Donald Trump To Run For President in 2016!!!!!!!!

[DwightShrute]

Dude he's running for Pres. , not hall monitor, how childish for him to be on Twitter acting like a kid. Can't imagine Obama or anyone acting like he does.

he's not perfect but so he likes to tweet shit? Is that such a big deal really? I rather have a guy that does that shit than someone who will look you in the face, make promises and have his fingers crossed the whole time.

[Mr KLC]

Retweets about Kelly again out of nowhere, guy will not let it die, reminds me of people who have to have the last word and will try and put down with words because of ego, thats a weakness. Self destructing and inherently doesnt want to win. This is bad for America, every day something new, always with words, disrespectful, its bad for America in that people are getting used to it, numb, oh thats just Trump, and then when he really does/says something really crazy we wont know to respond to it, you do not want that in the White House.

This is about ratings. He's good friends with a lot of the Fox guys. This is nothing more than the news (and Trump) making the news for Must See TV. Just wait how good the ratings will be when Trump lands on her show somewhere down the line when it will be beneficial for him to get attention. In the meantime, you have the guys on the other two networks kind of paralyzed. Are the guys from MSNBC or CNN actually going to defend Megan Kelly? Nope! They want Trump's ratings, and they'll kiss his ass to get them.

[DwightShrute]

August 25, 2015, 02:14 pm

Trump leaving rivals in the dust


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Donald Trump’s lead over the Republican primary field is growing, with new polls putting him well ahead of his rivals in two early primary states.

The real estate magnate has opened up a 24-point lead in New Hampshire, <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/251882-trump-sanders-ahead-in-new-hampshire-poll" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: bold;">according to a poll released Tuesday by the Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling, with 35 percent of likely GOP primary voters supporting him.
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No other Republican came anywhere near that level of support. Ohio Gov. John Kasich came the closest, polling at 11 percent.Trump’s dominance extends to South Carolina, another crucial early primary state.

A new Monmouth University poll puts Trump at 30 percent support in South Carolina, double that of second-place finisher Ben Carson, who was the choice of 15 percent of the state’s likely Republican primary voters.

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[MoMoneyMoVaughn]

Guy can't take a decent picture to save his life.

[jtoler]

go back to Univision

In how he called Bernie weak who's to say Trumper didnt stage this to make himself look better. He looked too unconcerned and barely even looked at the guy.

[jt315]

Dude he's running for Pres. , not hall monitor, how childish for him to be on Twitter acting like a kid. Can't imagine Obama or anyone acting like he does.

You're right. Obama is too much of a politically correct pussy.

[Mr KLC]

In how he called Bernie weak who's to say Trumper didnt stage this to make himself look better. He looked too unconcerned and barely even looked at the guy.

Not with someone from Univision. They did cancel his Miss USA pageant.

[jtoler]

This is about ratings. He's good friends with a lot of the Fox guys. This is nothing more than the news (and Trump) making the news for Must See TV. Just wait how good the ratings will be when Trump lands on her show somewhere down the line when it will be beneficial for him to get attention. In the meantime, you have the guys on the other two networks kind of paralyzed. Are the guys from MSNBC or CNN actually going to defend Megan Kelly? Nope! They want Trump's ratings, and they'll kiss his ass to get them.

Nice rebuttal, I can see some logic in that, not that thats what hes thinking exactly though.

[brooks85]

You're right because he isn't 100% correct. But, you're still ignorant on the reality of the situation.

This is about ratings. He's good friends with a lot of the Fox guys. This is nothing more than the news (and Trump) making the news for Must See TV. Just wait how good the ratings will be when Trump lands on her show somewhere down the line when it will be beneficial for him to get attention. In the meantime, you have the guys on the other two networks kind of paralyzed. Are the guys from MSNBC or CNN actually going to defend Megan Kelly? Nope! They want Trump's ratings, and they'll kiss his ass to get them.

More than anything it is about the key difference between Trump and the majority of political class; he has his own money. He doesn't need a team of people telling him what he is allowed to say because it is "polling well" or won't. He doesn't have special interest to consider is the only difference.

[jtoler]

You're right. Obama is too much of a politically correct pussy.

Im not pro-Obama, just saying, dont expect a pres. candidate to be all over twitter like that, something unprofessional about it to me, think Ive made 5 tweets in my life and those were personal messages, I hate twitter.

[DwightShrute]

In how he called Bernie weak who's to say Trumper didnt stage this to make himself look better. He looked too unconcerned and barely even looked at the guy.

that's because he knows Jorge Ramos very well. The guy's is a whiny little fart. That's the same guy.

Remember Trump is suing Univision for 500 million for cancelling his pageant.

[CanuckG]

[brooks85]

you know he is saying something right if the soul of the La Raza movement is upset

[DwightShrute]

Long ways to go CanuckG

Hispanics aren't stupid. He will get out the message and will win the latino vote. I think underestimating Trump hasn't really worked out for a lot of you so far.

[CanuckG]

I think he has zero shot at the latino vote but if he continues to run it looks like nobody else is gonna stop him to get the nomination. I'm hoping its Sanders vs Trump.

[CanuckG]

Long ways to go CanuckG

Hispanics aren't stupid. He will get out the message and will win the latino vote. I think underestimating Trump hasn't really worked out for a lot of you so far.

Well Trump hasn't won anything. Remember these poll numbers even the ones I posted don't mean too much right now

[brooks85]

mathematically, I know people like rkelly don't factor this in, he doesn't need the hispanic vote at all. He needs the white vote at about 64% or so. Assuming Trump is legit, the winning element could be all the white people who don't normally vote actually vote for him. You would never get that kind of majority of the white vote with a normal candidate under normal conditions but both those things are not true about him or how fed up people are with status quo.

The big concern still is if he is legit or not.

[d2bets]

mathematically, I know people like rkelly don't factor this in, he doesn't need the hispanic vote at all. He needs the white vote at about 64% or so. Assuming Trump is legit, the winning element could be all the white people who don't normally vote actually vote for him. You would never get that kind of majority of the white vote with a normal candidate under normal conditions but both those things are not true about him or how fed up people are with status quo.

The big concern still is if he is legit or not.

You're either delusional or bad at math. First of all, are you talking men or women? Repub is never going to get 64% women. If he get sub 20% hispanic he could get 75% white men and still lose. Between black, hispnic and women, Trump would need to get 75% of white dudes. Not happening. Trump has no chance. It's embarrassing for the country, but I'm warming to a Trump candidacy. Literally any democrat will beat him.

Romney won 59% of the white vote, how'd that work out?

[CanuckG]

You're either delusional or bad at math. First of all, are you talking men or women? Repub is never going to get 64% women. If he get sub 20% hispanic he could get 75% white men and still lose. Between black, hispnic and women, Trump would need to get 75% of white dudes. Not happening. Trump has no chance. It's embarrassing for the country, but I'm warming to a Trump candidacy. Literally any democrat will beat him.

Romney won 59% of the white vote, how'd that work out?

I agree that the Democrats are LOVING this right now.

[brooks85]

You're either delusional or bad at math. First of all, are you talking men or women? Repub is never going to get 64% women. If he get sub 20% hispanic he could get 75% white men and still lose. Between black, hispnic and women, Trump would need to get 75% of white dudes. Not happening. Trump has no chance. It's embarrassing for the country, but I'm warming to a Trump candidacy. Literally any democrat will beat him.

Romney won 59% of the white vote, how'd that work out?

shh you don't know what you're talking about, you just made that clear. 64% of the white vote and he wins sheepy.

[d2bets]

shh you don't know what you're talking about, you just made that clear. 64% of the white vote and he wins sheepy.

Romney would not have won with 64% of the white vote (he got 59%), so why would Trump, when he would get even less of the Hispanic vote? And Trump against Hillary, you know Hillary is winning women, who vote more than men. Even if white women went 50/50, Trump would have to get like 80% of white men to get your 64%. It's impossible.

Trump cannot win. Literally. He cannot. I believe he's a stalking horse and might have been paid off by democrats.

[brooks85]

Romney would not have won with 64% of the white vote (he got 59%), so why would Trump, when he would get even less of the Hispanic vote? And Trump against Hillary, you know Hillary is winning women, who vote more than men. Even if white women went 50/50, Trump would have to get like 80% of white men to get your 64%. It's impossible.

Trump cannot win. Literally. He cannot. I believe he's a stalking horse and might have been paid off by democrats.

so you do understand then? Trump needs 64% of the white vote regardless of how possible you think it is. I don't think it is possible either but that besides the point. And again, it has very little to do with man or woman, and far more to do with getting whites to vote who normally do not vote. There is 10s of millions of them, as you know voter turnout is always poor lately.

Also, he is not going to get 0 of the hispanic vote. Reality is he would shock the media on how well he would do with hispanics. You'd be surprised how many immigrants are not OK with people coming here illegally when they had to wait their turn and pay top dollar.

And I agree, I doubt he is legit. Far more likely he is being paid off or will be by Clintons. She is one of the most evil politicians in the most dishonest party so very likely they concocted this idea with Trump.

[bradthebloke]

I think he has zero shot at the latino vote but if he continues to run it looks like nobody else is gonna stop him to get the nomination. I'm hoping its Sanders vs Trump.

forgive me if this is a dumb question as I dont really follow politics, but is it possible he gains more of the black vote than any repub nominee before him thus making up for doing so poorly in the latino vote? I ask as I have a lot of black friends and just about all of them are backing Trump after being democratic voters their whole lives.

[KingJD31]

This country is going to split into two within next 30 years complete opposite political ideology. First Texas is going to go then some other states will follow along

[Mr KLC]

Trump should play politics with this anchor from Univision. Have all of the major newspapers bid for the rights to have the anchor post a long, detailed question for Donald Trump to answer. Let Trump have his unedited rebuttal posted right below it. Highest bidding newspaper gets the exclusive rights to print it first, and be attached to every follow up article that covers it. The money paid for publishing the article can go to that news anchor's favorite charity that would more than likely be one that helps Hispanics. At the same time, Trump rebuttals all the problems this anchor has with his policy, and lets that demographic decide if his plan is fair or not. In the same breath, he shows some good will to the Hispanic community by raising money for charity.

[rkelly110]

Romney would not have won with 64% of the white vote (he got 59%), so why would Trump, when he would get even less of the Hispanic vote? And Trump against Hillary, you know Hillary is winning women, who vote more than men. Even if white women went 50/50, Trump would have to get like 80% of white men to get your 64%. It's impossible.

Trump cannot win. Literally. He cannot. I believe he's a stalking horse and might have been paid off by democrats.

First he has to pay off the RNC and the Koch bros. Is 10 B enough? I doubt it. Before anyone can vote for him, he has
to be nominated by the RNC. Right now, they don't like him. Expect him to go 3rd party. If he does, and quits putting
his foot in his mouth, he could be our 1st pres from the 3rd party.

If I was the Koch bros and the RNC, I'd put so many attack ads out and fish Trump in to retaliate with his own
ads, to bankrupt him. Take away a man's money, he will be done.

[d2bets]

First he has to pay off the RNC and the Koch bros. Is 10 B enough? I doubt it. Before anyone can vote for him, he has
to be nominated by the RNC. Right now, they don't like him. Expect him to go 3rd party. If he does, and quits putting
his foot in his mouth, he could be our 1st pres from the 3rd party.

If I was the Koch bros and the RNC, I'd put so many attack ads out and fish Trump in to retaliate with his own
ads, to bankrupt him. Take away a man's money, he will be done.

I don't think he'll go third party.

[Mr KLC]

First he has to pay off the RNC and the Koch bros. Is 10 B enough? I doubt it. Before anyone can vote for him, he has
to be nominated by the RNC. Right now, they don't like him. Expect him to go 3rd party. If he does, and quits putting
his foot in his mouth, he could be our 1st pres from the 3rd party.

If I was the Koch bros and the RNC, I'd put so many attack ads out and fish Trump in to retaliate with his own
ads, to bankrupt him. Take away a man's money, he will be done.

Here is the crap that pisses me off about the Republican party establishment. Looks like they want to corner him, and take away future options, so they can screw him out of the nomination later, and totally get him out of the picture. I'm sure Trump's lawyers are all over this.

The ongoing effort by members of the Republican Party to get Donald Trump to swear off the possibility of a third party run for president if he fails to secure the GOP nomination got serious on Tuesday, when the state party apparatus in the key early voting state South Carolina confirmed it had made participation in its primary election contingent on candidates promising to support the party and its eventual nominee.

The South Carolina Republican Party on Tuesday released the filing form that all candidates must submit in order to have their names on the ballot next year, and it contains the key phrase: “I hereby affirm that I generally believe in and intend to support the nominees and platform of the Republican Party in the November 8, 2016 general election.”

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/08/26/South-Carolina-GOP-Puts-Trump-Crosshairs

[d2bets]

Here is the crap that pisses me off about the Republican party establishment. Looks like they want to corner him, and take away future options, so they can screw him out of the nomination later, and totally get him out of the picture. I'm sure Trump's lawyers are all over this.

The ongoing effort by members of the Republican Party to get Donald Trump to swear off the possibility of a third party run for president if he fails to secure the GOP nomination got serious on Tuesday, when the state party apparatus in the key early voting state South Carolina confirmed it had made participation in its primary election contingent on candidates promising to support the party and its eventual nominee.

The South Carolina Republican Party on Tuesday released the filing form that all candidates must submit in order to have their names on the ballot next year, and it contains the key phrase: “I hereby affirm that I generally believe in and intend to support the nominees and platform of the Republican Party in the November 8, 2016 general election.”

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/0...ump-Crosshairs

Is that legal?

[Mr KLC]

Is that legal?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/25/why-virginia-republicans-can-make-donald-trump-promise-not-to-run-as-an-independent/

Looks like it is legal, but he doesn't necessarily have to honor it. If states refused to put him on the ballot, I guess he could always start a "write in" campaign. Republicans are shooting themselves in the foot with this crap. Trump has enough backing to screw them over in the general election like Perot did in 1992.

[rkelly110]

Here is the crap that pisses me off about the Republican party establishment. Looks like they want to corner him, and take away future options, so they can screw him out of the nomination later, and totally get him out of the picture. I'm sure Trump's lawyers are all over this.

The ongoing effort by members of the Republican Party to get Donald Trump to swear off the possibility of a third party run for president if he fails to secure the GOP nomination got serious on Tuesday, when the state party apparatus in the key early voting state South Carolina confirmed it had made participation in its primary election contingent on candidates promising to support the party and its eventual nominee.

The South Carolina Republican Party on Tuesday released the filing form that all candidates must submit in order to have their names on the ballot next year, and it contains the key phrase: “I hereby affirm that I generally believe in and intend to support the nominees and platform of the Republican Party in the November 8, 2016 general election.”

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/0...ump-Crosshairs

That's the same shit I find disturbing in congress. Repubs are forming gangs with signing pledges. If they break that
pledge, there are consequences.

[muldoon]

That's the same shit I find disturbing in congress. Repubs are forming gangs with signing pledges. If they break that
pledge, there are consequences.

The same party that made rally attendees sign loyalty oaths.

[rkelly110]

The same party that made rally attendees sign loyalty oaths.

Didn't hear that.

[muldoon]

Didn't hear that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_oath#Republican_party

Though not legally binding, the Republican National Committee (RNC) used both signed Loyalty Oaths and spoken Loyalty Pledges as a requirement to attend certain 2004 re-election campaign speeches[citation needed], a possible first in U.S. election history[original research?].


During the 2004 presidential campaign, the campaign of George W. Bush routinely required all attendants at its rallies to take what some have called a "loyalty oath". Those who refused to take the oath were not allowed to attend the rally.

[DwightShrute]