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Title: Dilbert Creator: Trump ‘Invulnerable’ If Beats Disability Flap
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Breitbart
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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Views: 10328
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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#1. To: cranky (#0)
Trump has to be better than the other, anti-Americans who are running.
I just don't believe Trump will ever be the RNC's first choice.
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.
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.
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 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?
Didn't all of the larger GOPe donors just come out as say they would help fund Hitlery if Trump got the spot???
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.
Trump IS a crony capitalist. He was born into it.
Of course he is. Why do you think he contributed to the likes of the Clintons and other Drats as well as Reps? What goes around in his circles usually comes around in spades. He is part of the uber insider information caste. But he is not much different in this regard than most influential people in and out of politics.
Trump is different because he is betraying it and doing something different.
Trump is different because he is betraying it and doing something different. You can't possibly be serious. Dollar Donald's one and only motive is the grandisement of Dollar Donald which almost always involves more dollars in Dollar Donald's pockets.
I am completely serious. I listen to Trump. I see what he does. And I compare him to the other candidates. Trump spends his own money running. The others beg for funds. Score one for Trump. He's different. He puts his money where his mouth is. Trump has accomplished much in his life, built much, that's why he has the money to do it. The other have done nothing but give speeches. Some are wealthy, but they don't spend their own cash. Score two for Trump: he has had a successful life building things and running things and getting paid for it. The others have given speeches - that's it. Trump says that global warming is a hoax. The others say that Climate Change is not primarily caused by man. Score three for Trump: he is speaking the truth. The others are hedging. Trump says to build the wall and deport. The others says that's nonsense, can't be done. Score four for Trump. Israel has a wall. It works. America deported millions before. Of course it can be done. Trump says to kill the families of terrorists and destroy their infrastructure - and to kill the human shields behind which they hide. He says it's too bad, but you have to do what you have to do to win. The others complain about Obama. Score five for Trump. Trump says he will make a deal with Russia to destroy ISIS and reduce tensions. The others say they'll impose a no-fly zone (and what? Shoot down the Russian air force and end the world in a nuclear holocaust?) Trump is the only adult in the room. Trump says he will aim at unfair tax breaks for hedge funders. The others remain silent (and will protect those hedge funders). Score seven for Trump. Trump is right about everything. The others are wrong about everything. Trump puts his money where his mouth is. The others have got nothing but mouth (because they have no success) and they run on other people's money. Go Trump.
Comparing Trump to the professional political hacks is like comparing P.T. Barnum to a BS televangilist. The both are con artist working different angles on their dupes.
#66. To: SOSO (#64)
Yeah, my heart is not fully on Trump's side. I can't agree with him. Vicomte13 has interesting reasons, but it makes me a little more circumspect. He says a lot of questionable xenophobic things and he's just too aggressive and haughty. Also, he has a loose tongue and is easy to insult others and try to get them to back down. what I observed from him I do not like - nor I feel comfortable with.
I think you nailed it, so-so. Very good!
I just attended the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Baily Circus in Barnum's hometown: Bridgeport, CT. As always - as it has been for a century and more - it was truly the greatest show of that genre on earth. There is nothing like the circus, and there is no circus like Barnum & Bailey's. Now, over the Thanksgiving holiday I had the good fortune to be treated to a performance of "Oliver" in Washington DC. I had front row seats in a theater in the round - I was literally resting my feet ON the stage. The show was very well done. It took about as long as the circus, and the tickets cost four times as much. Which was more ENTERTAINING (which is, after all, the POINT of paying money for any show)? Barnum's circus, of course. There were more acts. There was more color - it was wild with color. There was more going on. What the actors were doing was much harder. I saw a world record leap attempted, and saw a leap before it done by a Chinese acrobat that I would not have believed had I not seen it with my own eyes. I saw little vignettes, trained dogs and tigers. I learned about elephants as they went through their paces. I saw insane feats of horsemanship, and I watched seven crazy riders motorcycle around in a cage. So much human skill on parade. So much music and color. So many things so very much harder than anything on a theater stage. There was singing too - much more of it, in fact. There were sketches and lines, and clown pantomimes that told stories as well as Dickensian words. "Oliver" was great, as are many other plays. But P.T. Barnum's circus was greater. It was more, better, brighter, more astonishing. And it cost a quarter as much. So, I am dupe for paying a modest fee to see the greatest show on earth? I have been "worked over" because I paid a surprisingly small sum for what I got out of the circus? Nonsense! Barnum's ghost provided me with a product, a show. The show was over the top. I do not know how it is that a show that big and that grand can be kept alive for entry fees that small. I got more than I paid for - I am happy. Barnum got what he bargained for: my ticket price. So he's happy. He might think I'm a dupe for paying him anything for that show. And you might too. But I have memories of leaping acrobats and fire, of elephants and lions, of hot women and cool trick riders and insane men in a cage, and graceful and muscular acrobats flying high above. The cultural thing, Oliver was great. But the circus was greater - the Greatest Show On Earth. So, the fact that Trump is a showman - the P.T. Barnum of politicians - is supposed to make him bad? P.T. Barnum has been entertaining ME for going on 53 years now - as a boy, as a young man, as a father. His show is always fresh, the acts are always exciting. I always learn something new. I remember the circus from the first time. And I remember the circus from the last time. And every other time. P.T. Barnum was a showman - and he has never failed to entertain me above and beyond anything anybody else ever has. He provided great value every time. So, what is it about P.T. Barnum that I'm supposed to despise? The fact that he gave me my money's worth many times over and a lifetime of memories? The fact that all of his shows have been BETTER, objectively speaking, than any other shows I've ever seen? The others are hoity-toitier, and I like that, but they're not as GRAND as the circus, or as memorable. Barnum delivered what he promised: the Greatest Show on Earth. Still is delivering it. The show's good. And it's such a complex interaction of acts and animals and scenes that organizing that and keeping it going is a talent that no other showman has taken so far. Like Ford and his assembly line: innovative. PT Barnum was a brilliant logistician, a brilliant rhetoritician, a brilliant leader, a brilliant trainer, and a brilliant businessman. You laugh at the circus. How many OTHER businesses have endured continuously since the 1800s? There are a bare handful of companies. To compare Trump to PT Barnum is to do him a great honor. Barnum was the most successful show organizer in the history of the world. He did what he set out to do, and left a permanent, positive legacy. Trump is an organizer. He's bombastic - quite a showman. But then, that's what political speeches are: a show, an act. Trump is a master of it. The others are simply understudies. Like Barnum, Trump has had phenomenal success organizing and leading people in his line of business. This is not a bad thing. Trump is no con artist: he delivers quality apartments in style to tens of thousands of people worldwide, and resorts, entertainment, fun. He made himself rich doing it. What have the other Republican politicians accomplished? They've given speeches since high school. And Trump gives them better. Barnum was no con artist either: he delivered, and is still delivering, The Greatest Show On Earth. Rubio and Jeb and Christie and the rest of the Seven Dwarves are ALSO delivering a show. They're ALSO carnival barkers. It's just that the show they're offering isn't any good, and it is being proposed to me at the same price that Trump is asking. So, I can go see The Greatest Show On Earth, or I can go see an off-off-off Broadway comedy of bad actors. For the same price. But I'M the dupe? No sir. I buy what I like. I like Trump.
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#3. To: Don (#1)
Trump has to be better than the other, anti-Americans who are running.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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???
#56. To: Vicomte13 (#52)
So, if the crony capitalists who have done so well under the GOP actually turn on Trump
#57. To: sneakypete, Vicomte13 (#56)
Trump IS a crony capitalist.
#58. To: SOSO (#57)
#59. To: Vicomte13 (#58)
#60. To: SOSO (#59)
#64. To: Vicomte13 (#60)
Trump puts his money where his mouth is. The others have got nothing but mouth (because they have no success) and they run on other people's money.
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#67. To: SOSO (#64)
Comparing Trump to the professional political hacks is like comparing P.T. Barnum to a BS televangilist. The both are con artist working different angles on their dupes.
#69. To: SOSO (#64)
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