Quote from: Solar on August 22, 2015, 04:09:52 PM
Politics is packed with actors/frauds, but it's a rare occasion when one is a Statesman as well, as was Reagan.
Cruz so far, fits the mold of Statesman.

That he does. I always liked him, but when he alone worked to honor the 2014 campaign promise to repeal the ACA that virtually every Republican ran on that year, well then, he got my respect.

Quote from: Ulsterking on August 22, 2015, 04:24:27 PM
That he does. I always liked him, but when he alone worked to honor the 2014 campaign promise to repeal the ACA that virtually every Republican ran on that year, well then, he got my respect.

That should have gotten the entire Nation's respect!   

Quote from: Ulsterking on August 22, 2015, 04:24:27 PM
That he does. I always liked him, but when he alone worked to honor the 2014 campaign promise to repeal the ACA that virtually every Republican ran on that year, well then, he got my respect.

Yep, and virtually every RINO was promising to "Repeal and Replace", as if anyone wants more Govt expansion of a different version of Commiecare.
Yep, Cruz stood his ground and has not wavered one bit.
We'll get our turn yet.

I can't get behind anyone that had such poor judgment to give to Rangel, Schumer and Clinton.  I think that he is a fake.  Does a leopard change its spots?  There is something with Trump that gives me a serious uneasy.  I think he is just a spoiler.  Him and his big puffed up self.

Quote from: Chosen Daughter on August 22, 2015, 10:47:41 PM
I can't get behind anyone that had such poor judgment to give to Rangel, Schumer and Clinton.  I think that he is a fake.  Does a leopard change its spots?  There is something with Trump that gives me a serious uneasy.  I think he is just a spoiler.  Him and his big puffed up self.

But he is killing the left.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on August 23, 2015, 12:12:09 AM
But he is killing the left.

Or is he killing the right for the left?

Quote from: Chosen Daughter on August 23, 2015, 12:21:05 AM
Or is he killing the right for the left?

Right now, no.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on August 23, 2015, 12:22:11 AM
Right now, no.

I'm not so sure.

Quote from: Chosen Daughter on August 23, 2015, 12:34:41 AM
I'm not so sure.

Well some of the other GOP candidates have risen in the polls and the topics Trump is speaking about are favoring the GOP.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on August 23, 2015, 12:37:32 AM
Well some of the other GOP candidates have risen in the polls and the topics Trump is speaking about are favoring the GOP.

Yes I favor the idea of stopping illegal immigration also.  But Trump hires illegals.  I know that he hires another company that manages.........la, la, la, but ultimately he is responsible to make sure he is not employing illegal immigrants.

Quote from: Chosen Daughter on August 23, 2015, 12:48:06 AM
Yes I favor the idea of stopping illegal immigration also.  But Trump hires illegals.  I know that he hires another company that manages.........la, la, la, but ultimately he is responsible to make sure he is not employing illegal immigrants.

Polls really mean nothing.

Quote from: Chosen Daughter on August 23, 2015, 12:51:02 AM
Polls really mean nothing.

Then what are you worried about?

Quote from: Chosen Daughter on August 23, 2015, 12:48:06 AM
Yes I favor the idea of stopping illegal immigration also.  But Trump hires illegals.  I know that he hires another company that manages.........la, la, la, but ultimately he is responsible to make sure he is not employing illegal immigrants.

How many illegals are employed by Trump?

Quote from: Chosen Daughter on August 23, 2015, 12:48:06 AM
Yes I favor the idea of stopping illegal immigration also.  But Trump hires illegals.  I know that he hires another company that manages.........la, la, la, but ultimately he is responsible to make sure he is not employing illegal immigrants.

I guess you should have sat in for Megyn Kelly!

Now, back to reality.....

QuoteTrump's business interests, and ultimately most of his net wealth, is actually physical in nature.  Hotels, resorts, golf courses, brands etc. are all real commodities with actual valuation based on their individual business model returns.

The various Trump assets employ Human Resource departments, managers, hiring offices, and down-the-line workers who do the physical work.   This "main street" traditional business model is fundamentally different from the customary "business candidate", who, as Mitt Romney personified, comes more from a "Wall Street" financial industry background based on mergers, acquisitions and other movements of capital (money) without specific attachment to physical asset.

Trump's businesses are traditional businesses, in short Main Street; and that makes him a non-traditional modern-era political candidate.   The political machine, and the Washington Post are not used to having to report about a main-street owner/operator and therefore don't know the distinction inherent in their attacks.   

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/07/07/the-washington-post-tries-to-undermine-trump-with-story-about-illegals-working-on-trump-hotel-construction-but-the-wapo-plan-can-easily-backfire/

Quote from: Chosen Daughter on August 23, 2015, 12:21:05 AM
Or is he killing the right for the left?

I believe you'r Right CD.
The leftist media is manipulating the Right and playing on the anger over one issue, in fact, they expose tiny and immature ignorance on the Right, much in the way they manipulated the entire left into voting for an Marxist.

"Our latest national telephone survey finds that 57% of Likely Republican Voters now think Trump is likely to be the Republican presidential nominee next year, with 25% who say it's Very Likely. That compares to 27% who felt a Trump nomination was likely two months ago when he formally announced his presidential bid, a finding that included just nine percent (9%) who said it was Very Likely."

Here's the entire poll.

1* How likely is it that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president in 2016?

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/questions/pt_survey_questions/august_2015/questions_trump_change_august_19_20_2015