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Old 07-01-2015, 07:38 PM
 
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Why do you think Macy's, NBC, or any other business collaborating with Trump, are distancing themselves because of his racist remarks? Maybe it has more to do with his political posturing and they want to proactively mitigate damages before he alienates more than half their customers. If they stay the course with him, they may gain the approval of the far right and lose everyone else.
What racist remarks? Are illegal aliens a race? Are Mexicans a race? It is PC nowadays for businesses to pander to illegal aliens and to other Latinos. They only care about their bottom line. No surprise here.
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Old 07-01-2015, 07:42 PM
 
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You said it! How many times does anyone think Trump can insult world leaders and just anyone he pleases with the type remarks he is currently making? I'm talking about calling other people "stupid," "not worthy to even shine his shoes," and such tripe as this. It's really disgusting to me. This guy is just a rich jerk.
Oh as if this is the first time a politician has insulted the leader of another country. Please..... Not only that but he was telling the truth. If they are offended by the truth.....tough! There are plenty of world leaders that insult the U.S.
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Old 07-01-2015, 07:47 PM
 
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This is exactly what I was telling my brother yesterday. Does Trump have any 'advisers' even though the guy had no chance EVER to become president? Obviously he wants to do something about illegal immigration. Fine. Say instead: I want to do something about illegal immigration (and BTW something has to be done but it won't- this is for another discussion). He could have made a simple and generic statement about illegal immigration. He obviously did not realize the backlash his inappropriate statements would have on him economically and otherwise. As most of you know already Macy's dropped his clothesline today. There will be more doors shutting on Trump. Any remaining 'buddies' will not want to associate with a 'racist'. Yeah, he's screwed.

Lastly, in response to Trump's moronic statement that Mexicans bring in drugs. Americans love to get high. If this is supposed to be the greatest country on God's green earth why do so many Americans want to 'escape' life by getting high. If the USA didn't have a drug problem the Mexicans wouldn't bring in the drugs. Why? There wouldn't be a market for it. Supply and demand. If the Mexicans don't bring the crap in someone else will. As long as Americans want to get high the drugs will keep coming and coming and coming.
Why candy coat it with PC? Uniformed Americans need to know what many illegal aliens do. You'd be surprised at the number that just think they are just poor little ole immigrants just trying to feed their families ad nauseum. They know nothing of the overwhelming negatives of illegal immigration.

Since when do his remarks make him a racist? Telling the truth about lawbreakers is racism? Mexicans do bring in drugs and yes some Americans do use them. They are both wrong to do so. Has anyone said otherwise?
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Old 07-01-2015, 07:53 PM
 
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What racist remarks? Are illegal aliens a race? Are Mexicans a race? It is PC nowadays for businesses to pander to illegal aliens and to other Latinos. They only care about their bottom line. No surprise here.
Its now official all of the meaning and power has been sucked from the phrase politically correct. It no longer has any value left. When latinos ,ake up more than 13% of the population, have disposable income and can influence others to spend money of course businesses will pander to them.
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They only care about their bottom line. No surprise here.
This is the biggest problem facing America. So many of us don't realize businesses exist to turn a profit, first and foremost. They are not charities. They create jobs reluctantly. They will manipulate the public to boost there profits. They are not good or evil. They are simply profit seeking enterprises.
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Old 07-01-2015, 08:14 PM
 
Location: CT
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What racist remarks? Are illegal aliens a race? Are Mexicans a race? It is PC nowadays for businesses to pander to illegal aliens and to other Latinos. They only care about their bottom line. No surprise here.
You would be the BEST Trump campaign manager ever! Go for it.
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Old 07-01-2015, 09:02 PM
 
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You would be the BEST Trump campaign manager ever! Go for it.
I'm not interested in promoting him as president. I just appreciate his honesty. A rare thing among our pandering PC politicians these days.
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Old 07-01-2015, 09:54 PM
 
Location: Tucson for awhile longer
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I'd think someone who has declared bankruptcy as many times as Trump has would welcome almost anyone to his properties who could afford to pay the pricey tab.
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Old 07-01-2015, 09:58 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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You would be the BEST Trump campaign manager ever! Go for it.
In case you haven’t noticed he doesn’t have a "campaign manager”, and thank God for that. He is himself and nobody is “advising” him.
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Old 07-01-2015, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Tucson for awhile longer
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What racist remarks? Are illegal aliens a race? Are Mexicans a race? It is PC nowadays for businesses to pander to illegal aliens and to other Latinos. They only care about their bottom line. No surprise here.
A more appropriate term to describe Trump's talk is "jingoism," which the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines as "the feelings and beliefs of people who think that their country is always right and who are in favor of aggressive acts against other countries." But the feelings involved are not that different from racism.

Then there's the matter of him proposing to make friends with Putin ... I think that moves into the "crazy" category.
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Old 07-01-2015, 10:19 PM
 
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His father, Fred Trump, was worth about $250 million by the time he died. So you clearly don't know what you're talking about.
Trump is worth a lot more than that now, so clearly you don't know what you're talking about.
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