So who do you believe, and why?

There are thousands of Chicago cops. I suspect he talked with a couple of them but maybe not the one that is officially The Chicago Police Department.

And there is a thread saying we need more liberals. Sheesh. We have enough of you guys that we do t need no stinking liberals.

I believe Trump. There is no way he or the USSS wouldn't coordinate with them.

Lighten up, Francis.

Just watched most of a Trump speech today.

Disgusting. And, for me, scary.

He told the same story about executing enemy soldiers with bullets dipped in pig's blood. And the crowd cheered their approval.

Essentially the account below:

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/02/20/donald-trump-tells-pigs-blood-bullets-tale-at-s-c-rally/21315881/

I believe the whole account is apocryphal*, but the fact that he keeps recounting it as if were a commendable way to deal with terrorism is beyond the pale.


*http://www.snopes.com/rumors/pershing.asp

And Cruz is the bad guy for pointing out Trump's tone of his campaign. :rolleyes:

I'm not shitting you when I say Obama is the most divisive president in my lifetime.

He has directly caused the violent protests we are seeing today by feeding racial and social division every times he opens up his fucking mouth.

But I'm not going to sit here and support a divisive candidate just because he's wearing my jersey. 

So is the right to keep and bear arms.

RKBA doesn't require someone to treat you, or pay for your healthcare.  Bernie's healthcare "right" requires someone to lose something so can have that "right."

This is a simple thing.  The US spends more per capita on medical care than any of the industrialized nation.  Yet we still see poorer outcomes nearly across the board.  We spending more and getting less.  I don't care if the cat is black or white, I only care if it catches mice.

That all sounds peachy as long as you leave out the fundamental and structural problems of health systems in places like the UK.

Are American patients being "parked" in closets and hallways for days, being forced to sleeping chairs or on the floors, or denied access to water or oxygen in our hospitals? 

http://stanfordreview.org/article/public-healthcare-in-uk-faces-major-problems/

Are Americans being denied hip replacements because of budget cuts, or being made to wait 6-12 months for "elective" surgeries?  Are Americans SOL if they need a doctor after 5:00 pm like they are in the UK, which has a fraction of the emergency facilities that we have here? 

Anyway, pip pip. Cherio. Carry on. Long live the Queen.

Click on any of the Read More hyperlinks below:

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions

These debates are a joke if you are expecting anything of real substance to come out of them.  I believe Trump understands what the value of the debates is, quick soundbites to get people interested enough to do their own research.  The man is a performer who knows how to create, hold and grow and influence an audience. 

The level of detail present in the debates is a deliberate decision on his part IMO, not a lack of intelligence, preparation or definition - he is choosing not to go as deep as the other guys and using the debates to meet his desired outcome instead of the desired establishment or media outcome.

Just because it does not meet your (or my) expectation of what should happen in a debate does not mean it is not working as he intends it.  The debates themselves have been a mockery of the process for several cycles now (but have become unwatchable this cycle and last), they ceased to be of value for evaluating the candidates many year ago IMO.

Do you guys think he makes multi-million dollar deals on the sheer force of his personality?  Do you think he is some megalomaniac who can't address difference of opinion and conflicting goals or work within the confines of the law and contracts?

Trump is a very shrewd, intelligent and well prepared professional who has been successful across a number of different industries for several decades- it makes no sense to assume he would approach this campaign or a potential Presidency with any less.  And unlike any candidate the Republicans have had since Reagan he is able to connect to the American people at will, especially as compared to not just the last couple candidates (McCain and Romney), but even more so than his remaining competition in the primaries.

We seem to forget the hostility that Reagan faced from the media and the Democrats as well as from the Party in '76 leading up to his nomination and win in '80.  Many of the criticisms being leveled at Trump by folks on both sides now echo those same tropes rolled out against a man who ultimately became one of the best Presidents in the history of the United States.  Do I think Trump is Reagan, no I don't.  Do I think Trump would be considered among the best ever?  Can't say, we live in an even more fractured and balkanized culture than ever, all the old rules seem to no longer apply.

I do believe he is serious.  I know he has specifics.  And I believe he can win the nomination and the general election.  I also firmly believe that the Republican Party needs to undergo a foundational reformation and like him or not Trump has been a real catalyst for that, the Establishment having survived/outlasted/co-opted the Tea Party insurgency.  I am not sure that the change I want to see will result but he has illuminated the real and pronounced schism between the Establishment and the people in a way that nobody has, again, since Reagan.

I no longer provide monetary or volunteer support for the Republican party having been shit on one too many times, and I won't change that, but as of now I will say I am Trump supporter. 

I have substantive policy differences with several of his stated detailed positions, and I find his approach to certain press events to be pedantic/repetitive, but in the big picture I find him to be the least objectionable alternative and I believe he is the only person being considered who has the ability to connect to the people going around the kingmakers and mainstream media and that is what is needed to enact any real change for our nation.

'Gimp

So, he's acting dumb to attract more voters?

I expect a candidate for POTUS to have studied the issues for the past 8-10 months and be able to give a 60-second elevator speech about any given topic, and his specific plans for dealing with things.

Otherwise he looks out of his league, thinking that he can bombast his way through every debate.

That's a great idea. Just start carpet bombing civilians again. We sure know how to win hearts and minds around the world.

Why is it that Americans crave warfare so much?? We just can't get enough of blowing people up and now that we can get bomb site footage on the nightly news, we're just giddy with joy. I swear, if ISIS didn't exist, we have to create them just to have somebody to bomb. Oh wait... we did pretty much create ISIS.

No. Americans crave winning wars and ending hostilities promptly and decisively, thereby reducing the chance that we need to do it again. Unfortunately we haven't tried that for 70 years.

Progressives will be out in force chanting and celebrating her death.
Wait for it.

And, you were right.  This is just a taste:

http://www.youngcons.com/liberals-send-truly-evil-messages-about-nancy-reagan-on-twitter/

I was never a waiter either, but I did bartend in college.  If I hear Marco Rubio tell me his dad was a bartender again, I'm going to puke.  Oh yeah, and Kasich constantly tells me his dad was a mail man.  My dad was a dentist.  Should I feel guilty?

WHITE PRIVILEGE!!!!!!

But in all seriousness, that could suck having a dad as a dentist. Did he ever threaten to do a filling without Novocain if you didn't straighten up?