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Spin Zone / Re: Of The Two EVILS...
« on: May 10, 2016, 09:03:27 AM »Accepting responsibility for your individual vote and being told to accept the blame that it's somehow the fault of the individual who didn't vote for Trump are two separate things. I accept that my vote may or may not have impacts, when compared with how many people vote the same way I do. But it will not be my fault if Trump loses.
Everyone has said that if Cruz had run a better campaign and if Cruz had done this or that, he may have won. In other words, it's nobody but Cruz's fault that he lost. Now the argument is that if Trump loses it isn't his fault but the fault of those who didn't vote for him, not that he didn't attract enough voters or didn't work hard enough.
Agreed. I'd gladly put my vote behind an R-candidate if they had brought someone to the table I could get behind.
Trump has given me nothing of substance to really evaluate. He has no tangible tax plan, and what he has mentioned about it has varied from who is being taxed at what rate. He wants to build a wall . . . great, what then? Trade tariffs ought to have a negative impact on the cost of goods, especially those with no good substitute in the US, but he's indicated he's fine with that. Printing trillions in money to avoid default is insane, and for him to suggest so casually that it would even be an option makes me really question his understanding of the broad economy. I have to imagine that, given his business acumen, he would know that it's not truly a viable solution.
Finally, he lacks the tact and grace with which I typically desire in someone who is the Commander in Chief of the USA. It's more of a minor issue, but still something that's hard for me to even listen to. I would love to see someone just cold cock that pompous NYC windbag right in the mouth, just to see how he'd react. He reminds me of the rich only-child who was never told 'no' or restrained, and those are traits I have a difficult time accepting in a Presidential candidate, or in a fellow American in general.
I will qualify all of that negativity with the fact that I do appreciate his non-PC approach and his willingness to address even the most loaded questions, something the typical politician would avoid like the plague.