...lost Manhattan.
How does that happen? The place where, outside of Palm Beach, arguably exist the largest concentration of people who know him personally, have for years and years, and who routinely interact with him, is the one part of New York he lost.
Shouldn't Manhattan have been a place he was all but certain to win? That's like being unable to get enough of your own neighbors to vote for you. The folks who see you in hallways, work for you, belong to the same clubs you do, trade pleasantries with you at the airport, office or restaurant, live in your properties, open the door for you, wash your cars, deliver pizza to you, clean your home, etc. don't care enough for you to give you the win. Really? That's pretty telling, and what it tells is a sad tale.
What is telling is your attempt to confer legitimacy on your political rants by posting them in the CDZ.
What's telling is how pathetic the discourse is in the CDZ. Irrational, hyper-partisan idiocy, which has never, and cannot ever, provoke worthwhile debate.
Yes, the OP is
actually making a valid political point. They're discussing this point on the news, and everything! It is not a thoughtless attack on "your boy" which must be met on the field of battle!
"What do you expect from a Trump hater". Amazing. This point could never be brought up by a Trump supporter. They lack the rationality to address anything negative. They merely stick their fingers in their ears and scream "La la! I can't hear you!".
Manhattan is Trump's claim to fame, his mark. The outer boroughs, the real source of Trump wealth, was Daddy Fred's territory. Manhattan was Donald's playground, and the other kids on the playground hated him. Wall Street fears him as a bully (sissies!). Manhattan is college educated. The college educated have contempt for Trump. Manhattan has contempt for Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/nyregion/donald-trump-nyc.html?_r=0
Honestly, I couldn't care less about Trump. He's just another clown. All I care about are
voters stupid enough to believe that there is a problem they've identified to which Trump is the solution. What could the question possibly be to which Trump is the answer? So far, no one supporting Trump cares about this, or can articulate any rational support for any aspect of Trump's candidacy.
I don't think you comprehend where much of the American electorate is today.
Trump is NOT a lifelong stinking lying politician. This alone makes him very attractive to many Americans. Americans have suffered for decades under the feckless criminal actions of scumbag politicians. Add in he is a very successful businessman of a large enterprise and you have someone many Americans figure can't be as bad as your usual stinking R or D politician.
I don't think you comprehend where much of the American electorate is today.
No, I don't and neither do you. Certainly the pundits on TV and radio haven't got a clue. All they can do is speculate, dishonestly. The enemy is a corrupt professional political class, and a lot of people are employed in that business, including pundits.
What is the crime of the professional political class? Stealing political representation from the people. Making a mockery of one man-one vote. What are the tools they employ? Gerrymandering, for one. Is that what Trump supporters are mad about? Hmmmn... no. Not Gerrymandering.
The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania – Americans know surprisingly little about their government, survey finds
No, Trump supporters don't know what they're angry about. Their government has been stolen from them, but since they know nothing about their own government, how can they possibly analyze what's gone wrong? They simply turn to the nearest shiny object, someone who spouts a lot of vague, empty, hate-filled rhetoric, designed to appeal to the most alienated people. The only questions left are, can the Republicans stop him at the convention (and have they got the elephant cojones they will need to do so), and are there enough alienated folks to put Donald on the big chair?
I would never bet on the cojones of politicians, so I suspect the Donald will be the Republican nominee. After that, all bets are off. Trump's negatives and polling so far suggests he can't make it, but that race hasn't started yet.
Too bad. There are so many legitimate reasons to be angry. There is so much anger on both sides of the divide. The enemy isn't people who think Trump is a clown. Most people think that, just look at his negative numbers. Watching Darth Hillary and Sith Lord Trump go at it with their red light sabers will be a pretty disgusting and completely empty spectacle. Instead, think of what could be accomplished by the angry people on the Dem and Rep sides actually banding together, like real Americans. If we could party together like it was 1787.
Unbelievable.
