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[Rob.Singer]

The only reason Newt is supporting Trump is because he knows how an already proven corrupt, incompetent, habitually lying, and weak/dishonest politician (aka, Hillary) would hurt this country and the Supreme Court if she wins the presidency.

As far as your belief that Trump is "unfit & unstable" then you've apparently lost sight of the tactics of the self-centered moron we have in office now. This is not the day and age of putting "gentlemen" in the White House who'll take the high road over personal brand-building or looking bad. Obama was the most unqualified candidate ever....until Trump. The difference is, Trump is a business genius, non-racist, a great family man (Obama's only admirable trait) a fabulous & diverse employer, a decent human being, and a very clear thinker (even if speaking his mind a bit too often shows otherwise).

People all too readily dismiss a brilliant politician like Newt, and they forget what they're criticizing. They say Trump has "no experience". So, would these same people want Hillary-type experience leading us, with nothing but failures and death from top to bottom? Think about it. If Trump somehow wins, he's not gonna be a typical president---and he doesn't have to be. He'll run the show like a CEO, and you'll see a very qualified VP actually work for a living for the first time in history. He'll surround himself with great minds like Newt. Our country will finally change for the better, and racism will finally start to disappear.

Amazingly, Hillary will likely win however, which will go to show how stupid and weak a country we've become overall. And we'll deserve every bit of what we get, with no one to blame but ourselves.

But wouldn't it be GREAT to wake up every day looking at the Internet and TV to see what Trump's hyper-active mind has come up with or what he's doing today!? Soooo refreshing. Or would you prefer seeing a different colored fugly pantsuit every freaking day with a witch's scratchy voice and a very creepy "husband" standing nearby....

[redietz]

The hypocritical aspect of the Republican party is that, had a Democrat bailed on a dying wife to be with his assistant, that would have been the featured story in every policy debate and election involving that person, front and center. But because it was Newt Gingrich, Republicans let it slide. Since when does the Republican party separate personal life from political life when it comes to evaluating public figures?

Rob, I am stunned that you would tout Newt, considering your family values. He abandoned a dying wife. You don't have a "character issue" with that?

When Gingrich showed for his "Civility Week" lecture, the student organizations that hit up ETSU for the money to pay him greeted Newt at the airport wearing hundreds of "Newt 2016" shirts, which I thought was really inappropriate. They wore them to the speech, and I found that oddly disrespectful to Trump, who was winning the delegate race at the time. Why would Republican student organizations be so disrespectful towards their party's likely nominee?

Trump's a spoiled brat. Nobody even brings up that his wife has an, ahem, checkered past. I thought the bluster was an on-air act, but it's not. Mark Cuban has the best close take on Trump, namely that he never got up to speed on anything. He doesn't like to learn.

Clinton I pretty much despise. I'd prefer her husband. She's the ultimate politician. Trump's the ultimate American businessman.

The United States has gotten to the point where these are our choices. Obviously, our vetting process has gone completely to hell, and has everything to do with who has managed to be on television most. We deserve what we get.

[james40]

Sorry Dan. I agree more with James40 on this one. I still remember his contract with America which was a joke and his turning his back on his wife who was dying of cancer which was a huge statement on the type of person he really is.

Newt was Trump lite, he appealed to the angry white guy (AWG), he just could not relate to them. After failing, Newt went on the the traditional "consultant/think tank, speaking scam" that most of our former politicians revert to and raked in millions doing it. Who said public service doesn't pay?

Trump appeals to the old angry white guy (OAWG), the same group, they're just older and angrier now. I feel sorry for these guys, old, angry and bitter is a sad way to go through life. The fact that trump gives two shits about these guys is the capper, he's not one of them.

What saddens me is the lack of talk about policy issues. Trump's antics take away from any sort of serious discussion of, well anything. We're focused on failed marriages, Bill Clinton and tax returns. He's giving Hillary a free pass and I don't like that.

[redietz]

The Wall Street Journal did a survey of the CEOs of the top 100 companies. None of them contributed to the Trump campaign.

Hard to believe, but these people know Trump best.

[james40]

The Wall Street Journal did a survey of the CEOs of the top 100 companies. None of them contributed to the Trump campaign.

Hard to believe, but these people know Trump best.

These guys are only going to back the winner. The Washington beltway is the ultimate pay for play. If they though Trump had a real chance, they'd be shelling out the money. The CEO's don't care who gets in, as long as they own them.

[quahaug]

These guys are only going to back the winner. The Washington beltway is the ultimate pay for play. If they though Trump had a real chance, they'd be shelling out the money. The CEO's don't care who gets in, as long as they own them.

Correct. And they can't own Trump. Hillary represents the richest of the rich. Just like Obama.

[james40]

Correct. And they can't own Trump. Hillary represents the richest of the rich. Just like Obama.

Hillary and Obama represent Trump?

[redietz]

Regarding the idea that Trump is a "business genius":

USA Today's business writer just did an analysis of Trump's current actual worth versus what he'd be worth if he had taken what his father left him and invested it with simple compounded interest.

[james40]

Regarding the idea that Trump is a "business genius":

USA Today's business writer just did an analysis of Trump's current actual worth versus what he'd be worth if he had taken what his father left him and invested it with simple compounded interest.

I don't think of Trump as a business person, more along the lines of a self promoter with a large line of credit. The true empire builders tend to stay out of the limelight. Trump came along during the reality TV era and caught the bug hard. When the Kardashians (SP?) are somehow celebrities, is it any wonder that Trump is also? The Presidential race is just an extension of his reality TV show.

[redietz]

I don't think of Trump as a business person, more along the lines of a self promoter with a large line of credit. The true empire builders tend to stay out of the limelight. Trump came along during the reality TV era and caught the bug hard. When the Kardashians (SP?) are somehow celebrities, is it any wonder that Trump is also? The Presidential race is just an extension of his reality TV show.

That is the main theme of the USA Today writer, Michael Wolff. The idea is that Trump is a performer playing a businessman, and Trump is exceptionally good at it. The top CEOs don't donate to his campaign because they instantly grasp this.

[quahaug]

Hillary and Obama represent Trump?

Absolutely. If Trump is a one percenter they do.

[Alan Mendelson]

I don't think of Trump as a business person, more along the lines of a self promoter with a large line of credit. The true empire builders tend to stay out of the limelight. Trump came along during the reality TV era and caught the bug hard. When the Kardashians (SP?) are somehow celebrities, is it any wonder that Trump is also? The Presidential race is just an extension of his reality TV show.

Ridiculous. Trump was a big name long before reality TV shows.

[james40]

Ridiculous. Trump was a big name long before reality TV shows.

Trump used his father's existing real estate empire to his advantage. He did well in his Manhattan real estate ventures, again thanks to dad. Once he branched out on his own, away from the real estate market and his father, failure followed. He finally decided to become a brand, realizing the American public buys the sizzle and not the steak. Talk like a success and you must be a success, never mind the man behind the curtain.

Take away the Apprentice and Trump is not running for office.

[redietz]

I find it stunning that none of the CEOs of the top 100 would admit to contributing to Trump's campaign. Usually, you back both candidates to a degree with your pocketbook to keep avenues open regardless of result. But nobody wants to report they are funding Trump.

It's not like the guy can't win. He's about a +180.

[Alan Mendelson]

I find it stunning that none of the CEOs of the top 100 would admit to contributing to Trump's campaign.

Do CEOs usually contribute?

I know that many corporations usually contribute to ALL major candidates... because that's what corporations do. I don't recall that CEOs are known to be individual major contributors to anybody.

[Rob.Singer]

Mark Cuban is jealous of Trump because he's worth more, gets more attention, and has a far more attractive wife than he does. Cuban is nothing but a sniveling weasel trying to look important when he's not.

All I care about Newt is his political genius. He's never attacked me so I won't humiliate and mock him and his wife like the constant & righteous punishment I responded to arci with.

[blackhole]

Somehow over the last two decades the Republican and Democratic parties turned into gangs like the Crypts and Bloods.

It’s no longer about which party at the time would be best for the country.

This country has been reduced to forcing the people to vote for one candidate only because they can’t picture it being run by the other.

Big business and the biased media made sure we had these choices, the true leaders of this country.

[seemoreroyals]

The only reason Newt is supporting Trump is because he knows how an already proven corrupt, incompetent, habitually lying, and weak/dishonest politician (aka, Hillary) would hurt this country and the Supreme Court if she wins the presidency.

As far as your belief that Trump is "unfit & unstable" then you've apparently lost sight of the tactics of the self-centered moron we have in office now. This is not the day and age of putting "gentlemen" in the White House who'll take the high road over personal brand-building or looking bad. Obama was the most unqualified candidate ever....until Trump. The difference is, Trump is a business genius, non-racist, a great family man (Obama's only admirable trait) a fabulous & diverse employer, a decent human being, and a very clear thinker (even if speaking his mind a bit too often shows otherwise).

People all too readily dismiss a brilliant politician like Newt, and they forget what they're criticizing. They say Trump has "no experience". So, would these same people want Hillary-type experience leading us, with nothing but failures and death from top to bottom? Think about it. If Trump somehow wins, he's not gonna be a typical president---and he doesn't have to be. He'll run the show like a CEO, and you'll see a very qualified VP actually work for a living for the first time in history. He'll surround himself with great minds like Newt. Our country will finally change for the better, and racism will finally start to disappear.

Amazingly, Hillary will likely win however, which will go to show how stupid and weak a country we've become overall. And we'll deserve every bit of what we get, with no one to blame but ourselves.

But wouldn't it be GREAT to wake up every day looking at the Internet and TV to see what Trump's hyper-active mind has come up with or what he's doing today!? Soooo refreshing. Or would you prefer seeing a different colored fugly pantsuit every freaking day with a witch's scratchy voice and a very creepy "husband" standing nearby....

Somehow when I read Rob Singer's posts I feel like I am getting an inner glimpse of the inside of Donald Trumps mind. Both of you are entertaining as hell, probably nice people if you talked to them one on one, but for some reason live in their own separate reality and oftentimes build themselves up by demeaning others. Donald Trump had a legitimate chance to win this thing had he been able to cage the inner Donald Trump. Granted we don't have much of a choice thus year but we need someone in the white house who has the proper temperament so that whenever one of these "very clear thoughts" overcome him or her, has the ability to keep it to themselves if it involves putting down of making fun of others.

As far as Trump's business judgement goes I can see him trying to talk Congress into putting the entire country in BK to avoid going further into debt or if he gets mad at the Chinese as they hold most of our debt. The only way a Trump presidency could possibly work is as a dictatorship and I for one do not want a dictator for president. He has offended far too many people on both sides of the aisle. There is nobody left that he has not offended to help him get stuff done.

[blackhole]

If you pay attention to party gang member posts, they all start out making sensible and reasonable debate. Suddenly, they go into a nose dive and expose their loyalty to the gang throwing any chance of future reasonable debate out the window

[redietz]

The country that invented McDonalds and nuclear weapons is getting about it deserves.