and pledge him their allegiance.
What’s worse is he doesn’t believe all the trash he spews and is bound to let down his followers in a manner they won’t take lightly — especially if he is elected President.
Trump’s cancelled campaign speech was an incredibly astute win-win. He knew that violence would erupt before he scheduled it. Then he waited until after it was supposed to start to cancel. Is it possible this was his plan all along?
CNN, MSNBC & Fox News pre-empted much of their programming for hours, rerunning the same videos of clashes between Trump followers and the protesters. FREE PUBLICITY. The man just can’t lose. You gotta give credit where credit is due.
Talk about “Master Manipulation!”
That brings me to my final thoughts.
We all have to vote for the individual we feel will help our country unite and be a nation of which we can be proud.
Trump certainly won’t unite us despite not being part of the establishment. Hillary has an incredible amount of baggage. If elected I don’t believe she has the power to bring us together as a nation.
And then there’s Bernie! Trump supporters may not agree with him on lots of policies, but he’s the only other candidate devoted to bringing industry back to this country. He’s never flip-flopped. He is arguably the most consistent politician you will ever meet.
For Conservative Readers:
If you can get past the fact that he calls himself a Democratic Socialist you might just find that he’ll stand up for you, guarantee a living wage, universal healthcare and educational opportunity for your children. Are any of these things you don’t want for your family?
The Donald and Bernie have something else in common. It would be fun to sit down with both of them. Donald because he would make you feel so powerful and Bernie because something about him seems like family. You just want to give him a huge hug!
You’ve read one man’s opinion. Now follow your heart!
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Do you not realize Dave that this is really about how pissed Americans are about the path we’ve been on? This is absolutely grass roots democracy at its best. Which the liberals have been touting as the holy grail for like forever. But now you don’t like it because it’s not what you want it to be. We’ll welcome to the frickin’ club. You’re now a full fledged member. What the heck do you think this is about? That the world will be bright and beautiful when bernie takes the reins? Oh hell Clinton and the status quo will derail… Read more »
Wow, you guys are really running scared … You have your own problems with the Democratic candidates, why are you in here preaching to the choir when you should be educating your own?
Hi Tom, I don’t see this as running scared. I do see it as pointing out the qualities that define the Republican candidate that is leading his party. It certainly serves to motivate everyone to get out and vote for what they believe in. My article certainly points out how I feel. How about you Tom? I’d be happy to hear your views. Also GMP is always looking for contributors and I imagine would welcome a well thought out article with a completely different opionon. Tom, I appreciate you reading my article even though by the title you probably knew… Read more »
Hi David, thank you for the respectful response and your gratitude. I have no question that you feel the way you do and you have every right to put how you feel, out there. My issue isn’t as much how I view your views but in general, how Trump gets so much attention all the time. In my 60 years, I have never seen a candidate get so much attention (free publicity) then Trump. Even here at GMP, there isn’t a day that goes by that there isn’t something about Trump (overwhelmingly bad). We get it, people can’t stand him,… Read more »
HiTon, I agree entirely about Trump and media publicity. The media is only interested in ratings. Conssequrenly the pay attention to virtually everything Trump says while largely ignoring the other Republican candidates. As far as GMP analysing Democratic candidates I am not really in a postion to say. I’m not aware of the editorial policy. Though it seems pretty open to me. For my part when I write Pro Sanders articles I think I point out what I find positive. And you are correct, I usually don’t look at the negative. I don’t see that much, but that is not… Read more »
I’ve put forth at least three comments critiquing Mrs. Clinton, and did so in a far less visceral way. None found their way through moderation.
DJ, and that’s one of the issues many respondents have is that too many responses don’t make it through moderation. Let’s call it what it is, tyranny. Just as I know that this response will more then likely not go through because I used the word “tyranny.” And that’s why I copy and paste my responses and send them to myself in an email. I check it against the guidelines. That being said, this goes to Dave K. You said “For my part when I write Pro Sanders articles I think I point out what I find positive. And you… Read more »
Hi Tom.
Looks like your comment did make it through even with the word “tyranny.”
As for your comment: I agree, negative does exist with every candidate. For my art I try to address what I feel are the most pressing issues. And in general (not always) I like Bernie Sander’s position. Dave
Hi DJ, I don’t know much about the criteria for responses. I believe that sometimes things get a bit confused. I wrote a long response to Tom and when I submitted it I got a message that it looked like I had made this response before. I hadn’t… it was a direct response to a new comment by Tom. I tried to resubmit it but with no luck. What would happen if you contacted the Editor and asked for a clarification. I can imagine it’s very frustrating to make what you believe is a measured response and then not have… Read more »