American Politics the 2016 edition

The thing is, he can't be trusted of course. He can't be called left wing, OR right because we really have no idea. He's flopped on everything you mentioned, (including the drug wars where he went from pro decriminalization to hardline against now) but he also  used to be privatizing Soc Security and gov cuts. 

He's been hard line against that now BUT since he's bashed for flipping on other issues, it's only fair he cant be trusted on those. 

It actually worries me if elected he'll suddenly 180 on his no cuts to Soc Security, Medicare, Medicaid and there's enough Repubs and moderate Dems to get such things done. 

 

 

(someday I will learn how to embed videos, but today is not that day)

 

I agree he would be better than Cruz, but still think that's like asking people to choose between Hitler and Stalin. I think the man is completely unhinged, which makes him worse than the usual selfish, greedy, heartless b*****ds that run as Republicans.

I know that his adult children are very close to him and they respect him which is usually not the case with children from wealthy families. As the father of three adult children it says a lot when I see how they look up to him.

Anyway, my post was simply my opinion of what he needs to do if he wins the general election and eventually wants a second term.

I really can't say anything to make you feel less afraid because he will be his version of a conservative republican and from reading the posts of most people on this thread he will not be making many of you very happy.

 

As Adam Gopnik recently pointed out, "He’s not Hitler, as his wife recently said? Well, of course he isn’t. But then Hitler wasn’t Hitler—until he was. At each step of the way, the shock was tempered by acceptance. It depended on conservatives pretending he wasn’t so bad, compared with the Communists, while at the same time the militant left decided that their real enemies were the moderate leftists, who were really indistinguishable from the Nazis. The radical progressives decided that there was no difference between the democratic left and the totalitarian right and that an explosion of institutions was exactly the most thrilling thing imaginable."

 

Please stop me if any of this sounds familiar. The warning signs are clear to me. 

Once again, you seem to argue on extremes.  I am NOT accepting Trump and I thought my comment made that pretty clear.  I am just warning of what could come to pass if Trump gets elected.  Not because he will be the next Hitler but because he will fail and his followers will then seek out a REAL fanatic who's actually deranged enough to follow up on those promises.  Trump climbed down from saying they should temporarily stop allowing Muslims into America to saying it was just an idea/a suggestion.  Trump has already become a politician, he badly wants to become President.  Hitler was an ideologue.  Ideologues are much more dangerous because their convictions, whether rightly or wrongly held, are much more powerful.  What IS Trump's ideology?  To use his favourite words, "I don't know".  He just says whatever sells and tries to keep it below four syllables.  It's a bad joke on democracy but it's still not as dangerous as a real fanatic grabbing power.  Of course - and this may sound very pessimistic - but if the people want a right wing fanatic, that's what they are going to get.  This is not just re America, there is a general disgruntlement in the air which is fertile ground for right wingers to exploit.  I am very worried about the future, esp the next 10 years or so.  Looks like it will be messy.