Half-baked Republican Presidential Fruitcakes (and fellow confections)

I see "somebody" has been trying to terrorise NYC and/or New Jersey by planting pressure cooker bombs.
It really is time the US clamped down on the importation of pressure cookers.

robindch wrote: »

A writer for GQ succeeds in lowering the tone of political debate beyond Trump's level.
http://www.gq.com/story/a-word-for-donald-trump-voters

It was dire...
but there was a link there to a very nicely written article.

robindch wrote: »

Oddly, many, and probably a large majority, of his supporters are low-income, low-education, low-achieving people who are essentially victims in the game of capitalism as it's played in the US - often because of assholes like Trump - whether they're corrupt business men or whether they're corrupt politicians driving the system for corrupt business men.

That may well be true, but you could say the very same thing about Trump's opponents. Despite The Donald being a heartless capitalist, he also has the touch of the common man about him. Ordinary Americans can can aspire to do whatever it is that he has done. He seems to be his own man; not controlled by mysterious agencies, lobby groups and corporations.

In that article, a journalist travels all around the Trump empire, even to Doonbeg, looking for ammunition to use against him. But nobody will say a bad word about him. The only stick she can find to beat Trump with is an allegation that he "resuscitates properties, but only after he has squeezed the life out of them and sucked all the marrow from their bones."

The story centres around his flagship property. His old friends the Kluges had used their home as collateral and taken out loans to establish a vineyard out the back, which loans they were unable to service. Sensing blood, the banksters swooped in and told them to put their mansion on the market. But our hero, The Donald, came to the rescue and bought the ailing vineyard, thus allowing the owners to stay on in the house.

But with rising interest rates squeezing them, and the inevitable divorce, it wasn't long before the banksters returned and evicted the lady of the house. Again, The Donald helped out by buying the golf course out front, and paying the money direct to the ex-husband, as the deeds for it were separate from the rest of the property, and the vultures had failed to get their grubby hands on them.

After keeping the house vacant and waiting for the market to rise, the bank tried to sell its ill-gotten gains at a vast profit. But they hadn't reckoned on our hero, The Donald. He explained the situation to prospective buyers, thus putting them off. Eventually the bank reluctantly sold the house to him, foregoing their expected profit.

Now in possession, The Donald poured money into the neglected house, sympathetically restoring furnishings in their original colours and style. Finally he opened it to the public as a hotel.

If you don't believe me, read all about it here

Didn't watch the whole thing but I saw the highlights on Breitbart. It looks like another win for the Donald, the poll puts him at 75%.

BTW the tax thing is interesting because it shows up the characters of the different candidates. One is a businessman, and thinks making the most money while paying the least tax shows good business acumen.
The other is a consummate politician, and is willing to say anything as long as it is politically correct.

This is why they can't understand each others point of view.
The electorate will decide which type will make a better boss for their country.

Trump also said a few things about leveraging, interest rates, the Fed etc. which shows he understands how money and debt works. Most viewers will understand as little of that as Clinton though, so the clown tactics are a good backup to have.