dagblog - Comments for "Trump and the Polls"

The other thing that is

Susan — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 01:55:11 +0000

The other thing that is keeping people in the republican race is that they are being bankrolled by superpacs. So at this point, if you have a Sugar Daddy paying the bills, you don't need popular support. Presumably that too will end.

Trump is floating the idea of

trkingmomoe — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:23:18 +0000

In reply to Trump and the Polls

Trump is floating the idea of running as a independent if he don't get nominated. That should keep his numbers up for a while. I don't think he will actually do it. It is a little more work then what he likes to do. On the other hand I would like to see him run. We would get a chance to really see how many hard core far right is actually voters.

Looks to me like there is

A Guy Called LULU — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 04:12:53 +0000

In reply to Trump and the Polls

Looks to me like there is some knee jerkin' messin' up some brain workin'. Here is the quote I get from google.

"He's not a war hero," Trump said. "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured."

It is an ambiguous statement that can be taken two ways. One way is the fact that he was captured negates anything he may have done that was heroic. Another way to take it that I completely agree with and is the fact of being captured and tortured does not, in itself, make McCain or anyone else a hero any more than being killed on 9-eleven makes all those people heroes. They are/were victims. John McCain being in the complete control of an enemy that abused him after he had bombed them numerous times does not make him a hero. I do not give him any credit in that direction but I also do not hold it against him one iota if he succumbed to the pressure of torture as some have reported. Like one of his fellow prisoners said when asked if McCain had given up more than is allowed, everyone gives in to torture.

John McCain is just a damaged old man and much of that damage probably came from his experience as a prisoner of war. I have no special respect for his service. I am sorry for him for what he had to endure. I am more sorry that he has used that experience to help boost his credibility as the disgusting war hawk that he is. He has never seen a foreign relationship problem that he doesn't think could be solved with bombs. Fuck that. It is too bad that the meme of honoring military service [as long as it is service in the U.S. military, that is] has such a strong hold that it over-rides any consideration of what that service was in the cause of. I also don't really care if Trump is damaged by peoples knee jerk reaction to what the jerk said even if it was correct. Screw Trump too.

Thanks, Michael!

Doctor Cleveland — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 01:21:07 +0000

In reply to Excellent analysis, Doc.

Thanks, Michael!

Excellent analysis, Doc.

Michael Wolraich — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 21:50:46 +0000

In reply to Trump and the Polls

Excellent analysis, Doc. Better than the NYT's upshot.

Thanks.

Oxy Mora — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:56:51 +0000

In reply to Being captured means you

Thanks.

Graham's remarks could be a way to differentiate the kind of criticism Kerry received--lied and shot a guy in the back---slurs which are permitted, from what happened to McCain---in this case, and so forth.

Something along the lines of

rmrd0000 — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:53:27 +0000

In reply to What should Graham have said?

Something along the lines of "a man shot down facing enemy fire is a hero".

The wording directly links McCain to the word hero

Graham's wording has you thinking of why McCain is not a loser. McCain gets linked to loser.

Being captured means you

NCD — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:48:49 +0000

In reply to Lindsey Graham, in defense of

GRAHAM COULD HAVE SAID:

Being captured means you nearly got killed in a war. But didn't. It means the war for you wasn't like showing up once a month, or not showing up at all, to your Alabama Guard unit.

It means that your Daddy didn't get you trained on an obsolete aircraft, and then assigned to a Guard unit (for which you never showed up), so you could never be killed, or captured, or get other bad stuff happen to you in the war your Dad, your Party and you supported.

McCain plans to run again for his seat in 2016. The crazies are already lining up to primary him.

As one of the few remaining old guard Republicans who, in his own way, shows a sense of responsibility for governance, and who retains some personal integrity, his days may be numbered in today's huckster dominated GOP.

What should Graham have said?

Aaron Carine — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:36:38 +0000

In reply to Lindsey Graham, in defense of

What should Graham have said?

Lindsey Graham, in defense of

Oxy Mora — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 18:37:19 +0000

In reply to McCain at least deplored the

Lindsey Graham, in defense of John McCain, said, "Just because you're captured doesn't mean you are a loser." No shit.

So was this remark aimed at Trump supporters, or the party in general? Begs the questions, "How damn dumb does Graham think Republicans are to need this explanation? and How damn dumb are they?