Trump

[heironymouspasparagus]

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

Hard to say what the truth about Daddy Cruz is.  He absolutely fought with Castro in the revolution - that one part of his story is apparently well documented, and he even talks about it.  And then is said to have an epiphany, where he converted to Capitalism.  Time frame is a little obscure.  And where were the Cruz family members that it took them 10 days to get back to Canada when Teddy was born so could get a birth certificate?  Visiting buddies in Cuba?   Planning something "big" for the 70's and the kid interrupted the process??

Daddy was said to have renounced Communism in 1959...after killing how many of our allies??  Or did he just go undercover...?

Neat little package of information was fabricated as to how his conversion occurred - the Cubans 'beat' him, yet he was somehow miraculously able to transport to Texas with a "student visa", which he was able to somehow procure as a poor kid getting fleeing Batista's regime...?  How did he get the money to bribe government functionaries?   Uh, huh...so much more plausible than Obama being born in Hawaii....

[Townsend]

Gov. Mary Fallin named as Republican National Convention Platform Committee co-chairwoman

By SAMANTHA VICENT World Staff Writer

"We are going to honor the will of Republican voters everywhere and write a platform that articulates the solutions America needs after eight years of a sputtering economy, more debt, out of control government, and a foreign policy of leading from behind," she said in a statement.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Gov. Mary Fallin named as Republican National Convention Platform Committee co-chairwoman

By SAMANTHA VICENT World Staff Writer

So when is she gonna make a statement on the latest 8 years rather than the previous 8?


Well, what can ya expect from Failin'...?

[Hoss]

So when is she gonna make a statement on the latest 8 years rather than the previous 8?


Well, what can ya expect from Failin'...?

Why is it Republicans always use lurid terminology?  "Leading from behind"?  Hmmm...like that question I asked my friend today at lunch.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Why is it Republicans always use lurid terminology?  "Leading from behind"?  Hmmm...like that question I asked my friend today at lunch.

I try to use lurid terminology and am not a Republicontin....   What I find most difficult is keeping pace in the lies, distortions, twisting, and dissemination.  I just can't get there from here.  Oh, well...I guess that's why they are more successful with their propaganda - people WANT to believe in fantasy.  Truth, justice, and the American way is just too hard and uncomfortable to deal with so they go to the Koch Fantasy World Agenda.

[patric]

ITV's Good Morning Britain asked the man who has widened the world's understanding of time, space, stars, galaxies and black holes if he could explain the popular appeal of the billionaire tycoon.

Hawking, perhaps the world's most famous living scientist and the author of one of the world's best-selling books, replied: "I can't. He's a demagogue who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/31/stephen-hawking-donald-trump-popularity-inexplicable-and-brexit-spells-disaster

[Townsend]

Paul Ryan Endorses Donald Trump

http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/paul-ryan-endorses-donald-trump

House Speaker Paul Ryan is ending his delicate dance around his party's presumptive presidential nominee, writing in an op-ed that he will vote for Donald Trump this fall.

The Wisconsin Republican has voiced reservations over Trump's tone throughout the campaign and disagrees with him on many policy areas. Last month, he met with the likely GOP nominee and withheld his endorsement. As recent as last week, he was still holding out.

But on Thursday he finally acquiesced. In a column in the Janesville Gazette, the speaker wrote that the two "have more common ground than disagreement." And despite never using the word "endorse" in the article, Ryan's spokesman confirmed it was an official endorsement.

The endorsement from the party's 2012 vice presidential nominee comes in the middle of controversy surrounding Trump University and its alleged strong-arm tactics. Ryan tweeted out the endorsement just as likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was giving a foreign policy address lambasting Trump on national security, but his office denied that the two were planned to coincide.

But the official blessing also comes just before House Republicans are set to begin rolling out their own policy agenda this month. In the article, Ryan doesn't so much as praise Trump as he argues that a Republican president would ensure their legislative agenda becomes a reality:
Donald Trump and I have talked at great length about things such as the proper role of the executive and fundamental principles such as the protection of life. The list of potential Supreme Court nominees he released after our first meeting was very encouraging.

But the House policy agenda has been the main focus of our dialogue. We've talked about the common ground this agenda can represent. We've discussed how the House can be a driver of policy ideas. We've talked about how important these reforms are to saving our country. And we've talked about how, by focusing on issues that unite Republicans, we can work together to heal the fissures developed through the primary.

Through these conversations, I feel confident he would help us turn the ideas in this agenda into laws to help improve people's lives. That's why I'll be voting for him this fall.
Ryan acknowledged that he and Trump "have our differences" and promised that, "when I feel the need to, I'll continue to speak my mind."

But when it boils down, Clinton would not support their policy priorities, while, "Donald Trump can help us make it a reality," Ryan wrote.

Ryan had been one of the highest-ranking Republican holdouts on Trump. Both former Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush say they aren't endorsing the presumptive GOP nominee, and his former rival Jeb Bush isn't either. And Mitt Romney, who picked Ryan as his running mate four years ago, has remained a vocal opponent of Trump even as he became the last GOP candidate standing.

Campaigning last week in New Mexico, Trump attacked the state's Republican Gov. Susana Martinez, the most prominent GOP Latina and the chair of the Republican Governors Association, after she hadn't yet endorsed him.

Ryan not endorsing Trump could have made for an awkward Republican National Convention this summer — the speaker of the House acts as the chairman of the convention.

So there you go...it's going to be okay.

[Red Arrow]

So there you go...it's going to be okay.

If you say so. 

[Conan71]

The fact that everyone in the GOP has been "breathlessly" awaiting Paul Ryan's endorsement of the presumptive nominee tells us how far the GOP has fallen since 1980 and 1984.

Trump is no Reagan, and how the Hell did Ryan ever become some sort of barometer for conservatives?

[Red Arrow]

Trump is no Reagan, and how the Hell did Ryan ever become some sort of barometer for conservatives?

Good question.  Can you bring yourself to vote for Hilliary?

[Conan71]

Good question.  Can you bring yourself to vote for Hilliary?

Not even on my worst demented day, Red.  Just won't happen.  I'd rather take a head-long dive into a tree shredder.

So, yeah, Asplundh may just have to be my candidate this year.

[Ed W]

That brings an interesting toss up. Some Bernie supporters will certainly not vote for Hillary and some staunch Republicans will not vote for either Trump or Hillary. As yet, there are no estimates of their numbers. Perhaps after the conventions we'lol have better information. But I wonder if the none-of-the-above-I'm -staying-home vote could be enough to sway the election.

[heironymouspasparagus]

The fact that everyone in the GOP has been "breathlessly" awaiting Paul Ryan's endorsement of the presumptive nominee tells us how far the GOP has fallen since 1980 and 1984.

Trump is no Reagan, and how the Hell did Ryan ever become some sort of barometer for conservatives?

Hijacked Republican Party.

[heironymouspasparagus]

The fact that everyone in the GOP has been "breathlessly" awaiting Paul Ryan's endorsement of the presumptive nominee tells us how far the GOP has fallen since 1980 and 1984.

Trump is no Reagan, and how the Hell did Ryan ever become some sort of barometer for conservatives?

My first Presidential election was 1972.  And from that time on, I have only been able to vote FOR a candidate one time - Gerald Ford.  All other times it has been a vote AGAINST a candidate.


How sad - I think before that there were occasional opportunities to vote for someone - maybe Eisenhower.

[cannon_fodder]

Over the weekend Trump declared that the multiple class action suits against Trump University are only going forward because the Judge is a Mexican.

You see, Trump is building a wall. And the United States Federal Judge is Mexican. So Trump has only won half of his motions and the case gets to go forward.

What do you call it when you judge a person based on their race or ethnicity? Oh, that's right. Racist.