Promising that Mexico will pay for a border wall is common sense? Promising to deport tens of thousands of illegal immigrants a day is common sense? Calling to ban an entire religion from coming to this country (and making those already here wear identifying badges) because a small percentage are radicals is common sense?
Those are fantasies. Trump's promises are no different than Bernie Sanders promising free healthcare and free college. Completely unrealistic lip service. Just to a different demographic. He can't deliver. He knows he can't deliver. It's textbook campaigning.
A tax plan that vastly increases the number of people who pay $0 without cutting entitlements and benefits is common sense? Continuing the same foreign policy that has plunged half a dozen volatile countries into complete chaos, funding and arming ISIS in the process, is common sense? Trade policies that would make everything made in China more expensive is common sense?
Trump would fit in great in Washington. He was born rich, has run numerous businesses into the ground only to get bailed out, and has plenty of experience talking for hours without saying anything. This 'politically incorrect non-politician running for president' Trump is just a character. He's a reality TV personality. He intentionally says things to stir the pot to keep the media focused on him. That's his only real talent, getting his face on TV a lot. He portrays himself as some kind of outsider. There may be a grain of truth in that...Trump has way more in common with Snooki than Reagan.
The most horrifying thing about Trump isn't what he's doing and promising, because that's exactly what should be expected from him. The scariest thing is how many people are falling for it. It's the same as Sanders on the left. That man is a self-proclaimed socialist promising to make the United States as glorious as Cuba and the former Soviet Union, and people are eating it up
. This campaign cycle is a sad reflection of the voting public and the degradation of substantive discourse in American politics.
Gotta get past the sound bites, past the character he is playing. What would a Trump presidency
really look like? Somebody with little to no experience in Washington, who made big promises he won't be able to keep, and was elected based on social/celebrity status and personality rather than policy and merit. Who does that sound like?
Trump would be less bad than Hillary in terms of gun control and amnesty, but that's about it. There wouldn't be a big difference in foreign policy, in bailing out TBTF banks, in progressive taxation, in NSA spying, in the overall role of government. You really have to look to Rand Paul or Gary Johnson (assuming he runs) to see any noticeable distinction there.
Oh, and Trump would lose to Hillary anyway.
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Thogey wrote:Jeb, Kasich, Linsey Grahm, total weak institutionalized wiennes.
I'm with you there. We have one of the largest fields of GOP candidates ever, with the least amount of ideological distinction. The party establishment just wants to see which personality gets the most traction. There's no meaningful policy difference among that lot. Just another McCain or Romney (you would think the party establishment would remember both of those gentlemen losing).