If Republicans give Trump too much grief, it wouldn't surprise me if he ran as an independent. Don't count on him as the GOP nominee, however. And obtaining the POTUS ... dream on. Trump speaks his mind because he doesn't rely on big dollar donors to support his campaign. And, I think he's a bit more liberal thinking inclined than you might realize.
The voters bought Obama's line and they shouldn't have. And they shouldn't buy Trump's. I think that Trump has really destroyed himself politically with his comments about John McCain. An apology isn't going to do it. McCain took the high ground and said that Trump didn't needs to apologize to him but to all vets. Trump never served in the military as far as I know. He hasn't earned the right to criticize John McCain's service record.
The current U-6 unemployment rate according to BLS was 10.4% in May, in June it increased to 10.8% and independent Gallup poll had the U-6 at 14.9% in May and a drop to 14.6% in June. Neither figure is particularly impressive. You suffer under the illusion that the government will be the salvation of the economy. What the country needs is a less fettered economy. Small business is where real economic growth takes place and last year more small businesses closed than started.
One thing holds true on both of those graphs from Labor Statistics, the trend was going in the desired direction when Democrats were President; when Republican presidents were in office, the job trend was going DOWN; down is BAD. When Democrat presidents were in office, the trend started going UP; up is GOOD. Just like the DOW JONES, etc etc. Republicans blamed Obama for creating part time jobs and destroying full time. That's not what the part-time jobs trend shows, however.
I am more impressed with the architect. The genius of the design came from the architects that designed it all Trump really just provided was the checkbook to do it. Trump would never sign off on anything that was mundane, anything he does he does with the intention of focusing attention on himself.
When John McCain was a POW his ******* John S. McCain Jr. was CINCPAC (Commander-IN-Chief, Pacific Command) . The North Vietnamese offered John McCain a special deal because of who his ******* was. John McCain refused to accept any preferential treatment. Before the North Vietnamese realized who he was he had his shoulder shattered by a blow of a rifle butt, he had been bayoneted in the abdomen and foot, and he had a blown out knee from the ejection. After all that he refused preferential treatment. Again in 1968 the North Vietnamese again offered preferential treatment to repatriate him, again he refused. In part because of his refusal to accept preferential treatment he was beaten and tortured. Because of his injuries he walks with a bit of a limp and he can't raise either arm above shoulder level.And as far as the comment Trump made of McCain, although tacky & a useless point, he wasn't all that incorrect regarding the "hero" badge pinned on McCain.
Ben Carson said it correctly, when asked if he thought McCain was a war hero; "it's all according to what your definition of a hero is! He's done some good things." He certainly wasn't a Pappy Boyington or Eddie Rickenbacker.
Al Franken said something similar to Trump, in 1999, and got away with it. And I noticed Ted Cruz has avoided disagreeing withTrump's comment.
Trump's rich and can say what's on his mind ... the others won't do that for fear of losing their contributors and pissing everyone else off. He's a bull in a china shop, and I love watching bulls in china shops.
http://www.vvof.org/mccain_hides.htm
Nice statistic to cherry pick Mac. I think a much more accurate indicators on how well an economy is doing is workforce participation. That is simply the percentage of the available workforce that has a job. This chart was generated by information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
She isn't old enough to run for president. But she probably isn't any worse than the current offerings by both parties. And she damn sure will look better in a bikini than Hillary or any other candidatesI would support Britney Spears but unfortunately she's not in....
