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The only actual solutions he has proposed are proven failures in the past (tariffs, flat taxes, subsidies, a wall, etc), and the rest of him is just a cult of personality. It's the same thing as what happened in 2008 with Obama. Instead of "hope and change" it's "courage and resolve." What do any of those actually mean? Whatever the particular audience wants them to mean.
He has run a campaign of fear (mostly of foreigners), anger, and ignorance. The majority of the things that he is correct on are only the most basic things that no serious candidate ever gets wrong. To me that isn't much to brag about.
He is quite possibly the worst candidate ever to run for a major party, certainly in recent history, and he is absolutely running the worst campaign in recent history.
This is true in the world of politicians and their favors, but the average person is not at all attracted to the idea of her being president. She's just the intersection of whats kind-of-okay to half the population.
"particularly with the buffoon Johnson out there giggling and laughing at his town hall appearances."
I find the way the pitch of his voice changes grating, but I tell myself this is a non-expert politician. He's not good at being kind-of-sort-of okay to half the population. Maybe that means he can't win. I still hope for some kind of scandal or other surprise that somehow leads to him being president.
"Except for the rigged system, Sanders would have been the democratic candidate"
His supporters certainly claim that, but my thought is most Democrats are moderates. I'm sort-of in this group. I say if we're not going go down a path of reducing gov't intrusiveness and spending, let's at least have gov't be responsible and stable. This leads us to support Clinton, but we're not as vocal as Sanders supporters.
"I agree with Trump that we need to make america great AGAIN, cause its fallen a LOT."
This line could mean anything to anyone. If I believed it, I would think it mean make the fed gov't small again. It can mean anything. It means nothing to me because I reject the premise that America is not great. Gov't got bigger in the last 100 years, but not so much as most other industrialized countries. Many new inventions that drive the world economy come from America. Violent crime, bigotry, lack of opportunity, difficulty in getting out dissenting ideas--- they're all in a rapid decline. America kicks ass. So many people in the world live in places where opportunities are rare and they're afraid to criticize the gov't. Here a poor person can get an honest job with job training, make more money, pay lower taxes than in many other countries, and condemn gov't officials without fear. It's just amazingly good. It needs to keep improving, and that comes from positive action, not whining about its failings. When I talk about the country technically, I call it United States. America is a nickname that to me means the greatness.
The libertarians would be preferable by far, but they have NO chance to get votes, particularly with the buffoon Johnson out there giggling and laughing at his town hall appearances.
Except for the rigged system, Sanders would have been the democratic candidate, and probably won the election. This is a sad state of affairs- a true evil socialist nearly winning presidency of the once great country.
I agree with Trump that we need to make america great AGAIN, cause its fallen a LOT. I think he can slow down the demise of the USA, but certainly not stop it intellectually. Given it will be Hillary OR Trump, I choose trump. Third parties have no shot at all.
indeed afraid of what he is bringing up, and they should be. The system is crooked, led by Hillary and her "speaking engagement fees". It IS pay for play.
Accordingly, while capitalists were busily attending to wealth creation and "stuff" acquisition, Marxists were busy infiltrating their schools.
I think Clinton will win because her ideas are the ones that most people think are tolerable. Trump's ideas are popular with a small segment and offensive to more than half the people. In my lifetime I've seen this Long Tail Phenomenon take hold. Not long ago a store shelf only held space for products that most people found acceptable. There were a few TV channels that ran programming acceptable to a broad audience. It's completely shifted. Now I can buy products or TV shows that appeal to only a few people in each market, not enough to justify shelf space or airwaves, but more than enough to sell online. We've gotten used to not having to pick the kind-of-sort-of tolerable option b/c there are only two options. That's what we have in national politics though.
I'd like to think Gary Johnson is right that the US is predominately moderate libertarian but doesn't know it. But I see a fraction of people wanting Jill Stein, a fraction wanting Johnson, and an equally small fraction wanting Trump. But we don't get to choose down the long tail. So we get kind-of-sort-of-okay-I-guess.
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