Lon
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I think Hillary will continue to loose ground against Trump as the weeks and months roll on and the TRUMP/PENCE Ticket will prevail.
.... If global terrorism, financial, and political issues continue to escalate the edge goes to Clinton.
Agree on everything except this. Tough talk will start to sound better. Advantage Trump, imo.
But I'd like to be convinced otherwise.![]()
Trump has said he will stop ISIS. When asked how, his reply is, "It's a secret." He says he will stop trade with China, even though much of his own branded merchandise is made there. If he sticks his nose into current issues with the European Union, he will do nothing but aggravate allies. Then, there is Russia.
Trump has suggested he will not abide by the Geneva Convention. Public torture of prisoners will not only be tolerated but encouraged.
Then, there is the U.S. Military. The Republicans in Congress have decimated our military budget. Money continues to flow to defense contractors, but not to those who serve the Country. Trump says he will send thousands of troops to the Mexican border. He says he will stomp on ISIS. That will take deployment of thousands more troops back to the Mid-East. Where will these bodies come from? Where will the money come from to pay them?
IOW, Trump has said nothing that shows he has a clue about handling any global issues. In fact, most of his statements... if carried out... would only exacerbate present problems. Hopefully, the American people will stop and think what life in this world might be with Trump's finger on the trigger to all out nuclear war.
IMO Clinton can't make it on her own and whoever she picks will not even be popular with her own party let alone the general public and so the ball game is over.
As I have written before, to call him a fascist of some variety is simply to use a historical label that fits. The arguments about whether he meets every point in some static fascism matrix show a misunderstanding of what that ideology involves. It is the essence of fascism to have no single fixed form—an attenuated form of nationalism in its basic nature, it naturally takes on the colors and practices of each nation it infects. In Italy, it is bombastic and neoclassical in form; in Spain, Catholic and religious; in Germany, violent and romantic. It took forms still crazier and more feverishly sinister, if one can imagine, in Romania, whereas under Oswald Mosley, in England, its manner was predictably paternalistic and aristocratic. It is no surprise that the American face of fascism would take on the forms of celebrity television and the casino greeter’s come-on, since that is as much our symbolic scene as nostalgic re-creations of Roman splendors once were Italy’s.
What all forms of fascism have in common is the glorification of the nation, and the exaggeration of its humiliations, with violence promised to its enemies, at home and abroad; the worship of power wherever it appears and whoever holds it; contempt for the rule of law and for reason; unashamed employment of repeated lies as a rhetorical strategy; and a promise of vengeance for those who feel themselves disempowered by history. It promises to turn back time and take no prisoners. That it can appeal to those who do not understand its consequences is doubtless true. But the first job of those who do understand is to state what those consequences invariably are. Those who think that the underlying institutions of American government are immunized against it fail to understand history. In every historical situation where a leader of Trump’s kind comes to power, normal safeguards collapse. Ours are older and therefore stronger?
Watching the rapid collapse of the Republican Party is not an encouraging rehearsal. Donald Trump has a chance to seize power.
IMO Clinton can't make it on her own and whoever she picks will not even be popular with her own party let alone the general public and so the ball game is over.
If Trump were to win, and I wholly hope not, he will have to deal with Congress and the Senate just like all the other presidents do. He will not be able to be a dictator as the rest of the govt like Congress and the Senate would not allow that. That is IMHO anyway.Yesterday I came across this article on why Donald Trump is dangerous. Granted, the author is partisan but buried within it is some analysis of why Trump can be classed as fascist. It is a disturbing thought.
Here is part of the article
For the full text see here: http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/being-honest-about-trump
The part that hit me between the eyes is that fascism in different countries wears different faces, faces that have popular appeal to that culture. It might be a good idea to look behind the popular appeal of Trump to see the substance of the man and his likely administration might be. In the light of all the civil unrest that is plaguing the US at the moment, and given his claim that he is the 'law and order candidate", some clarification about what that might mean is imperative IMO.
If Trump were to win, and I wholly hope not, he will have to deal with Congress and the Senate just like all the other presidents do. He will not be able to be a dictator as the rest of the govt like Congress and the Senate would not allow that. That is IMHO anyway.
Yes, we have seen that with many presidents not being able to do what they want because congress and or the senate won't go for it.I agree, Ruthanne. The President actually doesn't have as much power as most people think.
If Trump were to win, and I wholly hope not, he will have to deal with Congress and the Senate just like all the other presidents do. He will not be able to be a dictator as the rest of the govt like Congress and the Senate would not allow that. That is IMHO anyway.