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2016 Presidential Election Candidates: Off-The-Top-Of-Your-Head Analysis
GOP:
DONALD TRUMP:
Donald Trump is the epitome of the US Success Story, a story consisting of all the good AND bad that goes along with it. He is intelligent, driven, a manipulator, a narcissist, says what ever he feels, and is far more liberal than he makes out to be - flashes of that shown when he talks about being for a path to citizenship, eminent domain, etc. He is a self-promoter and is always 'in it' for personal gain above anything else. He will do just about anything to be seen as 'one of the people', from professing to have faith to professing to be a die-hard Conservative. Much like Obama, to be a success in business, he has learned to be all things to all people and how to motivate & manipulate. Besides Jeb Bush, he is the next best thing to a 'career politician' for the GOP. He is seen as a 'renegade' who does not care what anyone says - he says and does whatever he wants, which has attracted people....though those same people don't seem to see that he is the same type of man we have had for 7 years, just claiming to be in a different party.
BEN CARSON
Self-made success story, brain-surgeon, extremely intelligent man; Christian; soft-spoken; NOT much experience being a 'politician' - meaning he often says what he thinks instead of calculating everything carefully before he speaks - like the more polished 'career politicians', leaving himself open to criticism. An honest man, probably making him the biggest 'outsider' in the race. He is NOT 'well-rounded', meaning he would need to choose his Cabinet wisely if elected...and is he TOO soft-spoken?
CARLY FIORINA:
Successful business woman who has broken through glass ceilings; advisor to John McCain's Presidential campaign in 2008 so no stranger to politics, and Un-successful challenger to Barbara Boxer's seat - still pulling in 42% of the vote...so she is not AS much as an 'outsider' as she claims to be; partial draw as '1st female President' potential, seen as 'more trustworthy' than Hillary.
JEB BUSH:
Let's be honest - Jeb Bush is THE GOP 'Washington Establishment' candidate (strike one), and he is another BUSH, seen as a 'dynasty candidate', someone who thinks It is HIS TURN (strike 2). He is more Liberal than Conservative, as shown by him having declared that he is for Amnesty and pretty much everything else going on right now regarding illegal immigration (pro-sanctuary cities, pro-path to citizenship, not highly in favor of enforcing all existing immigration laws, etc...) When asked what his platform would be, his 1st words were nothing to do about helping Americans or America - it was to help and address the status of illegals...demonstrating he has not / is not listening to Americans and - like other politicians - don't care what they have to say because he has his own agenda (Strike 3). He also just proved he has no problem lying to Americans, especially about stupid stuff, as he lied about reorganizing and cutting back his staff because he is almost out of money. If he will lie about the small stuff, he will lie about much bigger things.
*** The other GOP candidates really aren't worth serious mention as, at most, they are running for consideration as 'VP'
HILLARY CLINTON:
THE quintessential 'career politician' and 'Washington Insider in this election: 1st Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, an d now running for President. She also un-deniably carries more baggage with her than any other candidate. Despite her many scandals she still commands much loyalty. The on-going Benghazi investigation, for example, and the evidence which revealed that Hillary most definitely lied about the terrorist attack being a protest over a video and the on-going FBI investigation into her State Department E-mails and potential violations of the law regarding the handling of classified material has done nothing to cause support for her to waiver among Liberals Democrats. Polls do show, however, that Americans consider her to be the least trustworthy candidate in the entire race.
BERNIE SANDERS:
Although he is known as the longest serving 'independent' politician serving in Congress, Bernie is an openly, extremely public member of the Socialist Party and is running for President as a member of the Democratic Party. He is a former mayor of 2 terms before being elected to Congress; however, 'Socialist' is all you really need to know about Sanders, as it explains about everything there is to know about the man's ideology and political agenda / ideas.
GOP:
DONALD TRUMP:
Donald Trump is the epitome of the US Success Story, a story consisting of all the good AND bad that goes along with it. He is intelligent, driven, a manipulator, a narcissist, says what ever he feels, and is far more liberal than he makes out to be - flashes of that shown when he talks about being for a path to citizenship, eminent domain, etc. He is a self-promoter and is always 'in it' for personal gain above anything else. He will do just about anything to be seen as 'one of the people', from professing to have faith to professing to be a die-hard Conservative. Much like Obama, to be a success in business, he has learned to be all things to all people and how to motivate & manipulate. Besides Jeb Bush, he is the next best thing to a 'career politician' for the GOP. He is seen as a 'renegade' who does not care what anyone says - he says and does whatever he wants, which has attracted people....though those same people don't seem to see that he is the same type of man we have had for 7 years, just claiming to be in a different party.
BEN CARSON
Self-made success story, brain-surgeon, extremely intelligent man; Christian; soft-spoken; NOT much experience being a 'politician' - meaning he often says what he thinks instead of calculating everything carefully before he speaks - like the more polished 'career politicians', leaving himself open to criticism. An honest man, probably making him the biggest 'outsider' in the race. He is NOT 'well-rounded', meaning he would need to choose his Cabinet wisely if elected...and is he TOO soft-spoken?
CARLY FIORINA:
Successful business woman who has broken through glass ceilings; advisor to John McCain's Presidential campaign in 2008 so no stranger to politics, and Un-successful challenger to Barbara Boxer's seat - still pulling in 42% of the vote...so she is not AS much as an 'outsider' as she claims to be; partial draw as '1st female President' potential, seen as 'more trustworthy' than Hillary.
JEB BUSH:
Let's be honest - Jeb Bush is THE GOP 'Washington Establishment' candidate (strike one), and he is another BUSH, seen as a 'dynasty candidate', someone who thinks It is HIS TURN (strike 2). He is more Liberal than Conservative, as shown by him having declared that he is for Amnesty and pretty much everything else going on right now regarding illegal immigration (pro-sanctuary cities, pro-path to citizenship, not highly in favor of enforcing all existing immigration laws, etc...) When asked what his platform would be, his 1st words were nothing to do about helping Americans or America - it was to help and address the status of illegals...demonstrating he has not / is not listening to Americans and - like other politicians - don't care what they have to say because he has his own agenda (Strike 3). He also just proved he has no problem lying to Americans, especially about stupid stuff, as he lied about reorganizing and cutting back his staff because he is almost out of money. If he will lie about the small stuff, he will lie about much bigger things.
*** The other GOP candidates really aren't worth serious mention as, at most, they are running for consideration as 'VP'
HILLARY CLINTON:
THE quintessential 'career politician' and 'Washington Insider in this election: 1st Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, an d now running for President. She also un-deniably carries more baggage with her than any other candidate. Despite her many scandals she still commands much loyalty. The on-going Benghazi investigation, for example, and the evidence which revealed that Hillary most definitely lied about the terrorist attack being a protest over a video and the on-going FBI investigation into her State Department E-mails and potential violations of the law regarding the handling of classified material has done nothing to cause support for her to waiver among Liberals Democrats. Polls do show, however, that Americans consider her to be the least trustworthy candidate in the entire race.
BERNIE SANDERS:
Although he is known as the longest serving 'independent' politician serving in Congress, Bernie is an openly, extremely public member of the Socialist Party and is running for President as a member of the Democratic Party. He is a former mayor of 2 terms before being elected to Congress; however, 'Socialist' is all you really need to know about Sanders, as it explains about everything there is to know about the man's ideology and political agenda / ideas.
