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Dusty · 2016-03-23 19:49:00 · #25705
Some Shitlib reporter from Slate interviewed Newt Gingrich about Trump. Let's just say the interview didn't go in the direction the shitlib hoped.
An excerpt (shitlib in bold):
The full interview here:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...trump.html
An excerpt (shitlib in bold):
Quote:There are plenty of conversations to have about vetting refugees, but you are a smart guy, you know exactly what Trump is doing. I heard Trump say at a rally that if you are a Christian living in Syria, Obama won’t let you into America. If you are a Muslim living in Syria, it’s the easiest thing in the world to come to America. And then Trump said, essentially, we all know why Obama acts this way, but I am not going to say it. You and I both know what he is playing to when he says that stuff, and it isn’t our finest impulses as Americans.
Well, what do you think he is playing to, other than the fact that it is true?
It’s true that it’s the easiest thing in the world for a Muslim in Syria to come to the United States?
Well, it is certainly in Obama’s interest to allow you to come as a refugee. He’d let a lot more people come if he could.
Well, people are suffering.
People are suffering everywhere. How about everybody in Darfur? Should they all come to Miami? The suffering thing is liberal tripe. It is nonsense.
That doesn’t sound so much like the Reaganite conservatism you mentioned earlier.
What doesn’t?
Saying suffering is liberal tripe. I thought he was a champion—
Suffering is an excuse and allows people to be guilt-tripped into doing bad policy. Look at who is going to Germany right now. These are population migrations, not refugee streams, and they are going to change Europe permanently to our disadvantage.
I want to get back to what Trump is doing, and we both know he is playing on impulses—
No, no we don’t.
We don’t?
What we know is that Trump has had the nerve to raise questions in a clear language because he represents the millions of Americans who are sick and tired of being told that they have to be guilt-ridden and keep their mouth shut.
So why are Trump’s negatives so high, if he is giving a voice to the masses?
Look, Trump has been campaigning in a Republican primary with harsh language and has been routinely attacked by the elite media as much as they can. Reagan went through the same cycle. Do you know how many points Reagan was behind Carter in March?
It was double digits, right?
Twenty-five. Not just double digits. Twenty-five points. So if you had talked to me in March of 1980, you would have said, “How can I support this crazy right-winger who makes movies with chimpanzees and is 25 points behind Carter?” And I would have said, “Because I think he can win.” Which, by the way, he did.
Is there really nothing that worries you about this guy? The way he deals with reporters, his campaign manager, etc.? You are not at all worried he has authoritarian tendencies?
No. No. [Laughs.] Which part of that is supposed to bother me?
That his campaign manager may have assaulted a reporter?
Oh c’mon. Did you ever look at it?
I have looked at it, many times.
That’s an assault?
He grabbed her arm very hard.
[Sarcastically] He grabbed her arm very hard. OK.
The full interview here:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...trump.html
Prince of Persia · 2016-03-23 19:53:00 · #25706
Based Newt!!!
SamuelBRoberts · 2016-03-23 19:54:00 · #25707
Jesus Christ. Gingrich handed that man his own face.
I remember Gingrich as the kind of sleazy, too-slick guy who accomplished a lot in 1994, then made a brief splash in 2012.
When the hell did he get to be such a badass?
I remember Gingrich as the kind of sleazy, too-slick guy who accomplished a lot in 1994, then made a brief splash in 2012.
When the hell did he get to be such a badass?
The Lizard of Oz · 2016-03-23 19:56:00 · #25708
(03-23-2016 07:49 PM)Dusty Wrote: The full interview here:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...trump.html
It's a brilliant interview that deserves to be read in full. I agree with every single thing that Newt says, and it's the best and sanest take on Trump that I've seen published anywhere.
Very impressed with NG, damn.
I DIDN'T KILL MY WIFE · 2016-03-23 20:01:00 · #25709
(03-23-2016 07:26 PM)Hotwheels Wrote:(03-23-2016 03:33 PM)Enoch Wrote: WI not a very religious place. The conservatives there are fiscal, not social conservatives. I think it will mirror Trump's win in Michigan.
Have you ever been to WI?
Small town WI is very religious. My hometown of 5000 people has around 20 churches.
Madison and Milwaukee are not representative of the rest of the state.
Can confirm the cuckery of Wisconsin. Met a pilot from there when I was travelling. Dude was raging against the brown immigrant hordes like a real pro, had a good talk. Then asked him about Trump, he starting wailing about his supposed racism and his harsh tone. This fucking guy man... Anecdotal sample size of 1, I know, but this is how I pictured Wisconsin people too be anyway. Complaining about the obvious, undeniable problem, but too afraid to get their hands dirty and do what needs to be done to fix the problem.
Going strong · 2016-03-23 20:06:00 · #25710
(03-23-2016 11:19 AM)iop890 Wrote:(03-23-2016 10:52 AM)DannyAlberta Wrote:(03-23-2016 10:31 AM)Going strong Wrote: If so, I'll send 10 bottles of Veuve-Clicquot' Rich French champagne to the Donald!
...and needless to say, 10 more to iop890!(and one to Ivanka
)
Great idea, except he wouldn't drink it.
20 for me then, I'll put them to good use.
You mean, D. Trump doesn't drink champagne? Why is that?
Well, then, sorry iop890, but I will distribute my 10 Trump-intended Rich Clicquot champagne bottles like that:
3 more bottles to glorious Ivanka. Because:
![[Image: N4Y49.jpg]](http://www.makeherup.com/wp-content/uploads/N4Y49.jpg)
2 bottles for... Ted Cruz, if he makes a gracious public discourse once beaten by Trump, conceding defeat as a gentleman, and promises not to mix my champagne with snake venom.
1 bottle to friendly Ben Carson, providing he drink it just before doing delicate surgery on Hillary's tired brain.
3 bottles to Rubio's wife, because my gaydar being (as I explained earlier on the thread) at 85% on Marco being gay, it means his beautiful sexy "wife" might actually be sad and available, and in serious need of a good, non-homo fucking.
1 bottle to Crazy Megyn if she agrees to tearfully stuff it into her snobby ass, live on Foxnews, the day Trump wins the election.
Isaac Jordan · 2016-03-23 20:08:00 · #25711
(03-23-2016 07:56 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:(03-23-2016 07:49 PM)Dusty Wrote: The full interview here:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...trump.html
It's a brilliant interview that deserves to be read in full. I agree with every single thing that Newt says, and it's the best and sanest take on Trump that I've seen published anywhere.
Very impressed with NG, damn.
Newt handing it to that "journalist":
![[Image: 1hiVNxD34TpC0.gif]](http://i.giphy.com/1hiVNxD34TpC0.gif)
AneroidOcean · 2016-03-23 20:15:00 · #25712
mickeyd · 2016-03-23 20:16:00 · #25713
My limited experience with cheeseheads makes me think the state will split down the middle like Missouri did. Lots of straight talkers there but also lots of religious cucks.
Deepdiver · 2016-03-23 20:19:00 · #25714
Some real ammunition for Trump - crimes that were enabled by Hillary Clinton and why she needed a privately controlled server outside the sphere of Obama Administration State Department control:
http://www.investors.com/politics/editor...g-to-hide/
Clinton Email Scandal: Here’s One Thing Hillary Was Trying To Hide
Hillary Clinton seemed to spend as much time financially feeding her family's Clinton Foundation with foreign cash as she did protecting American interests as secretary of state. (Zuma Press/Newscom)
Corruption: Newly released documents reveal part of what Hillary Clinton was hoping to hide by using a personal email account for official government business. With the Clintons, it’s all about building an empire.
Judicial Watch released 276 documents Tuesday that had been obtained through one of its Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. Among the material are emails that show the State Department under Clinton was coordinating with the Clinton Foundation staff and how foreign governments sought favor through the intertwined State Department-Clinton Foundation link.
As we’ve said before, it looks as if Clinton used her job at the State Department to funnel cash into her family’s nonprofit organization.
The latest batch of emails shows that foreign interests in Libya and Syria were among the many that took advantage of the State’s close ties to the Clinton Foundation. It was previously discovered that governments in Algeria, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman made donations to the foundation in return for, as far as we can tell, favorable treatment by the State Department.
Judicial Watch reminds us that the Clinton Foundation has “accepted millions of dollars from at least seven foreign governments while Mrs. Clinton served as secretary of state,” including “a $500,000 donation it received from the government of Algeria while Mrs. Clinton served as secretary of state (that) violated a 2008 ethics agreement between the foundation and the Obama administration.”
In all, nearly 200 Clinton Foundation donors have played politics with Clinton’s State Department, and it’s known, as we’ve reported, that at least 60 companies that lobbied the State Department while Clinton was there donated more than $26 million to the Foundation.
The Libya connection, by the way, was made just two days after the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorists attacks on U.S. personnel and grounds in Benghazi. The message was focused on the wish of Mohamed Yusuf al-Magariaf, president of Libya’s National Congress, “to meet President Clinton and to participate at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting for New York.” It was forwarded to Clinton’s chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, by the Clinton Foundation’s director of foreign policy, Amitabh Desai.
It seems to us the conversation should have been about the Benghazi attacks instead. Four Americans were killed, including the first U.S. ambassador killed by hostiles since 1979, and the murderers were running loose. Shouldn’t their capture have been a higher-priority topic? But at that point, Clinton was probably in her what-difference-does-it-make stage of grief.
The Clintons like to talk about their commitment to public service. Their commitment, however, is to the Clintons. Power (eight more years in the White House, if Hillary is elected in November), money and celebrity are their obsessions. The Clintons are, of course, free to pursue money and celebrity. But the American people shouldn’t have to pay for their ambitions.
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CGI = Clinton Global Initiative
OUI = Obama Universal Initiative
Obama wants to follow in Clintons wealth creation footsteps which is why it is quite likely Obama will pre-pardon both Clintons so that they will instruct their key advisors to help Obama create his own OUI foundation likely separate from Michelle who is rumored to be planning to divorce BHO as a traitor to USA interests once both of their daughters are in University.
That does not mean that team Trump should not prosecute the Clinton Crime Cartel in the court of public opinion and to the fullest extent of the law. All of these facts must be crafted into hard hitting and TRUE attack ads against Hillary as she has the vast numeric delegate advantage to be the DEMs candidate over Bernie. The TRUE aspects of the attack ads will make them devastatingly effective. Hillary Cunning Clinton did not set up her own servers for the benefit of the US State Department - she set them up for the purpose of enabling her own sinister mercenary benefit in violation of numerous federal laws that are felonies with severe penalties and no one is above the Law.
http://www.investors.com/politics/editor...g-to-hide/
Clinton Email Scandal: Here’s One Thing Hillary Was Trying To Hide
Hillary Clinton seemed to spend as much time financially feeding her family's Clinton Foundation with foreign cash as she did protecting American interests as secretary of state. (Zuma Press/Newscom)
Corruption: Newly released documents reveal part of what Hillary Clinton was hoping to hide by using a personal email account for official government business. With the Clintons, it’s all about building an empire.
Judicial Watch released 276 documents Tuesday that had been obtained through one of its Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. Among the material are emails that show the State Department under Clinton was coordinating with the Clinton Foundation staff and how foreign governments sought favor through the intertwined State Department-Clinton Foundation link.
As we’ve said before, it looks as if Clinton used her job at the State Department to funnel cash into her family’s nonprofit organization.
The latest batch of emails shows that foreign interests in Libya and Syria were among the many that took advantage of the State’s close ties to the Clinton Foundation. It was previously discovered that governments in Algeria, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman made donations to the foundation in return for, as far as we can tell, favorable treatment by the State Department.
Judicial Watch reminds us that the Clinton Foundation has “accepted millions of dollars from at least seven foreign governments while Mrs. Clinton served as secretary of state,” including “a $500,000 donation it received from the government of Algeria while Mrs. Clinton served as secretary of state (that) violated a 2008 ethics agreement between the foundation and the Obama administration.”
In all, nearly 200 Clinton Foundation donors have played politics with Clinton’s State Department, and it’s known, as we’ve reported, that at least 60 companies that lobbied the State Department while Clinton was there donated more than $26 million to the Foundation.
The Libya connection, by the way, was made just two days after the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorists attacks on U.S. personnel and grounds in Benghazi. The message was focused on the wish of Mohamed Yusuf al-Magariaf, president of Libya’s National Congress, “to meet President Clinton and to participate at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting for New York.” It was forwarded to Clinton’s chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, by the Clinton Foundation’s director of foreign policy, Amitabh Desai.
It seems to us the conversation should have been about the Benghazi attacks instead. Four Americans were killed, including the first U.S. ambassador killed by hostiles since 1979, and the murderers were running loose. Shouldn’t their capture have been a higher-priority topic? But at that point, Clinton was probably in her what-difference-does-it-make stage of grief.
The Clintons like to talk about their commitment to public service. Their commitment, however, is to the Clintons. Power (eight more years in the White House, if Hillary is elected in November), money and celebrity are their obsessions. The Clintons are, of course, free to pursue money and celebrity. But the American people shouldn’t have to pay for their ambitions.
###
CGI = Clinton Global Initiative
OUI = Obama Universal Initiative
Obama wants to follow in Clintons wealth creation footsteps which is why it is quite likely Obama will pre-pardon both Clintons so that they will instruct their key advisors to help Obama create his own OUI foundation likely separate from Michelle who is rumored to be planning to divorce BHO as a traitor to USA interests once both of their daughters are in University.
That does not mean that team Trump should not prosecute the Clinton Crime Cartel in the court of public opinion and to the fullest extent of the law. All of these facts must be crafted into hard hitting and TRUE attack ads against Hillary as she has the vast numeric delegate advantage to be the DEMs candidate over Bernie. The TRUE aspects of the attack ads will make them devastatingly effective. Hillary Cunning Clinton did not set up her own servers for the benefit of the US State Department - she set them up for the purpose of enabling her own sinister mercenary benefit in violation of numerous federal laws that are felonies with severe penalties and no one is above the Law.
I DIDN'T KILL MY WIFE · 2016-03-23 20:32:00 · #25715
(03-23-2016 08:08 PM)Isaac Jordan Wrote:(03-23-2016 07:56 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:(03-23-2016 07:49 PM)Dusty Wrote: The full interview here:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...trump.html
It's a brilliant interview that deserves to be read in full. I agree with every single thing that Newt says, and it's the best and sanest take on Trump that I've seen published anywhere.
Very impressed with NG, damn.
Newt handing it to that "journalist":
Goddamn that article was BRUTALLY honest! I could already hear the "b-b-b-b-but MUH RACISM" liberal whining in stereo just from reading how that reporter wrote!
Libertas · 2016-03-23 20:36:00 · #25716
Quote:Mr. Speaker, we are talking about a possible president here.
You are talking about a guy who was smart enough to build Trump Towers, build lots of hotels, build lots of casinos, and own the Miss Universe contest. He is not stupid. For many people, that seems to be inconceivable because they have a university Ph.D. theory of being smart.
Didn’t you write your Ph.D. thesis on the Belgian Congo?
I did, and I wrote my master’s thesis on Japanese and Russian railroad construction in the 19th century.
So why are you bashing people with Ph.D.s?
Because I have been in the real world, doing real things, and I understand the limitations of academic knowledge. I think it’s greatly overrated.
This is easily the most poignant passage for me. Newt basically said it in the article. These people come out of the ivory tower industrial complex, they're all intellectually inbred, and so they lash out at things they can't understand, things not covered by their coveted charts and graphs and self-referential studies.
Trump is ushering in a political revolution, but the wider intellectual revolution also needs to happen. Postmodern liberalism and all its facets, including cuckservatism, must be challenged vigorously in academia and elsewhere.
Going strong · 2016-03-23 20:37:00 · #25717
(03-23-2016 08:15 PM)AneroidOcean Wrote:(03-23-2016 08:06 PM)Going strong Wrote: 1 bottle to Crazy Megyn if she agrees to tearfully stuff it into her snobby ass, live on Foxnews, the day Trump wins the election.
Crazy Megan has shared quite enough of her shit on her program for me, thank you very much.
Send it to Tiffany.
I had forgotten Tiffany!
![[Image: Tiffany+Trump+Dresses+Skirts+Mini+Dress+...6a4j4l.jpg]](http://www2.pictures.stylebistro.com/gi/Tiffany+Trump+Dresses+Skirts+Mini+Dress+_fMDpG6a4j4l.jpg)
So, I'll take 5 bottles from the lot previously ear-marked for iop890 (iop890 anyway is to be court-martialed, on account of his recent AWOL), and send them to Tiffany! Sorry iop890, you still have 5 bottles left!
-
On a more serious (or not, considering!) note, former French president (and Morocco resident, and secretly Qatari honorary citizen) Sarkozy has just declared that: "Trump is frightening and gives me tremors"
... This on the very day a French tribunal clears the way for Sarkozy's indictment...http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/0...arkozy.php
Deepdiver · 2016-03-23 20:44:00 · #25718
Some good news - the Trend is Trump's Friend:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/...asies.html
Q Poll blows a hole in GOP convention fantasies
Q POLL BLOWS A HOLE IN GOP CONVENTION FANTASIES
The argument that somehow Donald Trump can be denied the Republican nomination has gotten thinner than the ham in a sandwich at the state penitentiary.
A new Quinnipiac University poll out today says not only that Donald Trump has a 14-point lead on Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, but that without Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the race, Cruz still trails by 9-points. Prior polling showed that in head-to-head matchups, other candidates trumped Trump, so this is something new.
At the same time, however, Trump continues to struggle where it matters most. While Trump can certainly celebrate his 23-point margin of victory in Arizona, the fact that he could only muster 14 percent of the vote in ultra-conservative Utah is not a good sign.
Here’s the new reality for the Republican Party: As of now, you have a presumptive nominee whether you like it or not.
One thing that is not different in this Q poll is Trump runs the worst against his Democratic counterpart, Hillary Clinton. Last month, the survey found Trump trailing Clinton by a single point, now it is six. That reflects the judgment of every other national survey taken this month that shows Trump getting creamed by margins ranging from 5 points to 13 points.
It may not matter.
Looking ahead in the primary calendar, it is hard to see how Trump could be denied. While, the remaining third of the delegates aren’t guaranteed to Trump, there is a lot of good terrain ahead for the frontrunner: New York, New Jersey, and most of all, California. All promise good things for Trump.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/...asies.html
Q Poll blows a hole in GOP convention fantasies
Q POLL BLOWS A HOLE IN GOP CONVENTION FANTASIES
The argument that somehow Donald Trump can be denied the Republican nomination has gotten thinner than the ham in a sandwich at the state penitentiary.
A new Quinnipiac University poll out today says not only that Donald Trump has a 14-point lead on Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, but that without Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the race, Cruz still trails by 9-points. Prior polling showed that in head-to-head matchups, other candidates trumped Trump, so this is something new.
At the same time, however, Trump continues to struggle where it matters most. While Trump can certainly celebrate his 23-point margin of victory in Arizona, the fact that he could only muster 14 percent of the vote in ultra-conservative Utah is not a good sign.
Here’s the new reality for the Republican Party: As of now, you have a presumptive nominee whether you like it or not.
One thing that is not different in this Q poll is Trump runs the worst against his Democratic counterpart, Hillary Clinton. Last month, the survey found Trump trailing Clinton by a single point, now it is six. That reflects the judgment of every other national survey taken this month that shows Trump getting creamed by margins ranging from 5 points to 13 points.
It may not matter.
Looking ahead in the primary calendar, it is hard to see how Trump could be denied. While, the remaining third of the delegates aren’t guaranteed to Trump, there is a lot of good terrain ahead for the frontrunner: New York, New Jersey, and most of all, California. All promise good things for Trump.
DamienCasanova · 2016-03-23 21:06:00 · #25719
(03-23-2016 08:32 PM)I DIDNT KILL MY WIFE Wrote:"""Isaac Chotiner"""(03-23-2016 08:08 PM)Isaac Jordan Wrote:(03-23-2016 07:56 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:(03-23-2016 07:49 PM)Dusty Wrote: The full interview here:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...trump.html
It's a brilliant interview that deserves to be read in full. I agree with every single thing that Newt says, and it's the best and sanest take on Trump that I've seen published anywhere.
Very impressed with NG, damn.
Newt handing it to that "journalist":
Goddamn that article was BRUTALLY honest! I could already hear the "b-b-b-b-but MUH RACISM" liberal whining in stereo just from reading how that reporter wrote!
![[Image: isaac_chotiner-authorbio.png]](http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/Authors/isaac_chotiner-authorbio.png)
I DIDN'T KILL MY WIFE · 2016-03-23 21:16:00 · #25720
(03-23-2016 09:06 PM)DamienCasanova Wrote:(03-23-2016 08:32 PM)I DIDNT KILL MY WIFE Wrote:"""Isaac Chotiner"""(03-23-2016 08:08 PM)Isaac Jordan Wrote:(03-23-2016 07:56 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:(03-23-2016 07:49 PM)Dusty Wrote: The full interview here:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...trump.html
It's a brilliant interview that deserves to be read in full. I agree with every single thing that Newt says, and it's the best and sanest take on Trump that I've seen published anywhere.
Very impressed with NG, damn.
Newt handing it to that "journalist":
Goddamn that article was BRUTALLY honest! I could already hear the "b-b-b-b-but MUH RACISM" liberal whining in stereo just from reading how that reporter wrote!
![[Image: cNJwP4t.gif]](http://i.imgur.com/cNJwP4t.gif)
dro323 · 2016-03-23 21:17:00 · #25721
Earlier this month Gingrich told Bill O'Reilly why the establishment is afraid of Trump.
Quote:Well because he's an outsider, he's not them, he's not part of the club, he's uncontrollable, he hasn't went through the initiation rights, he doesn't belong to the secret society.
Wutang · 2016-03-23 21:24:00 · #25722
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Jaydublin · 2016-03-23 21:29:00 · #25723
I just caught part of a Hannity interview with Jorge Ramos, the guy form Univision. Now I will say that all media spins there side but this guy has got to be the biggest piece of shit I have seen in the media.
He claims that the USA went from having 3.5 million illegals to 11 million illegals and during that time violent crime in the US is down 48%(probably all true). He then takes that to mean that the increase in illegal immigrants helped us lower crime. I guess this type of garbage is believed by some? Under educated immigrants?
He claims that the USA went from having 3.5 million illegals to 11 million illegals and during that time violent crime in the US is down 48%(probably all true). He then takes that to mean that the increase in illegal immigrants helped us lower crime. I guess this type of garbage is believed by some? Under educated immigrants?
eradicator · 2016-03-23 21:32:00 · #25724
(03-23-2016 09:29 PM)Jaydublin Wrote: I just caught part of a Hannity interview with Jorge Ramos, the guy form Univision. Now I will say that all media spins there side but this guy has got to be the biggest piece of shit I have seen in the media.
He claims that the USA went from having 3.5 million illegals to 11 million illegals and during that time violent crime in the US is down 48%(probably all true). He then takes that to mean that the increase in illegal immigrants helped us lower crime. I guess this type of garbage is believed by some? Under educated immigrants?
Well think about it for a second: Univision and Televiso are extremely pro illegal immigration because many of their viewers are illegals. Don't be shocked when they try to spin illegals as being good for the United States.
Killer Joe · 2016-03-23 21:40:00 · #25725
(03-23-2016 09:06 PM)DamienCasanova Wrote:(03-23-2016 08:32 PM)I DIDNT KILL MY WIFE Wrote:"""Isaac Chotiner"""(03-23-2016 08:08 PM)Isaac Jordan Wrote:(03-23-2016 07:56 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:(03-23-2016 07:49 PM)Dusty Wrote: The full interview here:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...trump.html
It's a brilliant interview that deserves to be read in full. I agree with every single thing that Newt says, and it's the best and sanest take on Trump that I've seen published anywhere.
Very impressed with NG, damn.
Newt handing it to that "journalist":
Goddamn that article was BRUTALLY honest! I could already hear the "b-b-b-b-but MUH RACISM" liberal whining in stereo just from reading how that reporter wrote!
Chotiner... Chote... Chode...
philosophical_recovery · 2016-03-24 16:29:00 · #25901
kaotic · 2016-03-24 16:38:00 · #25902
(03-24-2016 04:29 PM)philosophical_recovery Wrote:(03-24-2016 04:08 PM)kaotic Wrote: Guess who got this hilariously bad ass gym tank top in the mail ?
Oh man I want that shirt
WWAT
Would Wear And Trigger
I can't wait to do arms with that tank on tommorow
here you go:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015LCN...RZ3PHDGQN5
DamienCasanova · 2016-03-24 16:51:00 · #25903
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Wutang · 2016-03-24 16:55:00 · #25904
(03-24-2016 03:11 PM)Liberty Sea Wrote: Scott Adams agrees with ROK that a Hillary's presidency will be the destruction of America
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/14160524510...nald-trump
Quote:But as I learned in school, you can’t compare something to nothing. You need to compare the risk of a Trump presidency to the alternatives. And that alternative is probably a Clinton presidency that is not too different from the current presidency.
So how risky would “more of the same” be?
Budget-wise, we are probably on the road to ruin. The more-of-the-same president is unlikely to stop the special interests and big money players from bloating the budget to the point of crushing debt.
Nor would we have any reason to expect the economy to have any extra zip under a more-of-the-same scenario. So no matter how bad you think Trump might be for the economy, the more-of-the-same alternative is probably a pathway to crushing debts and financial doom.
And once the economy dies, we all die. So as risks go, “more of the same” might be the highest risk of all. The only way we would escape economic doom under the more-of-the-same scenario is for some unpredictable future event to change our direction in a positive way. Is that likely?
Trump, on the other hand, is an unpredictable future event that can change just about anything, as we have already learned. So in terms of economic risk, Clinton is a path to probable budget doom whereas Trump can go either way.
As far as I can tell, homeland security seems effective under President Obama, at least in terms of preventing Belgium-sized attacks. But we have a growing risk from terrorists disguised as immigrants from the middle east.
There's another paragraph in this blog post that would be an useful addition to that post we can refer to when we need to address common criticisms of Trump. The paragraph specifically addresses his multiple bankruptcies.
Quote:Trump had a number of bankruptcies and failed businesses. By way of context, I have over thirty business failures on my record. Far more if you count Dilbert licensees. A typical startup has about a 10% chance of making it. Trump is entrepreneurial by nature, so you should expect a high number of failures. The number of failures don’t tell you anything.
To judge Trump’s business skill, look for how he managed his personal risk. And apparently he did that well. The bankruptcies protected his personal assets, and his license deals probably pay him a guaranteed advance no matter how well the licensee does. In other words, he made good deals that gave him a big upside but not much downside.
You might have seen estimates from experts saying Trump would be richer if he had simply put his inheritance millions into a stock index fund. But I believe those calculations ignore what he spends, gives to ex-wives, etc. I wouldn’t trust them.