Originally Posted By EighthDwarf <<Let me say that I do believe that President Obama was born on Hawaii but when Trump speaks about international trade, getting rid of Obama Care & Nafta,stopping the export of jobs to India,taking care of ourselves first and getting a hold on OPEC these are just a few reason why Trump will make a great President.>> Sounds to me like he's just catering to the nutty right-wing base. All these issues are just stirring up the emotions of the folks who ignore facts and focus on what they want to believe instead. Interesting strategy.....looks like he's trying to out-maneuver the Palin/Bachmann crowd. <<Funny how just about every nation that's kicking our butt (economically) has some form of Socialized Healthcare.>> Hmmm, not sure many nations our kicking our butt economically at the moment, but anyway..... ObamaCare misses the mark because it just tries to put band-aids on compound fractures. Real solutions are going to be hard, which is why our politicians are staying away from them and arguing about the band-aids.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Trump has already won because people are talking about him...and that is all he wants; the spotlight. The guy isn't running for President.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Hmmm, not sure many nations our kicking our butt economically at the moment, but anyway.....<< Our deficits speak volumes. We are even being compared to "sick man" countries like Greece and Portugal.
Originally Posted By andyll <<Our deficits speak volumes. We are even being compared to "sick man" countries like Greece and Portugal.>> Maybe then you should start championing the democrates... All debt increase as % of GDP has come under Republican Administrations <a href="http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp51/donasselly/debt.jpg" target="_blank">http://i397.photobucket.com/al...debt.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By fkurucz "Maybe then you should start championing the democrates..." I am on record as no longer being a Republican.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf <<Our deficits speak volumes. We are even being compared to "sick man" countries like Greece and Portugal.>> I agree our deficits are out of hand, but our economy, for the moment at least, is still the envy of the whole world (even with our current problems). And no serious economists currently compare the U.S. to Portugal and Greece, although California would probably be an apt comparison.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder The "J" in Donald J. Trump must stand for Jackass. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/opinion/lweb08trump.html?_r=2" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04...tml?_r=2</a> And then Slate rips the Jackass a new one. <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/04/11/the-facts-of-donald-trump.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slate.com/blogs/blo...ump.aspx</a> Anyone, and I mean anyone, who thinks Donald J. Trump is worthy of the White House is as deluded as he is.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "I agree our deficits are out of hand, but our economy, for the moment at least, is still the envy of the whole world (even with our current problems)." I'm not sure I buy into the the "envy if the world" thing. Other economies are growing at a healthy clip, while we are still stagnant, even by the juiced up numbers The Ministry of Truth provides. They say we're in a "recovery" but I'm not seeing it. The Great Americam Layoff Machine is still plowing ahead. The PTB claim that unemployment % is down, but the total number of people employed is down and median wages are stagnant. Half of the US workforce earns less than $500 a week (and they wonder why houses and cars aren't selling).
Originally Posted By andyll I'm not sure I buy the envy either. Greece and Portugal keep getting brought up both that is 2 counties out of how many european & asin countries? In general europe and asia had a milder and quicker recession then us.
Originally Posted By ecdc Donny, kindly bookmark this page: <a href="http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/statements/" target="_blank">http://www.politifact.com/pers...tements/</a> This keeps track of which of Trump's statements are true or false. So far, he's .5 for 6. Not 5 for 6, the decimal isn't a typo.
Originally Posted By ecdc Now Trump is saying Bill Ayers ghost wrote "Dreams of my Father." It's just so odd to me. I do not have it in my genes to say words I know to be complete BS. So either Trump knows he's full of it, or he believes this crap. Pick your poison.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Apparently we'll all know my next month (season finale of Celebrity Apprentice, God help us all) whether Trump will actually run or, as I suspect, has been playing the media like a fiddle and never really intended to.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Wouldn't Trump be forced to disclose his tax return if he ran for President? I highly doubt Trump would want any of us to know what he actually pays (or doesn't pay) in taxes.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I highly doubt Trump would want any of us to know what he actually pays (or doesn't pay) in taxes.<< There's that, plus also he would be forced to reveal his actual net worth, something he's been making a lot of noise about in the past couple of weeks. I think it's probably to Trump's advantage to keep everyone guessing about that. Trump's various buildings always appear gaudy and unappealing to me -- they have a very 80's look he seems to favor. Except the hair. That's sort of a 1970's Mad Magazine caricature of Robert Redford's hair.
