Donald Trump has been forced to deny he is a Democratic sleeper agent
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Republicans 2016
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I look forward to big changes in the leadership, but even though he may be saying the things many of us feel, unfortunatly he is the wrong guy. Even though I don't always agree with McCain's views, he is a hero. To deny or disparage his military service merely is an indicator of Trump's poor judgement on military matters. He is the Dusty Rhodes (RIP) of the candidates. Loud and arrogantly brash on matters he is clueless. At least Dusty knew his shit in the wrestling world (even though it was all contrived).
I believe a growing portion of our populace is totally fed up with the republicans for their over promising and under delivering. The democrats promise the American dream at the expense of the welfare of the country.
You are spot on regarding the lack combat experience of our past presidents. I don't think it is an absolute necessity in a candidates resume, but it would be a valued resource. Probably will get bashed here but. Reagan IMO is a good example. I was very skeptical when he was elected but came to appreciate the leadership he provided our country.
I don't know if any of this is true. These stories have been going around for years, and I've mostly ignored them. I'm only posting it now because of Trump's asinine accusations.
John McCain: When "Tokyo Rose" Ran for President
• March 9, 2015 Ron Unz
[The recent remarks of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have triggered a political media firestorm regarding the Vietnam War record of Sen. John McCain, resulting in a surge of renewed traffic to my "Tokyo Rose" piece, which I am now republishing below.
An even greater flood of attention has gone to Sydney Schanberg's original 8,000 word article, which I had published as a cover story for The American Conservative several years ago. I urge people to read that remarkable expose.
As a Pulitzer Prize winning former top editor at The New York Times, there are few living Americans who can match Schanberg's journalistic authority in this subject, and the fact that our entire American media has spent years entirely ignoring the explosive and massively-documented charges of one of its most distinguished members demonstrates to all of us that we are indeed living in the world of "American Pravda." I also include a link to my own discussion of Schanberg's remarkable findings]
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John McCain: When "Tokyo Rose" Ran for President
• March 9, 2015 Ron Unz
[The recent remarks of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have triggered a political media firestorm regarding the Vietnam War record of Sen. John McCain, resulting in a surge of renewed traffic to my "Tokyo Rose" piece, which I am now republishing below.
An even greater flood of attention has gone to Sydney Schanberg's original 8,000 word article, which I had published as a cover story for The American Conservative several years ago. I urge people to read that remarkable expose.
As a Pulitzer Prize winning former top editor at The New York Times, there are few living Americans who can match Schanberg's journalistic authority in this subject, and the fact that our entire American media has spent years entirely ignoring the explosive and massively-documented charges of one of its most distinguished members demonstrates to all of us that we are indeed living in the world of "American Pravda." I also include a link to my own discussion of Schanberg's remarkable findings]
Full Article
Trump Rules
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/07/trump-rules/
He can’t win and he shouldn’t…
But it’s mindblowing to watch the pundits and players react to his statements.
I’ve got no love for John McCain, but he’s an untouchable. You can’t question the man because of his war hero status. But what if you questioned that itself? What if you refused to play by the rules?
Then the political class would call foul and ask for your ouster.
But there are no ejections in politics, never mind yellow cards.
I’m utterly fascinated by Donald Trump’s inability to apologize, his willingness to double-down on his controversial comments.
But I’m also laughing as I watch those who perceive themselves to be in power utterly flummoxed by him.
You see America is all about authenticity and identity, and those are sorely missing in the twenty first century. As soon as you gain traction, as soon as you gain personal power, you’re supposed to make friends with everybody else who’s a rung up the ladder and play nice. You can’t criticize your brethren. You must stay above the fray. You’re a member of a club, akin to a country club, and you’ve got to wear the appropriate clothing or else you get kicked out.
It’s even worse on college campuses, those theoretical bastions of debate. Comedians won’t play there for fear of being ostracized. You see young ‘uns can’t take a joke. But the truth is a few can’t take a joke and the rest are afraid of them.
So everybody goes to rehab, a kind of Free Parking for faux pas.
And everybody’s chummy.
And the rest of us sit on the sidelines wondering what happened to our country, how we got here. While you’re all yapping it up at the Correspondents’ Dinner, we’re worried about putting food on the table now that our unemployment benefits have run out.
More at link ...
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/07/trump-rules/
He can’t win and he shouldn’t…
But it’s mindblowing to watch the pundits and players react to his statements.
I’ve got no love for John McCain, but he’s an untouchable. You can’t question the man because of his war hero status. But what if you questioned that itself? What if you refused to play by the rules?
Then the political class would call foul and ask for your ouster.
But there are no ejections in politics, never mind yellow cards.
I’m utterly fascinated by Donald Trump’s inability to apologize, his willingness to double-down on his controversial comments.
But I’m also laughing as I watch those who perceive themselves to be in power utterly flummoxed by him.
You see America is all about authenticity and identity, and those are sorely missing in the twenty first century. As soon as you gain traction, as soon as you gain personal power, you’re supposed to make friends with everybody else who’s a rung up the ladder and play nice. You can’t criticize your brethren. You must stay above the fray. You’re a member of a club, akin to a country club, and you’ve got to wear the appropriate clothing or else you get kicked out.
It’s even worse on college campuses, those theoretical bastions of debate. Comedians won’t play there for fear of being ostracized. You see young ‘uns can’t take a joke. But the truth is a few can’t take a joke and the rest are afraid of them.
So everybody goes to rehab, a kind of Free Parking for faux pas.
And everybody’s chummy.
And the rest of us sit on the sidelines wondering what happened to our country, how we got here. While you’re all yapping it up at the Correspondents’ Dinner, we’re worried about putting food on the table now that our unemployment benefits have run out.
More at link ...
DID WE EVER GET RID OF THAT DAMN FLAG?
http://www.scv-kirby-smith.org/Black%20Confederate.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1351948/posts
Anthony Hervey
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GETTY
BY MARIA CODER
07/21/2015 AT 04:25 PM EDT
Authorities in Mississippi are investigating the car crash that killed a black man who was an advocate for the Confederate flag, according to The New York Times and other news sources.
Anthony Hervey, 49, author of Why I Wave the Confederate Flag: Written by a Black Man, died on Sunday on his way home from a pro-Confederate-flag rally in Alabama.
Arlene Barnum, 60, a fellow speaker at the Monumental Dixie rally, was in the sports utility vehicle at the time of the incident, theMcAlester News-Capital reports. She told investigators that Hervey swerved on the highway then flipped over several times while trying to avoid a car that had pulled up beside them. Barnum also told investigators they were being chased.
When Hervey and Barnum's car came to a stop, she tried talking with him, but he didn't respond. It wasn't until the pair reached the hospital that she'd learned Hervey had died, according to the The New York Times. Barnum suffered some cuts and a fractured foot.
Barnum has documented some of the chase on her Facebook page. She also posted a video from her hospital bed.
The Confederate flag has been a source of racial tensions for decades. Supporters say it's a symbol of the South, but opponents argue it's racist and represents slavery.
Racial tensions have peaked in the region since nine African-Americans, including prominent South Carolina state senator Clementa Pinckney, 41, were killed in a historic Charleston church in June when a white gunman, who appeared to have been influenced by the Confederate flag, allegedly opened fire at a prayer meeting.
Shortly thereafter, the South Carolina state legislature voted to remove the flag from the State House grounds, where it had flown since 1961.
http://www.scv-kirby-smith.org/Black%20Confederate.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1351948/posts
Anthony Hervey
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GETTY
BY MARIA CODER
07/21/2015 AT 04:25 PM EDT
Authorities in Mississippi are investigating the car crash that killed a black man who was an advocate for the Confederate flag, according to The New York Times and other news sources.
Anthony Hervey, 49, author of Why I Wave the Confederate Flag: Written by a Black Man, died on Sunday on his way home from a pro-Confederate-flag rally in Alabama.
Arlene Barnum, 60, a fellow speaker at the Monumental Dixie rally, was in the sports utility vehicle at the time of the incident, theMcAlester News-Capital reports. She told investigators that Hervey swerved on the highway then flipped over several times while trying to avoid a car that had pulled up beside them. Barnum also told investigators they were being chased.
When Hervey and Barnum's car came to a stop, she tried talking with him, but he didn't respond. It wasn't until the pair reached the hospital that she'd learned Hervey had died, according to the The New York Times. Barnum suffered some cuts and a fractured foot.
Barnum has documented some of the chase on her Facebook page. She also posted a video from her hospital bed.
The Confederate flag has been a source of racial tensions for decades. Supporters say it's a symbol of the South, but opponents argue it's racist and represents slavery.
Racial tensions have peaked in the region since nine African-Americans, including prominent South Carolina state senator Clementa Pinckney, 41, were killed in a historic Charleston church in June when a white gunman, who appeared to have been influenced by the Confederate flag, allegedly opened fire at a prayer meeting.
Shortly thereafter, the South Carolina state legislature voted to remove the flag from the State House grounds, where it had flown since 1961.
Whether the Trump bubble can last till the New Hampshire primary is certainly doubtful. But then the conventional wisdom has it that calling Mexicans "rapists" will damage Republican outreach plans for a mariachi arrangement of "Hail To The Chief", while Trump has insisted all along that he's every Hispanic's dream ticket. And whaddaya know?
POLL: Trump Leads GOP Field Among Hispanics
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_National_72215.pdf
POLL: Trump Leads GOP Field Among Hispanics
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_National_72215.pdf
TRUMP - WHAT'S THE DEAL
http://trumpthemovie.com/watch
25 years ago an investigative documentary was made about Donald Trump.
Trump screamed and threatened lawsuits, and scared away all the networks and distributors.
But now he's running for president, and it's time the world saw the movie for the first time and now there's nothing he can do about it.
http://trumpthemovie.com/watch
25 years ago an investigative documentary was made about Donald Trump.
Trump screamed and threatened lawsuits, and scared away all the networks and distributors.
But now he's running for president, and it's time the world saw the movie for the first time and now there's nothing he can do about it.
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Never heard of that movie. I must watch it! Thanks.
The Slow Political Death of Chris Christie
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-slow-political-death-of-chris.html
Yesterday, at Monmouth racetrack in New Jersey, the crowd was there to cheer home state horse American Pharaoh after the Triple Crown winner won another race. Stepping into the Winner's Circle, presidential candidate and Governor Chris Christie must have thought it would be his moment to bask in the glory of another large farm beast and receive a bit of adulation himself. Now, your average horse race fan is not generally a bleeding heart liberal, but they do know how to cheer for winners and how to treat losers. So they booed Christie, loudly, the kind of boo that only a large percentage of a crowd of 61,000 can make. Then they cheered the horse's trainer and owner who said Christie's name, which led to more boos.
This really happened. The governor of New Jersey was given a huge, audible hooting of derision from the crowd. Because the people of the Garden State now fucking hate Chris Christie. He is the big-mouthed motherfucker who promised to give a shit but turned his back on his state for the chance to lose a presidential race. He was supposed to be the straight-talking teller of hard truths, but he turned out to be just another vindictive bully. It worked for a little while, when Jersey wanted him to take lunch money from the feds for Sandy relief. But once Bridgegate and every other (so far minor) scandal took their toll, he went from being the bruiser Jersey loved to the Bluto it wanted Popeye to beat the shit out of. Christie was always a myth. He was always 300 pounds of shit in a 100 pound bag. Mythic images, though, are like Icarus (and sometimes they are exactly Icarus), and this motherfucker flew way too close to the sun.
So in Jersey, the state Christie has all but abandoned, the citizens are alternately amused and disgusted at his flailing campaign. Here's Christie, whose staff closed the George Washington Bridge as political retribution and who himself canceled a new rail tunnel that would have vastly improved life for the state's citizens, trying to say he's on the side of commuters when it comes to the incredible failure of his administration to do dick about the decaying mass transit infrastructure: "Here's the way we fix it. If I am president of the United States, I call a meeting between the president, my secretary of transportation, the governor of New York, and the governor of New Jersey."
You might think, "Hey, he's governor of New Jersey. Why doesn't he get a meeting with the other parties?" But then you're thinking with your rational brain and not your political pandering brain, which must calculate how many blow jobs the Koch brothers will require for every statement you make.
Christie the bully, the man who probably doesn't remember giving David Wildstein shit swirlies in the locker room at their high school, emerged again yesterday on This Week with Jake Tapper's Resting Asshole Face. Tapper asked, "During your first term as governor, you were fond of saying that you can treat bullies in one of two ways — quote — 'You can either sidle up to them or you can punch them in the face.' You said, 'I like to punch them in the face.' At the national level, who deserves a punch in the face?"
Without missing a beat, Christie said, "Oh, the national teachers' union," going on to explain, "[T]hey are the single most destructive force in public education in America. I have been saying that since 2009. I have got the scars to show it. But I'm never going to stop saying it, because they never change their stripes."
Drama queen rhetoric aside, a reflective man wouldn't readily admit that he wants to punch in the face a group that represents significant numbers of women. A thoughtful man might have said, "Democrats in Congress," just to spread the pain. A wise man might have said, "Well, I don't actually want to punch anyone in the face." Christie is neither. And asking a bully who he thinks the bullies are is like asking a public masturbator who the perverts are.
In Jersey, the citizens are gonna pop a cold one and sit on the shore and bask in the last month of summer. They will watch Christie's political death with the kind of joy one gets from seeing the asshole who revs his engine blow it out. They will await their chance to boo him again, ready to be in another arena and give a thumbs down.
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-slow-political-death-of-chris.html
Yesterday, at Monmouth racetrack in New Jersey, the crowd was there to cheer home state horse American Pharaoh after the Triple Crown winner won another race. Stepping into the Winner's Circle, presidential candidate and Governor Chris Christie must have thought it would be his moment to bask in the glory of another large farm beast and receive a bit of adulation himself. Now, your average horse race fan is not generally a bleeding heart liberal, but they do know how to cheer for winners and how to treat losers. So they booed Christie, loudly, the kind of boo that only a large percentage of a crowd of 61,000 can make. Then they cheered the horse's trainer and owner who said Christie's name, which led to more boos.
This really happened. The governor of New Jersey was given a huge, audible hooting of derision from the crowd. Because the people of the Garden State now fucking hate Chris Christie. He is the big-mouthed motherfucker who promised to give a shit but turned his back on his state for the chance to lose a presidential race. He was supposed to be the straight-talking teller of hard truths, but he turned out to be just another vindictive bully. It worked for a little while, when Jersey wanted him to take lunch money from the feds for Sandy relief. But once Bridgegate and every other (so far minor) scandal took their toll, he went from being the bruiser Jersey loved to the Bluto it wanted Popeye to beat the shit out of. Christie was always a myth. He was always 300 pounds of shit in a 100 pound bag. Mythic images, though, are like Icarus (and sometimes they are exactly Icarus), and this motherfucker flew way too close to the sun.
So in Jersey, the state Christie has all but abandoned, the citizens are alternately amused and disgusted at his flailing campaign. Here's Christie, whose staff closed the George Washington Bridge as political retribution and who himself canceled a new rail tunnel that would have vastly improved life for the state's citizens, trying to say he's on the side of commuters when it comes to the incredible failure of his administration to do dick about the decaying mass transit infrastructure: "Here's the way we fix it. If I am president of the United States, I call a meeting between the president, my secretary of transportation, the governor of New York, and the governor of New Jersey."
You might think, "Hey, he's governor of New Jersey. Why doesn't he get a meeting with the other parties?" But then you're thinking with your rational brain and not your political pandering brain, which must calculate how many blow jobs the Koch brothers will require for every statement you make.
Christie the bully, the man who probably doesn't remember giving David Wildstein shit swirlies in the locker room at their high school, emerged again yesterday on This Week with Jake Tapper's Resting Asshole Face. Tapper asked, "During your first term as governor, you were fond of saying that you can treat bullies in one of two ways — quote — 'You can either sidle up to them or you can punch them in the face.' You said, 'I like to punch them in the face.' At the national level, who deserves a punch in the face?"
Without missing a beat, Christie said, "Oh, the national teachers' union," going on to explain, "[T]hey are the single most destructive force in public education in America. I have been saying that since 2009. I have got the scars to show it. But I'm never going to stop saying it, because they never change their stripes."
Drama queen rhetoric aside, a reflective man wouldn't readily admit that he wants to punch in the face a group that represents significant numbers of women. A thoughtful man might have said, "Democrats in Congress," just to spread the pain. A wise man might have said, "Well, I don't actually want to punch anyone in the face." Christie is neither. And asking a bully who he thinks the bullies are is like asking a public masturbator who the perverts are.
In Jersey, the citizens are gonna pop a cold one and sit on the shore and bask in the last month of summer. They will watch Christie's political death with the kind of joy one gets from seeing the asshole who revs his engine blow it out. They will await their chance to boo him again, ready to be in another arena and give a thumbs down.
Health officials warn that you could die playing GOP debate drinking games: ‘It’s just a formula for disaster’
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/hea...te-drinking-games-its-a-formula-for-disaster/
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/hea...te-drinking-games-its-a-formula-for-disaster/
U.S. media in total disarray as venomous Fox News declares war on noted scholar Donald Trump. https://twitter.com/DPRK_News/status/630396837233455104
Donald Trump Talks Like a Third-Grader
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/donald-trump-talks-like-a-third-grader-121340.html?hp=t1_r#.Vc4ZdvlVikp
Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump talks like a 4th grader, according to ahttp://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/donald-trump-talks-like-a-third-grader-121340.html?hp=t1_r#.Vc4ZdvlVikpperformed by Politico's Jack Shafer. Shafer ran the text of Trumps' responses inthe recent Republican debatethrough the Flesch-Kincaid test, designed to determine how difficult a given passage is to understand for English readers:
Run through the Flesch-Kincaid grade-level test, his text of responses score at the 4th-grade reading level. For Trump, that’s actually pretty advanced. All the other candidates rated higher, with Ted Cruz earning 9th-grade status. Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, and Scott Walker scored at the 8th-grade level. John Kasich, the next-lowest after Trump, got a 5th-grade score.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/donald-trump-talks-like-a-third-grader-121340.html?hp=t1_r#.Vc4ZdvlVikp
Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump talks like a 4th grader, according to ahttp://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/donald-trump-talks-like-a-third-grader-121340.html?hp=t1_r#.Vc4ZdvlVikpperformed by Politico's Jack Shafer. Shafer ran the text of Trumps' responses inthe recent Republican debatethrough the Flesch-Kincaid test, designed to determine how difficult a given passage is to understand for English readers:
Run through the Flesch-Kincaid grade-level test, his text of responses score at the 4th-grade reading level. For Trump, that’s actually pretty advanced. All the other candidates rated higher, with Ted Cruz earning 9th-grade status. Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, and Scott Walker scored at the 8th-grade level. John Kasich, the next-lowest after Trump, got a 5th-grade score.
Dilbert Creator: Trump ‘Bitch Slapped’ the Entire GOP Establishment
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/126589300371/clown-genius#ixzz3iwhe1pSJ
Like many of you, I have been entertained by the unstoppable clown car that is Donald Trump. On the surface, and several layers deep as well, Trump appears to be a narcissistic blow-hard with inadequate credentials to lead a country.
The only problem with my analysis is that there is an eerie consistency to his success so far. Is there a method to it? Is there some sort of system at work under the hood?
Probably yes. Allow me to describe some of the hypnosis and persuasion methods Mr. Trump has employed on you. (Most of you know I am a trained hypnotist and this topic is a hobby of mine.)
For starters, Trump literally wrote the book on negotiating, called The Art of the Deal. So we know he is familiar with the finer points of persuasion. For our purposes today, persuasion, hypnosis, and negotiating all share a common set of tools, so I will conflate them.
Would Trump use his negotiation and persuasion skills in the campaign? Of course he would. And we expect him to do just that.
But where is the smoking gun of his persuasion? Where is his technique laid out for us to see.
Everywhere.
As I said in my How to Fail book, if you are not familiar with the dozens of methods of persuasion that are science-tested, there’s a good chance someone is using those techniques against you.
[…]
If you’re keeping score, in the past month Trump has bitch-slapped the entire Republican Party, redefined our expectations of politics, focused the national discussion on immigration, proposed the only new idea for handling ISIS, and taken functional control of FOX News. And I don’t think he put much effort into it. Imagine what he could do if he gave up golf.
As far as I can tell, Trump’s “crazy talk” is always in the correct direction for a skilled persuader. When Trump sets an “anchor” in your mind, it is never random. And it seems to work every time.
Now that Trump owns FOX, and I see how well his anchor trick works with the public, I’m going to predict he will be our next president. I think he will move to the center on social issues (already happening) and win against Clinton in a tight election.
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/126589300371/clown-genius#ixzz3iwhe1pSJ
Like many of you, I have been entertained by the unstoppable clown car that is Donald Trump. On the surface, and several layers deep as well, Trump appears to be a narcissistic blow-hard with inadequate credentials to lead a country.
The only problem with my analysis is that there is an eerie consistency to his success so far. Is there a method to it? Is there some sort of system at work under the hood?
Probably yes. Allow me to describe some of the hypnosis and persuasion methods Mr. Trump has employed on you. (Most of you know I am a trained hypnotist and this topic is a hobby of mine.)
For starters, Trump literally wrote the book on negotiating, called The Art of the Deal. So we know he is familiar with the finer points of persuasion. For our purposes today, persuasion, hypnosis, and negotiating all share a common set of tools, so I will conflate them.
Would Trump use his negotiation and persuasion skills in the campaign? Of course he would. And we expect him to do just that.
But where is the smoking gun of his persuasion? Where is his technique laid out for us to see.
Everywhere.
As I said in my How to Fail book, if you are not familiar with the dozens of methods of persuasion that are science-tested, there’s a good chance someone is using those techniques against you.
[…]
If you’re keeping score, in the past month Trump has bitch-slapped the entire Republican Party, redefined our expectations of politics, focused the national discussion on immigration, proposed the only new idea for handling ISIS, and taken functional control of FOX News. And I don’t think he put much effort into it. Imagine what he could do if he gave up golf.
As far as I can tell, Trump’s “crazy talk” is always in the correct direction for a skilled persuader. When Trump sets an “anchor” in your mind, it is never random. And it seems to work every time.
Now that Trump owns FOX, and I see how well his anchor trick works with the public, I’m going to predict he will be our next president. I think he will move to the center on social issues (already happening) and win against Clinton in a tight election.
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