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Title: What explains Donald Trump's appeal?
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USA Today
URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/ ... 16-presidential-race/29816483/
Published: Jul 7, 2015
Author: Rick Hampson,
Post Date: 2015-07-07 22:07:14 by Gatlin
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Views: 5465
Comments: 51
If economic inequality is a problem, erosion of traditional values is a fear, and the Hispanic vote is pivotal, what explains the political rise of a twice- divorced, thrice-married, gold-plated New York real estate buccaneer whose previous best-known utterance — "You're fired!" — is rivaled now by inflammatory comments about Mexicans and immigrants?
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#2. To: All (#1)
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#3. To: All (#2)
These GOP Candidates Are Standing Behind Donald Trump.
#4. To: Gatlin (#0)
I'll come up with 3 right off the top of my head:
1, Even though everyone knows he won't get the nomination, people appreciate that he's not a Bush or a Xlinton.
2, He provides a diversion from the serious issues of the day like the Confederate flag
3. He's not politically correct
#5. To: Gatlin (#0)
He's a great showman.
#6. To: All (#3)
Why the Democrats Will Do and Say Anything To Stop Donald Trump.
#7. To: Gatlin (#0)
Trump's incredible, celebrity made up coiffure?
Here, you can see one of his personal $1,500 "spit shines" as he posed for his second bankruptcy hearing in federal court that he wasn't at fault for his failures.
Billionaire Donald Trump has been in the media's spotlight ever since he expressed interest in becoming a candidate for the Republican Party in the 2012 presidential election. The CEO constantly rests on the laurels of his business empire, but did you know that some of Trump's companies have actually declared bankruptcy?
ABC News reports that Trump businesses have actually gone through Chapter 11 bankruptcy four times - in 1991, 1992, 2004 and most recently in 2009. So like many other companies, Trump's businesses have had their ups and downs over the past couple decades.
The first time a Donald Trump business declared bankruptcy was in 1991 when his Atlantic City casino, the Taj Mahal, was in billions of dollars of debt. After a trip to bankruptcy court, Trump was eventually able to reorganize the company's debts and make a financial comeback after developing a budget.
The three other bankruptcies also involved the reorganization of debts and complying with a court-approved reorganization plan. Bankers stepped in and even put Trump on a monthly budget for a while.
Perhaps the Trump bankruptcies can be seen as a strategic business decision and not necessarily a financial failure. As Trump said to ABC News, "I've used the laws of this country to pare debt. ... We'll have the company. We'll throw it into a chapter. We'll negotiate with the banks. We'll make a fantastic deal."
Some people may even say that Trump is an inspiration to businesses that are currently struggling with debt as a result of the economic recession. His bankruptcies show that even when a business is in debt, it can still become a success after reorganization.
#8. To: Gatlin, All (#0)
What explains Donald Trump's appeal?
The same that explains P.T Barnum's.
потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
#9. To: Gatlin (#0)
Title: What explains Donald Trump's appeal?
Voter idiocy?
#10. To: TooConservative (#9)
Voter idiocy?
Unless your for Cruz. You're for Mexico.
I'll tell you something someone told me once. I didn't believe it.
Someone told me you were a government plant.
#11. To: All (#0)
#12. To: buckeroo (#7)
Here, you can see one of his personal $1,500 "spit shines" as he posed for his second bankruptcy hearing in federal court that he wasn't at fault for his failures.
The least phony thing about Trump is his hair.
Yes, I do believe that is actually his own hair. He just does his hair in a four-way combover with lots of hairspray that is popular with executive transvestites.
You may recall this photo and some video of the time Trump went to a Tea Party event in Florida (after which he fled politics for quite a while).
#13. To: Gatlin (#0)
What explains Donald Trump's appeal?
His hair, silly! Duh...
#14. To: A K A Stone (#10) (Edited)
Someone told me you were a government plant.
The person who told you that is the real government plant. For sure.
See how easy it is to make up shit on Teh Interwebs?
If LF is going to go all-Trump-all-the-time, maybe you should rename it as DonaldsFlame.com.
#15. To: TooConservative (#12)
I can imagine Trump as POTUS advocating free Van der Graaf Generators for every home and busines in America. We need more BS artists, don't we?
#16. To: TooConservative (#14)
I can't even remember who said that. I just remembered it.
Now we have all these elitists attacking Trump. You know the establishment.
I don't believe it. I just happened to remember it when you were attacking Trump like the establishment. I didn't expect that from you.
Especially when you even say he has a transvestite haircut.
He is really getting to you.
You guys can continue to rip him. It doesn't matter. I'll vote for him. The only other one I would consider is Cruz.
So if you want Hillary. Reject Trump.
#17. To: TooConservative (#14)
DonaldsFlame.com.
I think CNN already took that, or maybe it was MSNBC. I can't remember.
#18. To: TooConservative (#14)
You CAN'T make up that hair - LOL.
#19. To: TooConservative, A K A Stone (#14)
...maybe you should rename it as DonaldsFlame.com.
Nah....PresidentTrump.com is better.
#20. To: buckeroo (#15)
Then we have phoney minuteman Buck. Who didn't stop one illegal, and was investigated for fraud by his own admission.
He too parrots the GOPe talking points. You did make a lot of money off the government didn't you?
#21. To: Chuck_Wagon (#18)
I like his hair. Looks kewl.
#22. To: A K A Stone (#16)
I'll vote for him.
What makes you think he has registered (not announced) his run for POTUS?
#23. To: Gatlin (#19)
Was that you that told me that about too?
#24. To: A K A Stone (#20)
Then we have phoney minuteman Buck. Who didn't stop one illegal, and was investigated for fraud by his own admission.
That made my day....thanks!
#25. To: Chuck_Wagon, A K A Stone (#13)
How about Trump, the board game? Or Trump cavorting with Rudi in drag? Or Trump in WWE wrestling, beating up Vince McMahon?
#26. To: buckeroo (#22)
What makes you think he has registered (not announced) his run for POTUS?
That is what Karl Rove said.
Is he your boss? Or do you just use his talking points?
#27. To: TooConservative (#25)
How about Trump, the board game? Or Trump cavorting with Rudi in drag? Or Trump in WWE wrestling, beating up Vince McMahon?
That just makes me more determined to vote for him.
Your tactics have the opposite affect.
#28. To: A K A Stone (#23)
Was that you that told me that about too?
Nope....but I like the story.
#29. To: A K A Stone (#20) (Edited)
You did make a lot of money off the government didn't you?
Let us describe the phenomena as something like this, in the words of Donald Trump pantomiming the famous words of P. T. Barnum: "there's a sucker born every minute."
#30. To: TooConservative (#25)
A board game and Vodka. Thanks. I'm off to ebay to see if I can get that game. Looks fun.
I think it would be kool to drink his vodka as they swear him in Jan 20, 2017 at noon eastern.
#31. To: Gatlin (#28)
Nope....but I like the story.
I never said I believed it.
I don't for the record.
#32. To: A K A Stone (#31) (Edited)
I don't either.
But I'm not sure about hondo...[wink-wink].
#33. To: A K A Stone (#21)
I have a tie identical to the one he is wearing in post 18.
Truly hideous.
#34. To: Chuck_Wagon (#33)
I have a tie identical to the one he is wearing in post 18. Truly hideous.
Maybe you should get the red one instead.
It must have been a gift.
#35. To: Chuck_Wagon (#18)
You CAN'T make up that hair - LOL.
The FL Tea rally had winds about 40mph.
After a few seconds of struggling, The Hair collapsed entirely. I can't find a good video clip of it, funny stuff. Donald was not amused. He rarely goes outdoors.
#36. To: A K A Stone (#27)
That just makes me more determined to vote for him.
Like we didn't already know you've drank The Donald's Koolaide to the last drop.
LF is starting to remind me of TOS back when they bought the name FredRepublic.com and pointed it toward TOS.
Good news! You can buy Trumporama.com for only $9.99. Hurry!
#37. To: buckeroo (#15)
I can imagine Trump as POTUS advocating free Van der Graaf Generators for every home and busines in America. We need more BS artists, don't we?
Sure but, just like Barnum, he could sell millions of them and walk away laughing.
Trump is a great self-promoter. He took his slumlord father's empire of 25,000+ properties and turned it into a much larger personal empire with big buildings, golf courses, resorts, casinos.
#38. To: TooConservative (#37)
He took his slumlord
Lefty talk.
#39. To: TooConservative (#36)
Like we didn't already know you've drank The Donald's Koolaide to the last drop.
You are free to vote with the Mexicans. But that would be very unpatriotic.
#40. To: Gatlin, Percy Yukon (#32)
hondo...[wink-wink]
I don't swing your way, but Percy Misanthrope (yukon) and his son are available.
#41. To: Chuck_Wagon, Good Hair combo, Trump Perry, A K A Stone (#33) (Edited)
I have a tie identicalTruly hideous
You've got to have the right hair for that tie.
Since Stone wants to lose to Hillary, might as well do it with a "Good Hair" ticket... Donald Trump/Rick Perry.
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