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Trump's Record: and Why Are People Throwing Reason Out the Door For Populist Thinking?

Posted by khalling 9 years, 3 months ago to Politics
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For Nancy Pelosi
For Eminent Domain-Praised the Kelo Decision
For Single Payer HEalthcare
4 Bankruptcies, 3 marriages
For Gun Control
SOURCE URL: http://www.redstate.com/diary/southernconstitutionalist/2015/08/08/andrew-breitbart-and-michelle-malkin-warned-conservatives-about-the-donald/


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  • Posted by $ woodlema 9 years, 3 months ago
    For Nancy Pelosi, gave to hundreds of politicians, Dem and GOP. Was in business so what.


    For Eminent Domain-Praised the Kelo Decision, he may have praised it, but I cannot find anyplace he actually USED it.

    For Single Payer HEalthcare, according to Trump back in the 1990's he said that would have been the time, but has said years ago since then, that not today,, and indicated the problem is the invisible state lines and no free market competition.

    4 Bankruptcies, 3 marriages, 4 Chapter 11's, and there is nothing illegal about that...and you you complain about that then you better complaint at anyone filing bankruptcy for any reason then. 3 marriages. and your point 50% of ALL marriages fail...and let's face it...there are tens of millions of people who have more than 3 marriages,..how does that make you a bad person?

    For Gun Control ; Not really...have you watched his interviews? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSmbY... This was from over a year ago...
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    • Posted by $ blarman 9 years, 3 months ago
      Trump has given money to both sides. He's hedged his bets. I don't really fault him for that. The more disturbing donations are to the Clinton Foundation, imo.

      The fact that he praised Kelo vs New London is enough for me. It would of course be way worse if he personally had benefited from the decision, but his agreement with the decision is a strike in my book.

      Four bankruptcies, 3 marriages, etc... No, there's nothing illegal at all about it. But it is very revealing about his morals. I can deal with one bankruptcy, but four takes it to where he's actually comfortable with the process. And if one reads about the details of the process and all those who were left high and dry in the process, one comes out with a very bad taste in the mouth. It doesn't necessarily make him a bad person, but it sure allows one to question his motives. This one is a strike in my book.

      I don't really buy the gun control support thing either, as he's done interviews with the NRA and he and his sons are avid hunters. It isn't to say that he has never uttered a word endorsing magazine capacity limits, etc., because he has. But I'm looking at the "body of work" and I'm just seeing more to support gun rights than to oppose them. Is he perfect or ideal? No. But I don't see enough to give him a strike here.

      Verdict: two strikes, one ball, one no-call. Far from the ideal candidate, but not going to rule him out completely.
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    • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 3 months ago
      For a guy who claims to be such a genius at business, ANY bankruptcy is too many.
      You want to trust a guy to run the entire country who has 4 bankruptcies in his business?
      What are you thinking?
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      • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 3 months ago
        You only have to know one thing about Trump. He's a left wing socialist statist and a Republican therefore a lapdog of the left.

        Just playing a role in the script of the street theater product of BOHWCA! So we have a left wing extremist an left wing socialist statist from the left wing of the left. Now which two RINOs will get the nod from Government Party HQ?

        With four candidates for two slots they can hardly lose.But they their offerings or should I say leavings could get worse.
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      • Posted by blackswan 9 years, 3 months ago
        Was Henry Ford a genius at business?!? He also went bankrupt. The genius of America is that, rather than letting a failure be a death blow, one can start over as many times as necessary until one succeeds.
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        • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 3 months ago
          When Henry runs for POTUS we can examine his record. Trump's record does not inspire confidence in his business acumen, nor in his ethics. We must consider what he does more than what he says.
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    • Posted by jhagen 9 years, 3 months ago
      Great points woodlema.
      Plus he's willing and able to bring up the issues the career politicians have huge incentives not to - many of which a Gulch dweller would love to see brought up for debate.
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      • Posted by 9 years, 3 months ago
        j, I know some Hagens and it is not a common sur name. are you from the Seattle area?
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        • Posted by jhagen 9 years, 3 months ago
          Seems to a regional thing. I'm from the twin cities. Lots of Hagens here. I spent my teenage years in Chicago. The phone boo, the white pages were 3" think, and there were only two Hagens. In MN, there's dozens with my first name alone. Thanks for noticing...
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    Posted by radical 9 years, 3 months ago
    In plane geometry there is a theorem that says "Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other." As to Trump "Those who vote for an asshole are assholes to each other."
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