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Title: Dilbert Creator: Trump ‘Invulnerable’ If Beats Disability Flap
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URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern ... able-if-beats-disability-flap/
Published: Nov 27, 2015
Author: Joel B. Pollak
Post Date: 2015-11-27 18:37:01 by cranky
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Comments: 74
“If he survives this one, he’s invulnerable,” Adams said. Adams took to Periscope on Friday afternoon to promote his new book, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life, and answered questions from fans. Recently, Adams has written about his conviction that Donald Trump will win the presidency, based on his use of sophisticated techniques of public persuasion. Adams told Reason magazine that Trump uses perceived insults to beat back opponents: “What I [see] in Trump,” says Adams, is “someone who was highly trained. A lot of the things that the media were reporting as sort of random insults and bluster and just Trump being Trump, looked to me like a lot of deep technique that I recognized from the fields of hypnosis and persuasion.”… Similarly, where the media see random insults, Adams sees Trump creating a significant polling gap between those who attack him and those who compliment him, resulting in chilled aggression from his opponents. Trump, says Adams, uses “anchors,” which are big, visual thoughts that drown out any other argument. Think, for example, of the billionaire’s florid descriptions of a Mexican border wall. Trump stands accused of having mocked the Times‘ Serge Kovaleski, in a spat originating in a dispute over whether “thousands” of Muslims had cheered the Sep. 11, 2001 terror attacks from Jersey City. Trump maintains he did not mock the reporter and has demanded that the Times apologize to him rather than the other way around. None of the past controversies seems to have dented Trump’s lead in the polls, especially as broader news events, such as the Paris terror attacks, seem to be boosting his national lead in the Republican race. 
Dilbert creator Scott Adams said Friday afternoon that if Donald Trump survives the ongoing controversy about whether he made fun of New York Times reporter’s disability, he will be a lock to win the presidency.
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#13. To: TooConservative (#11)
I wouldn't know. But I do know some people who believe he'll stop the illegal invaders from coming to their hometowns and stealing their limited resources. And that's enough for them to turn out and vote for him. Or so they claim. Tme will tell. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
We'll see. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
The right question is, "Will Trump reduce overall government spending?" I think he will. But let's keep in mind that if he spends more or if he spends less, he needs a complicit Congress.
That would be a generous description . He also has been a strong proponent for liberal social causes too . He to this day supports universal-single payer health care .Until recently he was for an 'assault rifle' ban. He publically supported pro-choice until recently (he claimed to be pro-choice in his book 'The America We Deserve' ,and in interviews around 2000).He then switched position in 2011 ;about the same time that he decided to run as a Republican). He has in fact comfortably switched from one party to the other in the course of his public life. Any one of his liberal positions would've sunk any other Republican candidate . Yet he still leads while taking these positions : 1 in favor of a progressive income tax instead of a flat tax. 2 has said he would not change entitlements. 3 he is in favor of the status quo funding of Planned Parenthood. 4 has stated in the past that he favors legalizing drugs.(yes some libertarians who align with Republicans believe that too ) 5 He praised the emperor and his stimulus package in 2009. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Only for the poor. "TRUMP: As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It could have worked in a different age. What I'd like to see is a private system without the artificial lines around every state."
Giuliani, even with his I'd-pay-for-my-daughter's-abortion and his photos with HCI and Brady gun control nutjobs (not to mention his lurid cross-dressing with Teh Donald) was considered too liberal in 2008. But in 2016, Trump is The Guy? There is something wrong with the voters when a Giuliani with a strong record of governing a large complex Dem stronghold is too liberal for GOP voters but Teh Donald is just fine. You notice a few of the Trump fanbois are already leaping to Donald's defense, even when I describe him -- fairly accurately -- as the second coming of Nelson Rockefeller, a description you bolstered with a recitation of facts about Trump's public positions.
Yes his great plan would be the expansion of Medicaid for the poor(or create another large government program) .He’s going to “make a deal with existing hospitals” and “the government’s gonna pay for it” ...aka Medicaid. .. and a private plan where "people are going to be able to go out and negotiate great plans with lots of different competition with lots of competitors." Sounds almost like the same lines the emperor used when selling Obamacare . Under which universe is his plan to expand government guarantees a conservative plan ? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
It hard to get on every state's ballot without being a Republicrat. I don't think any other party did in 2012. Ross Perot did it. So can Trump. We the people would help.
Itis a lie to say Trrmp is a liberal. He may not be the conservative you want. But his positions are mostly conservative. I haven't heard Hillary talking about deporting the enemies within.
He's not. He's just like them,but insane,for those who like a little extra flavor. He knows that himself. After all,he has the "best memory in the world". Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
If that's so, it's going to disappoint many of his followers. Not really. Most of them are delusional,and will never even notice. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
You do understand this is a guy whose business model is bankruptcy,right? He makes his money busting up companies and selling their assets. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Maybe, it takes some insanity to beat back the gains the Left has made in this country.
Psalm 37 PRAY FOR PARIS
So did Buchanan in the next election. Both were Reform Party, iirc. I don't think the Reform Party managed that before or since, at least, not in my lifetime. But I really don't care enough to research it. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
He would be no more conservative than Kasich. At best. And there is a lot in Trump's record of holding various hardcore liberal positions over the years that you can't claim that Kasich held. OTOH, Trump never proposed a mass amnesty like Rubio. You've really drank the koolaid if you can't see that Donald's history of past positions raises some real questions.
I think we have already suffered through decades of insanity,and a strong dose of sanity is what we need. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Where will we get that strong dose of sanity?
Psalm 37 PRAY FOR PARIS
Good question. I wish I had a positive answer,but I don't think it's coming at this late date. The game is fixed and the players are not going to allow any interference. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
He may end up being their only choice. The establishment types will go to him if he takes NH, and SC. Face it, Trump is in this with his own money at least through the March primaries. I think he will be in the top two after the majority of the votes in the primary are counted. He's crazy if he goes third party. He knows that would be a waste of his money. If he truly wants to be president he has to do it through the GOP. "I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore. For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol." Psalm 86:12-13
There's always Hildebeest or O'Malley (I don't think the big donors to the DNC particularly want Sanders but who knows). If Trump isn't a bigger, more intrusive, less sovereign government guy who's on board with open borders, man-made global warming and population reduction, I don't think either national committee wants him. It's not as though the RNC or the DNC have to give voters a choice. Their candidates tend to be largely interchangeable, regardless of gender, religion, skin pigmentation or ethnicity. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
Unfortunately, that is all true.
Psalm 37 PRAY FOR PARIS
Let me know if he actually spends any of his own money other than on the jet/chopper/limos. He even got S.S. protection so he doesn't have to pay for that either. I don't think Trump has actually spent any money at all. He's used the chopper/jet/limos for years, just part of his ongoing expenses. His leased bus in Iowa? Put up for sale for $15K on eBay, complete with the Trump campaign paint job.
Not really. He's running it as a cost of doing business tax write-off,at least for the time being. For example,there was a report last week that he had charged his campaign 700 grand so far for the use of his private jet. Just because that is the only angle we have seen made public so far,doesn't mean it is the only angle. I'm betting he is billing his campaign for the hours he is away from Trump,Inc,too. Trump keeps talking about how the others need to be more creative,when the truth is he creates nothing but bankruptcies and tax write-offs,and the truth is he doesn't even really do that. His accountants and lawyers are the ones doing the heavy mental lifting. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
That is the last thing they ever want to see happen. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
You think he has spent his own money to operate,maintain,and use his own helicopter,jet,or limo? WRONG! Trump Inc bills his campaign for those expenses. Within the last week or two he has billed his campaign 700,000 bucks for the use of his private jet. We don't know the amounts of the bills he is hitting his campaign for to pay for the helicopter or the limos,but you can bet it is top dollar. I wouldn't be surprised to find out he is billing his campaign for the hours he spends away from Trump,Inc,as well as for consulting fees for consulting with himself. The only thing Trump ever creates are bills and bullshit. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
WRONG! Trump Inc bills his campaign for those expenses. Within the last week or two he has billed his campaign 700,000 bucks for the use of his private jet. We don't know the amounts of the bills he is hitting his campaign for to pay for the helicopter or the limos,but you can bet it is top dollar. I wouldn't be surprised to find out he is billing his campaign for the hours he spends away from Trump,Inc,as well as for consulting fees for consulting with himself. The only thing Trump ever creates are bills and bullshit. How retarted of you.
The truth about your idol can be painful. BTW,you misspelled "retarded". Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Socialists whot think Bernie is a conservative are envious covetous bastards.
Probably,but I don't know any of your friends. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
That's not "the truth", it's a lie. Trump has created hundreds of buildings around the world, vast projects, and employed tens of thousands of people. Trump doesn't make his money busting up companies. He makes his money building things and renting them out, and licensing his corporate name and goodwill. He makes his money employing people, building properties and managing them. Thousands of them, each a separate thing. Of those thousands, four, just FOUR only, have failed sufficiently that they filed for bankruptcy. And the Trump did what any good leader does whether political or military: you plan failed and you cannot win the battle, but you can damned well win the retreat. In those business bankruptcies, which are not PERSONAL bankruptcies but simple business failures 4 among thousands, Donald Trump has won. He has fought the bankruptcies and obtained very favorable results. That is exactly what you want in a leader. Somebody who runs things, builds things, knows how to administer thousands of people, how to make deals of all sorts. One whose projects are almost always successful. And one whose failures are managed to reduce the losses to his own side to the minimum. Ronald Reagan, for example, failed terribly in Beirut. He sent in the Marines, acceded to terms of engagement that left them exposed in a war zone. Many of them paid the price of Reagan's error with their lives and limbs. The terrorists bombed the compound, and the Marines died. We were defeated that day. How Reagan reacted to the defeat was important. He reassessed the situation. He decided that no real American interest worth the risk existed. So Reagan "declared bankruptcy" - he cut his losses and pulled us out, rather than doubling down on a quagmire due to stubbornness, pride, stupidity and "not wanting to be seen as weak". Well, the pullout WAS weak, but it was EXACTLY the weakness that a leader needs to show, sometimes, for the overall good of the nation. Sometimes a business is bankrupt. Does the Trump empire have the money to recover that one business? Probably. But you don't sacrifice the body to the cancer. You cut out the cancer. A smart leader like Reagan knew that: sometimes it makes a whole lot more sense to lose some skirmish than to commit everything to a war that, even if you win, brings you nothing but more trouble. Trump was wise enough to know when to cut the thread on failing businesses, and savvy enough to get good settlements. That's Reagan in Beirut. The notion that "in truth" "he creates nothing but bankruptcies" is a lie. Trump is overwhelmingly successful. Sometimes, success includes knowing when to fold your hand on a business line that doesn't work out.
WTF do you know about the truth? You believe in miracles and worship spooks. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
Because I've seen them. Spooks are real, and so are some miracles. Because I know that, I am more grounded in the totality of reality than you are, because you deny them. But miracles and angels have little to do with Donald Trump and the GOP establishment, so why go there?
Because I know that, I am more grounded in the totality of reality than you are, because you deny them. Uh,huh. But miracles and angels have little to do with Donald Trump and the GOP establishment,... On that we agree. so why go there? Because you went there first. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
If you want a choice, find something other than a Republican or Democrat to vote for. Nothing is likely to change until the D&R Party brings America to it's knees in pain, and the people become desperate enough to demand useful change. The D&R party parasitic elites will not let go willingly. Bottom line: No pain, no gain. I didn't go there first. I talked about bankruptcies. You went after me by saying that nothing I say can be listened to, because I believe in angels and miracles. You went there first in our exchange.
I think that Trump is enough of a trump card, and is so hated and feared by the GOP Establishment, that if he's the "Republican" nominee it's not really like voting for a Republican. Really it's voting for an independent who ambushed the Republican party and used the system to wrest control of the GOP's nominating process, very much against their will. Some of Trump's proposed policies are contrary to Republican Party dogma. Of course, if he gets the nomination, and then is elected, he will then be the head of the party, and he can proceed to make those things that he stands for that the GOP currently opposes into the GOP, and change the basic positions of the GOP itself. Trump's campaign is a hostile takeover of the GOP, because Trump has assessed that running as a major party candidate has a lot of advantages over running as an Independent, and Trump is aiming to WIN, not simply make some sort of statement. And because I loathe the Republican Party but agree with Trump in all of the cases where he differs with them, I am willing to vote for Trump, as a Republican, in order to assist him in this hostile takeover, so that people like him can come in, representing people like me, and we can scour out the Republican party, driving the current Establishment out of the party and forcing them into being the "Independents", while people who think more like me become "The Republican Party". Trump and I are right about the things on which we differ with the GOP, so I'll vote for him xo we can make a new GOP. If enough people do that, the GOP will change because we'll control it and then oust the current Establishment from power. They won't go without a fight, so let's fight. "Those are brave men knocking at your door. Let's go kill them!" - Tyrion Lannister.
Trump doesn't rise to the level of a RINO like Ron Paul. He's a mainstream Giuliani/Clinton NYC Republican Democrat. A gun grabbing, baby killing, gay marriage, big government progressive, like Mitt. I don't like the guy, too much like Hitler. Marco Rubio will be the GOP nominee/designated loser. Perhaps President Hillary will cure your delusions of reforming the GOP, and becoming an ice water vendor in hell? Well, Mitt wouldn't sign the pro-life pledge, and Mitt put into place the mandatory payment for abortion provisions in Massachusetts. Trump has been more even keel and steady in his pro-life position since he changed his mind on the issue back around 2000. So I myself would not compare him to Romney in the key regard. Obviously if the man reminds you of Hitler sufficiently to portray him like that, there's no chance you will support him.
Didn't all of the larger GOPe donors just come out as say they would help fund Hitlery if Trump got the spot???
Vegetarians eat vegetables. Beware of humanitarians!
Yep. And in a way that is great, because it clears the deckplates and makes the distinction clear. Because it means that once Trump is the nominee, and once all of the large donors do just that: support Hillary, that if Trump wins, it will be thanks to the return of the rank-and-file to vote for him, as well as a massive independent and crossover vote - the return of the Reagan Democrats. And THAT, in turn, means that Trump is not only not beholden to the Republican moneyed interests - if he wins without their support - but that those moneyed interests are his declared enemies. Which, in turn, means that when he targets regulations, new taxes, the end of favorable tax and regulatory treatment at them for the good of the country, he will not be attacking his own base, but rather, attacking his enemies and weakening them. So, if the crony capitalists who have done so well under the GOP actually turn on Trump, if he wins, it will be without them, and he can rid the GOP of them and have a very free hand to eliminate their loopholes, increase their taxes, and break them. Good.
There aren't enough native born Americans left in America to do anything about it. Republicrats have shattered a country that was once thought to be indivisible. Too bad. America used to be such a great place to live and work and play in. There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestDoes anyone really believe Trump is a small-government conservative?
#14. To: misterwhite (#12)
Their votes don't count.
#15. To: TooConservative (#11)
"Does anyone really believe Trump is a small-government conservative?"
#16. To: TooConservative, cranky, A K A Stone, Vicomte13, sneakypete (#11)
Is Trump so different from a Nelson Rockefeller, in his era the gold standard for the rock-ribbed northeastern liberal Republican?
#17. To: tomder55 (#16)
"He to this day supports universal-single payer health care."
-- Aug 6, 2015
#18. To: tomder55 (#16)
Any one of his liberal positions would've sunk any other Republican candidate .
#19. To: misterwhite (#17)
#20. To: cranky (#6)
Ballot access laws vary wildly across the fifty states and DC.
#21. To: TooConservative (#8)
#22. To: Don (#1)
Trump has to be better than the other, anti-Americans who are running.
#23. To: cranky (#9)
After all, Trump is basically a big-government lib like most of the GOP elite is.
#24. To: misterwhite (#15)
The right question is, "Will Trump reduce overall government spending?" I think he will.
#25. To: sneakypete (#22)
#26. To: A K A Stone (#20)
Ross Perot did it.
#27. To: A K A Stone (#21)
Itis a lie to say Trrmp is a liberal. He may not be the conservative you want. But his positions are mostly conservative.
#28. To: Don (#25)
Maybe, it takes some insanity to beat back the gains the Left has made in this country.
#29. To: sneakypete (#28)
#30. To: Don (#29)
Where will we get that strong dose of sanity?
#31. To: cranky (#3)
I just don't believe Trump will ever be the RNC's first choice.
#32. To: redleghunter (#31)
He may end up being their only choice.
#33. To: sneakypete (#30)
#34. To: redleghunter (#31)
Face it, Trump is in this with his own money at least through the March primaries.
#35. To: redleghunter (#31)
Face it, Trump is in this with his own money at least through the March primaries.
#36. To: cranky (#32)
It's not as though the RNC or the DNC have to give voters a choice.
#37. To: TooConservative (#34)
I don't think Trump has actually spent any money at all. He's used the chopper/jet/limos for years, just part of his ongoing expenses.
#38. To: sneakypete (#37)
You think he has spent his own money to operate,maintain,and use his own helicopter,jet,or limo?
#39. To: A K A Stone (#38)
How retarted of you.
#40. To: sneakypete (#35)
Trump keeps talking about how the others need to be more creative,when the truth is he creates nothing but bankruptcies and tax write-offs,and the truth is he doesn't even really do that. His accountants and lawyers are the ones doing the heavy mental lifting.
#41. To: A K A Stone (#40)
Socialists whot think Bernie is a conservative are envious covetous bastards.
#42. To: sneakypete (#35)
the truth is he creates nothing but bankruptcies and tax write-offs
#43. To: Vicomte13 (#42)
That's not "the truth", it's a lie.
#44. To: sneakypete (#43)
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WTF do you know about the truth? You believe in miracles and worship spooks.
#45. To: Vicomte13 (#44)
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Because I've seen them. Spooks are real, and so are some miracles.
#46. To: cranky, redleghunter, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#32)
It's not as though the RNC or the DNC have to give voters a choice. Their candidates tend to be largely interchangeable, regardless of gender, religion, skin pigmentation or ethnicity.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#47. To: sneakypete (#45)
#48. To: hondo68 (#46)
#49. To: Vicomte13, cruzin for a bruising, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#48)
Really it's voting for an independent who ambushed the Republican party and used the system to wrest control of the GOP's nominating process, very much against their will.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#50. To: hondo68 (#49)
#51. To: hondo68 (#49)
#52. To: CZ82 (#51)
Didn't all of the larger GOPe donors just come out as say they would help fund Hitlery if Trump got the spot???
#53. To: hondo68 (#46)
Nothing is likely to change until the D&R Party brings America to it's knees in pain, and the people become desperate enough to demand useful change.
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