Is it too late to stop the Donald Trump machine?

[KarenBravo]

I love reading these posts ... with all the teeth gnashing, hair pulling, yelps of pain coming from liberals, leftists, socialists and non Americans who understand next to nothing of American politics and the general situation... this causes me to be even more enthusiastic about the chances of Trump winning and becoming a great president. A Good Leader is known by the opposition that springs up - telling all the voters that they are wrong - they have no judgement yada yada yada...

Of course foreigners can't understand "Americaness", so, how could we understand the politics?

[JDGRUEN]

Then the coming actions that will make Trump a huge success at the polls...

Anti-Trump Groups Threaten ‘Largest Civil Disobedience Action of the Century’

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/16/anti-trump-groups-threaten-largest-civil-disobedience-action-of-the-century/

This is like giving a Billion Dollars to GET OUT THE VOTE... 555 .... Americans will be so livid watching the antics and violence that caravans will be needed to get Republican voters to the polls...

[Neurath]

In the 2016 Primaries - Democrat voter turn out is DOWN --- while Republican voter turn out is sharply up... very telling of the future.

Very highly rated TV show.

non sequitur

Is that a hairdo?

[Jingthing]

In the 2016 Primaries - Democrat voter turn out is DOWN --- while Republican voter turn out is sharply up... very telling of the future.

Not really. The democratic race was just mostly already decided. So boring. The republican race is a major circus.

[zydeco]

In the 2016 Primaries - Democrat voter turn out is DOWN --- while Republican voter turn out is sharply up... very telling of the future.

Not really. The democratic race was just mostly already decided. So boring. The republican race is a major circus.

You mean all those people talking about "feel the bern" were really talking about their urinary tract?

[neverdie]

I wouldn't get ok caught up on the Republican Democrat thing, at the end of the day the whole system was designed to keep the masses arguing over nothing, meanwhile important matters go unnoticed, smoke and mirrors type stuff.

They're all lying, cheating, thriving, corrupt low life that only serve one real purpose and it ain't what you think it is.

Trump will put the wind up them and it will end with an Assination. I bet they are scrambling arrangements as you lit bicker away.

Time to wake up USA.

[GinBoy2]

I couldn't help but chuckle today while listening to the Diane Rehm show on NPR. The final listener comment sorta summed it up for me, he said quoting George Carlin;

"When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat"

Sad to say my fellow American's, but never a truer word spoken!

[dunroaming]

Many of the American voters are angry. And when you are angry you hit out at the establishment. So you turn to an anti establishment figure which this time is Mr Trump. Will that anger carry him through to the nomination? Well I hope so because that makes it all the more entertaining and let's face it the republicans haven't got a viable candidate to turn to. At some point though people will have to wake up to the fact that Trump is nothing more than a windbag. A windbag that has plugged into the anger very effectively and knows how to press the buttons of hate. The other side of the coin is Clinton who will take the election by de-fault and not by any ability to move the US forward.

We had the same sort of thing in the UK when Thatcher was re-elected over again because the Labour party couldn't find an electable alternative. Even today the Labour party in the UK cannot field anyone electable which gives us another 4 years under yet another sub-standard government.

Things are no better in the EU who have made a complete pigs ear of things recently.

No wonder then that China is dominating the world's economy followed by the rise in India's fortunes. The world is changing and we all need to come to terms with that

[neverdie]

The questions people should be asking themselves are things like,

What has motivated Donald to run, examine closely.

Will Hillary take off from where bill left things, murdering millions of innocent children?

Will she get caught receiving Cunnilingus in the Oval Office?

[chuckd]

The questions people should be asking themselves are things like,

What has motivated Donald to run, examine closely.

Will Hillary take off from where bill left things, murdering millions of innocent children?

Will she get caught receiving Cunnilingus in the Oval Office?

Well, you really know how to put a disgusting picture in somebody's mind.

[Pimay1]

The questions people should be asking themselves are things like,

What has motivated Donald to run, examine closely.

Will Hillary take off from where bill left things, murdering millions of innocent children?

Will she get caught receiving Cunnilingus in the Oval Office?

Well, you really know how to put a disgusting picture in somebody's mind.

You can say that twice and be right twice.

[Pinot]

By normal primary voting means it is highly likely Trump will win. Based on delegates won and delegates remaining to be won in the last sets of primaries, Cruz the second place contender would have to win nearly 75 percent of all remaining primaries and Trump win next to none.. That is not going to happen. And Kasich has NO STATISTICAL chance of winning enough delegates.

So .. Donald Trump is likely going to be the Republican nominee - like it or not...

The Republican GOP Establishment Elitists and the Donor Class of cronies (The GOPe) talk about forcing a Brokered Convention against all rules... so they can contravene the will of the Republican voters ... Total Crazy Talk... Should the GOPe and the Cronies pull off a forced brokered convention and install / anoint a Jeb Bush, Rubio, Kasich or Ryan -- all members of the GOPe ... All Hell would break lose... Spiting on the vast majority of Anti-Establishment Republican Voters the 70% who voted for Trump, Cruz and Carson would ignite a Bonfire of the Vanities and would result in a Trump 3rd Party Run or at least a huge portion of those tens of millions of Anti-Republican Establishment voters Staying Home on Election Day...

Only ignorant - naive self-obsessed GOPe and their lackeys would dream up such a Party Suicide

Yeah, what is your point?

[Pinot]

Then the coming actions that will make Trump a huge success at the polls...

Anti-Trump Groups Threaten ‘Largest Civil Disobedience Action of the Century’

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/16/anti-trump-groups-threaten-largest-civil-disobedience-action-of-the-century/

This is like giving a Billion Dollars to GET OUT THE VOTE... 555 .... Americans will be so livid watching the antics and violence that caravans will be needed to get Republican voters to the polls...

Breitbart link JD? (Sigh)

[stillbornagain]

I'm sorry but you must have mistaken me for somebody that cares what you think.

But, in response to your post...Yes, I do believe they were just as stupid.

They were all Democrats. They couldn't have been that smart to begin with.

Pew Research did a poll of scientists to determine their political affiliations. Result: 55% democrat, 32% independent, 6% republican. If you include which way the independents lean the results are 81% democrat, 12% republican.

If you want to break it down by ideology the results are: conservative 9%, moderate 35%, and liberal 52%

Read it here: http://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion

What about employees at the top tech firms in Silicon Valley?.

"And, yet, tech CEOs are arguably the Democrats’ biggest cheerleaders: in the 2012 presidential election, 83% of employee donations from top tech firms went to Obama. “Most of Silicon Valley, most of the executives, tend to be Democrats,” PayPal co-Founder, Peter Thiel, told me."

I believe this conclusively demonstrates that people who say things like "They were all Democrats. They couldn't have been that smart to begin with." are clearly not only none too smart to begin with, but they're none to smart to end with either.

[willyumiii]

According to the threat Trump made today " My supporters will tear up the country if i do not get the nomination."

Let's hope the GOP let's themselves be bullied into nominating him so the rest of us don't get torn up!

Seriously, isn't that a threat to national security?

Isn't that a terrorist threat?

Shouldn't Trump now be "detained" in the interest of national security?

( that would stop him. )

Or is it o.k. for rich white guys to threaten the security of the United States?

[willyumiii]

Donald Trump winning the US presidency is considered one of the top 10 risks facing the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Analysis:

"Thus far Mr Trump has given very few details of his policies - and these tend to be prone to constant revision..."

"In the event of a Trump victory, his hostile attitude to free trade, and alienation of Mexico and China in particular,

could escalate rapidly into a trade war - and at the least scupper the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the US and 11 other American and Asian states signed in February 2016."

"His militaristic tendencies towards the Middle East (and ban on all Muslim travel to the US) would be a potent recruitment tool for jihadi groups,

increasing their threat both within the region and beyond."

Conclusion:

"Although we do not expect Mr Trump to defeat his most likely Democratic contender, Hillary Clinton, there are risks to this forecast,

especially in the event of a terrorist attack on US soil or a sudden economic downturn."

"It is worth noting that the innate hostility within the Republican hierarchy towards Mr Trump, combined with the inevitable virulent Democratic opposition,

will see many of his more radical policies blocked in Congress - albeit such internal bickering will also undermine the coherence of domestic and foreign policymaking."

https://gfs.eiu.com/Article.aspx?articleType=gr&articleId=2866

Donald Trump will never be President.

Move on...

Top pentagon officials have already stated that much of what Trump says he will do is in violation of international law and the military is sworn not to follow his orders if if he commands them to violate those laws.

He has no experience in government and has no idea of what a President is authorized to do.

He is nothing but a promoter and a conman.

Neither are presidential qualifications.

If he is elected, he will be powerless.

He will not be permitted to break the laws and the GOP is on track to make sure they lose control of congress.

Our biggest fear is four years

of nothing.

[Usernames]

I love reading these posts ... with all the teeth gnashing, hair pulling, yelps of pain coming from liberals, leftists, socialists and non Americans who understand next to nothing of American politics and the general situation... this causes me to be even more enthusiastic about the chances of Trump winning and becoming a great president. A Good Leader is known by the opposition that springs up - telling all the voters that they are wrong - they have no judgement yada yada yada...

NYC Man Takes Florida Boy's Lunch Money

[JDGRUEN]

By normal primary voting means it is highly likely Trump will win. Based on delegates won and delegates remaining to be won in the last sets of primaries, Cruz the second place contender would have to win nearly 75 percent of all remaining primaries and Trump win next to none.. That is not going to happen. And Kasich has NO STATISTICAL chance of winning enough delegates.

So .. Donald Trump is likely going to be the Republican nominee - like it or not...

The Republican GOP Establishment Elitists and the Donor Class of cronies (The GOPe) talk about forcing a Brokered Convention against all rules... so they can contravene the will of the Republican voters ... Total Crazy Talk... Should the GOPe and the Cronies pull off a forced brokered convention and install / anoint a Jeb Bush, Rubio, Kasich or Ryan -- all members of the GOPe ... All Hell would break lose... Spiting on the vast majority of Anti-Establishment Republican Voters the 70% who voted for Trump, Cruz and Carson would ignite a Bonfire of the Vanities and would result in a Trump 3rd Party Run or at least a huge portion of those tens of millions of Anti-Republican Establishment voters Staying Home on Election Day...

Only ignorant - naive self-obsessed GOPe and their lackeys would dream up such a Party Suicide

Yeah, what is your point?

I didn't think you were capable of understanding it... so move along like a good little leftist ...

[JDGRUEN]

I'm sorry but you must have mistaken me for somebody that cares what you think.

But, in response to your post...Yes, I do believe they were just as stupid.

They were all Democrats. They couldn't have been that smart to begin with.

Pew Research did a poll of scientists to determine their political affiliations. Result: 55% democrat, 32% independent, 6% republican. If you include which way the independents lean the results are 81% democrat, 12% republican.

If you want to break it down by ideology the results are: conservative 9%, moderate 35%, and liberal 52%

Read it here: http://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion

What about employees at the top tech firms in Silicon Valley?.

"And, yet, tech CEOs are arguably the Democrats’ biggest cheerleaders: in the 2012 presidential election, 83% of employee donations from top tech firms went to Obama. “Most of Silicon Valley, most of the executives, tend to be Democrats,” PayPal co-Founder, Peter Thiel, told me."

I believe this conclusively demonstrates that people who say things like "They were all Democrats. They couldn't have been that smart to begin with." are clearly not only none too smart to begin with, but they're none to smart to end with either.

And few or none of them live in the real work a day world of the average American - thus it is easy to be a limousine liberal .. .

[JDGRUEN]

Then the coming actions that will make Trump a huge success at the polls...

Anti-Trump Groups Threaten ‘Largest Civil Disobedience Action of the Century’

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/16/anti-trump-groups-threaten-largest-civil-disobedience-action-of-the-century/

This is like giving a Billion Dollars to GET OUT THE VOTE... 555 .... Americans will be so livid watching the antics and violence that caravans will be needed to get Republican voters to the polls...

Breitbart link JD? (Sigh)

Oh - So you have graduated beyond FoxNew 2008... but of course the Daily KOS and Media Matters - the leftist rags are not on your reading list ... right?

[mania]

He is nothing but a promoter and a conman.

Is that not the exact definition of a politician?

It sums up the last 8 year con man perfectly...& those before him as well.

[inbangkok]

I'm sorry but you must have mistaken me for somebody that cares what you think.

But, in response to your post...Yes, I do believe they were just as stupid.

They were all Democrats. They couldn't have been that smart to begin with.

Pew Research did a poll of scientists to determine their political affiliations. Result: 55% democrat, 32% independent, 6% republican. If you include which way the independents lean the results are 81% democrat, 12% republican.

If you want to break it down by ideology the results are: conservative 9%, moderate 35%, and liberal 52%

Read it here: http://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion

What about employees at the top tech firms in Silicon Valley?.

"And, yet, tech CEOs are arguably the Democrats’ biggest cheerleaders: in the 2012 presidential election, 83% of employee donations from top tech firms went to Obama. “Most of Silicon Valley, most of the executives, tend to be Democrats,” PayPal co-Founder, Peter Thiel, told me."

I believe this conclusively demonstrates that people who say things like "They were all Democrats. They couldn't have been that smart to begin with." are clearly not only none too smart to begin with, but they're none to smart to end with either.

And few or none of them live in the real work a day world of the average American - thus it is easy to be a limousine liberal .. .

Completely unsubstantiated, hit and run post. Just because this is what you want to believe does not mean it has any bearing on reality.

[tomacht8]

For the greatest military power in the world, it will result in the end decision:
Hillary or Donald.
Large selection here.
What a theater for the peasants.

[Jingthing]

Lesser of two evils deal with the choice being obvious.

Meet President Hillary Rodham Clinton, dudes.

[stillbornagain]

I'm sorry but you must have mistaken me for somebody that cares what you think.

But, in response to your post...Yes, I do believe they were just as stupid.

They were all Democrats. They couldn't have been that smart to begin with.

Pew Research did a poll of scientists to determine their political affiliations. Result: 55% democrat, 32% independent, 6% republican. If you include which way the independents lean the results are 81% democrat, 12% republican.

If you want to break it down by ideology the results are: conservative 9%, moderate 35%, and liberal 52%

Read it here: http://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion

What about employees at the top tech firms in Silicon Valley?.

"And, yet, tech CEOs are arguably the Democrats’ biggest cheerleaders: in the 2012 presidential election, 83% of employee donations from top tech firms went to Obama. “Most of Silicon Valley, most of the executives, tend to be Democrats,” PayPal co-Founder, Peter Thiel, told me."

I believe this conclusively demonstrates that people who say things like "They were all Democrats. They couldn't have been that smart to begin with." are clearly not only none too smart to begin with, but they're none to smart to end with either.

And few or none of them live in the real work a day world of the average American - thus it is easy to be a limousine liberal .. .

My comment was posted in response to Chuckd's remark about democrats being unintelligent. I think the evidence I offered is pretty convincing. As for your contention that these people don't live in the real world...What about the apparently real world people who are backing Trump. He is offering absolutely yuuge tax breaks to the wealthy. This despite the fact that most Americans -when asked - and that even goes for Republicans - want to increase taxes on the wealthy. I guess what you're talking about is the common people. Like the people who put the Communists in power in Russia and China, the Nazis in power in Germany, the Fascists in Italy.

The thing about scientists and high tech people is that they learn to be dispassionate. Not to let their emotions overrule their reason. To follow the data, make hypotheses and test them. Not to hyperventilate and act out in rage. Not to succumb to slogans and emotionalism.

What makes your comments particularly absurd is that the products these technologists create prove the superiority of the capitalist system. These are people who if they don't get it right, don't have a job. Yet somehow, when it comes to assessing the state of the nation, their skills mysteriously fail them.

[boomerangutang]

Anyone else noticed the similarity between Trump and Thaksin?

Both relying on voters fed up with the with the status quo, both claiming that as "successful" businessmen, they can translate that success if they ran the country.

Maybe Thailand can teach the USA something here.

A few more similarities:

>>> Thais who voted for Thaksin thought because he was already so rich, he was incorruptible. Same for Trump supporters.

>>> Thaksin didn't take any responsibility for mass killings of Muslims at Kru Sae and Tak Bai, even though after the first incident (Kru Sae) Thaksin waved his phone at the generals and told them: "if there's ever any question of what to do in a difficult situation, I'm only a phone call away." They called him re; Tak Bai. He told them what to do. Nearly 100 young Muslim men died that night while under arrest in army trucks because of being stacked like cord wood. No military men were reprimanded / no investigation ensued. Expect similar governing style from Trump.

>>> Neither man can admit ever having made a mistake.

>>> Both men worship accumulation of wealth. there is no such thing as being too rich, in their view.

[Rhys]

paid and bought

[Jingthing]

If Trump wins being an expat doesn't mean you've escaped.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/garrison-keillor-think-moving-abroad-will-save-you-from-trump-think-again/2016/03/16/d98e887c-eba6-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-c%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

A great republican argument to reject Trump even if it means forfeiting the election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-stain-themselves-and-their-party-by-sticking-with-trump/2016/03/16/ac7b4d2c-ebae-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-e%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

[tomacht8]

Lesser of two evils deal with the choice being obvious.

Meet President Hillary Rodham Clinton, dudes.

I also think it will come.

A christian woman at the head of the greatest military power in the world.

That would show many religious encrusted countries how to do it differently.

Donald lands probably only on the 2nd place with his entry ban for Muslims.

Certainly not the most direct route, but hopefully the road to greater world peace.

[up-country_sinclair]

No, it's not too late to stop Trump and his know-nothing fanboys. But there are precious few opportunities left.

Gov. Kasich and Senator Cruz need to stay in the race and keep Trump under 1237 delegates at all costs. Then it's a whole new ball game, and the party establishment can put together a respectable ticket that has an outside chance of winning. I say outside chance because by November, Trump will have done so much damage to the Republican brand that I don't know if a ticket of Lincoln and Reagan could win. But the most important aspect of getting Trump off the ticket is saving the Senate majority. The slurping Trump fanboys are in complete denial about how vulnerable Republican control of the Senate is. Have Senator Schumer as majority leader with a newly inaugurated President Clinton, and you can bet that they will be stacking the Supreme Court and drastically changing the course of American society.

Yes, I know the petulant Trump fanboys will probably try to burn down Cleveland. Let them try. We'll see how tough they are when they're running through clouds of tear gas and dodging rubber bullets.