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Old 04-04-2016, 11:57 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Upstate NY!
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There is Campaigner Trump and there can be President Trump...and the two can be vastly different. We only have to look at Obama to see this paradox...Obama was a masterful campaigner, convincing the majority of this country that he would be The Messiah of 'Hope and Change'. As president, he not only fell short of executing, but may have even delivered the direct opposite.

We now have The Republican opposite...Campaigner Trump, whose campaign seems to be like nothing that this country has seen in our lifetime. The media, political pundits, party establishment, and scholars have predicted his demise, over and over again, just to watch him grow stronger...the direct opposite of how they treated Obama in his campaigns. Trump "shoots from the hip", says crazy things, changes his mind and has seemed to run a campaign that would have brought others down long ago. He truly is a 'Campaigning Enigma!'

So, if we are presented with the masterful campaigner (Obama) who turned out to be a divisive president...Who's to say that we are not witnessing the divisive campaigner (Trump) who may turn out to be a masterful president?

The decision will, again, be left to the majority.
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Old 04-05-2016, 12:13 AM
 
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No chance in hell just listen to him talk and his 2am to to 4am twitter rants his mouth could get us into WWII and WWIV if he is elected
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Old 04-05-2016, 12:16 AM
 
Location: Asia
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It would be fantastic if anyone turns out to be a great POTUS.

But, I'd want to see your definition of great, first!
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Old 04-05-2016, 01:33 AM
 
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The odds he even wins the GOP nomination are slim and the chances he wins a general election are zero. So you will never know.
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Old 04-05-2016, 01:35 AM
 
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I am supporting Trump but if I had to judge from a non-bias point of view , I am still more than sure he would be a great president. He has this unbreakable tenacity and faith when it comes to his goals. He has always accomplished what he set his mind on despite the odds. That kind of belief, coupled with a vision, has always produced incredible results.
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Old 04-05-2016, 01:50 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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If he gets a good Legislature and good advisers while President, he'll be good. If not, he won't. His job is to execute the laws of the United States and be Commander in Chief of the military....and that's mostly it.
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Old 04-05-2016, 02:04 AM
 
Location: Stasis
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Trump isn't stupid.
He is a smart man with
a deep understanding of
what stupid people want.
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Old 04-05-2016, 02:58 AM
 
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Ronald Reagan was in a similar position as Trump when he ran and people were making him out to be a no good actor and fool.

Nowadays he is seen as one of the best Presidents.
The reason the establishment is so scared of Trump is that he isn't a puppet on a string like Obama was and Bush, Rubio, Ryan and Romney.
That makes Trump already a better President as he is not in the bag of the GOP and what we have seen for decades.
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Old 04-05-2016, 03:04 AM
 
Location: Swiftwater, PA
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Trump isn't stupid.
He is a smart man with
a deep understanding of
what stupid people want.

You are just describing establishment politicians! You tell me how many years we have voted for the lesser if two evils and we found out we made the wrong choice or there really was no choice!
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Old 04-05-2016, 03:22 AM
 
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We will never know.
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