Does the Trump Train have brakes?
It doesn’t appear so.
Polls are showing a surging in support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the general election — and if trends continue, it could be an election landslide.
In early March, Trump was down ten points in the hypothetical match-up with presumed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. He’s rapidly closed that gap since winning the GOP nomination, and on average is in a virtual lock with Clinton — a remarkably huge shift in such a short period of time.
Even more remarkably, he’s starting to pull ahead according to both Fox News and Rasmussen.
According to The New York Times, it’s partly because of the inability of Clinton to put away Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that’s hurting her. While Clinton “is grappling with Senator Bernie Sanders and how to win over his impassioned supporters.”
The polling “reveals that Republican voters are starting to fall in line with Mr. Trump now that he is their presumptive nominee — and that they expect party officials to do the same,” The New York Times writes, and that “many of the party’s rank-and-file voters think that while Mr. Trump may be imperfect, the time has come to rally to their unlikely standard-bearer — if only to keep Mrs. Clinton out of the White House.”
Meanwhile, Trump has kept himself planted firmly in the political spotlight this week with one headline-grabbing move after another — launching a social media defense of his treatment of women, listing possible Supreme Court nominees, rapidly declaring an Egyptian plane crash an act of terrorism.
But Clinton’s stay-above-the-fray attitude masks unresolved questions that have gnawed at her campaign since Trump virtually locked up the Republican nomination. How can the wonkish Clinton counteract Trump’s finely-tuned ability to command attention? Can she win the White House by letting Trump run on his terms, hoping his unorthodox candidacy wears thin with voters by November?
Or does she need to make a positive case for her own candidacy, something she has struggled to articulate during the Democratic primary?
“She’s going to have to do things to keep her side motivated, to keep people excited, keep it aspirational,” said Steve Schale, a Florida Democratic strategist who advised President Barack Obama’s White House campaigns.
Clinton’s unexpectedly tough battle with Sanders highlights her struggle to make that case thus far.
Sanders’ supporters can repeat whole sections of his campaign speech verbatim. Trump’s backers chime in on cue when he asks who will pay for his proposed border wall with Mexico.
The former secretary of state, by contrast, throws a policy-filled kitchen sink at voters.
And her ability to define the race on her own terms could only get harder in a face-off with Trump, the dominant force in this presidential contest and a master of defining his opponents before they can define themselves.
“He’s good at dominating the news cycle,” said Rick Tyler, former communications director for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s failed presidential campaign.
To be sure, Clinton finally close to clinching the Democratic nomination. But facing Trump will be another matter, with his capacity to set the tone for the day in the morning through frequent tweets and calls into news shows, catching his rivals off guard and leaving them scrambling to catch up.
The last days underscored Trump’s grip on the spotlight, and his refusal to back down to political correctness.
After a newspaper article detailing his behavior with women, Trump kept the story alive by repeatedly bashing the reporters and defending his actions. He shifted the conservation to his possible presidency by announcing a list of judges he might nominate to the high court. He then said on Twitter the roll out went so well that he might add more names.
In between, Trump said he could negotiate with North Korea’s leader. He called Ferguson, Missouri, and Oakland, California, more dangerous than Iraq. And he used the word “rape” in speaking about Bill Clinton’s past indiscretions.
While Clinton’s campaign released paper statements responding to some of Trump’s statements, the candidate herself stayed largely quiet.
Meanwhile, it’s the voters that are responding.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
People are tired of the decline of our nation. People are tired of the majority of new jobs being low wage no benefit ones. People are tired of the foreign and domestic folks who make a career choice to go on EBT, Sec. 8 housing etc, SSI ect. while the working poor struggle .People are tired of the baby mamma/baby daddy culture that is subsidized by tax payers. People are tired of those claiming discrimination, but can check off the right box at hiring or test time to be guaranteed a city,state,county, town or federal job. People are tired of arrogant elitists pretending to be liberal. Many moderate Democrats like myself are voting for Trump in November. A substantial amount of those who voted for Sanders voted for him to protest Hillary. I did. Many of these folks are voting for Trump in November. We hope that Trump keeps some promises. We already know that Hillary won’t care about the working class.
You summed it up in a nut shell. Well said – “Main Street.”
I agree with you, Ruth!
Agree!
agree 100%
By this articles own admission Clinton is having trouble putting away Bernie Sanders, a self professed socialist who is trailing her in total vote count. Given Bernies outlandish proposals whereby everything is free but the kitchen sink. Mature voters understand that nothing is ever free, and that somehow, somewhere,someone is going to have to pay, in all likelihood that being the recipient of the free stuff! We all know that Bernie is not a viable candidate, but yet Clinton is having a difficult time “putting Sanders away”.
If she’s having a tough time with Sanders, how will she manage Trump?
His appeal amoungst voters has struck a chord with the American people, addressing all the issues we have been talking about over the kitchen table for the past 7 1/2 years, and basically in the same language we ourselves use. As opposed to Clinton’s flip flop, fragmented, policy! A candidate who is the single worrier in a nonexistent war on woman, who’s own Clinton Foundation pays men 38% more than its woman executives!
Trump will mop the floor with this out of touch, outdated, two faced, progressive old hag. By the time Trump is finished with her she would have a hard time getting elected as dog catcher in a small town with no dogs! Her political career will be finished, and rightfully so since in her 40 years of public service there is not one single “Good” accomplishment she can lay claim to but a whole string of enormous failures covering a span of 40 years! She’s done, good riddens to an enormously unsuccessful politician!
Trump 2016/2020
HEY DENNIS EXTREMELY WELL SAID !!!!!!!!!!! HILLARY IS FINISHED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TRUMP 2016 / 2020 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Gop has complained about a womanizer and now they have one of their own and could care less. If I were Trump I would start to worry . Birds of a feather flock together .
Dennis, You could not have said it better, not even if you took ten minutes more on spelling it out ! I Don`t know Enough about Clintons` Democratic Counter=part to venture A thought. BUT..I do believe The Democratic THEME is not going to FLY..this Go-round..( And Maybe not for The Next Ten years !! That will be UP to How Well TRUMP handles THE Presidential Slot ! He Just Might Be an Overwhelming Success in Spite OF Himself !! IF he Continues On the WAY He is now..HE will Make Mincemeat out of Hellery ( She Best HOPE she Isn`t the ONE Facing Trump AT THE END !! For he will Bring All of HER Bad Sides OUT to BE Surveyed BY All !! ) The “World ” Recognizes Her Duplicity in All she Thinks She CAN Talk Her way out of. But It is Past That Point Now… I Think it will be Mostly Die-hard Democrats Who will Vote for her Now,,,( Just Because They have Always Been Democrats..way back !! Not Enough to Push her Over the NET , I Don`t imagine !! Personally, I`m looking Forward TO That ”Debate” That IS Sure TO Come..IF It is Her and Not Sanders Facing Trump !! I Think Trump Still has Much Respect For Sanders. None for Clinton.
Well said Denis. The only thing I think you got wrong was her “public service” The only service she performed was for herself.
. . . and her Foundation.
Totally agree Main Street!!
put his ass in jail as an enemy of the US and kicck these foreigners who try to manipulate our country into their sadistic way of life.
Very well said. I might add that Bernies voters are going to come over to Trumps side, as many of them stated. A good many went with Bernie, as he wasn’t Mrs. Clinton. Not to mention he was a honest man. Maybe he’ll come back if Hillary ever takes these charges serious… Or I should say, if Hillary is indicted, while I’m still surprised that hasn’t happened yet. It makes one wonder if the law is only for the common people. Then I think about all The Illinois politicians in the slammer. Let keep it real with Hillary. Bill would probably like her locked up. Although he is an embarrassment too. Lost his license to practice law, and was from a very small club of impeached Presidents. You younger people look all of that up. I’m not lying. Hillary had the nerve to call Trump embarrassing.. LMBO .
We need the billboards on the highways stating that Hill is not a candidate and should be in JAIL now. It not then all the prisoners will want to be let out for their is no proper judicial system.
An HC indictment will never fly with the DOJ. Best results after Trump’s elected.
You are correct. People are tired. That is why we need Trump.
When you all get trump and he screws over people, don’t start crying and say I didn’t vote for him. If people just listen to the bs that people want to hear from Trump you all will have a different tune.I am a independent myself but I listen to the facts .Just research trump out and you will see how he has screwed over poor people and take college kids money and never got a diploma .He won’t even reimburse their money. He charged 35-40,000/ for college and then filed bankruptcy. He will sell The US out just to benefit trump
Donnie: There are times in your life when you listen to the voice within your soul. There isn’t one political figure during my lifetime that has had all the qualities a presidential candidate should possess. No one individual is without flaws. However, I believe Donald Trump is a highly skilled and successful businessman and my sense tells me that he has a patriotic love of country unlike the current MORON in the WH.
We’ll put and it is the truth. The idiot in the White House is proof of what ya get when you vote for a democrat.Failed policies and all thagoes with it. Just look at the cities that are run by demon rats.Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago and the so called liberal run state of California all failures.
agree. he is a business man and a good one. if he is head of the country he will look at the country as HIS business and make money for the country. we are 19 trillion in debt. that’s 19,000,000,000,000,000. in debt. your pension and social security is in there… a lot of people work in this country. not everybody is sitting on their butt waiting for a welfare check to come in…
Very well said
who’s crying now! oh, its your birthday. go ahead if you want too. boohoohoo!
as a democrat go crawl back in your hole. it is a shame anybody would want to see the talking lying so called women as president in the white house . she belongs in the big house with her slick willie. how anybody can agree to open our borders to the south americans,mexicans and the muslims is mind boggling. obama calls these people a loving carrying people. i watched a video two days ago where this peace loving people rounded up hundreds and hundreds of dogs and injecting them one after another in their back with a large needle syringe filled with sulfuric acid and watch these beautiful dogs cry in terrible pain until they died. if this is the kind of garbage you want in this once great country then you will deserve what ever comes about. Donald Trump is the only one that seems to figure out what is happening. japan took in 28 muslims and within days 5 were arrested for rape. anybody that wants another clinton or obuma in the white house has to have no regards for the u.s. of a.
All the little baby birds in Tennessee must belong to the GOP because not one messes in its nest but from birth they get up on side of nest but all Democrates just use their nest to use the bathroom. They all mess in their nest every day, seven days a week, and 52 weeks per year. That is how you can ID them.
Well Ronnie it seems that you are not aware of how serious this election is. If ANY POLITICIAN BECOMES PRESIDENT we are all screwed. These professional crooks have destroyed our country. We need someone with business savvy and is not afraid to speak up. This political correct is so much BS that it has ruined our country. We need job back! Wake up!
and I guess your choice would be Bernie . for free collage. WELL LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING . THERE IS NOTHING FREE. SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THE LAZY JERKS THAT WON’T PAY THERE OWN WAY. MY GRAND DAUGHTER WORKED THREE PARTIME JOBS TO PAY HER OWN WAY WITH NO STUDINT LOANDS OR GRANTS, AND BY GOD IF SHE COULD DO IT SO CAN ANYONE ELSE. SHE HAS DONE THIS FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS , AND GETS HER DEGREE IN SPORTS MED. THIS JUNE. NOW THATS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. BUT OF COURSE SHE WAS RAISED TO BE A HARD WORKER AND TO HAVE PRIDE IN HERSELF. WHAT’S YOUR EXCUSE?
Donnie-
Since Trump is not your pick, who do you favor instead?
THE POLITICIANS BEFORE TRUMP SOLD US OUT ALREADY , HOW MUCH WORST
CAN HE DO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HILLARY WILL DESTROY THIS COUNTRY JUST LIKE
OBAMA IS DOING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will be likr Demo who said they mever voted for Obama. My question to the independent. Who are you going to vote for if not Trump?
If trump crew up , he only stay 4 year. But Hillary win then have same look like right now. Please give Trump a change ,he may do good for this country.please,please and please. Thanh you.
Another Democrat here for Trump. Hillary and her cronies for prison 2016.
Temper Fi.
Awesome answer!
Very very smart. Congratulations!
Hillary must not win the WH , she is very bad for this country
Tell that to all the fools who voted for OBOZO!! In some case’s,Twice!!! That’s BAD for the Country!!! With out A Doubt!! Can’t Wait for that ASS to Move back to ‘KENYA’!’
Go Trump! We need him and so does the rest of the world! The US will never survive another Clinton or a pair of them in the white house. The country will complete its economic and foreign affair melt down that the ” Great And Powerful Obama” has perpetrated upon the American people. Everyone has had enough of the Obama administration a group of lying and cheating useless politicians. Let’s face it HRC and BC are all part of the OBAMA problem. Talk about Ly’n Ted Cruze, HRC write the book on being crooked and lying, she is a real gem.
Trump was our Man! Now the so-called Republicans are teaching him, training him how to be a snake
just as they are. He had better be careful who he chooses to be his advisors! He will get in hot water if
he keeps associating with the people who run the White House. You should know who they are!
They run this country, they are over the Federal Reserve.
He is having meetings with them and no one tells him who they are and what they are up to.
Please someone step in and WARN him!
Donald has not changed anything! Why in the world would you say such a stupid thing? He cares about Americans, and he is the only one who does. He is a negotiator, this is how he became a billionaire. Getting your news from CNN? Stupid thing you have said, really stupid. No one cares for your stupid opinions that are based on what the lame stream media says. Shame on you!
I, too, am overwhelmingly disgusted with the “crowd” in Washington. This crowd thinks they can take the taxpayers’ money and dish it out to the lazy, incompetent slobs who want all the things to make life comfortable and enjoyable without working. Well,I am tired of it. My dad died when I was fifteen. I wanted to go to college and become an engineer. I did. I was not handed anything. I worked during then summers for money for my tuition, books, and room. I worked in a boarding house to earn my food. I had very little leftover for fun things. It would not have mattered anyway because I was too busy studying. I finished school in 4 years, a most difficult thing to do. I immediately got my first engineering job, then I paused and went back to school for my masters. Now I have almost completed my PhD. No help from anyone except myself. Now the government wants to give everyone everything free, a large part from me as a tax payer. That makes me sick. Of course there are people who need help and I try to help those that I can. But I look around me and say, “What has happened to my country?”
You are so right!
We need Trump.
AMEN
I strongly agree I’ll vote for Trump any day over Hillary she no good and just wants to take over where obama leaves off anybody who would vote for her should be tried along side the other traders .
TRUMP HAS NO REASON TO LIES HE TELLING THE TRURTH ITS THOSE BULL SHIT LADY ON FOXS NEWS ITS BULL SHIT
BRAVO, well stated. You said exactly what everyone has been thinking. I have been saying this for years now that we are the closest to a dictatorship than we have ever been and we need someone other than a politician. This is the biggest corporation in the world and we need a CEO to run it and have managers and directors that know what they are doing, and I don’t mean experts on how to fill their foreign bank accounts.
Well said.
Main St. I like your comment and agree totally.
Excellent. I agree 100%
Seems to me that Trump is like a “Rorschach” ink test where everyone sees a different thing …
Before Donald Trump opposed the Iraq war, he supported it (see interview with Howard Stern 2002).
Before Donald Trump opposed the attack on Libya, he supported it.
Before Donald Trump was against sending troops to defeat ISIS, he was for it.
Before Donald Trump was against torturing captives, he was for it.
Before Donald Trump became pro-life, he was ‘very’ pro-choice (his own words!)
Before Donald Trump was against Chinese imports, his brand and his wife’s were all ‘Made in China’.
Before Donald Trump was against immigration, he used cheap immigrant labor to build Trump Power and his Casinos.
Before Donald Trump railed against Wall Street, he was totally for Wall Street.
Before Donald Trump didn’t want to criminalize women who have abortions, he wanted to
Before Donald Trump expressed flexibility on deporting 11 million illegal immigrants, he wanted to deport them all.
Before Donald Trump opposed the Iranian Nuclear Deal, he was for it.
Before Donald Trump was against H-1B visas for skilled workers, he was for them, and before that against them. Can this guy not make up his mind?
Before Donald Trump was against Syrian refugees, he was for them.
Before Trump wanted to repeal Obamacare, he wanted a system like that in Scotland to cover everyone.
Before Trump said he would renegotiate the US Deficit at 50c to the $ (ha-ha), he said he would pay it off in 10 years.
Before Trump was in favor of the Second Amendment, he supported the ban on assault weapons.
Before Trump claimed that Hillary Clinton wants to disarm law-abiding Americans, his position was identical to hers in guaranteeing that ‘law-abiding Americans have the right to self defense’ but gang members and criminals would not have that right.
If the real Donald Trump would stand up please, maybe the rest of us would pay more attention. Just sayin’
Thomas Jefferson felt America would ONLY last 400 years as a free nation. We didn’t even make it close. Trump is the last chance to save America. He is the People’s choice.
Crooked hillary and bill are past their prime, like spoiled milk. She cares only for herself, and makes it obvious. Her days are numbered and trump will do his best to make america great. He is a businessman and a tough negotiator, and his time has come. I am a life long democrat, and hAve never voted republican, until now. I hope he wins in a landslide.
Amen Bob
You go Bob. Behold…..this generation will witness history being made with my Donald. His not perfect but the Lord has brought him out to do good for the people, however some is still blinded by Crooked Hillary, but in 4 years they will come around to our Donald.
Welcome aborad/
You are right Main Street.
I have been for trump 110%.if anyone can put the US back on there feet it will be him.the rest of the idiots running are after what they can get for themselfs.its time we take back America and stop giving our jobs to the illegal ‘s and giving our hard earn money to them.bring our factory’s back to the USA and one other thing arrest hillary Clinton and Obama for the under mining they have done.and let’s don’t forget to add the other fools that help them steal from us.just saying
Trump is our best hope for turning this ship around. So many arrows pointing at his back and he’s climbing. I heard a prophecy from 2011 saying that God was going to use Trump to save our nation. I don’t claim to know, but it’s a very interesting perspective if you listen to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqwFWD_Htfo
Wow! Thank-you for sharing this very important prophecy! Everyone needs to listen. There is so much truth in what is being said and the fact that it was spoke to you by God is comforting as well as confirming. I along with most of the U.S. have never been so drawn in by an election…This explains why, it’s not just by chance that this is happening now in our Country. I believe very strongly that God is in control Always. I wonder if Mr. Trump realizes he’s been chosen by God…What an honor!
You are absolutely wrong. He is as big of a lair as the fraud in the WH and hitlery. But you will never see it with your head up your a**
Welcome to our side, Bob. ABH—anybody but Hillary.
hillary Benghazi clinton belongs to the CFR, the trilateral commission, the illuminati, and the Bilderberg group all of which select all heads of state. Plus hillary will receive all of the electoral votes from the states which have always voted for democratic candidates. If more electoral votes are needed, they can be purchased with hillary’s and george soros’ billions. Our voting process is a National Disgrace.
hillary has promised to continue BHO’s programs and agenda, which includes disarming innocent Americans, and BHO will do everything in his unlimited power to assure that his “good work” is not undone. BHO has signed an executive order giving himself authority to impose martial law and if he decides to impose martial law because it appears that Donald Trump will become the next president, most certainly elections would not be held. We are living in very dangerous times.
This is why it is past the time to have him impeached. We need to do it now!!! If the politicians will not do it then it is time to impeach them with the citizens votes and remove all of their benefits like it was in 1776
John-
This is why it is past the time to have him impeached.
He should never be impeached. He should just be arrested and tried like any other conman, liar, and traitor. Only LEGITIMATE presidents can be impeached, so to impeach him would acknowledge that he did indeed hold the office lawfully – when he never did. He was never “natural-born,” so he’s disqualified.
We need to do it now!!!
Arrest him, yes; impeach him, no.
If the politicians will not do it then it is time to impeach them with the citizens votes and remove all of their benefits like it was in 1776
It’s hard to know exactly where to begin with this statement: no one was impeached in 1776; there were no US citizens to vote. No one had any benefits in 1776. That’s when the DoI was signed and the Revolution began. That’s all. The United States had no Constitution until a few years after the surrender at Yorktown…unless by “benefits” you mean “the benefit of having life,” and you mean to end D’OweBama’s.
Personally, i’d prefer the trial, and after conviction, that he spend ten years in prison, with a 6-month ‘humiliation tour’ every year wherein he’s placed in a Popemobile and paraded through various towns, cities, counties, and malls in each of the fifty States so people can yell things at him, pelt the vehicle with rotten veg(or worse), and so on. THEN execute the traitor and would-be tyrant.
If Obama does impose martial law there will a revolution for sure people have had enough of his BS as well as the Democrats
jim-
If Obama does impose martial law there will a revolution for sure people have had enough of his BS as well as the Democrats
The Constitution does not contain the phrase “martial law.” Ergo, he has ZERO lawful power to declare it. Anyone who attempts to enforce it would be an Oath-breaking Criminal, and you not only should NOT obey them, you should actively resist while informing them of their criminal behavior(perjury, specifically)…and the fact that their Oath is to the Constitution, NOT to D’OweBama. He’s neither dictator nor king(save in his own mind, perhaps).
However, i would NOT recommend resisting with force, especially deadly force; if people make that mistake, D’OweBama will simply declare than an Insurrection is in effect, then bring out the big guns as well as all the secret weapons they’ve been developing for years and are eager to try.
Constitutionalist, You Say The People should Not Resist By Force ? Then How Would you suggest We resist.. if Obama was foolish enough to ‘declare martial law’ on our Peoples` nation ? In the first place, I don`t think He would EVER TRY It. HIS ‘built-in Method is not going to be Done by Any Lawful Action. Haven`t you ever given any Thoughts to WHY these “Smart Meters’/ Have been installed Upon Every Abode standing in this Country ><>Don`t even Think that Obama is THAT Crazy. The only thing He is really Wanting NOW IS To Get out of The White House In an Alive State !
What happened to THE ”remainder ” of MY Comment, ANYWAY ? We all Should know by now that These ‘Smart Meters’ WERE Installed …and against our objections…. done For NO Good End.,, For THE Population of This Country. These Obscene Nuisances Were For not just One Purpose, but Two..TO Monitor Our Every WORD inside OUR Homes.. AND TO BE Able TO Shut Down Our Electricity .. if And When The Occasion Called FOR IT !! Lets` hope It never Comes To THAT. For The People of This Nation are.. Right NOW and Already.. Angry enough..TO Flood All of Their Underground HOME-Cells With River water Routed into All of them.. AND Fire power Would BE Used TO Take Out All that might still be Standing.. Above Ground. SO, Don`t believe for one second that b. Obama and his Henchmen are going to Be Doing Anything Foolish ..Like Messing up our “” Ability to USE Electricity !!! WE ARE A People Who Will not simply SIT Back AND just Boo-Hoo ! No false hope is In us That even Thinks b.Obama and his henchmen has OUR best Interests At heart.. WE Know Better ..now.
I Tried yet again to Get the Remainder of My Comment To SHOW Up ..but to No Avail. Was I Too close TO the TRUTH ?? Knowing your every word is being Monitored Even AS You Are Writing Them..is ONE Thing. But TO Know it SO Clearly is Yet Another Thing.. So much for Free Speech ! But only As long as IT Is a SAFE Thing to be Sharing ??
SO>>Put MY Comments ON.
At Lorraine E
You are spot on. Scares me, and I’m utterly fearless.
DONALD J TRUMP ……..2016…….PRESIDENT……
AMERICA FIRST………MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN…………..
I still for the life of me can’t even understand how she can run. She is under criminal investigation. Shows you how corrupt things have really gotten. I have been on the Trump train since the beginning. I honestly feel he will be able to bring jobs back and stop this war on coal which has and still is effecting thousands more.
Much of Bernie Sanders’ support is likely more of a sign of opposition to Clinton than an embrace of the socialist agenda Bernie is cranking out.
The Clinton campaign should be worried. Donald Trump managed to sideline most of the conservatives’ rising stars long before spring arrived. Someone with as large of a collection of scandals as Hillary has will be easy pickings for Trump. If he picks a great vice president he may be able to effectively end all hopes for a Hillary Clinton presidency.
Since I’m a firm believer in our Constitution, and the right to our freedom of speech, don’t ever tell me that it’s OK to block, riot, or impede, someone’s Constitutional right to do so. You may think that Socialism works in other Countries, but it’s not what I fought for in Vietnam, and what 43,000 Americans died for. It’s called Democracy. Millions have died for it, and millions have come to this Country looking for it. My ancestors came here, not looking for a HAND-OUT, but a way to have freedom from oppression and trinary. When Government rules a Country, oppresses their people, takes away their Guns, there will be a revolution. Trust me, it’s not the revolution that Bernie Sanders is talking about, but there will be blood in the streets, and millions of lives will be lost. For those who have never taken a History Class, you need to take a hard look at the History of the United States of America. We are on the cusps of a major uprising, and it won’t be pretty. Our founding Fathers wrote the Constitution for a reason, and if have never read it, take the time to do so. Our Nation is not perfect, but neither is the rest of the World. Let your Heart guide you this Election Year, and don’t be swayed by someone who promise’s you “Free Stuff”, because someday, you will run out of other people’s money. Get it through your head, nothing is ever for “Free”. It’s interesting that everybody who loves Bernie, the Ex-Hippie, doesn’t have a job, doesn’t pay taxes, and lives off the State already through Welfare. 47% of the people in this Country, don’t want to work, but want the other 53% to pay for their freebies. They don’t like the rich, but they are too God Damn lazy to get a job, pay their taxes, and live by the rules of the land. If you don’t like it here, MOVE! If you don’t like your job, or it doesn’t pay enough, get a different one! It’s interesting, 10% of the people in this Country, pay 90% of the taxes. So you want the rich to pay more? First off, they do already, but where does it end? Just because I have more hair than you do, should you demand that I give you a portion of my hair because you are bald! If you don’t love America, move to Sweden, and love their 52% income tax. Socialism is the next step to Communism. Wake-up people! In a Communist Country, you have no freedoms. If you are caught demonstrating, the Government can shoot you in the street. If you talk negative about the Government, they can lock you up for life with no trial. This Election Year, please, please, please, do your homework. Really listen to all the candidates, and not just what the evening news “Clip its” show you. If you judge a person because of their hairdo, or because you think that having a secured border is un-constitutional, then move to Canada. Seriously, move, and take your Socialist views with you. I Love this Country. I’m a Patriot, and I will only vote for someone who is a Patriot as well, and has the best interests of this Country in mind.
Marcus, your comment is great. But people did not come here for Democracy; only for freedom. And that is why all these people, except for a very few, understand. They did not come here for things; but for freedom and opportunity to pursue dreams.
Marcus-
i agree with everything you said but one; American was founded and established as a Republic, not a democracy. The F&F despised democracy. Do you know why?
In addition, a simple Republic was not enough, for the wise among the Founders realized that without something to hold them in check, they’d simply go bad quickly…hence the Constitution that all officeholders are required to swear their fealty to as a condition of holding office. Those who refuse to take the Oath are not lawfully allowed to hold office.
Want proof that the US is not a democracy? First, recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Did you find the word “democracy” in it?
Second, search the Constitution. No “democracy” or “democratic” or anything similar THERE, either…and the Constitution is the SUPREME law of the land(see Article 6).
Yes! We are tired of far too many lies and cover- ups! Trump is a breat of fresh air, clear as glass!
The Dems have a lot to be worried about. If they lose the While House, and the Republicans keep the Congress, I can see Holder, Clinton, and maybe even Obama, going to prison, a fate they richly deserve
The president should not be allowed to remove any charges from anyone who is going to jail.. The charges stick to them like glue.
John-
The president should not be allowed to remove any charges from anyone who is going to jail.. The charges stick to them like glue.
Unfortunately, that is not true. SCOTUS has ruled several times that the pardon power of the president is almost absolute for any Federal crime. He can pardon anyone at any time, from the time the offense was first committed, before the indictment, after the indictment but before the arrest, after the arrest but before the trial, during the trial, after conviction, after jailtime has been served – doesn’t matter. The Power to Pardon is a named power in Article 2, and it would require a Constitutional Amendment to remove that power – then the pardon power could not be used for Good, either, e.g. when Jefferson pardoned every soul that had been convicted under the Unconstitutional “Alien and Sedition” acts. (personally, i’m thinkin’ that Trump may rescind all the fines that have been collected under the ACA, which will generate MASSIVE support for him IMMEDIATELY.)
i used to believe as you did, myself – then i googled “presidential pardon limitations.” You may wish to do so, yourself.
All you say is true. But the fact that someone may need a pardon nevertheless implies quilt.
Yes, Mr. Trump is the only candidate I see that will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. I am a Florida senior and will be voting for Mr. Trump because he tells it like it is, simple truth about the important issues hurting our country and his plans for repairing the damage. Thank you, Mr. Trump. Please keep doing what you are doing best, bringing in votes to make you our next President.
Trump!!!
Bringing back CLASS,DIGNITY and HONOR to the great USA!!!
Can’t come soon enough.
Trump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ohhh and GRACE!!
TRUMP!!! We LOVE YOU MAN!!!!
Americans have been pushed into believing their Congressmen and Women as well as the Senate have their best interests > but their job when elected is to bring fairness and the rule of law on the books to each of us and that stats prove in the last 24 years we have been in the negative. that’s why Socialism has created into the fry in our election cycle and Trumpism is about to run the table. jobs – our Debt and the terror of Isalimists haunt the American cycle so a lot of these poor fixtures are going to be a footnote. Our Country needs right footing and straight Leaders or else we will enter a dark area., got to remember those 24 years so we do not go under water and prosper and phase out the losers who lie cheat once and for all.
# WakeupAmerica and prosper starting in 2017.
Good going Donald Trump who I believe will be the next President of the United States. His slogan MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN has a positive sound to it. Help “We the People” restore a sense of decency to our Nation.
Good going Donald Trump who I believe will be the next President of the United States. His slogan MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN has a positive sound to it. GOD Bless this Nation.
I too am a lifelong Democrat I vote for the person I believe is best for this country. I vote across party lines if I believe that candidate will do a good job. I don’t see it with Hillary. A screeching with that used her husband to become a senator then a sec of state. She has played a victim with bills zipper in constant motion. But enough is enough. Trump all the way. Kick her whiny ass clear out of Washington USA
HILLARY CLINTON! YOU FAILED TH DC BAR EXAM, AND GOT FIRED FROM THE WATERGATE INVESTIGATION FOR LYING AND DECEIT… NOW YOU’RE ABOUT TO RUN THE TABLES BY LOSING TO DONALD TRUMP… AS THEY SAY IN THE HOOD: “YOU GO GURRRLLL!!!”…
I think Trump will make a great President, I think he needs some cash so I’m sending to his website today 20.00.
This is all very interesting, yet sickening. My body aches from the direction all this is heading, all the continuing lies and deceit from every direction. It is obvious this government needs a reboot ……. amen and peace on earth
I, too, believe Obama needs to be impeached now so he can do no more harm to our great nation. He also wouldn’t be eligible for a pension for the rest of his life nor body guards. Save America lots of money!!! God Bless America !!!! ???? Turn it around & be ???? again!!????????
I am really emotional reading all the comments of Donald Trump’s supporters. Indeed, it is time to make America great again and the only person who can do that. It is the time we take our country back from the swamps it was thrown into during the Obama regime. We could be great again, to match the ability of some of the most wonderful brains of this country, that pulled humanity up to its current amazing technological and scientific state. Trump will make America great again and we can have a solid good reason to be proud of being Americans, not just because we feel like, but because the facts manifest it.
“You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man’s age-old dream — the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order — or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, ‘The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.'”
— Ronald Reagan(1911-2004) 40th US President
And Plutarch was, of course, correct; demagogues like Sanders always flatter the People in order to betray them.
i read a long story once; for the sake of brevity, i’ll shorten it up considerable:
Once upon a time, a king ordered his wisest ministers to create a great library containing all the world’s knowledge.
Eventually, he had them condense all that knowledge into one sentence:
“There ain’t no free lunch,” was what they came up with.
Well I was going to make a profound statement, ..but it’s ALL been said above by
Americans from BOTH sides finally speaking out and seeing our government for what it really is!!!…and someone coming forward that has nothing personal to gain for himself ..but SO MUCH that he can and will do for WE THE PEOPLE and saving a country that’s been used and abused and needing someone with
excuse me…BALLS to turn this country around!!!
Don’t be misled by the news media or Ms. Clinton as to who can be the Democratic candidate. Bernie Sanders is growing in popularity as the populace realizes that neither Clinton nor Trump are the best for the country. Stay tuned for a great upswell for Bernie, a wise and honest President to be!!
Joel Daniels-
i’ll grant you that he’s honest – but wise? Not if he supports socialism, a failed governmental theory everywhere it’s been tried. Here’s just a few of the many reasons why it sux big time:
“All socialism involves slavery…. That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labors under coercion to satisfy another’s desires. The relation admits of many gradations. Oppressive taxation is a form of slavery of the individual to the community as a whole. The essential question is — How much is he compelled to labor for other benefit than his own, and how much can he labor for his own benefit?”
–Herbert Spencer
“Competition, free enterprise, and an open market were never meant to be symbolic fig leaves for corporate socialism and monopolistic capitalism.”
— Ralph Nader(1934-) American attorney and political activist
Source: introduction to The Closed Enterprise System
“Legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways; hence there are an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, bonuses, subsidies, incentives, the progressive income tax, free education, the right to employment, the right to profit, the right to wages, the right to relief, the right to the tools of production, interest free credit, etc., etc. And it (is) the aggregate of all these plans, in respect to what they have in common, legal plunder, that goes under the name of socialism.”
— Frederic Bastiat(1801-1850) French economist, statesman, and author. He did most of his writing during the years just before — and immediately following — the French Revolution of February 1848
Source: Essays, 61
“The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.”
— Sir Winston Churchill(1874-1965) Prime Minister of England
“World dictatorship can be established only when the victory of socialism has been achieved in certain countries or groups of countries … [and] when these federation of republics have finally grown into a world union of Soviet Socialist Republics uniting the whole of mankind under the hegemony of the international proletariat organized as a state.”
— Josef Stalin(1879-1953) Communist leader of the USSR
Source: 1936
“I don’t like the income tax. Every time we talk about these taxes we get around to the idea of ‘from each according to his capacity and to each according to his needs’. That’s socialism. It’s written into the Communist Manifesto. Maybe we ought to see that every person who gets a tax return receives a copy of the Communist Manifesto with it so he can see what’s happening to him.”
— T. Coleman Andrews, Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Source: May 25, 1956 in US. News & World Report
“The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.”
— Max Eastman(1883-1969)
Source: Reflections on the Failure of Socialism, 1955
“Socialism is precisely the religion that must overwhelm Christianity. … In the new order, Socialism will triumph by first capturing the culture via infiltration of schools, universities, churches and the media by transforming the consciousness of society.”
— Antonio Gramsci, Italian communist and “class warrior”
Source: 1915
“Historically, much of the motivation for public schooling has been to stifle variety and institute social control.”
— Jack Hugh, Cato Institute
“Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy — these are precisely what the structures of schooling are set up to prevent, on one pretext or another.”
— John Taylor Gatto(1937-) American school teacher of 29 years, author, New York State Teacher of the Year, 1991
Source: The Underground History of American Education, 2001
“It used to be the boast of free men that, so long as they kept within the bounds of the known law, there was no need to ask anybody’s permission or to obey anybody’s orders. It is doubtful whether any of us can make this claim today.”
— Fredrich August von Hayek(1899-1992), Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974
Source: The Constitution of Liberty (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972), p. 208
“Southerners did not stop with an open defense of slavery. They went on to attack northern society for its ‘wage slavery’ and ‘exploitation of workers,’ using arguments repeated by socialist critics of capitalism. The southern writer who developed these arguments most extensively was George Fitzhugh, a Virginia planter and lawyer. His two books were provocatively entitled Sociology for the South: Or the Failure of the Free Society and Cannibals All! Or Slaves Without Masters. In them, Fitzhugh defended slavery as a practical form of socialism that provided contented slaves with paternalistic masters, thereby eliminating harsh conflicts between employers and allegedly free workers. ‘A Southern farm is the beau ideal of Communism; it is a joint concern, in which the slave … is far happier, because … he is always sure of support.’ … ‘The best governed countries, and which have prospered the most, have always been distinguished for the number and stringency of their laws,’ he wrote; ‘liberty is an evil which government is intended to correct.'”
— Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
Source: Emancipating the Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War (Chicago: Open Court, 1996), p. 23
“One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. … Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it.”
–Ronald Reagan
“The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to Socialism.”
— Karl Marx(1818-1883) German philosopher, father of Communism, co-author of the ‘Communist Manifesto’
“As one reads history, not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time, one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.”
— Oscar Wilde(1854-1900)
Source: The Soul of Man Under Socialism
“[W]e are living in a sick Society filled with people who would not directly steal from their neighbors but who are willing to demand that the government do it for them.”
— William Comer, American author
Source: Avoiding The High Cost Of Dying (And Many Other Financial Dilemmas)
“A nationalized planned economy needs democracy, as the human body needs oxygen.”
—Leon Trotsky, in a statement of 1936,[15] sometimes paraphrased, “Socialism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen.”
(this sums up why many-if-not-most Americans have been duped into believing that democracy is a Good Thing, my note)
“Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all.”
— Frederic Bastiat(1801-1850) [Claude Frederic Bastiat] French economist, statesman, and author. He did most of his writing during the years just before — and immediately following — the French Revolution of February 1848. ca. 1837
“The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of a planned economy crudely into the open. The main characteristic of socialism (and of communism) is public ownership of the means of production, and, therefore, the abolition of private property. The right to property is the right of use and disposal. Under fascism, men retain the semblance or pretense of private property, but the government holds total power over its use and disposal.”
— Ayn Rand(1905-1982) Author
Source: “The Fascist New Frontier,” The Ayn Rand Column, p.98
Spending by government currently amounts to about 45 percent of national income. By that test, government owns 45 percent of the means of production that produce the national income. The U.S. is now 45 percent socialist.
— Milton Friedman(1912-2006) Nobel Prize-winning economist, economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan, “ultimate guru of the free-market system”
Source: “We Have Socialism, Q.E.D.” in The New York Times (31 December 1989)
“I believe that America is the greatest country in history and for good reasons, but America has been changing and not for the better. Our free society has been falling prey to a more repressive system with methods for the increased control of people. The return of groups and individuals to the controlling ideology of Imperialism and Marxism using the structures of Corporatism, Socialism and Democracy. The result is that this nation’s foundational principles based on the ideology of Liberty are now in danger of extinction.”
— Darren Perkins
“The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent. They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but one a subordinate clerk in a bureau. What an alluring utopia! What a noble cause to fight!”
— Ludwig von Mises(1881-1973) Economist and social philosopher
…..and i have more, too….
Good quotes Constitutionalist, but as I have personally observed, equally applicable to Corporatism.
One of my work buddies, having left Ukraine and the Soviet Union in 1976 commented a few years later that the company he joined (the ‘Bell Empire’) in the U.S. was far more communist than anything he had experienced in his native country. It would seem that bureaucracy with all its inertia, its favoritism, its lack of true innovation, and its corporate greed is the problem, and let’s face it, Wall Street and many of America’s corporations fit the mold perfectly. Of course jobs get exported to China since there’s no loyalty to local communities any more. Of course workers get squeezed for wages, since they are now competing with Philippinos for jobs. Surely you much have seen the quote from the Koch brothers – “We can bring back manufacturing to the U.S. … at 65c an hour”. Just sayin’
If Trump wins the election the witnesses’ to the Bengazi fiasco that are being hidden by the military will be found and Hillary will go to jail where she belongs!
Polls and surveys are completely reliable. They can be biased by the way they are presented or the way questions are asked. The demographics of the location where they are conducted can also make a difference. We shall have to wait and see how all this turns out. Hillary is certainly having problems within her own party when an avowed socialist is presenting her with so great a challenge. And Trump is certain to give her even more of a challenge. But she is perhaps her own worst enemy. She can not run on her record. She did not do anything for the State of New York when she represented it in the Senate. As Secretary of State she over saw the decline of relations between the Unites States and Russia. She couldn’t be bothered to respond to the Benghazi attack while it was in progress. She couldn’t be bothered about national security and keeping her E-Mail and classified documents secure. And as yet she has not articulated any positive plans for the future if she were to be elected President. One could ask what plans she may have to stimulate the economy, encourage small business, and put people back to work. But she has already promised to shut down a major industry and put people out of work. She would not only damage the economy but would likely bankrupt the State of West Virginia. Would she do anything to deflate the bloated federal bureaucracy or would she expand it? We need facts rather than vague campaign promises.
That first statement should have red NOT completely reliable. No matter how much the comments are proofread typos seem to occur and words are left out or changed.
Polls and surveys are NOT completely reliable.
My life started with Preisedent Coledge to this present day with so called President Obama all I have ever witnessed was people that were career politicians, we finally have a candidate that is not political. A candidate that has been successful in the business world. Are prayers have been finally answered to give this great nation back to the rightfull owners We The People and not carrer politicians that keep us , we the people dancing like puppets. To parents a grandparents talk to your children and grandchildren that are brain washed by collages and university’s prof. That teach socialized thinking. I gave all my grand and great grand children a copy of the Declaration of Independence and the constitution of the united states of America and had them read and report back to me when they finished.they were astonished. They said that they had no idea how the nation was formed till they read this powerful 58 page book. It changed there mind from socilist sanders and Hilary’s double talk. We know we’re they will take us, we need something new and refreshing. My vote will be Donald Trump. My first choice was DRCarson Donald second.It s like placing a bet place win or show l still collect and a winner so Go Trump Go a winner
I hope we really look at the efforts that will be put into his presidential library.
Making a square out of four double wide house trailers with a putting green in middle
should be good.
Ron
I Beleive In Jesus Thk You Thk You Thk You! It’s Your Will Be Done Not Our Own, It’s On You Jesus Who Will Save Our Country You Know Whats Best For Us All Amen .