the problem is the selection of a Russian as VP when
the VP must be a u.s. native over 35. -- j
.

How can Trump be so chummy with a Communist
dictator? (The place is still Communist, isn't it?)
I knew that Trump wasn't a free-enterprise man, but
that goes farther than I would have dreamed of in a
nightmare.--By the way, who was that guy with the horse? I didn't see the whole photograph at
first; was relieved to find it wasn't a woman ex-
posing that equipment.

I would love for a big "shoe" to drop before next November.

In the meantime, bloviating Pragmatists and political gangsters should be rebuked at every opportunity.

well, no more federal or state deficit spending, a reduction of about half of federal spending and rulemaking, and a return to a gold standard would be a GREAT start. Maybe add to that the elimination of the federal reserve to make sure there is no more deficit spending.

I wish there was a simple solution for productive people like you, term2, but many people are just too brainwashed to act rationally.

Actually I am setting things up this coming year to sell out and essentially shrug. Its not worth it to manufacture things anymore in the USA. no matter who gets elected.

The only reason we are still here is that I have been buying about 3/4 of our raw materials and subassemblies from china. We have 8 people working here, not including me, and if they do the $15/hr thing, we will have to get rid of 3 of them in order to stay in business. That means more work goes to china and I scramble to automate and computerize more of our operations, for which I am granted a reprieve from bankruptcy.

I do think that 4 years of Trump will slow the decline compared with Hillary or Sanders. The die is cast as to socialism taking over however. Too many people want it, and the influx of socialist south americans has sealed the deal.

The other GOP candidates will do nothing to stop socialism and also impose some religious restrictions and increase taxes like all of them do, but I really dont think they can win against Hillary and her liberal media juggernaut.

Things are going to go the way of Venezuela but it will take a long time to exhaust all the wealth of the USA and people here will put up with it long after I am gone.

The collapse as depicted in AS is pretty much the way it will go. Even John Galt didnt try and stand in the way to stem the tide. He let it go to its end, and THEN came forth.

America needs a Snowden to expose the corruption of the RNC, DNC, Obama, the Bush family, the Clintons, the UN, the World Bank, the fed, the banking cartel, and Wall Street.
The whole corrupt political system needs a "do over" before the next US election.
Otherwise we will get another 5 years of,"pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."

Putin's the only lead in power so far who will bomb our enemies...

What's with the "constitutional" reference? They lost me.

If either mahor party candidate wins the election, your company value will be hurt. The solution for you is not in voting for Trump. It is in making preparations that must be done. None of the major party candidates will do what is needed to fix the economy. There is no Reagan in their midst and neither party wants to lose control temporarily to a Reagan again. Giving the country to a monarch dictator like King George, er, Trump is not a solution for your company.

Nothing was said about not voting. Merely not voting doesn't solve the problem peacefully any more than voting repeatedly for the party of alledged lesser evil that has consistently betrayed voters. Republicans must bolt from the GOP to a non-statist candidate. There is no possibility of a non-statist solution within the GOP. Those holding power are corrupt and reform is not in their financial interests.

Although I have stated this to you several times in the past, I will state it once more. Voting for the statist party candidates is voting for evil and against liberty. Look at the results of the past 30 years and this is clear. Look at the actions of the GOP and the Dems for the past 30 years and no one of principle can rationally expect either party to defend liberty once in power. Use your ability to think rationally to determine and vote for the best candidates outside the statist party. The time for "one more chance" is past.
Republican voters have ignored the lessons of history for too long. The reality is that voting for the supposed lesser evil only results in more evil: bigger government and less liberty.

Now you sound like a looter sympathizer and enabler.
Making a difference? Yes, more dictatorship and less freedom is a difference, and although you support that, I will not, and I will state the facts that you want to ignore. I will even make jokes about your irrational faith in a process and a party that delivers tyranny while promising liberty.

Here's the same conclusion based on analysis from another source: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na...

Putin would rather have Obama to deal with. Obama backs down and is avwimp

That is an opinion by a Romney strategist, a proven 'genius'. It speculates on Republican support in the upcoming primaries.

They don't have to throw out the 2nd Amendment to throw it out, only reinterpret it and allow unreasonably restrictive laws. Different states already do that to different degrees.

The 2nd Amendment isn't the only part of the Bill of Rights under attack. Private property rights are being decimated and government power expanded beyond anything remotely allowed in the Constitution. Trump has shouted to the heavens that he thinks "eminent domain is wonderful".

The national polls may be undercounting Trump's support. See: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2...

I don't know about your ballot, but my ballot usually lists more than two choices for President.

In every presidential election, people are told that they are “wasting their vote” if they vote for the Libertarian candidate.

As one who has voted for every Libertarian presidential candidate since 1972, I think the exact opposite is true. By voting for my principles, my votes over the years have had far more impact than if I had allowed the two “establishment” parties to dictate my choices.

Consider this: no matter how you have voted for President in the past, your vote has never made a difference in the outcome. Nor will it do so in the future. Even if you live in a “swing state” that could go either way, your lone vote will not spell the difference between victory and defeat for either establishment party candidate.

So if you can’t change the election outcome, why vote at all? The answer is that by voting Libertarian, you will be adding to the vote totals of the only party that consistently supports individual freedom. And those vote totals matter – the establishment parties pay close attention when a significant number of voters break with the two-party system, and they will often modify their stands on certain issues to protect their base and prevent further defections.

On the other hand, if you vote for the “lesser of two evils,” you are saying in effect, “I support the political status quo. I have faith in the two-party system, and I’m not interested in supporting candidates from other parties, even if they have fresh ideas that I agree with. I don’t like either of the two establishment party candidates, but I will vote for Establishment Party Candidate X because he is not quite as bad as Establishment Party Candidate Y.” This truly is a waste of your vote, and does nothing to advance the cause of freedom.

Vote Libertarian instead, and declare your independence from the broken two-party system and its deeply flawed candidates. Your Libertarian vote will put the establishment parties on notice that you are not satisfied with the candidates they offer, and unless they come up with better choices they will not earn your vote in the future.

IF...faced with that choice, I wouldn't vote for the guy that is consumed with thoughts of "they like me". He has already proven how he handles those that just disagree with him. Who will be his 'Loretta Lynch'? His narcissism drives a juvenile pettiness that our country cannot afford in the bully pulpit.

I doubt you could be convinced otherwise, regarding Trump. So many are blinded by their new political 'significant other', they can't see that Trump's actions and promises echo the pattern of past populist dictators.

If not voting for Trump meant that the criminal, political gangster, Hillary, was elected, then the difference in damage to the country would be similar. There is a long time before the election; hopefully the FBI will refer charges against Hillary or leak her crimes.

I wonder why there is so much anti trump talk on this forum when he isn't half as bad as the other candidates. Hillary is terrible and a liar. Sanders is terrible but honest about it. The other repubs are weirdly religious. We are going to get one of them. The only saving grace is that government will prob be split between repubs and democrats and not much will be done

Unfortunately what you see around you is for real. It was devastating for people in the USSR to constantly see the US pander to and morally sanction the Soviets. It must be like that in the Ukraine now, especially with a KGB thug like Putin breathing down your neck and his running mate Trump praising him. Putin is no fool, he wants someone like a Trump to "deal" with him in respect as if there were no moral principles.

That was Guber with the towel. Did Kasich slink out behind the bath house yet?