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This is what the GOP has been struggling with for a long time now - how to move to the left enough to pick up moderates without losing the right wing base. They will have to look at issues that should be more in line with Republican thinking, like legalizing marijuana, and propose a realistic solution to illegal immigration while dropping the anti-Hispanic rhetoric. It can be done but they need to work hard on rehabilitating the GOP image and that won't happen overnight.
Mr. Burns: You must have a few tricks up your sleeve! Smithers, boil some coffee! We're not licked yet!Trump needs one more card up his sleeve if he's ever going to pull even with her.
I question some of your assumptions here. Without real money and campaign surrogates, Trump's only lines of communicating with the public is social media and maintaining cable TV coverage. Both of which necessitate him making news. At this point the only thing that makes news is even more outlandish statements. He doesn't have a campaign apparatus, doesn't have surrogates, and doesn't have money. It's really a breathtakingly bad place for the party .
Good points, but I was talking more about what the GOP should do assuming he doesn't pull it together. I don't know that his lack of a campaign apparatus changes that too much.
I hear this concern voiced a lot, but really... haven't the Republicans already lost these people? I mean, if you ask Trump voters, half of them will tell you they don't even care about him, they just hate the GOP establishment and want to see it burn. You think they're going to get back on board for Ryan/Rubio 2020?
I wasn't referring to how they operated in government, but how they operated their campaigns in the months before they came to power. In the case of the Nazis, thanks mainly to Goebbels, it was incredibly smooth, well organized and revolutionary in its use of the media- that last part somewhat resembles Trump, but certainly not the smooth or well organized bit.
I was more talking about organizing states/GOTV efforts. He won't do this and if his campaign is a trainwreck, GOPers will get impacted that way even if they distance themselves from him (though I question how any of them are effectively going to do that especially in swing states where Hillary has operations like that).
If this government is tyrannical, they aren't giving a damn about rules of engagement or civilian casualties.
The problem with this logic that it could be equally applied to an argument that people should be able to own grenade launchers, or anti-aircraft guns, or tanks, or nuclear weapons.
That Nazi campaign in 1923 on the other hand was not all that organized or thought through, so maybe there's hope for Trumpism in 2024
I'm becoming more convince as a last resort to policing, intelligence, etc. that we need expanded concealed carry training opportunities to allow responsible citizens to gain the experience and knowledge to protect themselves.
i think he will get plenty of coverage. he's the GOP nominee after all and the campaign is 6 months more. he may find the media less pliable or complicit as the campaign moves along. the media will be content to cover him because they want to see how this plays out. it doesn't change that he's drowning here and perhaps taking the GOP with him.
You aren't wrong. It's a very difficult analysis to make. I don't know where the line is. But I personally am not comfortable with machine guns being banned.
I'm sorta with you- I'm not a big gun control guy. I have zero problem with well-regulated handgun and rifle ownership. I just don't agree with recent Court decisions deeming it to be a Constitutional right, or with the idea that guns can be an effective tool to guard against government tyranny. I also have more faith than you in our government's ability to draw the line between responsible limitations and suppression.
That ship has sailed. The Second Amendment was never about "the People" being able to spontaneously organize a resistance to an overbearing federal government. It was about the individual states being able to do so. And a right to keep a weapon in the home was important to allow those states to raise militias that could, if the need struck, resist the federal government. Conveniently, this right was also consistent with the common law's castle doctrine so that the collective purpose (stocking militias) was matched to the private purpose (defense of the home).
So the argument is resistance would be futile, but you acknowledge the people's right to do so say some proto-fascist did go too far, right?
Not as a Constitutional right, no.
It's the most amazing thing to hear someone say the people have no right to oppose a tyrannical government. That's the premise.
He also had a disagreement with Bill O'Reily over whether or not he could deport 11 million people. Bill pointed out that it would be impossible for that many people to go through the courts as our Constitution grants them the right of a court appearance. Trump said "well I disagree". Bill told him he can't disagree with the Constitution and Trump said sure I can. It was another one of Trump's off-the-cuff statements where he showed his ignorance.
People need to stop viewing these comments as ignorance or foot in mouth or gaffes.He also had a disagreement with Bill O'Reily over whether or not he could deport 11 million people. Bill pointed out that it would be impossible for that many people to go through the courts as our Constitution grants them the right of a court appearance. Trump said "well I disagree". Bill told him he can't disagree with the Constitution and Trump said sure I can. It was another one of Trump's off-the-cuff statements where he showed his ignorance.
I think Vladimir Putin agrees with you, seriously. I just cannot imagine a more anti-liberal sentiment.
"We'll send in the Miss USA contestants. A pretty girl always makes me feel better. Everyone likes pretty girls, right? And women. Of course I mean pretty women. They're women. How many are there? Fifty? Do we have enough states for that?"
Hillary has had to meet with many many victims families over the years: Oklahoma City, 9/11, Columbine, just to name a few.
"Who's that? What a weird name, never heard of him. Must be a loser. I prefer guys that don't go bald"
Campaigning? He's down there to ask Texans what murals they want on their side of the wall.
It is now.
Hogan is a GOP guy I voted for, so....I'm guessing this is gonna be a complete blowout.MattFancy said:
