Trump

[Townsend]

And Kasich is out too...not that it really mattered much...

Kasich Dropping Out Of Presidential Race; Donald Trump Assured GOP Nomination

http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/kasich-dropping-out-presidential-race-donald-trump-assured-gop-nomination

[Townsend]

Oklahoma Gov. Fallin endorses Donald Trump's presidential bid, welcomes VP talk

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/capitol_report/oklahoma-gov-fallin-endorses-donald-trump-s-presidential-bid-welcomes/article_080dc9e2-e5b4-5fb9-b2de-92703ecc87a7.html

Oklahoma is a state led by a bunch of deranged morons with serious illnesses.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Oklahoma is a state led by a bunch of deranged morons with serious illnesses.

At least it gets her out of OK.  But then we will just elect the next one just like her....

[patric]

And Kasich is out too...not that it really mattered much...

We got used to using the phrase "President Clinton" once; we can do it again.
...but that campaign voice

[Red Arrow]

We got used to using the phrase "President Clinton" once; we can do it again.
...but that campaign voice

Kind of like we got used to saying President Bush again?

[Conan71]

Oklahoma Gov. Fallin endorses Donald Trump's presidential bid, welcomes VP talk

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/capitol_report/oklahoma-gov-fallin-endorses-donald-trump-s-presidential-bid-welcomes/article_080dc9e2-e5b4-5fb9-b2de-92703ecc87a7.html

Oklahoma is a state led by a bunch of deranged morons with serious illnesses.

I think Trump is wise enough to realize having Murr Failin' as a running mate would be the kiss of death much like Palin in '08 was for McCain.

I wouldn't put it past him to give her a trial seat on his staff though. 

[swake]

I think Trump is wise enough to realize having Murr Failin' as a running mate would be the kiss of death much like Palin in '08 was for McCain.

I wouldn't put it past him to give her a trial seat on his staff though. 

He's so wise he made Ben Carson the chair of VP selection committee.

[Conan71]

He's so wise he made Ben Carson the chair of VP selection committee.

Valuum Ben?

[patric]

Trump might be scary, but he's nothing compared to his minions:



Ken Shupe responded to a woman who was stranded on an interstate in North Carolina on Monday. Shupe is a tow truck driver; the woman had been involved in a wreck, according to reports.

Fox Carolina reported: "When he saw 'a bunch of Bernie Sanders stuff' he said he told the woman, 'very politely,'" that he could not "tow her car because she was 'obviously a socialist' and advised her to 'call the government' for a tow."

Attempts to reach Shupe by The Washington Post were unsuccessful Thursday morning.

Cassandra McWade — who said she had a Sanders yard sign visible in her car, as well as a bumper sticker — said she was "totally in shock" as she watched Shupe pull away.

"Something came over me, I think the Lord came to me, and he just said get in the truck and leave," Shupe told an ABC affiliate.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article75941847.html

[AquaMan]

I don't think much of Mark Cuban, but I do think he has good instincts. He said in an interview recently that he thinks America is becoming "Tribal". Separating into defensive groups of like minded people. It is much easier of course to market to people (or control them) when you know their tribe's wants and needs. That is why he thinks Trump has done so well. He believes in nothing really, other than winning.

[cannon_fodder]

Remember last week stood by his statement that Cruz was owned by Gold-man-sacks and how Hillary was bought and sold by Wall Street?
http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/05/trump-names-former-goldman-partner-soros-money-manager-as-finance-chairman/

Remember a couple of months ago when Trump said Americans are overpaid and raising the minimum wage was stupid?
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-open-to-raising-minimum-wage-bushes-have-no-plans-to-back-trump-buzz-grows-for-kaine-as-clinton-vp-2016-05-05

Remember how Trump said you could trust him, because he is self funding and doesn't take donations (he was actually loaning his campaign money, not donating) until he had the nomination locked up and then changed his mind the day after?
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-wont-self-fund-general-election-campaign-1462399502

Remember when Trump said we should eliminate the deficit, that borrowing more money was just dumb and then announced a tax plan, which he abandoned a couple days after locking it up and decided we should totally borrow more money?
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-reverses-stances-taxes-wages-he-turns-fall-election-n568816

Remember when Trump said the best way to stop terrorism is more torture and to bomb all the women and children so that there wouldn't be any more terrorists int he future, and the military had to speak up and say they wouldn't follow orders that are war crimes, and then Trump decided he didn't really mean it?
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/04/politics/donald-trump-reverses-on-torture/

Remember how one Friday Trump was happy to bash David Duke, then Saturday he said he "doesn't know who David Duke is" so he can't disavow the endorsement, only to say on Sunday that he never heard the name "David Duke" because of a bad earpiece and disavowed the endorsement (he said the name David Duke in the response!)?
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/full-list-donald-trump-s-rapidly-changing-policy-positions-n547801

Remember when Trump was "very pro choice," which is before he needed votes in the south and decided he was against abortion, which is before he got their votes and then decided he was pro-choice again?
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/01/politics/donald-trump-abortion-laws/

Remember when Trump said bringing in skilled workers with H1B visas was destroying America, and then said that we need skilled workers and the program was vital, which was a month before he said the program should be killed, until he changed his mind and said we should revise it but we need the program, which was a couple weeks before he decided he is against the program all together?
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2016/03/04/trump-flip-flops-on-immigration-during-debate/

Remember when Trump was in favor of universal healthcare and a Canadian style system before he wanted to repeal Obamacare but keep the individual mandate which is before he decided he didn't like universal healthcare, Obamacare, or the mandate and picked up the party line?
http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/23/donald-trump-incoherent-obamacare


This isn't over the course of a lifetime, over years, or changing direction on an issue because of a honest discussion or life changing event - these are changes on core political issues over the course of a few months - and sometimes back again.

[Ed W]

Thanks for that, CF, I'll save it and re-use it with attribution.

[davideinstein]

Next President.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Next President.

Might not be the worst thing that could happen.  He is holding up a mirror to the face of the Replicontin party, showing exactly what it has become....the Hijacked Republican Party.  If he pushes all the things he has talked about - most of which the RWRE wets their pants over in the late, dark hours of the night, the rest of us get to see what is behind all the politically correct/fanciful Murdochian Fantasy World View and the Koch Brothers BS Train.

[Vashta Nerada]

Trump, the reality TV star-turned-GOP front-runner, brought the campaign to a new and – even for this race – surreal place this morning when he raised rumors implicating Cruz's father, Rafael Cruz, in the assassination of JFK. Now Cruz the elder is a fairly repellant figure, but if you're going to basically accuse someone of being involved in what has been described as the "crime of the century," you should do so on a firmer basis than, say, an article from the National Enquirer, which is what Trump has.

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-05-03/oh-my-god-ted-cruz-is-right-for-once-about-donald-trump-of-course