Des Moines Register: Trump is a "feckless blowhard", should drop out

[rightwinger]

When was the last time any other republican candidate was the lead story

God, I love Trump

 

[Statistikhengst]

When was the last time any other republican candidate was the lead story

God, I love Trump

Indeed. Marco who??? Who is that?

 

[rightwinger]

When was the last time any other republican candidate was the lead story

God, I love Trump

Indeed. Marco who??? Who is that?

Carson?

 

[Statistikhengst]

When was the last time any other republican candidate was the lead story

God, I love Trump

Indeed. Marco who??? Who is that?

Carson?

You mean Johnny???

 

[mudwhistle]

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Editorial Trump should pull the plug on his bloviating side show

Excepts:

It's time for Donald Trump to drop out of the race for president of the United States.

People who run for public office typically perform a great public service, regardless of whether they win on Election Day. That's particularly true of presidential candidates, most of whom must devote two years of their lives to hard-fought campaigns that involve staggering personal and financial sacrifices, all in an effort to serve their country.

And then there's Trump.

In the five weeks since he announced his campaign to seek the GOP nomination for president, Trump has been more focused on promoting himself, and his brand, than in addressing the problems facing the nation. If he were merely a self-absorbed, B-list celebrity, his unchecked ego could be tolerated as a source of mild amusement. But he now wants to become president, which means that he aspires to be the leader of the free world and the keeper of our nuclear launch codes.

That is problematic, because Trump, by every indication, seems wholly unqualified to sit in the White House. If he had not already disqualified himself through his attempts to demonize immigrants as rapists and drug dealers, he certainly did so by questioning the war record of John McCain, the Republican senator from Arizona...

...If Trump, our would-be commander in chief, doesn't like POWs, how does he feel about men and women killed in action?

His comments were not merely offensive, they were disgraceful.

...he has coarsened our political dialogue and cheapened the electoral process.

He has become "the distraction with traction" — a feckless blowhard who can generate headlines, name recognition and polling numbers not by provoking thought, but by provoking outrage.

In just five weeks, he has polluted the political waters to such an extent that serious candidates who actually have the credentials to serve as president can't get their message across to voters....

Other than the opening line, I bolded 6 points made in the OP-ED, and remember, this is just an OP-ED, but from a newspaper with a lot of influence in the very first caucus state in the Nation. And this paper is often read a lot in neighboring states like Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The paper has a mixed record of endorsements, sometimes for the Democrat and sometimes less for the Republican. And it's endorsement has not always gone for the winner, but the Des Moines Register has unabashedly spoken it's mind. From 1976 through 2008, the Des Moines Register endorsed the Democratic Presidential candidate, so it's endorsement often did not help much nationally:

1972: Richard Nixon; Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter; Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan
1984: Walter Mondale; Ronald Reagan
1988: Michael Dukakis; George H.W. Bush
1996: Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore; George W. Bush
2004: John Kerry; George W. Bush
2008: Barack Obama; Barack Obama
2012: Mitt Romney: Barack Obama

The bolded indicates where the endorsement and the national winner lined-up. That's 5 of 11.

In 2012, it endorsed Mitt Romney for president. Obama won nationally and in the state.

When you look at it's endorsement to state win record, then it looks like this:

1972: Richard Nixon; Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter; Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan
1984: Walter Mondale; Ronald Reagan
1988: Michael Dukakis; Michael Dukakis
1996: Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore; Al Gore
2004: John Kerry; George W. Bush
2008: Barack Obama; Barack Obama
2012: Mitt Romney: Barack Obama

Again, the bolded indicates where the endorsement and the national winner lined-up.

In 7 of 11 national elections, the person whom the Register endorsed won Iowa on election night. And in 2004, it was a razor-thin edge for President Bush.

Not that endorsements mean that much, but were Don Trump to get the GOP nomination, I think it's a safe bet that he would never get the Register's endorsement.

Remember, this is just an opinion, but from a newspaper that has a broad readership.

And although most will remember the phrase "feckless blowhard", I think that the phrase that encapsulates it all the best is:

"...he has coarsened our political dialogue and cheapened the electoral process."

In fact, this is the first time in my lifetime, watching electoral politics, that I have seen the word "coarsened" used against a candidate, ever. This may, just may, be a first. If anyone can find the use of this word in describing a declared presidential candidate, please let me know.


BTW, while Donald Trump is now soaring in the ABC/WAPO poll, when asked if his view represent the core of the Republican party, the answer was:

29 YES, 56 NO, 14 no opinion, NO by +27. (p. 7 of the document)

That question was answered only by R-RVs.


Discuss. Your thoughts?

Well done! Thank you.

Personally, I love Trump. He has taken usually a very bland and predictable point of the political process and turned it into circus. His mouth has no filter and because he is "very rich" he says whatever he wants, thinking that everyone will bow to his opinion, just as all his servants do.

Sadly, he has found that most Americans are not his servants and we don't agree with his very convoluted opinions. I just love it when he opens his mouth and loses a little more credibility and, sometimes, money.

But Trump is in it to win it. It doesn't matter how many lame, tasteless statements he makes. There will always be people out there who agree with his extreme stances, and will defend his defenseless positions. A few of those "crazies" were in Arizona, again, encouraging the political clown.

So, I hope he stays in the race until the end and if he loses the nomination, I think right now, it is better than even money that he will finance his own campaign and continue on. GO FOR IT DONALD!

Maybe he needs a teleprompter to be able to talk.....like Obama.

When Obama is off prompter he slips up all of the time.....only what he has to say is dishonest and just plain boring.

Yes, like this, right?

Because bitching using a teleprompter-meme is much easier than actually arging a point for or against something, n'est ce pas?

Obama needs one to wipe his own ass properly. He even had them up when he was talking to 6th graders at a school .

snopes.com Obama Uses Teleprompter for Speech to 6th Graders

 

[LordBrownTrout]

I'm sure trump isn't really worried. Lol.

 

[mudwhistle]

I got in an argument this morning with a guy in my shop over what Trump said.......I told him Chris Rock said the same exact thing back when McCain was running for office and nobody criticized him. Well, my colleague says "If they're running fo pres.so.dent....they have to watch what they say."

I told him this was an obvious double-standard. Democrats can get away with saying anything. Republicans can't. Besides.....whatever happened to speaking your mind? Allowing the media to dictate what can and can't be said only encourages lying. This is why Obama got elected and why Hillary is the frontrunner. Because they lie.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Outstanding butthurt!!!

 

[LordBrownTrout]

When was the last time any other republican candidate was the lead story

God, I love Trump

Indeed. Marco who??? Who is that?

There are other candidates?

 

[Statistikhengst]

When was the last time any other republican candidate was the lead story

God, I love Trump

Indeed. Marco who??? Who is that?

There are other candidates?

LOL!!!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

We currently have a pathological liar who called Republicans "the enemy" in the White House, but it's Trump who "has coarsened our political dialogue and cheapened the electoral process."

What a joke!

LOL!

Thanks for the laugh

 

[Statistikhengst]

We currently have a pathological liar who called Republicans "the enemy" in the White House, but it's Trump who "has coarsened our political dialogue and cheapened the electoral process."

What a joke!

LOL!

Thanks for the laugh

Feel free to write the Des Moines Register and thank them.

 

[rightwinger]

View attachment 45137


Editorial Trump should pull the plug on his bloviating side show

Excepts:

It's time for Donald Trump to drop out of the race for president of the United States.

People who run for public office typically perform a great public service, regardless of whether they win on Election Day. That's particularly true of presidential candidates, most of whom must devote two years of their lives to hard-fought campaigns that involve staggering personal and financial sacrifices, all in an effort to serve their country.

And then there's Trump.

In the five weeks since he announced his campaign to seek the GOP nomination for president, Trump has been more focused on promoting himself, and his brand, than in addressing the problems facing the nation. If he were merely a self-absorbed, B-list celebrity, his unchecked ego could be tolerated as a source of mild amusement. But he now wants to become president, which means that he aspires to be the leader of the free world and the keeper of our nuclear launch codes.

That is problematic, because Trump, by every indication, seems wholly unqualified to sit in the White House. If he had not already disqualified himself through his attempts to demonize immigrants as rapists and drug dealers, he certainly did so by questioning the war record of John McCain, the Republican senator from Arizona...

...If Trump, our would-be commander in chief, doesn't like POWs, how does he feel about men and women killed in action?

His comments were not merely offensive, they were disgraceful.

...he has coarsened our political dialogue and cheapened the electoral process.

He has become "the distraction with traction" — a feckless blowhard who can generate headlines, name recognition and polling numbers not by provoking thought, but by provoking outrage.

In just five weeks, he has polluted the political waters to such an extent that serious candidates who actually have the credentials to serve as president can't get their message across to voters....

Other than the opening line, I bolded 6 points made in the OP-ED, and remember, this is just an OP-ED, but from a newspaper with a lot of influence in the very first caucus state in the Nation. And this paper is often read a lot in neighboring states like Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The paper has a mixed record of endorsements, sometimes for the Democrat and sometimes less for the Republican. And it's endorsement has not always gone for the winner, but the Des Moines Register has unabashedly spoken it's mind. From 1976 through 2008, the Des Moines Register endorsed the Democratic Presidential candidate, so it's endorsement often did not help much nationally:

1972: Richard Nixon; Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter; Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan
1984: Walter Mondale; Ronald Reagan
1988: Michael Dukakis; George H.W. Bush
1996: Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore; George W. Bush
2004: John Kerry; George W. Bush
2008: Barack Obama; Barack Obama
2012: Mitt Romney: Barack Obama

The bolded indicates where the endorsement and the national winner lined-up. That's 5 of 11.

In 2012, it endorsed Mitt Romney for president. Obama won nationally and in the state.

When you look at it's endorsement to state win record, then it looks like this:

1972: Richard Nixon; Richard Nixon
1976: Jimmy Carter; Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan
1984: Walter Mondale; Ronald Reagan
1988: Michael Dukakis; Michael Dukakis
1996: Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore; Al Gore
2004: John Kerry; George W. Bush
2008: Barack Obama; Barack Obama
2012: Mitt Romney: Barack Obama

Again, the bolded indicates where the endorsement and the national winner lined-up.

In 7 of 11 national elections, the person whom the Register endorsed won Iowa on election night. And in 2004, it was a razor-thin edge for President Bush.

Not that endorsements mean that much, but were Don Trump to get the GOP nomination, I think it's a safe bet that he would never get the Register's endorsement.

Remember, this is just an opinion, but from a newspaper that has a broad readership.

And although most will remember the phrase "feckless blowhard", I think that the phrase that encapsulates it all the best is:

"...he has coarsened our political dialogue and cheapened the electoral process."

In fact, this is the first time in my lifetime, watching electoral politics, that I have seen the word "coarsened" used against a candidate, ever. This may, just may, be a first. If anyone can find the use of this word in describing a declared presidential candidate, please let me know.


BTW, while Donald Trump is now soaring in the ABC/WAPO poll, when asked if his view represent the core of the Republican party, the answer was:

29 YES, 56 NO, 14 no opinion, NO by +27. (p. 7 of the document)

That question was answered only by R-RVs.


Discuss. Your thoughts?

Well done! Thank you.

Personally, I love Trump. He has taken usually a very bland and predictable point of the political process and turned it into circus. His mouth has no filter and because he is "very rich" he says whatever he wants, thinking that everyone will bow to his opinion, just as all his servants do.

Sadly, he has found that most Americans are not his servants and we don't agree with his very convoluted opinions. I just love it when he opens his mouth and loses a little more credibility and, sometimes, money.

But Trump is in it to win it. It doesn't matter how many lame, tasteless statements he makes. There will always be people out there who agree with his extreme stances, and will defend his defenseless positions. A few of those "crazies" were in Arizona, again, encouraging the political clown.

So, I hope he stays in the race until the end and if he loses the nomination, I think right now, it is better than even money that he will finance his own campaign and continue on. GO FOR IT DONALD!

Maybe he needs a teleprompter to be able to talk.....like Obama.

When Obama is off prompter he slips up all of the time.....only what he has to say is dishonest and just plain boring.

Yes, like this, right?

Because bitching using a teleprompter-meme is much easier than actually arging a point for or against something, n'est ce pas?

Obama needs one to wipe his own ass properly. He even had them up when he was talking to 6th graders at a school .

snopes.com Obama Uses Teleprompter for Speech to 6th Graders

You need to read your own snopes link

On that day President Obama and Secretary Duncan answered questions posed by some 6th graders (without teleprompters), then moved into another classroom where the president spoke to the assembled press pool (with teleprompters) about the "Race to the Top" program. The photograph displayed below shows President Obama and Secretary Duncan during the "student chat" portion of their visit (no teleprompters in sight), and the video clip below that shows President Obama using teleprompters in a different classroom while speaking to the press:

Read more at snopes.com Obama Uses Teleprompter for Speech to 6th Graders