Will The Real Donald Trump Please Stand Up
Aug 11, 2015 Opinion, Political
Donald Trump is an egomaniac. This is not to say that he does not love America or that he does not think he can be a good president who can revive the economy. It is quite possible that he has the skills to get America back on track.
But Donald has a Donald problem. I am not talking about the way he puts his foot in his mouth by continually insulting those with whom he disagrees. It is par for the course now for someone to make a comment about Trump and have him respond by saying the person is a no talent, or not bright, or you name it.
It seems that unless you agree with Trump and unless you treat him like royalty you are a second class citizen to him and you are not fit to shine his shoes.
These are his personality traits. He was handed his daddy’s business and he built it into an empire. But for too long people have treated him like he is the king so much so he now believes it. He thinks that he can treat people as he wishes and suffer no consequence.
He might be right given the latest polls that show he still has quite a lead even after his bombastic weekend.
It appears as if Trump has tapped into the anger in the Republican Party (and probably some of the anger on the left) and he is expressing that anger for the millions of disillusioned people in this country.
All well and good but the problem is still Trump and his past.
I am not talking about comments he made about women he argued with. His issues deal with the way he takes positions based on convenience. Trump has been a Democrat and a Republican (and who knows what else). He has donated to politicians from both parties and has supported things that are not conservative.
He liked single payer health insurance and he has spoken in favor of some forms of gun control (assault weapons ban and longer waiting periods). He appears to have evolved on these issues and others but is this a matter of expedience?
I know Trump is a good businessman who has made billions of dollars and he is not part of the political class. He might be a great shot in the arm for the country when it comes to getting us on good financial footing.
The question would be at what cost? Trump has already made it known he donates to politicians so he can get what he wants. This is not a new idea and people have paid to play for as long as politics have existed. But will he evolve again with regard to issues when money starts flowing? Will he push for gun control or single payer health care based on well-heeled donors?
If Trump were to be elected president and we actually got the guy Donald now describes we might actually do quite well but if we get the guy that Trump once was we could be in a world of trouble.
There is still this nagging voice in my head that tells me Trump is in collusion with the Clintons to divide the electorate so she can be elected. Trump is pals with the Clintons and it is not beyond reason that he would be doing this to help her. A divided electorate (thanks to Ross Perot) gave us Bill Clinton.
Maybe Bill is working with Trump to do that once again so Hillary will win.
There is a lot to flesh out in the coming months and given the theatrics of Trump it should be entertaining.
I think it is time we put a person in the White House who is not a career politician or part of a dynasty. Trump does not have to be that guy.
The more I hear Carly Fiorina the more impressed I am with her.
But there is a lot of time to decide.
No matter what the person we select will be better than any Democrat they have running.
We don’t need more of what we now have.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Florida, Michigan, Illegal Donations – Change To Believe In
Aug 4, 2008 Political
Barack Obama is a man who will say or do anything to win. He has changed many of his positions over the last few months in order to move toward the center. It is amazing that politicians always move to the center in order to win but never figure that they should stay there because that is what people voted for. It seems that the Change you can believe in happens to be his positions. Just this past week he changed to “in favor of” drilling. Well, it gets even better.
Obama is now saying that the delegates from Florida and Michigan should count. He was opposed to allowing those votes when Hillary Clinton would get most of them because he did not have his name on the ballot. Obama believed it would not be fair to allow Clinton to get the lion’s share of the delegates when her name was the only one on the ballot and he had a point. However, now that her name will not be up for nomination in Denver, he wants the delegates from those states to be able to have full voting rights. If his argument was that Hillary did not deserve them because his name was not on the ballot then why does he deserve them at this point in time? After all, his name was not on the ballot so he could not have earned any of them but now he is willing to accept all of them. They say it is for party unity but I bet this will further infuriate the Hillary supporters.
Barack Obama has made two statements that might not sit well with his base. He now supports drilling thus placing many of the obstructionist Democrats in a tight spot and he now favors allowing full votes for the Florida and Michigan delegates which will likely infuriate Hillary supporters. It would seem that the Messiah is having a bad week and now Rasmussen shows McCain with a slight lead.
And all this before the stuff hits the fan about the illegal foreign donations that Obama has been accepting. [Atlas Shrugs] Now you know why Obama put the hold on filling the empty FEC position.
This guy embodies Chicago politics. I HOPE this will be his undoing.
Tags: flip flop, illegal donations., Obama, positions