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Whis is Donald Trump so persuasive?
- zabramow 11y agoThis post is fascinating, in particular his prediction that Trump will win the general election.
- ZeroGravitas 11y ago"I have no idea whether he would be a good President or not, and I don’t believe you know either." Really?
- JoeAltmaier 11y agotl;dr: he has a good slogan. I used to think Adams was smart.
- jmnicolas 11y agoNo the real tl;dr is : Trump uses hypnosis which confers him a big advantage other his opponents. I read your comment as Adams is dumb because he doesn't say bad things about Trump.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoSort of; because he is campaigning for a rich bastard with no credible reason to be trusted with responsibility for our country.
- meesles 11y agoHim being rich is irrelevant, go check how rich the Bush family is! As for credibility, I don't think being part of a dysfunctional congress offers the other candidates much more credibility. I'm on the fence as to whether I like Trump yet or not, but these arguments are shallow and ineffective. Not trying to be confrontational, but if you want to criticize someone you should come up with something more concrete and relevant!
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoOk, how about zero knowledge of policy or law, at the federal level? No experience with government. Clearly no grasp of important issue to the average citizen, as made clear by never mentioning anything but sound bytes and macho posturing?
- bsg75 11y agoWhich of the other candidates, for either party, do not fit that description?
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoAny with any experience at the federal level. Any with education in policy. Any with real concern for the average citizen. You fill in the blanks.
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- jrmurad 11y ago> when he calls all Mexican border crossers rapists, he couldn't be more specific. I'm very much opposed to Trump's candidacy but I'm also opposed to making up things people didn't say in order to attack them. Correct me if he said something I'm unaware of but I suspect you're referring to this quote: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best... They’re sending people that have lots of problems... They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Clumsily stated, for sure. But not even remotely saying that "all Mexican border crossers are rapists". You are concocting that specificity yourself. Perhaps demonstrating Scott Adams' point about vagueness?
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- MrZongle2 11y agoI think this is only part of the equation. IMO Trump is doing well largely for the same reason Sanders is: both come across as far more genuine than their competition. Neither may be suited for President. But neither are following the same kiss-some-babies, state-inoffensive-truths, dither-on-the-hard-questions playbook that everybody else has used for decades. And that resonates with people, who are absolutely sick with politics as usual. Both men are (again, IMO) performing a public service by throwing a wrench into the plans of the establishment parties. But I doubt either one will make it to the general election, because I think the establishment in one party would rather have the establishment in the other party win (and thus retain the status quo) than risk an outsider changing things.