Post by stagger on Oct 10, 2016 14:09:26 GMT -5
I'm an independent and realize this board is 99% Republican, but Trump is not one of you. Half of you are so Anti-Hillary, you'd give whoever opposed her a reach around. You're backing a reality star that's never held a public office, avoided serving, and has declared multiple bankruptcies that wound up screwing the businesses he's now promising to take care of. That really sounds like a guy who cares about middle class America....not that Hillary give a shit either.
With the amount of elected officials bailing on him now, do you really think anyone will support what he tries to do if elected? No one will want to be remotely tied to this guy except the Chris Christies of the world who are hoping for some of his table scraps. He has next to no real political allies. You all really think he's going to strut in to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and make broad sweeping changes from Day 1? You think our allies in the world will want to work with him when after they've been watching him for the past year? You think China is gonna roll over if he tries to declare bankruptcy for the US and tries to get out of paying them back? You think he can make other countries renegotiate deals he doesn't like? I don't.
You call him an "outsider". Let's say that when Cal retires, we need an outsider to take his place...someone who blazes his own path and pushes the envelop with the NCAA....a Cal 2.0, if you will. Wouldn't it be great if that "outsider" knew how to coach and recruit and handle himself with the media....all the things we love about Cal? Would you settle for a coach that's never done that AT ALL? Absolutely not! You would want a track record, Final 4 appearances, a list of 5 star recruits that he put in the NBA, etc. You can talk about getting great recruits and winning games, but it's hard to do it if you've never done it before. Trump has never even tried.....just arm chair QB'd it.
Fear is a staple of the GOP. Throughout history, Americans been afraid or suspicious of damn near everyone at various times.....blacks, Jews, Asians, Russians, non-Christians, Irish, gays, Arabs, etc. Fear is big business and right not, business is booming, but I'm not buying.
Johnson isn't qualified, but America NEEDS a 3rd party candidate. We've suffered long enough from the Democrat/Republican monopoly.
With the amount of elected officials bailing on him now, do you really think anyone will support what he tries to do if elected? No one will want to be remotely tied to this guy except the Chris Christies of the world who are hoping for some of his table scraps. He has next to no real political allies. You all really think he's going to strut in to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and make broad sweeping changes from Day 1? You think our allies in the world will want to work with him when after they've been watching him for the past year? You think China is gonna roll over if he tries to declare bankruptcy for the US and tries to get out of paying them back? You think he can make other countries renegotiate deals he doesn't like? I don't.
You call him an "outsider". Let's say that when Cal retires, we need an outsider to take his place...someone who blazes his own path and pushes the envelop with the NCAA....a Cal 2.0, if you will. Wouldn't it be great if that "outsider" knew how to coach and recruit and handle himself with the media....all the things we love about Cal? Would you settle for a coach that's never done that AT ALL? Absolutely not! You would want a track record, Final 4 appearances, a list of 5 star recruits that he put in the NBA, etc. You can talk about getting great recruits and winning games, but it's hard to do it if you've never done it before. Trump has never even tried.....just arm chair QB'd it.
Fear is a staple of the GOP. Throughout history, Americans been afraid or suspicious of damn near everyone at various times.....blacks, Jews, Asians, Russians, non-Christians, Irish, gays, Arabs, etc. Fear is big business and right not, business is booming, but I'm not buying.
Johnson isn't qualified, but America NEEDS a 3rd party candidate. We've suffered long enough from the Democrat/Republican monopoly.