Wait until the God Damned Commie opposition research starts up on Trump.

He has more ex wives than the rest of them put together. That alone will give the gossip gang enough material to fill the National Enquirer/MSNBC/CNN needs for decades.

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It would be intensely interesting- and dangerous- for The Donald to really catch the wave of American pissedoffedness and end up as president, running as an independent candidate. It's fantasy, of course. He would lose if he attempted this, and so would we, and then, all the luuuuv The Donald is basking in would disappear like yesterday's donuts.

Trump running as an Independent is a scary thought. Like you said, he will lose. And it will guarantee a win for the democrat running.

Hopefully he wont get the support he needs for it. And we know he sure wont spend his own money to run.

I don't believe that Trump wants to be president. But he would love to think that he could have been president had he wanted it. But he turned it down. If he is still running, and running strong a year from now, he'll drop out, like Perot.

If his ego took physical form it would be Godzilla.

Why do some of you call Trump a liberal? Every supposed plan he has would make a liberal's head explode to even mutter.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
It would be intensely interesting- and dangerous- for The Donald to really catch the wave of American pissedoffedness and end up as president, running as an independent candidate. It's fantasy, of course. He would lose if he attempted this, and so would we, and then, all the luuuuv The Donald is basking in would disappear like yesterday's donuts.

Trump running as an Independent is a scary thought. Like you said, he will lose. And it will guarantee a win for the democrat running.

Hopefully he wont get the support he needs for it.

He'd get something less than 20% of the vote if the election were tomorrow. A year from now? Far less, but still enough to hand the election to the liberals. Trump needs to be squashed sooner rather than later. The longer this keeps up the more he thinks he's got a chance and the more likely it is he'll entertain a third party run.

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And we know he sure wont spend his own money to run.

Don't bet on it.

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Trump needs to be squashed sooner rather than later.

I'm more interested in squashing liberals and their ideas.

The Republicans are their own worst enemy, and have put themselves in the position they are in. Nobody to blame but themselves. Trump had nothing to do with it.

There have been popular reactionary populists in the past, particularly in the "Great Depression" era of the 1930's. Huey Long drove Roosevelt nuts with his "Share the Wealth" and "Every Man a King" themes and planned to challenge Roosevelt in 1936 in cooperation with Father Charles Coughlin, a Catholic priest and radio commentator who attracted a large following and had formed a National Union for Social Justice. Long was assassinated in 1935.

These played on several themes, prosperity for the common man, "a chicken in every pot" and avoiding foreign entanglements.

George Wallace started up in 1968, but was thwarted by an attempted assassination that left him paraplegic.

William Jennings Bryan a gifted orator rose to prominence with his dramatic harangues.

None has ever prevailed to become President. Neither did Teddy Roosevelt with the progressive Bull Moose run in 1912.

Cruz called the Code Pink protestors up for a debate yesterday and today he went after McConnell on the senate floor. He's having a good few days himself.

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Cruz called the Code Pink protestors up for a debate yesterday and today he went after McConnell on the senate floor. He's having a good few days himself.

He's taking note of Trumps style and adopting it to his benefit. Right now Trump is the big stiff middle finger to politics as usual and the populace is eating it up.

Cruz and Trump are pretty cozy. Cruz can probably keep Trump from running as a Independent if Cruz can somehow get the nomination. Trump would have a place in his administration in return. Running immigration and naturalization affairs perhaps?

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Originally posted by Ackks:
Cruz called the Code Pink protestors up for a debate yesterday and today he went after McConnell on the senate floor. He's having a good few days himself.

He's taking note of Trumps style and adopting it to his benefit. Right now Trump is the big stiff middle finger to politics as usual and the populace is eating it up.

Cruz and Trump are pretty cozy. Cruz can probably keep Trump from running as a Independent if Cruz can somehow get the nomination. Trump would have a place in his administration in return. Running immigration and naturalization affairs perhaps?

Why would Trump agree to serve in somebody else's administration? Why should the bull be confined in somebody else's china shop when he can run wild in everybody's china shop?

Not only would Trump never do this, but the President who allowed it would face four years of every press conference starting off with, "Mr. President, yesterday Secretary Trump said [some hopelessly outrageous comment]. Do you agree with his comment, or will you disavow it in hopes of patching up the feelings of those millions of [whoevers] offended and outraged by this?"

LBJ once remarked of someone that "it was better to have him inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in." I'm not sure this would cover it with Trump.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:

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Originally posted by Ackks:
Cruz called the Code Pink protestors up for a debate yesterday and today he went after McConnell on the senate floor. He's having a good few days himself.

He's taking note of Trumps style and adopting it to his benefit. Right now Trump is the big stiff middle finger to politics as usual and the populace is eating it up.

Cruz and Trump are pretty cozy. Cruz can probably keep Trump from running as a Independent if Cruz can somehow get the nomination. Trump would have a place in his administration in return. Running immigration and naturalization affairs perhaps?

Why would Trump agree to serve in somebody else's administration? Why should the bull be confined in somebody else's china shop when he can run wild in everybody's china shop?

Not only would Trump never do this, but the President who allowed it would face four years of every press conference starting off with, "Mr. President, yesterday Secretary Trump said [some hopelessly outrageous comment]. Do you agree with his comment, or will you disavow it in hopes of patching up the feelings of those millions of [whoevers] offended and outraged by this?"

LBJ once remarked of someone that "it was better to have him inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in." I'm not sure this would cover it with Trump.

Well, as I said. Cruz and Trump are already cozy and met last week at Trump Towers. Who knows what they may have discussed.
Obama has changed the political landscape forever going forward.
I think Trump can curb his enthusiasim if he is content with his position. With a little polish he could be a John Bolton type.

I don't discount anything happening politically these days.

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With a little polish he could be a John Bolton type.

I like Bolton

he plays a mean alto sax too

Yes, it's just a poll, but still nice to see:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-g...in-by-double-digits/

Trump has the resources to dig up the dirt on the reporters and throw it right back at them

the media should be, by and large, shut down for doing a piss-poor job of doing their supposed job

Trump certainly won't take any bullshit from any of them

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Trump has the resources to dig up the dirt on the reporters and throw it right back at them

the media should be, by and large, shut down for doing a piss-poor job of doing their supposed job

Trump certainly won't take any bullshit from any of them

Trump tried that with author Tim Obrien, suing him for slander over Trumps net worth in Obriens book. That allowed Obriens attorney to subpoena Trumps financials, The Donald then dropped his suit. MG

Well, to be fair, he's already had to release his financial information as part of his campaign. If that's out in the open, then it's kinda hard to see what the downside would be if he went after journalists.

I hope to God he runs 3rd Party. He said he wouldn't but then rumor is he changed his mind.

Just look at all the talk/interest Trump has generated here. 20 pages worth.