Re: 2016 Presidential Campaign
I love this even if Newt didn't write the entire thing.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...rump/?page=all
Gingrich view of Trump....really interesting
Everyone including Conservative and Republicans needs to read this to solidify their belief – Democrats and RINOs to open their eyes to the facts – Independents to get them off the fence and just plain Americans who have felt abandoned and forgotten by all of the aforementioned groups.
Gingrich view of Trump....really interesting; read it all.
"Understanding Donald Trump"
FromThe Washington Times, by Newt Gingrich
By Newt Gingrich - - Thursday, January 7, 2016
Donald Trump is a genuine phenomenon. He may or may not become the Republican nominee for president. He may or may not win the presidency even if he becomes the nominee. Yet it is clear that he is a phenomenon and that any history of the 2016 presidential race will have to spend a good bit of time analyzing Trump and his impact.
From the time he announced on June 16, Trump has dominated social and mainstream media. He dominates the conversation despite the lack of paid advertising. Trump says outrageous things and his supporters shrug it off. At every turn, his poll numbers continue to rise.
As a step toward understanding this amazing performance, I spent part of the Christmas break reading his first bestseller, ‘The Art of the Deal’. Written in 1987, this book is a classic among American business books and has influenced a generation of entrepreneurs. Trump wrote ‘The Art of the Deal’ when he was 41 years old and having a successful run. The book’s popularity contributed to Time Magazine’s decision to feature Donald Trump on its cover in January 1989.
The portrait that emerges from this easy-to-read and remarkably interesting book is of an aggressive, ambitious person who is constantly pushing, constantly learning, and always seeking the next challenge. Reporters and analysts who are trying to understand Trump would be well served by slowing down and reading this nearly three-decade-old bestseller.
They would discover that Donald Trump has developed a remarkable set of rules and principles that allow him to make decisions with incredible speed. Trump knows a lot, but what is amazing is how rapidly he figures out what he doesn’t know.
My favorite story is of the Wollman Skating Rink in New York’s Central Park.
The Wollman Rink was a heavily used public skating rink which had fallen into disrepair in 1980. New York City tried for six years to fix it, spent $13 million, and the rink still was not ready to open. In June of 1986 Trump, who could see the rink from his apartment, finally got tired of the embarrassment and offered to fix the rink at his own expense. At first the city turned him down because its bureaucracy did not want to be embarrassed by someone fixing something they couldn’t fix. Trump kept pushing and finally out of embarrassment the city gave in.
The key part of the story is Trump’s reaction to being put in charge. He promptly recognized that he didn’t know anything about fixing a skating rink. He asked himself who built a lot of skating rinks. “Canadians!” he concluded. He found the best Canadian ice skating rink construction company. When the Canadians flew in to assess the situation, they were amazed at how bad the city had been at solving the problem. They assured Trump that this was an easy job. Trump fixed the six year embarrassment two months ahead of schedule and nearly $800,000 under-budget. (The city did end up paying for the work, and Trump donated the profits to charity.)
After reading this chapter you begin to think that maybe Donald Trump really could build a wall along our southern border for a lot less than our current government estimates.
‘The Art of the Deal’ is filled with stories like this — stories of common sense stories of calculated risk taking, and stories of innovation and marketing.Anyone who would like to better understand Donald Trump would be helped by reading this remarkable book.
Another is his pledges and I have no way of knowing if he will make good on all of them but I do agree with all of them. Trump is the only candidate that is serious about building The Wall"! Two other important pledges Trump has made that no other candidate of either party has matched! First, deportation of millions of illegals that are demanding and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars and second, closing 34 Muslim training camps throughout our country! I WOULD LIKE TRUMP OR ANY OTHER CANDIDATES PLEDGE TO REINSTATE ANY AND ALL MILITARY OFFICERS DISCHARGED BECAUSE THEY DISAGREED WITH OBAMA OR HIS POLICIES!!
Here is another that kind of wraps up my feelings about Trump.Raccoon's in your basement! An interesting analogy.
You've been on vacation for two weeks, you come home, and your basement is infested with raccoon's. Hundreds of rabid, messy, mean raccoons have overtaken your basement. You want them gone immediately so you hire a guy. A pro. You don't care if the guy smells, you need those raccoon's gone pronto and he's the guy to do it! You don't care if the guy swears, you don't care if he's an alcoholic, you don't care how many times he's been married, you don't care if he voted for Obama, you don't care if he has plumber's crack...you simply want those raccoon's gone!
You want your problem fixed! He's the guy. He's the best. Period. That's why we need Trump. Yes, he's a bit of an ass. Yes, he's an egomaniac, but you don't care.
The country is a mess because politicians suck, the Republican Party is two-faced & gutless, illegals are everywhere. You want it all fixed! You don't care that Trump is crude, you don't care that he insults people, you don't care that he had been friendly with Hillary, you don't care that he has changed positions, you don't care that he's been married 3 times, you don't care that he fights with Megyn Kelly and Rosie O'Donnell, you don't care that he doesn't know the name of some Muslin terrorist,...this country is weak, bankrupt, our enemies are making fun of us, we are being invaded by illegal's, we are becoming a nation of victims where every Tom, Ricardo and Hamad is a special interest group with special rights to a point where we don't even recognize the country we were born and raised in.
“AND WE JUST WANT IT FIXED” and Trump is the only guy who seems to understand what the people want.
You're sick of politicians, sick of the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and sick of illegal's. You just want this thing fixed. Trump may not be a saint, but doesn't have any lobbyist money influencing him, he doesn't have political correctness restraining him, all you know is that he has been very successful, a good negotiator, he has built a lot of things, and he's also not a politician, so he's not a cowardly politician. And he says he'll fix it. You don't care if the guy has bad hair. You just want those raccoon's gone. Out of your house!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/7/newt-gingrich-understanding-donald-trump/?page=all
This one is more about why we don’t want Hillary.I think this sums it up well!
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in a bar. Donald leans over, and with a smile on his face, says,
"The media are really tearing you apart for That Scandal."
Hillary: "You mean my lying about Benghazi?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "You mean the massive voter fraud?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "You mean the military not getting their votes counted?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "Using my secret private server with classified material to Hide my Activities?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "The NSA monitoring our phone calls, emails and everything Else?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "Using the Clinton Foundation as a cover for tax evasion, hiring cronies, and taking bribes from foreign countries?
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "You mean the drones being operated in our own country without The Benefit of the law?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "Giving 123 Technologies $300 Million, and right afterward it Declared Bankruptcy and was sold to the Chinese?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "You mean arming the Muslim Brotherhood and hiring them in the White House?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "Whitewater, Watergate committee, Vince Foster, commodity Deals?"
Trump: "No the other one:"
Hillary: "The IRS targeting conservatives?"
Trump: "No the other one:"
Hillary: "Turning Libya into chaos?"
Trump: "No the other one:"
Hillary: "Trashing Mubarak, one of our few Muslim friends?"
Trump: "No the other one:"
Hillary: "Turning our backs on Israel?"
Trump: "No the other one:"
Hillary: "The joke Iran Nuke deal? "
Trump: "No the other one:"
Hillary: "Leaving Iraq in chaos? "
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "The DOJ spying on the press?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "You mean HHS Secretary Sibelius shaking down health insurance Executives?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "Giving our cronies in SOLYNDRA $500 MILLION DOLLARS and 3 Months Later they declared bankruptcy and then the Chinese bought it?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "The NSA monitoring citizens' ?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "The State Department interfering with an Inspector General Investigation on departmental sexual misconduct?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "Me, The IRS, Clapper and Holder all lying to Congress?"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: "Threats to all of Bill's former mistresses to keep them quiet"
Trump: "No, the other one."
Hillary: “You means taking the $145,000,000.00 from Putin for the Uranium Bribe ? “
Trump : “ No the other one .”
Hillary: "I give up! ... Oh wait, I think I've got it! When I stole the White House furniture, silverware and China when Bill left Office?"
Trump: "THAT'S IT! I almost forgot about that one".
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Everything above is true. Yet she still gets the Democratic votes. Could there be that many stupid people in this country?
Does anyone understand this? If not, I think we're doomed!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/7/newt-gingrich-understanding-donald-trump/?page=all
Re: 2016 Presidential Campaign
We are following the blueprint of the Road to Serfdom.
Need I remind you Gingrich was humping one of his staff while impeaching Clinton? He is all about power as well.
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We are following the blueprint of the Road to Serfdom.
Need I remind you Gingrich was humping one of his staff while impeaching Clinton? He is all about power as well.
Yes, most of us realize Newt is part of the problem and a leader of the Elite Liberal Republicans.
Re: 2016 Presidential Campaign
Fine Sooner, vote for Hillary or Bernie or Patrick Paulsen, if he's still alive, or Ralph Nader, who is probably running again, or any other goofball who pleases you. Obummer won a second term because people like you just couldn't bring themselves to vote for Romney, so most stayed home or cast a vote for some 3rd, 4th, 5th party candidate who had no chance of winning. And people like you walked out of the voter booth with a smug sense of self-righteousness and since then millions more Americans have slipped out of the middle class into poverty, obummer will be the first president in US history to NEVER, and I mean NEVER, have at least one year of 3% GDP growth. In fact the GDP has averaged an anemic 1.7% for obummer's tenure. I won't even speak on what is going on around the world, millions murdered/impacted by moooslim terror.
Real people are suffering. I suppose if it doesn't affect you personally you have the luxury of your smugness.
The enemy to freedom, to the American way of life, and to true righteousness is those seeking to spread the evil of totalitarian regimes of socialism, placing themselves in ultimate power and wealth. I'll say it again, they are the pigs of Orwell's Animal Farm. They are the enemy!
Some say they (repubs and demos) are the same side of the coin. Yes, there is a certain crossover. Some say they see no difference between the two major political parties. Then, they haven't looked closely enough. The demos don't even hide their evil intents. They brag about it, even. Whatever faults SOME in the repub party may have, there is a clear difference, a stark contrast, an over-whelming distinction in the party platforms.
Have you read the party platforms of the repubs and the demos? Have you? If not, maybe you should.
Defeating the evil of the democraps is an easy choice.
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Yes, most of us realize Newt is part of the problem and a leader of the Elite Liberal Republicans.
Ignorance is bliss....apparently.
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Obummer won a second term because people like you just couldn't bring themselves to vote for Romney, so most stayed home or cast a vote for some 3rd, 4th, 5th party candidate who had no chance of winning.
Don't forget McCain, W, Dole, and Pappy Bush. But yeah, let's vote for another Big Govt moderate. I promise, next time the GOP will run a conservative!
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Don't forget McCain, W, Dole, and Pappy Bush. But yeah, let's vote for another Big Govt moderate. I promise, next time the GOP will run a conservative!
Trump wants, and will get done, a ton of conservative items and changes that the GOP is afraid to even mention much less accomplish. I like it!
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Trump wants, and will get done, a ton of conservative items and changes that the GOP is afraid to even mention much less accomplish. I like it!
Trump is the most liberal of the Republican candidates.
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Don't forget McCain, W, Dole, and Pappy Bush. But yeah, let's vote for another Big Govt moderate. I promise, next time the GOP will run a conservative!
Do you consider Ted Cruz to be a conservative? I do. Well, he comes as close to being a conservative as we've seen in recent decades. I supported Cruz. I voted for Cruz in the Louisiana primary. But, guess what, not enough repub primary voters agreed with me about Cruz. Guess that means that repub voters don't want a conservative either. Can't blame "the GOP" for what primary voters do.
I am as put out about the big-guvmint "moderate" repubs as anyone. When Paul Ryan succeeded Boehner as Speaker I was quite pleased. I thought, oh yeah! and it took Ryan all of a week to stab us in the back. Now, I see Ryan expressing reservations about Trump. Well hell! that tells me Trump is better than I thought! Maybe Trump won't sell out to the big spender libtards like Ryan did.
But, none of that matters now. No moderate GOPer is still in this game. It'll be Trump vs. Shrill Hill or Bernie. The choice is clear. The choice is easy. The evil democraps must be defeated!
I'm not buying the BS that Trump is a secret libtard, on the payroll of the klintons.
Of course....I thought better of Paul Ryan at one time too. Oh well, I know what we'll get with a libtard as prez. I'd rather take my chances with Trump.
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Guess that means that repub voters don't want a conservative either. Can't blame "the GOP" for what primary voters do.
Wanna bet? The voters don't want a conservative because they don't know what one is. Why don't they know what one is? Because the GOP sold themselves whole hog into identity politics when the dems got so nasty in 2000. The result is that we vilified our opposition without explaining WHY they were wrong. We were just mad and not leading. And, as a result, the electorate is more liberal than it's ever been. And you think running a liberal is the answer? Goodness gracious...and the pivot left has just begun. Mark my words.
So yes, I'll blame the GOP for its current state.
Hey Sooner, why Gary Johnson? I like Austin Petersen a LOT more.
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Jm
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Wanna bet? The voters don't want a conservative because they don't know what one is. Why don't they know what one is? Because the GOP sold themselves whole hog into identity politics when the dems got so nasty in 2000. The result is that we vilified our opposition without explaining WHY they were wrong. We were just mad and not leading. And, as a result, the electorate is more liberal than it's ever been. And you think running a liberal is the answer? Goodness gracious...and the pivot left has just begun. Mark my words.
So yes, I'll blame the GOP for its current state.
Hey Sooner, why Gary Johnson? I like Austin Petersen a LOT more.
I'm not wed to a candidate by any means.
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Jm
I'm not wed to a candidate by any means.
Check him out. He's also running for the libertarian party nomination.
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Check him out. He's also running for the libertarian party nomination.
I like him a lot.
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Why is libertarian even in the discussion? They have some really screwed up principles (since lack of principles seems to be a deal breaker for some of you)
Millennials! :((
