It is true that he is pro American, and we have not seen that from the current POS.
It is doubtful that he will do well, but will make the first few primaries fun to watch. I would rather see him in it than say, Santorum or Christie.
And, Trump may have the staying power financially.
I do like that he has the cajons to speak his mind no matter who's toes he stomps on! He should at least liven the race up.
The truth? You can’t handle the truth!
that's nothing...Obama has spent TRILLIONS!!! and he still doesn't know where it all comes from...
It'll be Clinton-Bush 2016.
Sickening...almost worrying...if I cared much anymore.
Kabuki theatre.
God bless, Steve
Trump in '16
It would be a goddamm hoot
We need a 180 from where we've been, and he's wanting to do that.
God bless, steve
It's obvious that he'll garner the "big city folk" votes, but he's also going to capture a lot of the "middle America" vote, especially since he's sporting that red fox hat that appears to be gaining popularity. :^)
1988 "If the right man doesn't get into office your going to see a catastrophe" 2000 "Oprah Winfrey would be a great running mate." 2004 "Very seriously considering a run" 2008 "I think Bush is probably the worst president in the history of the U.S." 2012 "I always said the worst president was Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter goes to second place. Obama has been worst ever"
Side show entertainment...
I'm getting real tired of running mouths. I want to see things HAPPEN for a change.
" I did build that" and "I can re-build America"
As to the Oprah thing. Trump simply did not want her to be offended. I took and still do not take that conversation seriously as Trump knew where George was trying to lead him and simply did not fall for the ruse.
I am not a Trump fan and never have been. However I do believe that He has an ability to pull this country out and to do what we need to do to restore respect and authority to out highest office. For some reason I cannot see anyone else with the intestinal fortitude too do what needs to be done when facing the job ahead , especially with congress and the bunch of turncoat wishy washy slime inhabititn Washington. Trump has them all shaking in their boots right now.
That is because they know he will turn them inside out and upside down and shake the tree until the nuts fall out.
I still want to hear more though. I want to know what he and anyone else running for office is going to do with this out of control government that is stifiling out economy. Namely the EPA, IrS and other three letter curse words.
God bless, Steve
If Trump would actually attempt to start doing something if he got elected then we'd be better off than where we are now.
WW, you are simply not listening. We have been told by the RINO enablers here many times that the Repugs simply have not gotten around to picking a battle they want to fight. And even if they do, they can only do one thing at at time. Right now they are busy trying to relinquish more of their constitutional powers to obama.
Be patient. All in due time.
They'll get around to raising taxes and increasing spending right away.....then they will probably help obama finish emptying and closing Gitmo.
He just has to fear a big wind from his right.
Trump is basically saying what most here wanted someone to say, just not Trump.
Got it. Carry on
What I mean is, I think he just likes for his opinions to be heard, and doesn't really believe a whole lot in much of what he says. If he spends 100 or even 200 million to stroke his own ego, get his opinions and decrees heard, and keep himself relevant in his own eyes, it will be worth it to him, and really little more than you or I taking a couple hundred bucks to take out an ad in the local paper.
I guess I just don't really believe he wants to run the country as much as be seen as someone richer, and possibly smarter, with better ideas than anyone else.
He says some things we can get behind, but on the other hand supports democrats with some of his money, and says things like Oprah would be a good running mate. I think Donald Trump sans a great big pile of money, is just another goofball people would disregard as a blowhard, which is how I view him, money or not.
But look at who he's running with...a LOT of Republican politicians who've done NOTHING but run off at the mouth, and in some caes when they do finally get into a position of power they DO NOTHING!!!! Just more talk and inaction.
Trump, as mouthy as he is, has at least DONE somehting...like make over 8 billion dollars.
Really...what have we got to lose??
For President I want a LEADER who's not afraid to solve a problem and who's shown that he HAS solved problems and not just talked about them.
Really now, for most the GOP field, just what HAVE they done, other than get themselves elected?
The Oprah comment he actually made 16 years ago!!!
They are now digging it up trying to make a big deal out of it.
I understand, and agree to an extent, but Trump is at the other extreme end of the scale. He has never been a councilman or mayor, much less president.
"A person like Trump. ..one who consistently holds a view....speaks his own mind even when it is not popular. ..knows how to lead...doesn't really need to worry about special interests. I wouldn't count him out,I believe people are ready for a leader that tells it like it is, I believe people are tired of the same old lifetime politician that changes their position with the daily political poll."
Which in my opinion sureshot, is the reason that Ted Cruz should be getting widespread support here on Bowsite, and across the country. It's also why I won't be voting republican if they nominate another McCain or Romney.
Are you saying someone not being a politician is a bad thing? The government is filled from top to bottom with incompetent beings that would be homeless on the street if they had to make a living outside the political bubble. While there are surely a few good politicians, most were successful in the private sector before becoming a politician.
Certainly not, I have a deep dislike for almost all politicians, and for good reason. But I do think we have to be very careful in considering businessmen, especially businessmen like Trump, whose success is one of the primary reasons some folks are seriously looking at him in the first place.
Being the boss of even a large business, and touting an ability to get things done is to me very different than being a president. Half of the people in a man's business typically don't hate his guts, and actively work to make him a failure. Being the boss means being able to set the accomplishment of a goal as everyone's job, and if you don't like it, there's always the unemployment line. You can't fire Congressmen and Senators who want nothing more than for you to fail.
Had Trump made his style of leadership work in even a small republican style of government setting, then we could feel more comfortable thinking that he may in fact be able to accomplish his stated goals. As it is, we have absolutely no way of knowing whether he could get a thing done, which to me takes that attribute off the table for him.
I certainly wouldn't prefer any kind of Washington insider politician as my ideal candidate, but I also want to rest assured that he at least knows how government works. If the guy lived his life ordering things done, and that's the way it happened, I'm not too sure that is good training for a president. I think that is somewhat indicative of the president we have now.
Even more reason why he would be great for the job...I'm sick and tired of career politicians who's only motive is to continue getting elected usually at the expense of what needs to be done with the country.
A governor, military leader or someone who's been a successful CEO of a large corporation IMO is better qualified to hold the highest executive office in the land because they have experience in that kind of job.
Obama is a PRIME example of someone who was NOT qualified to be POTUS (and at this point has demonstrated beyond all doubt that he's incapable of learning on the job also). Hillary is right behind him. When Hillary did have a high level position in government she FUBAR'ed it royally.
I like what Cruz, Rubio, Paul and many of the others say obviously, but when it comes down to it they're inexperinced at the job of CEO. Please note that I left Walker out of the list because he actually DOES have job experience as a CEO and he did quite well at it. Fiorino also looks good but she doesn't have the additional creds of actually being in government like Walker does.
I'm a businessman. Talk is important and can get you in the door, but when it's nut crackin' time you simply must GET IT DONE or you're gone.
We simply cannot afford another 4 years of do nothing failure.
Can Trump do it? Who knows? If he DOES get results, then the rest will have to go along with him because the proof is in the bottom line, even though they may hate him.
The LAST thing we need is more bullsh*t and inactivity!!!
My home town's current mayor was the CEO of a fairly large public corporation out east for several years. He retired and moved back to his home town. He didn't like what he saw as far as things not getting done, money being wasted, etc... So last mayor's election he ran and won.
He's actually doing a pretty good job. The biggest problem he had to overcome was the snapping of the fingers thinking something would immediately get done. He had to get used to the fact he had a city council he had to work with and get approval from. He's getting better.
He is very good at dealing with problems with vendors, etc...
He sometimes forgets that in a job such as mayor, that sometimes "because I said so" just doesn't work.
Overall, he's doing a pretty good job. He's slowly learning how to balance private business vs. public.
Granted, president vs. mayor is a huge difference, but I would imagine someone like Trump would face some of the same issues.
The time for talk is over and has been over for a long time. It's time to start DOING.
Most of the people running have done one concrete thing other than talk, and that's get themselves elected. Then nothing else much else happens until they need to get elected again. Walker is the exception to that.
Trump talks too...a LOT. But he's also made over 8 billion dollars. You need to be able to do a lot more than talk to make that kind of money or make ANY business a success for that matter, large or small...you've got to GET IT DONE!
Quite frankly my biggest concern is that he will have to learn the ins and outs of government and the legislative process, but as a successful businessman he also knows how to pick the right people, delegate and motivate.
Right now I'm getting very leery of anyone who's been part of the GOP for a long time. They finally got the control they wanted and STILL nothing is happening. They're as bad as Obama with his not even having a plan to deal with ISIS yet.
I don't want to hear anymore BS. I want results...NOW!
Right there with ya on all of that, but if making money is a qualification, Bill Gates, George Soros, and Mark Zuckerberg are qualified candidates on the democrat side.
You can't tell me that anyone with one eye and half sense couldn't take one look at Ted Cruz and not know a Cruz presidency would turn Washington on it's ear. The absolute best way for someone like Trump to make a difference would be to pick someone like Cruz or Rand Paul, and throw his money behind them. He doesn't do that, which is one big reason that I think most of his stuff is disingenuous bluster. The country knows Trump. They have heard a lot of his crap before, and had we came away with the thought that he was a brilliant leader we couldn't do without, he would already be in office.
I agree that Trump being in the race may cause Hillary some heartburn, but I think he is just as likely to cause fellow republicans a lot as well, running away from some of his goofier pronouncements, and spending valuable time putting distance between them and him.
I will say as a plus for him is that he's been one of the rare few who've actually stood tall with his filibuster on the Obamacare tax, and that's good but again, it's all show. He's a lawyer by trade who's spent most of his working life in government. That's exactly the M.O. of the very people who have gotten us into the situation we're in today.
We need something different.
My attitude in assessing the potential POTUS that I will vote for is that first he/she must share much of my political beliefs (and that's obviously a given!). Then they've got to have a track record of some sort which goes beyond a voting record. I want to see leadership skills. That is going to be very hard for someone who's only been in the legislative branch of government. Yes they can talk, but can they lead/manage?
I'm a small businessman. In the 39 years I've been in business I've hired (and fired!) many people. When I'm looking for someone for a specific job, of course I want to hear how and why they are suitable for that job, but I also want to see some job experience, especially if the job involves operating machinery, supervising people or selling/dealing with customers.
Why should choosing a President be any different?
Very good. :)
