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Jun 21, 2016 - 8:03am
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
No, his point then was that he was able to finance his own campaign. Peel off a billion that he won't even miss, and then he won't be beholden to donors. Now he's looking for donors.
For Europeans this kind of politics is strange. Buying your way into the presidential chair... Is this democracy?
Not just Europeans. I signed a petition the other day to get rid of this way of political dealing, but it feels futile. The powers that be will never let that go.
Yes I am aware of that. It's telling us something. Trump is a businessman. He wants to make money. Not spending it on something that will only cost money. He knows he is losing, but his ego tells him not to back off. So he playing poker with just enough chips to remain in the game, but not enough to loose big in the end.
No, his point then was that he was able to finance his own campaign. Peel off a billion that he won't even miss, and then he won't be beholden to donors. Now he's looking for donors.
Yes I am aware of that. It's telling us something. Trump is a businessman. He wants to make money. Not spending it on something that will only cost money. He knows he is losing, but his ego tells him not to back off. So he playing poker with just enough chips to remain in the game, but not enough to loose big in the end.
He isn't broke. He just isn't spending all his money on trying to become a president. For Europeans this kind of politics is strange. Buying your way into the presidential chair... Is this democracy?
He isn't broke. He just isn't spending all his money on trying to become a president. For Europeans this kind of politics is strange. Buying your way into the presidential chair... Is this democracy?
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Good question, good thing Clinton isn't doing this.
I thought he was a billionaire? How could he be broke?
*Nelson laugh*
He isn't broke. He just isn't spending all his money on trying to become a president. For Europeans this kind of politics is strange. Buying your way into the presidential chair... Is this democracy?
"Donald Trump's campaign started the month with a paltry $1.3 million in cash — a mere fraction of Hillary Clinton's $42.5 million war chest — putting the GOP frontrunner at a sharp disadvantage heading into the general election against Clinton's money machine.
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And it's not just money — the filings revealed a campaign staff of less than 70, a number was dwarfed by Clinton's nearly 700 paid employees, and few of the campaign's expenses suggested work had begun to build out a more robust operation. All together, it's the most lopsided fundraising start to a presidential election in the modern campaign finance era."
" “Trump’s campaign is in free fall. There is not a single aspect of the campaign that is in good shape; he has messaging, finance, political, organizational problems and on the current trajectory, he will suffer an embarrassing defeat this fall,” said Alex Conant, former communications director for the Marco Rubio campaign. “Effectively, doesn’t have a campaign. … He’s had two months now to consolidate conservative support, and aside from one or two symbolic actions like the NRA speech and the list of judges, both of which he subsequently undermined, he’s done nothing to unite Republicans, and I think arguably his standing among Republicans is worse than it was a month ago.” "
Interesting piece, though a bit long. These bits struck me as the takeaway (emphasis mine):
His supporters are not really listening to anything he says. They cheer when he says he’ll help the veterans, they cheer when he says he’ll build a wall, but ultimately they do not care what he says. They don’t care if he actually will build a wall... Nothing in Trump’s platform matters. There is no policy that matters. There is no promise that matters. There is no villain, no scapegoat, that matters...
Americans who have voted for Trump in the primaries have done so not because they agree with all, or any, of his statements or promises, but because he is an entertainment. He is a loud, captivating distraction and a very good comedian...As long as he continues to say crazy shit, he will continue to dominate the news and will continue to attract crowds. The moment he ceases to entertain – to say crazy shit – he will evaporate.
Or even before that, people could just get bored. This happened in Sacramento. Just over halfway through his speech, people started leaving. Twenty-five minutes in, he had begun to repeat himself, and he’d started looking down at the podium, reading dubious statistics about Sacramento’s economic situation...He was getting too specific, and the entertainment value was sinking.
By the time Trump finished, there was no one behind me. Most of the hangar was empty. The only people left were the few hundred outside, pressed against the barricades, waiting for him to sign their posters and hats.
It seems like Trump knows that accuracy and substance and serious talk about difficult issues are the death of him, so we'll be treated to outrageousness and buffoonery all the way to November. You wonder whether his supporters for him will remain interested for that long.
I'll give Trump this: he is the needed counterpoint to Hillary's careful, rehearsed and very self-conscious campaign. If I had her ear for five minutes I would tell her to show some genuine passion and throw the script away from time to time.
I've seen crazier shit that's actually actual, but that had the guy's bug down in the corner so I googled it this morning... it's still pretty awesome.
