Is it too late to stop the Donald Trump machine?

[Berkshire]

What will all the haters do if Trump is elected President?

The bulk of Trump's supporters are the mindless haters, so not sure what you're talking about.

[keemapoot]

Here's more bad news for Trump:

John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov are new BFFs, and are warming up relations between Obama and Putin. Awe shucks, Trump thought his adoration of Putin would be exclusive. I wonder if Trump will now throw a tantrum?

...John Kerry. He and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov were never bitter rivals. But a recent power-meeting between the two ended with a sober to upbeat sit-down withVladimir Putin on March 25 that bodes well for U.S. Russia relations.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2016/03/27/are-russia-and-the-u-s-starting-to-see-eye-to-eye/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix#3786215e6069

Seriously, this is good news for everyone, including business.

[grumpyoldman]

Yes, hoping Kerry gets the bid for VP, can't see any of the GOP sideshow freaks beating the Clinton-Kerry ticket in November.

[Pinot]

I would like to see Sanders get the Presidency but I think it will be very hard for him to overtake Clinton.

Poll after poll shows that Clinton or Sanders would easily beat Trump, whom I think will most probably be the Republican candidate.

I honestly can't see Trump defying all odds/polls and winning the Presidency.

Democrats are extremely short sighted with their campaign to crown HRC at any cost. Not only does she poll worse against all Republicans (losing to some), than does Bernie Sanders, she polls worse than Sanders head to head.

I could easily see Trump beating Hillary once she and the DNC have disposed of Bernie Sanders. Maybe an FBI indictment comes up. Maybe it's only rumors or leaks from inside the FBI. Maybe some Democrat Party members file a class action suit against the DNC for marginalizing them in favor of their own interests. Maybe RICO charges against the DNC. Other organizations behaving similarly have received them (OK, maybe not from this AG and admin). My point is Dems are really putting themselves at risk by carrying the water for a candidate almost no one likes.

HRC is well liked. She's hated by the Republicans,yes. You don't hear about this because of limited exposure to real stats as opposed to Fox News numbers.

She will slaughter Trump. The betting line remains a 75% chance of HRC being elected and 24% of Trump being elected. Trumps poll numbers from women will guarantee a November victory.

I wouldn't worry too much about the Dems risk of HRC carrying the water and worry more about the Republicans existence after the next election.

I had to laugh at a Trump tweet a little while ago. Regarding the terrorist attack in Pakistan, "Another radical Islamic attack, I alone can solve"

What a putz. So perfectly concise, Fear! And I only I can save you.

[Pinot]

Among White Women 2012 vs 2016 (Meet the Press this week)

Obama 42% Romney 52%

Clinton 48% Trump 38%

Those numbers indicate a monumental beating. Republicans should kiss Congress goodbye, they're screwed.

[lannarebirth]

Among White Women 2012 vs 2016 (Meet the Press this week)

Obama 42% Romney 52%

Clinton 48% Trump 38%

Those numbers indicate a monumental beating. Republicans should kiss Congress goodbye, they're screwed.

And you're under the impression that those are good numbers?

[NeverSure]

I would like to see Sanders get the Presidency but I think it will be very hard for him to overtake Clinton.

Poll after poll shows that Clinton or Sanders would easily beat Trump, whom I think will most probably be the Republican candidate.

I honestly can't see Trump defying all odds/polls and winning the Presidency.

Democrats are extremely short sighted with their campaign to crown HRC at any cost. Not only does she poll worse against all Republicans (losing to some), than does Bernie Sanders, she polls worse than Sanders head to head.

I could easily see Trump beating Hillary once she and the DNC have disposed of Bernie Sanders. Maybe an FBI indictment comes up. Maybe it's only rumors or leaks from inside the FBI. Maybe some Democrat Party members file a class action suit against the DNC for marginalizing them in favor of their own interests. Maybe RICO charges against the DNC. Other organizations behaving similarly have received them (OK, maybe not from this AG and admin). My point is Dems are really putting themselves at risk by carrying the water for a candidate almost no one likes.

HRC is well liked. She's hated by the Republicans,yes. You don't hear about this because of limited exposure to real stats as opposed to Fox News numbers.

-snip-

Saturday there were three Dem primaries. Hillary got slaughtered by Bernie

Bernie's ground game now is to contact the Dem superdelegates who can vote mostly for anyone, and ask them if they shouldn't vote for the person who won their state.

Hillary is a loser, propped up only by her owners - Wall Street and foreign governments.

Saturday's results - not a landslide but a complete wipe out.

LINK

Edited March 28, 2016 by NeverSure

[NeverSure]

LINK

[lannarebirth]

I would like to see Sanders get the Presidency but I think it will be very hard for him to overtake Clinton.

Poll after poll shows that Clinton or Sanders would easily beat Trump, whom I think will most probably be the Republican candidate.

I honestly can't see Trump defying all odds/polls and winning the Presidency.

Democrats are extremely short sighted with their campaign to crown HRC at any cost. Not only does she poll worse against all Republicans (losing to some), than does Bernie Sanders, she polls worse than Sanders head to head.

I could easily see Trump beating Hillary once she and the DNC have disposed of Bernie Sanders. Maybe an FBI indictment comes up. Maybe it's only rumors or leaks from inside the FBI. Maybe some Democrat Party members file a class action suit against the DNC for marginalizing them in favor of their own interests. Maybe RICO charges against the DNC. Other organizations behaving similarly have received them (OK, maybe not from this AG and admin). My point is Dems are really putting themselves at risk by carrying the water for a candidate almost no one likes.

HRC is well liked. She's hated by the Republicans,yes. You don't hear about this because of limited exposure to real stats as opposed to Fox News numbers.

-snip-

Saturday there were three Dem primaries. Hillary got slaughtered by Bernie

Bernie's ground game now is to contact the Dem superdelegates who can vote mostly for anyone, and ask them if they shouldn't vote for the person who won their state.

Hillary is a loser, propped up only by her owners - Wall Street and foreign governments.

Saturday's results - not a landslide but a complete wipe out.

LINK

Bern.jpg

That is not the final count of delegates received. A cursory look will tell you he received more than 55 from Washington alone. I think more delegate pledges are forthcoming after some internal state allocations.

[NeverSure]

I would like to see Sanders get the Presidency but I think it will be very hard for him to overtake Clinton.

Poll after poll shows that Clinton or Sanders would easily beat Trump, whom I think will most probably be the Republican candidate.

I honestly can't see Trump defying all odds/polls and winning the Presidency.

Democrats are extremely short sighted with their campaign to crown HRC at any cost. Not only does she poll worse against all Republicans (losing to some), than does Bernie Sanders, she polls worse than Sanders head to head.

I could easily see Trump beating Hillary once she and the DNC have disposed of Bernie Sanders. Maybe an FBI indictment comes up. Maybe it's only rumors or leaks from inside the FBI. Maybe some Democrat Party members file a class action suit against the DNC for marginalizing them in favor of their own interests. Maybe RICO charges against the DNC. Other organizations behaving similarly have received them (OK, maybe not from this AG and admin). My point is Dems are really putting themselves at risk by carrying the water for a candidate almost no one likes.

Trump hasn't had time to turn his attention to Hillary. He's been too busy starting with 17 R candidates which is now down to 3. The R candidates and the mucky mucks in the R party have been doing everything they can to get rid of Trump.

Now that Cruz has stubbed his toe on this 8 women deal we'll have to wait and see how that flushes out. I imagine some Mormons in Utah are red faced right now. The harder a guy thumps his Bible the less I trust him and I've never trusted Cruz.

There is also this proven deal where Cruz gave $500,000 to Carly Fiorina's campaign last summer, an act that only makes sense to me if it was hush money. In any event it could be a crime on both parts if it was a bribe and if it was blackmail and/or if it was improperly spent campaign donations. It's a mess. Cruz has his tit in a wringer.

Hillary was leading Obama a lot in the polls in 2007 and lost. Romney was doing very well and lost four years ago. Hillary is a long way away from wrapping up the nomination against Bernie and it's far too early to think about any White House run.

Cheers.

[NeverSure]

Saturday there were three Dem primaries. Hillary got slaughtered by Bernie

Bernie's ground game now is to contact the Dem superdelegates who can vote mostly for anyone, and ask them if they shouldn't vote for the person who won their state.

Hillary is a loser, propped up only by her owners - Wall Street and foreign governments.

Saturday's results - not a landslide but a complete wipe out.

LINK

Bern.jpg

That is not the final count of delegates received. A cursory look will tell you he received more than 55 from Washington alone. I think more delegate pledges are forthcoming after some internal state allocations.

You could be right. Both of those charts above are from today's NYT. You can tell from the chart with the green shading that Bernie absolutely slaughtered Hillary in three states.

It's a long way to any nomination. We'll see.

[mopar71]

Among White Women 2012 vs 2016 (Meet the Press this week)

Obama 42% Romney 52%

Clinton 48% Trump 38%

Those numbers indicate a monumental beating. Republicans should kiss Congress goodbye, they're screwed.

You mean the country will be screwed.

[Jingthing]

Some funny observations about the Trump "movement"

https://newrepublic.com/article/131936/lost-trumplandia

LOST IN TRUMPLANDIA
...

Finally, 45 minutes late, Trump appeared onstage, wearing a cobalt tie and with fresh comb marks in his hair. “It’s a movement, folks,” he told the 5,000 people who had turned out to hear him. Well, yes, if that turd in the bathroom has anything to say about it, it is.
...
The more he spoke, the more Trump sounded like a rich man at dinner with a young woman whose passport is her face and her freshness, explaining to her the terms of the arrangement: that he would wear her on his arm, turning her toward the lights, that she would defer to him in public, that he would give her just enough of what he has to sustain her. I wrote in my notebook, “Trump is offering to be our sugar daddy? He wants to make America his trophy wife?”

The last part is interesting to me because I'm among the many people who fails to understand Trump's personal MOTIVATION to be president. It's obvious with all the other leading candidates but with him, not so much.

Edited March 28, 2016 by Jingthing

[Pinot]

Among White Women 2012 vs 2016 (Meet the Press this week)

Obama 42% Romney 52%

Clinton 48% Trump 38%

Those numbers indicate a monumental beating. Republicans should kiss Congress goodbye, they're screwed.

And you're under the impression that those are good numbers?

All I can suggest is you try and find a Democrat to explain the numbers

[Pinot]

Saturday there were three Dem primaries. Hillary got slaughtered by Bernie

Bernie's ground game now is to contact the Dem superdelegates who can vote mostly for anyone, and ask them if they shouldn't vote for the person who won their state.

Hillary is a loser, propped up only by her owners - Wall Street and foreign governments.

Saturday's results - not a landslide but a complete wipe out.

LINK

Bern.jpg

That is not the final count of delegates received. A cursory look will tell you he received more than 55 from Washington alone. I think more delegate pledges are forthcoming after some internal state allocations.

You could be right. Both of those charts above are from today's NYT. You can tell from the chart with the green shading that Bernie absolutely slaughtered Hillary in three states.

It's a long way to any nomination. We'll see.

Bernie is taking states where they caucus. Hillary is taking states where the vote. Given Hillary's lead and there aren't many caucus states left, she is the likely Democratic nominee.

I wouldn't mind seeing Bernie the nominee, but it's highly likely it's HRC.

If you're taking some kind of solace from Bernie's recent victories, you're grasping at straws.

No matter who the Republicans prop up there, they're dead meat. There aren't enough old racist white guys to put any of these terrible Republicans in contention.

Sorry, to break the news. The Republicans have nothing to look forward to, Presidency, Congress and Supreme Court...gone.

Which reminds me of a song:

[Publicus]

I would like to see Sanders get the Presidency but I think it will be very hard for him to overtake Clinton.

Poll after poll shows that Clinton or Sanders would easily beat Trump, whom I think will most probably be the Republican candidate.

I honestly can't see Trump defying all odds/polls and winning the Presidency.

Democrats are extremely short sighted with their campaign to crown HRC at any cost. Not only does she poll worse against all Republicans (losing to some), than does Bernie Sanders, she polls worse than Sanders head to head.

I could easily see Trump beating Hillary once she and the DNC have disposed of Bernie Sanders. Maybe an FBI indictment comes up. Maybe it's only rumors or leaks from inside the FBI. Maybe some Democrat Party members file a class action suit against the DNC for marginalizing them in favor of their own interests. Maybe RICO charges against the DNC. Other organizations behaving similarly have received them (OK, maybe not from this AG and admin). My point is Dems are really putting themselves at risk by carrying the water for a candidate almost no one likes.

Neither Hillary Clinton's campaign, nor Bernie Sanders campaign have anything to do with stopping Trump's campaign for the Republican party nomination for Potus.

No one on the far out extreme right wants to talk about or defend Donald Trump, nor can they. Trump is not all there upstairs.

No one can defend the Republican party either, however the already shattered remnants of it may be presently defined.

No party in the current and ongoing disarray and chaos of the Republican party has won an election for Potus. This year is no exception. The constant steady march of the right in its drumbeat focus on HRC and the D party cannot save the reactionary and radical right.

This is true no matter who leads the Republican party in to the general election, to include John Kasich who, as governor of Ohio, is going to have to deal with the disorder in Cleveland inside the convention and outside of it.

Taken together, HRC's self-sworn and hard core, hard bitten enemies and the submerging Republican minority fail to add up to a win. The numbers are not there. Same as Trump's brain is not all there.

[Scott]

Inflammatory post and reply removed.

[DrTuner]

The last part is interesting to me because I'm among the many people who fails to understand Trump's personal MOTIVATION to be president. It's obvious with all the other leading candidates but with him, not so much.

A man's gotta have a hobby.

[keemapoot]

The last part is interesting to me because I'm among the many people who fails to understand Trump's personal MOTIVATION to be president. It's obvious with all the other leading candidates but with him, not so much.

A man's gotta have a hobby.

I guess he's tired of playing Whack-a-Mexi-Mole home version, and wants try his hand at the real thing.

[iReason]

Arizona Trump Rally: A young american exercising his First Amendment Right is brutally sucker punched and repeatedly stomped and kicked while on the ground.

Note the fascists cheering and clapping.

[Asheron]

Arizona Trump Rally: A young american exercising his First Amendment Right is brutally sucker punched and repeatedly stomped and kicked while on the ground.

Note the fascists cheering and clapping.

Firstly, he was clearly arrested for assualting someone and secondly, no one has absolute freedom of speech everywhere. For instance i can't waltz into your home and demand that you listen to me about "X". The same way i can't waltz to a political rally in an arena that was rented and demand that everyone listen to me because of freedom of speech.

But yeah, just continue spreading fascist lies like a good socialist.

Edited March 28, 2016 by Asheron

[boomerangutang]

Trump the Divider, King of the Sucker Punchers.

[FritsSikkink]

As an outsider looking in....If Trump should get the nomination when he faces up to a real politician in Clinton certainly in policy she will cut him to ribbons, she don't have the razzamatazz like the golden boy what she has is real experience in government and for us watching this circus we all hope the Trump does not make president.

LOL you are too funny. Watch and learn.

what about this?

[iReason]

"The US military commander in charge of the Iraq-Syria war has tacitly rebuked pledges by leading Republican presidential contenders to “carpet-bomb” the Islamic State."

"He rejected what he called “indiscriminate” bombing as illegal, immoral and un-American."

“We are bound by the laws of armed conflict and at the end of the day it doesn’t only matter whether or not you win, it matters how you win,” MacFarland told reporters.

"Trump, the Republican frontrunner, told an Iowa crowd he would “bomb the shit out of ’em … there would be nothing left”.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/01/us-military-iraq-syria-sean-macfarland-republican-carpet-bomb-isis

The bloviator. An ignorant, dangerous loose cannon.

[iReason]

"Retired U.S. Army Lt. 3 Star Gen. Mark Hertling responded to 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump having boasted at an Iowa campaign rally a day earlier, that he would “bomb the s*** out of ISIS” if he became president."

“If he persisted in saying ‘bomb it,’ I think what you would eventually have in the military across the board is mass resignations,”

Hertling claimed during an interview with CNN host Carol Costello.

“And that’s a tough stance to take, Carol, but truthfully, that’s what would occur.”

“There are people living there,” Hertling explained. “There are 11 million people in Iraq where the oil fields are, and not all of them are ISIS supporters. In fact, very few are.”

“They know the moral and the values implications associated with these kind of decisions,” he continued in regard to the military officials whom he believed would resign.

“They will attempt to persuade their leaders the right approaches to take and the various options available. But they won’t do things illegally or immorally.”

http://conservativetribune.com/general-claim-about-trump/

Edited March 28, 2016 by iReason

[iReason]

The occillating Bloviator once again, displaying his dangerous ignorance:

“If I say do it, they’re gonna do it,” GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said during Thursday night’s debate in Detroit. “That’s what leadership is all about.”

“You have to take out their families,” Trump said in December, referring to members of ISIS and other terrorist groups.

“They say they don’t care about their lives. You have to take out their families.”

"But late Friday, Trump was back-pedaling. “I will not order a military officer to disobey the law,” he told the Wall Street Journal.

“It is clear that as President I will be bound by laws just like all Americans and I will meet those responsibilities.”

http://time.com/4244608/donald-trump-military-orders-illegal/

Edited March 28, 2016 by iReason

[Chicog]

As an outsider looking in....If Trump should get the nomination when he faces up to a real politician in Clinton certainly in policy she will cut him to ribbons, she don't have the razzamatazz like the golden boy what she has is real experience in government and for us watching this circus we all hope the Trump does not make president.

LOL you are too funny. Watch and learn.

what about this?

The obvious fake? What about it?

[lannarebirth]

I would like to see Sanders get the Presidency but I think it will be very hard for him to overtake Clinton.

Poll after poll shows that Clinton or Sanders would easily beat Trump, whom I think will most probably be the Republican candidate.

I honestly can't see Trump defying all odds/polls and winning the Presidency.

Democrats are extremely short sighted with their campaign to crown HRC at any cost. Not only does she poll worse against all Republicans (losing to some), than does Bernie Sanders, she polls worse than Sanders head to head.

I could easily see Trump beating Hillary once she and the DNC have disposed of Bernie Sanders. Maybe an FBI indictment comes up. Maybe it's only rumors or leaks from inside the FBI. Maybe some Democrat Party members file a class action suit against the DNC for marginalizing them in favor of their own interests. Maybe RICO charges against the DNC. Other organizations behaving similarly have received them (OK, maybe not from this AG and admin). My point is Dems are really putting themselves at risk by carrying the water for a candidate almost no one likes.

Neither Hillary Clinton's campaign, nor Bernie Sanders campaign have anything to do with stopping Trump's campaign for the Republican party nomination for Potus.

No one on the far out extreme right wants to talk about or defend Donald Trump, nor can they. Trump is not all there upstairs.

No one can defend the Republican party either, however the already shattered remnants of it may be presently defined.

No party in the current and ongoing disarray and chaos of the Republican party has won an election for Potus. This year is no exception. The constant steady march of the right in its drumbeat focus on HRC and the D party cannot save the reactionary and radical right.

This is true no matter who leads the Republican party in to the general election, to include John Kasich who, as governor of Ohio, is going to have to deal with the disorder in Cleveland inside the convention and outside of it.

Taken together, HRC's self-sworn and hard core, hard bitten enemies and the submerging Republican minority fail to add up to a win. The numbers are not there. Same as Trump's brain is not all there.

Through the course of my life , whether it be in sports, education business or career I have never spent 5 minutes considering what "the other guy may do". I'm always focused on my own preparation. If that is proper, satisfactory results follow. For better or worse I'm a Democrat now. So my focus is on my own candidates, not whoever the other guy is. Are they best they can be? What are their weaknesses? One I find acceptable, one I find sorely lacking in a number of areas. You may find the strategy of hurling insults at the opposing squad an effective game plan, but I do not.

[Jingthing]

The view from Mexico:

[iReason]

@Post 629

"Whether it be in sports, education business or career I have never spent 5 minutes considering what "the other guy may do".

Good Luck with that.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."

"If know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat."

"If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Edited March 28, 2016 by iReason