Originally Posted By skinnerbox << Mr. X I know my sentence structure is not the best but why is it that when I make a point you have no good argument for you instead attack my inability to put complete thoughts together.>> If Mr X cannot understand the point you're trying to make because your sentence structure is poor, then he has every right to tell you that. How can you expect him to form a coherent argument against something he doesn't fully comprehend because of poor language skills on your part? And to call that an "attack" is unfair. Mr X was not "attacking" you. But for some reason, you seem to feel better about yourself when playing the victim. If you can't emotionally accept your poor language skills, don't take it out on us.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Trump has done way more then make money as a real-estate developer you have to work with federal,state and local governments not just once or in one place but over and over in different country's it's extremely impressive.<< Donny...dude. No wonder you support the rich, you have absolutely no idea what they actually do or what their lives are like. Do you honestly think for two seconds that Donald Trump is an expert in local zoning issues in Vegas, New York, and Atlantic City? Do you think for one second he's doing all this work? Don't you think he has an army of lawyers who specialize in this stuff and get it done? Just because you watch the Apprentice, you have no idea what Donald Trump is really like and what kind of President he would be. >>Don't be scared to admit that Trump is better then President Obama,Trump will not hurt you like President Obama obviously has.<< How has Obama hurt anybody? This I gotta hear....
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Mr. X I know my sentence structure is not the best*** Fix it, then. Read and re-read and check to make sure it makes SENSE before you post, dude.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Don't be scared to admit that Trump is better then President Obama*** To be honest, I'm not sure there's been a better PRESIDENT in my lifetime than Obama. Too soon to tell, but the only two that come to mind are perhaps Clinton, and maybe pre-fall Nixon (he DID do a lot for international relations, you gotta hand it to him for that!). Obama has accomplished a lot, and all with a cacophony of opposition from all sides ringing in his ears every step of the way. Also, he promised to change the tone in Washington, and that is exactly what he has tried to do for over two years now. The amazing amount of vitriolic pushback he has received (again, from all sides) demonstrates that Washington doesn't WANT to change its' tone. And no matter WHAT he's done, the right wing has said it's far, far too much. Then they turn around and say he's done nothing at all, that he's just an ineffective boob. At least the left wing sticks to the "he's an ineffective boob who's done nothing at all" story, or else he's an insidious, secret Republican who's done nothing at all entirely on purpose". Frankly, I don't know how the guy manages to get out of bed in the morning. I'd certainly have quit by now, and I'm not kidding about that. The right man for the wrong time, sad to say. Washington, and America for that matter, don't want to follow his leadership but prefer instead to sling mud and attack each other.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Frankly, I don't know how the guy manages to get out of bed in the morning. I'd certainly have quit by now, and I'm not kidding about that.<< I honestly think that about all presidents. I'm far too thin-skinned and would spend my days enraged at the garbage being said about me. But indeed I think Obama has had the most non-stop stream of negativity and pure made up nonsense against him than any president I can think of in my lifetime (though the Clintons certainly got the full onslaught from the right pretty steadily as well). It started before he even took office and hasn't stopped for a moment. The sad thing is that I think this is the new normal, at least for the next couple administrations. The losing side will see the winning president as "the enemy". It isn't good for us, a house divided and all that, but until cooler heads prevail this is where we're at.
Originally Posted By mele When I was quite young, I was given an assignment in school to write an essay about what I would do if I were President. I couldn't think of one thing to write because I knew what an absolutely CRAP job it was. Massive pressure and hardly any money...okay, sure there's also massive power but I could never understand why anyone would want that much power. I got an "F" because I said I wouldn't want to be President. LOL
Originally Posted By RoadTrip To hold Trump out as a great businessman is a total joke. There may be some business people who would make a good president, but Trump is certainly not one of them. Rather than creating true value and benefit to society like Bill Gates of Steve Jobs, all Trump does is create personal wealth out of speculation and deal-making. In the end he is a leech sucking the blood of America, not a benefit to it.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "all Trump does is create personal wealth out of speculation and deal-making. In the end he is a leech sucking the blood of America, not a benefit to it." Agreed, Trump epitomizes what has got our nation to the point where it's at. He is indeed a vampire-leech who makes deals that usually leave investors holding the bag, especially after his "deals" wind up in bankruptcy court. Of course, he always emerges from the manure piles he creates smelling like a rose.
Originally Posted By hopemax Maybe Donny is saying that the US would be better off if it got heavily in the junk bond market, and that its okay to rack up debt. If $900 million of personal debt is okay for one person, how much could a whole country get away with?
Originally Posted By hopemax Yes, that's my point. Donny thinks Trump would make a good President because he's a businessman. But the way Trump "does business" does not seem to jive with the way Donny wants the government to function.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 don't confuse me with the facts! I want what I want and thats all I need to know.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer "5 bankruptcies and a success is still a success." Not for the people and businesses that got screwed out of their money when the five bankruptcies were declared. That's the difference between business and government. In business you measure success by how much money you can get off the other guy. In government, you measure success by how much money everyone in the country is earning.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 "Frankly, I don't know how the guy manages to get out of bed in the morning. I'd certainly have quit by now, and I'm not kidding about that." My son, who is only eight years old, said not too long ago that he would never want to be president because everyone says mean things to you when you are president. If an eight year old who doesn't watch the news and who rarely pays attention to that sort of thing notices how "mean" people are to the president, then you know it is bad.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 Dear lord did everyone's sarcasm meters die? I was saying that's how trump does business not that I agree with it.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I once saw something that was one of those things you read and you just think to yourself "yes!" It was this. "Desperately needed: a font for sarcasm."
