Re: Trump doesn't challenge anti-Muslim questioner at event
Greetings all. Happy Friday.
Today, I come to you and will speak in a language that we can all understand.
In regards to The Donald............
I am grateful for Donald Trump for the following reasons:
1. I have long hated the election cycle drama that rears it's ugly head every 4 years or so. I feel that the drama is carried out for way too long. Two years before the election, the nonsense begins. That's way too long. However, because of Donald Trump, this cycle has been very entertaining. Far from boring. I would still rather they start the drama 3 or 4 months before the election rather than 2 years, but since that is not how it goes, I thank Mr. Trump for taking an otherwise boring time period and spicing it up with all his sideshow antics and outright craziness.
2. The Donald has galvanized and corralled up the more extreme members of the GOP (aka whackos,) and put them on display for all the world to see. Mostly, these are the disgruntled bunch still sore over losing to that "black, Islamic, commie, Nigerian, Obama," not once but twice. They are the people that insisted that the GOP needs to dive further to the right rather than hover close to the center. They want the GOP to tread on the minorities, the poor, women's health rights and mandate their personal moral's down the throat's of the American majority, which wants nothing to do with their regressive desires. I have long realized that the GOP's biggest mistake is that they are already to far to the right and that is why the majority of Americans do not support the GOP. The Donald, and his group of merry-men, will prove, once and for all, that the "further to the right" crowd are not only wrong in their line of thinking but it is costing the conservative cause dearly with their bigoted and regressive points of view being cast in to the limelight. The GOP approached this election cycle seeking ways they could expand their appeal to independents and moderates and the Donald movement has done everything but that. They are handing the election over to the democrats without even realizing it due to the lack of their collective critical thought and ability to think things through.
Let's do a little math..................
Today, according to internet polls, the Donald leads the polls among the GOP contenders with 23% of those polled supporting him. He touts that with almost every breath on every stump. But let's discuss what the polls aren't highlighting. Whereas, 23% of GOP voters are hardcore Trump supporters, that leaves 77% of GOP voters who are not. In fact, it appears the majority of GOP voters can't stand the guy, to hear them talk on television.
When the GOP candidate field clears up, I submit that The Donald will still have his 23% and maybe even go as high as 30%. But the other 70% of GOP voters, who can't stand the guy, and are capable of deeper critical thought than the Trump whackos are, will throw their support to Donald's last competitor as a last ditch effort to have a reasonable chance of winning the election. That being said, I'm betting that at the end of the day, The Donald will not be the GOP candidate, (even though, I do hope I'm wrong.) Democrats, moderates and independents will never support a carnival barker such as The Donald, for president and there aren't enough GOP voters to elect a national dog catcher.
Last election cycle, 126,144,000 Americans voted.
27% of American voters identify with the GOP. 27% of those American voters equal to 34,058,880 votes.
31% of American voters identify with the DNC. 31% of those American voters equal to 39,104,640 votes.
41% of American voters identify as Independent. 41% of those American voters equal to 51,719,040 votes.
(Doing the math it is easy to understand WHY the GOP needs to attract the independents and moderates. The democrats, going head to head with the Republicans, enjoy a 5,045,760 voting majority.)
It would be nice, however, if the Donald could keep the lead and be the GOP candidate. I'm sure it would be entertaining as well as guarantee a democrat victory and the continuation of our current and ongoing climb towards the good. My observations from the past lead me to believe that anytime a GOP president get's elected, things just go to ****, the economy takes a dive, the rich get richer and young American soldiers die en masse.
(Sources:
http://www.newsweek.com/poll-trump-still-dominating-after-weekend-megyn-kelly-comments-361361
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