2016 Primaries

Trump's momentum is probably over, as he says John McCain was not a war hero because he was captured after being shot down over Vietnam.

Trump was the GOP yelling 'Squirrel" and getting the left to focus on that (and it worked). Never a serious contender, you all should of known that. He just has the intenstinal fortitude to actually say whats on his mind rather than scripted teleprompter other writers points that focused well to the current audience. And many people 'on the inside' agree with him but lack any courage to say so 'on the outside'.

And it is not like Mexico is 'sending' us their best and brightest, well educated, English speaking, job trained, and better off financially immigration candidates.

You all, I hope, have read Mexican Immagration Law and Policies concerning their Southern Border, and they have the nerve to say our policies are too strict and unhumanitarian...really.

Edited by oldsoldier - 19 July 2015 at 9:00pm

oldsoldier wrote:

Trump was the GOP yelling 'Squirrel" and getting the left to focus on that (and it worked). Never a serious contender, you all should of known that.

I don't think you'll find a single person outside of maybe some of the people who answered the phone/online polls in his favor who thought he was a serious candidate.

And it is not like Mexico is 'sending' us their best and brightest, well educated, English speaking, job trained, and better off financially immigration candidates.

Mexico isn't sending us anyone though, to be fair. People themselves are escaping areas of crippling poverty and war-zone levels of crime, brought about largely by the Mexican government's inability to provide for its people and control the power of drug cartels.

You all, I hope, have read Mexican Immagration Law and Policies concerning their Southern Border, and they have the nerve to say our policies are too strict and unhumanitarian...really.

Oh, for sure. The way Mexico handles its border with Guatemala is bad thing. And the way they diplomatically speak about the U.S.'s immigration issues is laughable.

There is a difference between the government and the people, though.

agentwhale007 wrote:

Trump's up above the 20% mark in an ABC/WaPo poll, but only the last day of polling included his remarks about John McCain, and the last day curbed his numbers sharply. [/URL]

I'm interested to see what shakes out after the first full polling cycle post-McCain statements.

I think you'll see his poll numbers start to decline this week as McCain failed to take the bait and publicly debate Trump on this which is what I think Trump really wanted. Inflammatory statements will always get you a bump in the nutcase electorate for polling purposes, but so long as McCain lets the issue die quietly (like he seems to have done) it won't have any lasting positive effect on people talking about Trump and his numbers will fall as he fails to get continued media presence from these kinds of remarks.

agentwhale007 wrote:

BARREL BREAK wrote:

It's great that people who are apparently ok with Trump referring to Mexicans as thieves and rapists are outraged about an actual killer being slightly jilted. :)

I happen to think killing is... wrong. Kinda like in the commandments thingies conservatives love (in name).

Oh great another Perot moment in history, just enough to secure a Hillary win.

Should we start a pool for when Trump decides he's cashed in on the extra publicity and bows out of the race?

I'm thinking January 16.

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I've figured it out. Trump isn't running seriously, he's the GOP's crash dummy. They are using him to test positions and statements to see how everyone reacts so they can form their strategy for whoever gets the nomination. With his new pledge to not run as an independent, it's the only thing that makes sense.