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Title: Scott Brown Declines to Rule Out Serving as Trump’s VP (A great honor)
Source: The Blaze
URL Source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201 ... serving-as-trumps-vp%E2%80%AC/
Published: Jan 24, 2016
Author: Kate Scanlon
Post Date: 2016-01-24 11:30:37 by Hondo68
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Views: 17809
Comments: 79

NASHUA, N.H. – Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) declined to rule out running for vice president with Donald Trump at the First in the Nation Town Hall in New Hampshire on Saturday.

Trump recently implied that he would be willing to consider Brown for the position.

Asked by TheBlaze if Brown would be willing to run with Trump, he said that it is an “honor” to be considered for a vice presidential nomination, but it is still too “early in the process” to seriously consider the position.

Brown, who lost a 2014 bid to represent New Hampshire in the Senate, recently hosted an event for Trump in the state. Brown has also hosted events for other candidates in his “No BS Backyard BBQ” series.

According to The Hill, at the Trump rally last week, when an audience member suggested that the two join forces on the Republican ticket, Trump said, “Vice president – hey, that sounds like it could, hey, hey, very good.”

“Hey, you know what? And he’s central casting. Look at that guy. Central casting,” Trump said. “He’s great. Great guy and a great, beautiful, great wife and family. So important.”


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Trump floats Scott Brown as potential VP

Brown hosted Trump in the Granite State as a part of his “No BS Backyard BBQ” series. He will also hold a rally with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) thihttp://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/file.php?40,file=210029,filename=Smug_Cruz.jpg this weekend.

The former Massachusetts senator relocated to New Hampshire to challenge incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) for her seat in 2014, but lost in a close race.(2 images)

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#33. To: redleghunter, TooConservative, hondo68, Vicomte13, A K A Stone, GarySpFc, liberator, tomder55, (#16)

Plus, if this is where his advisors are leading him, to a big NE liberal Republican on the ticket with a big NE billionaire then he needs to get new advisors. Trump needs someone from Ohio or Florida.

He'd pick Kasich, hoping to pick up 5% of Ohio as a result. A Republican has no chance to win nationally if he can't carry Ohio. A Dem nominee might be able to win without Ohio but Republicans have an electoral college disadvantage.

Not necessarily, I've seen/heard speculation that some think NY and a few of the other Blue states may be in play because of all the Democrat voters that are supporting him at the present time.

Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!

CZ82  posted on  2016-01-26   7:15:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#34. To: TooConservative (#25)

Trump will not pick Kasich. He's not going to pick some failed politician who insulted him on stage.

He's not going to pick some two percenter to try to gain some state.

Trump will win Ohio because he's Trump, not because he puts an Ohio loser on the ticket with him.

Trump won't pick Bloomberg as his running mate either, but he's more likely to pick a success story like Bloomberg than a whiny failure who is being beaten by the margin of error.

Cruz, Kasich, Paul all insulted Trump. There is ZERO percent chance that Trump is going to pick ANY of the dwarves who attacked him. Zero. Rubio hasn't attacked Trump personally, so he is still in the running. Jeb has. Even if Jeb were to recover somewhat, there is zero chance that Jeb will get anything from Trump other than the back of the hand.

Don't necessarily expect Trump to pick a politician as his running mate either. He might pick another business person, perhaps a younger tech guy from California.

Trump might pick Oprah.

Trump and Oprah, two very successful billionaires who know how to talk to people, know how to listen, know how to organize, know how to lead, and who together would win a massive majority across the spectrum.

Politicians like to pretend that what they do is hard and sophisticated. It is neither. The terms of power are simple: you get the most people in a group to vote for you. And what can be done with that power is simple: anything.

There are all sorts of complex traditional "rules" that Congress has developed internally, and they are entirely optional and could be changed tomorrow.

For example, rules about the power of the Vice President in the Senate are Thomas Jefferson's rules. They are not laws. Those rules can be thrown out and rewritten, and the President of the Senate COULD BE the Speaker of the House and then some. The Vice Presidency atrophied from the beginning, but that isn't because the CONSTITUTION requires that, but because the First President was rich Virginian George Washington, John Adams and he were not friends, and then Adams and Jefferson had a difficult relationship.

I'm not suggesting that Trump, or Oprah, will rewrite the rules of the Senate. I AM suggesting that all of the cobweb of internal rules written by politicians to bottle things up are not laws, just rules, and that a powerful leader with a mandate can cause politicians to cut through those rules and change them.

Trump isn't a traditional politician, and he doesn't have to be bound by the political traditions of weak men. Suppose he picks Oprah and wins 70% of the vote. Then the profession of politics itself changes, because the rules get rewritten.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   7:16:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: TooConservative (#25)

He'd pick Kasich, hoping to pick up 5% of Ohio as a result.

You don't get it. You're a dinosaur who doesn't get modern politics.

He will not pick the prick Kasich. Kasich is the enemy.

People in Ohio hate Kasich. Even my folks who voted for him and are more sympathetic to establishment candidates.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-01-26   7:24:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: GrandIsland (#28)

You are so predictable. Every time someone talks smack about a filthy democrat libtard... you fling poo about GW and Mitt.

I'm pretty sure his point is the people you vote for are just as bad as the ones you don't vote for...

Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!

CZ82  posted on  2016-01-26   7:24:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: redleghunter (#16)

Brown is pro-choice. Having a pro-choice candidate on the ticket is the kiss of death if Trump wants the Pro-life vote to show up.

Plus, if this is where his advisors are leading him, to a big NE liberal Republican on the ticket with a big NE billionaire then he needs to get new advisors. Trump needs someone from Ohio or Florida.

I believe Trump was just being nice. Kind of like when they asked him if he would consider OPrah.

No he doesn't have to pick someone from Florida or Ohio.

It seems you have conceded defeat.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-01-26   7:32:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: A K A Stone, Vicomte13 (#35)

People in Ohio hate Kasich.

Re-elected in a historic landslide not long ago. There's real hatred for you.

I dislike Kasich, personally and for his policies and his smarmy pronouncements to justify his straying into liberal policy. Not the same guy he was when he rose to House leadership as a conservative.

But Kasich has a view of politics and the economy that is quite compatible with Trump. And Kasich would be a good pick in terms of working with Republicans in Congress.

Both for election and for governance, Kasich makes the most sense for Trump. No other (available) GOP pol is quite so popular in a must-win state that the Dems will fight hard to keep in their column.

Another ugly Trump VP pick (for conservatives) would be Rubio. For all the obvious reasons, Hispanic, talks a strong hardliner foreign policy line, eloquent speaker, impeccable family, etc.

Neither Kasich or Rubio has launched any real frontal attacks on Trump though they've exchanges a few girly-slaps at pressers and debates. Nothing has been said by Trump or Kasich or Rubio to eliminate either as a VP pick. Unlike, say, Cruz or Paul or Bush who are radioactive as VP picks because they've said so many harsh things about Trump already. This is how VP lists get shortened mostly so there is nothing unusual about this process.

Trump, as an "outsider" candidate, would benefit from a centrist "conservative" VP pick. Ohio is a tempting pick as it has been a while since Ohio had a GOP governor with some national reputation and establishment connections.

Tooconservative  posted on  2016-01-26   8:39:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: Vicomte13 (#32)

I can't argue education as I am from close to your neck of the woods in NY.

However, the roads in CT are horrible. Pot holes galore in the cities and the highways when going to visit family were horrible too.

Report: Connecticut roads among worst in the country

So not raining on your other points...Just that I have spent a lot of time on the roads in my military career and visiting family. Arkansas not that bad for roads on the main highways. Off highways is another matter but that is why just about everyone has a truck. I once drove from Texas through Arkansas to Branson MO, and the roads were great.

On poverty. You are 100% correct. It is our Christian duty out of love to not let our brother or sister or neighbor to live in poverty. Frankly if local, state or federal government wants to take that on then those who are unemployed and receiving assistance should be given jobs. If we keep this welfare state alive which encourages no work with benefits, we are not doing the poor any favors. Let them work like they did during New Deal 1 and New Deal 2. We got a lot of infrastructure done back then and the unemployed men learned many a trade which provided a livelihood later.

Yes let's not be heartless but let us be smart about this and do those in need a favor. Let's 'teach them to fish.'

Plus with men, when we earn something it does wonders for the rest of the family. Giving men handouts without an opportunity of accomplishment 'kills' that man internally. No matter the blather from feminism and the left, men are all beings who crave accomplishment.

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

redleghunter  posted on  2016-01-26   9:11:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: Vicomte13 (#34)

Trump might pick Oprah.

Now I don't know if you are having some fun here or not. :)

Have you looked into Trump's convictions of Pro-Life?

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

redleghunter  posted on  2016-01-26   9:27:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: A K A Stone, Vicomte13 (#37)

Conceded whah?

I'm analyzing the data given if taken to a conclusion of a Trump nomination.

What I do find amazing is how two people such polar opposites as you and Vic can be going for the same candidate. Yet see two totally different Trumps.

You both agree Trump will make America great again. You both just have different ideas or impressions of how he is going to do it.

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

redleghunter  posted on  2016-01-26   9:35:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#42. To: A K A Stone (#37)

Kind of like when they asked him if he would consider OPrah.

Actually, the Oprah thing is a hoot, but it was Trump himself who said that, years ago, when he was talking about politics but not running himself. He volunteered that he'd pick Oprah as his running mate, and said why she'd be great, how she'd energize people.

Do I think that now, all these years later, with Trump seriously running for office, he'll actually pick Oprah? No. I think he'll pick Rubio, for a great number of reasons, starting with the fact that other possibles - Jeb!, Fiorina, Kasich, Paul, Cruz - have all disqualified themselves by insulting the man. Rubio has steered clear of that.

I think he'll pick Rubio in the end, and that Rubio will not personally go after Trump, because he knows he is still in the running for VP.

But 'twas Trump himself who originally said Oprah as his VP. He said it with a gleam in his eye and a smile on this face. I'll bet if asked again today he'd say "Oprah's great! She'd be a great VP! A great communicator!" And win another week of news cycles with the buzz. Then Oprah would blush and walk a fine line of being coy and enjoying the publicity. She wouldn't come out eyeballs bulging and screaming at Trump. Nope. Because she's a master showman too.

Oprah would get a line into the leader's ear by being nice, and Trump would pick up 8% black support from Oprah's saying nice things about him.

It'll end up being Rubio unless Rubio is dumb and attacks Trump in a nasty way. But Rubio has always been smart and doesn't do that sort of thing. He only punches hard when punched, like when he knocked down Jeb! in the debate.

But what do I know? It could end up being Bill Belichek or Tom Brady, or anybody else.

Prob'ly not Rosie O'Donnell.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   9:41:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#43. To: TooConservative (#38)

You're right about Rubio not having said anything nasty about Trump.

Kasich has. Kasich is not the sort of winner Trump will pick.

Rubio is a distinct possibility.

The VP under Trump will be The Apprentice President. By the end of 8 years, whoever Trump's VP is, he'll be sold on the man and the plan, and unlike with Poppy Bush, we'll get 16 years of Trump.

The new Prez after Trump will have Trump as his chief sage in the wings, with whom he consults all the time.

We're going to get a good deal out of Trump. 16-24 years of consistent positive leadership will make America great again - greater than ever.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   9:46:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#44. To: redleghunter (#39)

On poverty. You are 100% correct. It is our Christian duty out of love to not let our brother or sister or neighbor to live in poverty. Frankly if local, state or federal government wants to take that on then those who are unemployed and receiving assistance should be given jobs. If we keep this welfare state alive which encourages no work with benefits, we are not doing the poor any favors. Let them work like they did during New Deal 1 and New Deal 2. We got a lot of infrastructure done back then and the unemployed men learned many a trade which provided a livelihood later.

Yes let's not be heartless but let us be smart about this and do those in need a favor. Let's 'teach them to fish.'

Plus with men, when we earn something it does wonders for the rest of the family. Giving men handouts without an opportunity of accomplishment 'kills' that man internally. No matter the blather from feminism and the left, men are all beings who crave accomplishment.

I don't disagree. The way we did it in the New Deal, and in the 1960s, was by creating government jobs. That's fine. Example: double the number of people working at the DMV so there's no line at the door.

I'd prefer to create jobs in government oilfields and gold and silver and coal mines, because most of those resources are on government land, and the government should mine and drill for the stuff, sell it, and put all of those profits into the treasury. Lower our taxes. Having Federal corporations do that would be good.

Likewise, home loans for personal residences (not rentals) and student loans should be from government-run banks and paid over a lifetime and from estates.

Lots can be done to reduce present costs and increase stability.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   9:52:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#45. To: Vicomte13 (#43)

You're right about Rubio not having said anything nasty about Trump.

Kasich has. Kasich is not the sort of winner Trump will pick.

Rubio is a distinct possibility.

At some point, Trump becomes just another pol, like the rest. The American political process is having a short hiatus among the GOP conservative base but it is strictly temporary.

Trump is not the fair-haired boy of American politics to whom no rules apply. At some point, it's politics like in any administration.

The VP under Trump will be The Apprentice President. By the end of

Swoon much? You project what you want on to Trump, like a lot of his followers. You still have no concrete idea of what his actual policy proposals are because he likes to issue contradictory statements on almost every policy and then let everyone believe whatever they hope he actually said.

You only get away with this early in the presidential season. Later on, you can't wiggle away from taking more concrete policy positions. Trump is no exception, contrary to the fantasies of most Trump supporters.

Tooconservative  posted on  2016-01-26   9:55:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#46. To: redleghunter (#41)

'm analyzing the data given if taken to a conclusion of a Trump nomination.

What I do find amazing is how two people such polar opposites as you and Vic can be going for the same candidate. Yet see two totally different Trumps.

You both agree Trump will make America great again. You both just have different ideas or impressions of how he is going to do it.

I don't know how he's going to do it. I'm speculating. What I do know is that he's a phenomenal leader, negotiator and businessman, and that New Yorker patricians of both parties in the industrial age have a good track record of reforming government, when they're allowed to be President - the Roosevelts achieved monumental things. Mt Rushmore is full, so by the time Trump is done they'll need to take somebody's face off it to replace it with Trump's.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   9:56:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#47. To: All (#46)

Or maybe put Trump on Mt. Ranier, because it's bigger and bolder. Or Pike's Peak.

Wait - only Everest is big enough. And we'll get the Chinese and Nepalese to pay for it!

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   9:57:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#48. To: TooConservative (#45)

Trump already has taken concrete positions on a lot of things. You just don't believe that those things are POSSIBLE.

Trump is going to show you different.

You'll be a big fan of Trump by the time he's rolling out of there after 8 years, handing over the reins to his Apprentice.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   9:58:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#49. To: Vicomte13 (#48)

You'll be a big fan of Trump by the time he's rolling out of there after 8 years, handing over the reins to his Apprentice.

It's pretty unlikely I'll be a big fan of the Sorcerer or his Apprentice.

Tooconservative  posted on  2016-01-26   10:13:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#50. To: Vicomte13 (#43)

The VP under Trump will be The Apprentice President. By the end of 8 years, whoever Trump's VP is, he'll be sold on the man and the plan, and unlike with Poppy Bush, we'll get 16 years of Trump.

"Angels and ministers of grace defend us!

Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned,

Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell,

Be thy intents wicked or charitable,..."

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

redleghunter  posted on  2016-01-26   10:39:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#51. To: TooConservative (#45)

At some point, it's politics like in any administration.

Or a national campaign. How many Trump for President HQs are there working now in the non-primary states, especially the battle ground states? Hitlery's minions are there now taking over what Obola never dismantled. Remember Obolo started running ads against Romney in 2012 starting in April in the battle ground state markets.

A national campaign requires a party to run it in every corner where votes can be had.

So valid point.

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

redleghunter  posted on  2016-01-26   10:43:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#52. To: TooConservative (#45)

You only get away with this early in the presidential season. Later on, you can't wiggle away from taking more concrete policy positions. Trump is no exception, contrary to the fantasies of most Trump supporters.

The hangover from the sugar high will be significant. More so than when Perot dropped out of the race the first time.

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

redleghunter  posted on  2016-01-26   10:45:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#53. To: Vicomte13 (#46) (Edited)

Rushmore is full, so by the time Trump is done they'll need to take somebody's face off it to replace it with Trump's.

It is not as if the internet is has not provided such yet. They have.

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

redleghunter  posted on  2016-01-26   10:50:53 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#54. To: TooConservative (#49)

It's pretty unlikely I'll be a big fan of the Sorcerer or his Apprentice.

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

redleghunter  posted on  2016-01-26   10:54:56 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#55. To: redleghunter, Vicomte13 (#39)

On poverty. You are 100% correct. It is our Christian duty out of love to not let our brother or sister or neighbor to live in poverty. Frankly if local, state or federal government wants to take that on then those who are unemployed and receiving assistance should be given jobs. If we keep this welfare state alive which encourages no work with benefits, we are not doing the poor any favors. Let them work like they did during New Deal 1 and New Deal 2. We got a lot of infrastructure done back then and the unemployed men learned many a trade which provided a livelihood later.

Yes let's not be heartless but let us be smart about this and do those in need a favor. Let's 'teach them to fish.'

Plus with men, when we earn something it does wonders for the rest of the family. Giving men handouts without an opportunity of accomplishment 'kills' that man internally. No matter the blather from feminism and the left, men are all beings who crave accomplishment.

Now you know the unions would never agree to that business model ,especially the public employee unions . Of course Roosevelt would not tolerate the nonsense that the public unions get away with now . If he were around today he would be the Scott Walker of our time.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

tomder55  posted on  2016-01-26   10:55:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#56. To: redleghunter, Vicomte13 (#53)

Rushmore is full, so by the time Trump is done they'll need to take somebody's face off it to replace it with Trump's. It is not as if the internet is has not provided such yet. They have.

taking TR's face off the mountain is not a bad choice. But we are not the Taliban or the Islamic State destroying historic landmarks . right ? http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/naacp-wants-removal-confederate-generals- stone-mou/nmyKH/

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

tomder55  posted on  2016-01-26   11:05:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#57. To: redleghunter, TooConservative (#51)

It is my understanding that Trump hasn't even set up phone banks in Iowa .

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/politics/donald-trump-ted-cruz-ground-game-iowa/

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

tomder55  posted on  2016-01-26   11:12:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#58. To: redleghunter, tomder55, Vicomte13 (#54)

Nice photo of Darth Rubio (a.k.a. the Sorcerer's Apprentice) alongside Sith Lord Donald.

Tooconservative  posted on  2016-01-26   11:26:18 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#59. To: tomder55, redleghunter (#57)

It is my understanding that Trump hasn't even set up phone banks in Iowa .

Supposedly phone banks are a voter turnoff, for the same reasons that traditional polling has begun to fail. People won't just pick up the phone any more. You'll recall how Perry and some other candidates like Walker have dispensed entirely with yard signs in recent campaigns and seemed not to suffer at all. So maybe phone banks, like the yard sign, are yesterday's campaign flotsam and not a major factor going forward with the millennials.

Cruz has a very strong precinct captain organization, perhaps the best ever seen. And Trump hired probably the best single organizer in the state and his campaign manager Lewandowski's career was all about registering new voters. That has to mean something about what Trump wants to do as a political machine, probably the result of conferring with Roger Stone before Trump started running.

Can Trump's community organizer supremo outperform Cruz's experienced team on the ground in 80% of the caucus precincts? No one really knows.

Tooconservative  posted on  2016-01-26   11:32:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#60. To: redleghunter (#51)

A national campaign requires a party to run it in every corner where votes can be had.

A TRADITIONAL national campaign, sure. That employs lots and lots of political hacks - high school class presidents and their hangers-on who want to be "relevant" in politics.

But high school classes had 1 President, and 99 other kids. They all vote. And there's a new kid in town, already vastly popular and known from years and years and years of television broadcasts, appearances, casinos, comedy sketches, ties, etc.

He's running for President.

So, you've got the High School Class Presidents out there saying "No, I am important! People like ME get to decide who wins and who loses!" And then you've got those other 99 kids, now adults, doing what they want to do.

And this time, they can vote for the new kid in town if they want to. And they want to. So Trump wins because he's Trump, WITHOUT spending millions to feed all of the wannabee politician former High School class presidents.

That's what is happening. OF COURSE the political class hates it: a Trump win means that they are exposed as being useless and expensive. Everybody already knew they were expensive. But expensive and useless is not something folks will put up with for long. Worse, their wrongness will be exposed along with their uselessness, and expense! Jeb! will have collected and squandered hundreds of millions of dollars to get himself beaten by the margin of error.

Trump will have spent $2 million, maybe, and won without all of those necessary things that High School Class Presidents need to prop themselves up. Trump himself, his own reputation, precedes him. He props himself up, and people know him and like him, directly, so he doesn't NEED the parasite class of former High School Class Presidents to "organize" for him. His presence is like lodestone: compasses orient to him automatically without the need to pay parasitic sycophants.

That's why they HATE him - o my God do the political classes and organization men of the Republican Party HATE him. He knows how REAL power works, because he's been one of the moneybags who hires lobbyists.

It's fun to watch.

Trump doesn't require a party to run it in every corner, because the people in every corner know him already, and like him, and will vote for him.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   11:42:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#61. To: TooConservative (#49)

It's pretty unlikely I'll be a big fan of the Sorcerer or his Apprentice.

As things become great again, he'll win you over.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   11:42:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#62. To: redleghunter (#53)

It is not as if the internet is has not provided such yet. They have.

Teddy Roosevelt is the least significant up there. Trump needs to be the most prominent. George had a good run, but Trump needs to be at the front of the hill.

Obviously. Or maybe leave it all as it is, but just carve TRUMP in that flat space all along the bottom.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   11:46:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#63. To: tomder55 (#56)

Trump can put up a NEW obelisk on the mall, in gilded glass and black steel, and make it the tallest building in the world. The Trump Monument, making America first again - tallest building EVAH!

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   11:47:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#64. To: TooConservative (#59)

Can Trump's community organizer supremo outperform Cruz's experienced team on the ground in 80% of the caucus precincts? No one really knows.

No. But people can turn out on their own to support Trump.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   11:49:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#65. To: tomder55 (#57)

It is my understanding that Trump hasn't even set up phone banks in Iowa.

Well then he's obviously doomed, so you've got nothing to worry about.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   11:49:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#66. To: tomder55, redleghunter, TooConservative, *2016 The Likely Suspects* (#57)

It is my understanding that Trump hasn't even set up phone banks in Iowa .

IMO, he's just taking whatever momentum votes come his way in Iowa, and will then pick up Jeb! and much of Carson's campaign organizations after they drop out.

There will be lots of campaign workers looking for work, with their building leases available, when the field thins out. Just change the name on the signs.

Likewise Rand Paul will pick up more campaign machinery as the losers drop out. The top 3 GOP candidates will be Paul, Trump, and Rubio. The rest are just chum on the waters to attract the rubes.


The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2016-01-26   11:50:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#67. To: hondo68 (#66)

The top 3 GOP candidates will be Paul, Trump, and Rubio. The rest are just chum on the waters to attract the rubes.

Paul has a loyalist libertarian base who will be with him to the end.

Trump will win, and Rubio will be Veep.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   11:51:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#68. To: TooConservative (#38)

And Kasich would be a good pick

Awful pick. Kasich is for Amnesty.

I will bet you any amount of money that he doesn't pick Kasich.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-01-26   12:25:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#69. To: redleghunter (#41)

What I do find amazing is how two people such polar opposites as you and Vic can be going for the same candidate.

I'm for tariffs on foreign goods.

I'm against everything that is against American sovereignty.

Vic is kind of delusional in his thinking. I mean he thinks that the government putting restrictions on Walmart is playing it fair. If anyone buys the land they can do whatever they want with it.

I'm against tax breaks for special entities.

Keeping it short gotta run.

A K A Stone  posted on  2016-01-26   12:29:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#70. To: A K A Stone (#69)

I'm for tariffs on foreign goods.

I'm against everything that is against American sovereignty.

Vic is kind of delusional in his thinking. I mean he thinks that the government putting restrictions on Walmart is playing it fair.

I agree: equalization tariff.

I agree: sovereignty is liberty, because if things suck, you can change them politically, but if you lose sovereignty, you can't change anything, ever.

I think that an equalization tariff alone will do the trick. I don't care if WalMart is big or small. I care if they are able to expand their footprint because they can buy in bulk, in China, because of their size, and then are able to wipe out American businesses because they can ship in the cheap Chinese crap, because their is no tariff.

I think the way you deal with unfair competition from foreign manufacturers is a tariff, not by specifically targeted legislation. I was using WalMart as an example, not because it is a specific target of mine.

The only thing I would like to see specifically legally targeted for shutdown is abortion mills.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-01-26   14:01:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#71. To: TooConservative (#58)

Yes the resolution was great. Might become a screen saver.

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

redleghunter  posted on  2016-01-26   14:10:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#72. To: redleghunter (#71) (Edited)

I couldn't identify the source of the photo but it appears the background is a hanging curtain. So this might be a Comic-Con booth or similar with Star Wars fanbois dressed in their own costumes and posing in front of the hanging curtain backdrop. You can see the end of the backdrop at the upper right and another hanging curtain.

You could just crop that part out though.

Tooconservative  posted on  2016-01-26   19:52:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#73. To: TooConservative (#72)

Or it can be "real" and just what the unfinished fully operational death star looked like. :)

For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:6-8)

redleghunter  posted on  2016-01-26   20:45:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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