(08-31-2023 07:47 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-30-2023 08:25 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Something tells me Trump won’t be the nominee. Mike Pence said something about Trump that I thought was odd….

“I remain confident, more confident after Wednesday night, that the Republican nominee will not be the former president, …..”

What happened Wednesday to increase Pence confidence?

What else is he going to say? He trails Trump by what may as well be 1000 points and has no hope of the nomination as long as Trump is in the race. Not to mention Pence just got passed in the polls by a political novice. Promoting the idea that Trump wont be the eventual nominee is Pence's only hope to keep his campaign afloat financially.

The exact same self-assured predictions were made in 2015 and 2016: “there is no way that Donald Trump will end up being the Republican nominee”. Until he was. The man has the survival skills of a cockroach, with the added advantage of both overt and underhanded support from the DNC/media.

That was just a throwaway statement from Mike Pence, who has little else that he can say at the moment. It is unclear to me why he thought it sensible to run in the first place.

Much as I hope for the sake of our nation that Donald Trump is defeated in the primaries, I am resigned to the sad reality that we likely are stuck with him. What will then happen as we head into the general election with him as our nominee?

My own prediction is that Donald Trump will find stunningly stupid ways to lose the election. He will make only passing efforts at pointing out how awful the Democrat agenda has been for our nation. The vast majority of his campaigning will be self-admiring rallies, constant unnecessary distractions by his responding to every single baiting statement made in the media, and then blaming others for his own incompetence.

From the Trumplets: “Stfu, Adopted. He’s learned and won’t make the same mistakes this time. And you are just a TDS loser.”

Well you guys are probably right about the last part. But wrong about everything else.

(09-01-2023 05:02 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  

(08-31-2023 07:47 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-30-2023 08:25 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Something tells me Trump won’t be the nominee. Mike Pence said something about Trump that I thought was odd….

“I remain confident, more confident after Wednesday night, that the Republican nominee will not be the former president, …..”

What happened Wednesday to increase Pence confidence?

What else is he going to say? He trails Trump by what may as well be 1000 points and has no hope of the nomination as long as Trump is in the race. Not to mention Pence just got passed in the polls by a political novice. Promoting the idea that Trump wont be the eventual nominee is Pence's only hope to keep his campaign afloat financially.

The exact same self-assured predictions were made in 2015 and 2016: “there is no way that Donald Trump will end up being the Republican nominee”. Until he was. The man has the survival skills of a cockroach, with the added advantage of both overt and underhanded support from the DNC/media.

That was just a throwaway statement from Mike Pence, who has little else that he can say at the moment. It is unclear to me why he thought it sensible to run in the first place.

Much as I hope for the sake of our nation that Donald Trump is defeated in the primaries, I am resigned to the sad reality that we likely are stuck with him. What will then happen as we head into the general election with him as our nominee?

My own prediction is that Donald Trump will find stunningly stupid ways to lose the election. He will make only passing efforts at pointing out how awful the Democrat agenda has been for our nation. The vast majority of his campaigning will be self-admiring rallies, constant unnecessary distractions by his responding to every single baiting statement made in the media, and then blaming others for his own incompetence.

From the Trumplets: “Stfu, Adopted. He’s learned and won’t make the same mistakes this time. And you are just a TDS loser.”

Well you guys are probably right about the last part. But wrong about everything else.

I think anyone who is rational understands that Trumps best attributes (his speaking ability) are also his worst enemy (his own speaking ability).

Its been clear to me for a while that Trump often speaks from the podium like a business owner in a problem solving meeting---willing to brainstorm and throw out ideas to see what might work. In a business setting----throwing out any idea that comes to mind while brainstorming is fine---poor ideas are shot down and the better ideas are retained for further study. That kind of open flow of any idea---even outside the box thinking---works in business. It works in government as well---as long as its done behind the scenes. People do not want to see the president of the United States proposing any crazy poorly thought out idea from the podium. A quick look at what he says and what he does indicates Trumps enacted policies always made sense---and any poor policy idea uttered from the podium---was never enacted---but that doesnt mean he didnt freak people out with the proposal or suggestion.

At any rate---it doesnt matter who we run if we dont start insuring that elections are fraud free and building a mail-in ballot/ballot harvesting operation that is at least 50% as effective as the Democrat machine. Thats the real problem behind the GOP election struggles----not its candidates.

(09-01-2023 11:39 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(09-01-2023 05:02 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  

(08-31-2023 07:47 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(08-30-2023 08:25 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Something tells me Trump won’t be the nominee. Mike Pence said something about Trump that I thought was odd….

“I remain confident, more confident after Wednesday night, that the Republican nominee will not be the former president, …..”

What happened Wednesday to increase Pence confidence?

What else is he going to say? He trails Trump by what may as well be 1000 points and has no hope of the nomination as long as Trump is in the race. Not to mention Pence just got passed in the polls by a political novice. Promoting the idea that Trump wont be the eventual nominee is Pence's only hope to keep his campaign afloat financially.

The exact same self-assured predictions were made in 2015 and 2016: “there is no way that Donald Trump will end up being the Republican nominee”. Until he was. The man has the survival skills of a cockroach, with the added advantage of both overt and underhanded support from the DNC/media.

That was just a throwaway statement from Mike Pence, who has little else that he can say at the moment. It is unclear to me why he thought it sensible to run in the first place.

Much as I hope for the sake of our nation that Donald Trump is defeated in the primaries, I am resigned to the sad reality that we likely are stuck with him. What will then happen as we head into the general election with him as our nominee?

My own prediction is that Donald Trump will find stunningly stupid ways to lose the election. He will make only passing efforts at pointing out how awful the Democrat agenda has been for our nation. The vast majority of his campaigning will be self-admiring rallies, constant unnecessary distractions by his responding to every single baiting statement made in the media, and then blaming others for his own incompetence.

From the Trumplets: “Stfu, Adopted. He’s learned and won’t make the same mistakes this time. And you are just a TDS loser.”

Well you guys are probably right about the last part. But wrong about everything else.

I think anyone who is rational understands that Trumps best attributes (his speaking ability) are also his worst enemy (his own speaking ability).

Its been clear to me for a while that Trump often speaks from the podium like a business owner in a problem solving meeting---willing to brainstorm and throw out ideas to see what might work. In a business setting----throwing out any idea that comes to mind while brainstorming is fine---poor ideas are shot down and the better ideas are retained for further study. That kind of open flow of any idea---even outside the box thinking---works in business. It works in government as well---as long as its done behind the scenes. People do not want to see the president of the United States proposing any crazy poorly thought out idea from the podium. A quick look at what he says and what he does indicates Trumps enacted policies always made sense---and any poor policy idea uttered from the podium---was never enacted---but that doesnt mean he didnt freak people out with the proposal or suggestion.

At any rate---it doesnt matter who we run if we dont start insuring that elections are fraud free and building a mail-in ballot/ballot harvesting operation that is at least 50% as effective as the Democrat machine. Thats the real problem behind the GOP election struggles----not its candidates.

Been saying this almost from day one. People that has always been the 8-4 worker their whole life won't understand it. When you are building things or I should say planning the build the only stupid ideal is the one you don't say.

Its a sign of strength when the end results works after you consider everything. Hell even sometimes the craziest things said ends up the best ideals after a little tweaking. I consider that as one of Trumps greatest strengths.

Politicians will never understand it because they are scared to death to say what's on their mind and when they do....

90% of the time the ideal has already been ran up the flag poll to see the reaction to it. The fact is Americans really are idiots because most of us only know what we see around us each day. So that makes politicians that only say things based off poll numbers idiots.

I've been building things since I turned 18 years old and I believe that is why I think different or react to things different. Some of the craziest ideals that when added to or taken away from have gave me the best results.

"Brainstorming" is all good and fine, when limited to the formulation of policy.

It is not so fine when it IS the policy - - as in covid lockdowns, revolving-door cabinet/staff personnel, endorsing candidates based upon who is the most enthusiastic asskisser.