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Trump 2016: Less of a Jerk in Person than you Would Think
So I had a little chat with Donald last night. In front of a few thousand people I asked him a question.
I was sitting about 25 feet from him so I got to study him for 20 minutes of talking and 10 minutes of questions. He came for the fund raiser which did not benefit his finances but rather Nevada republicans. He is a dynamic public speaker and is very much a politician. He spoke with a small cheat sheet but he is far faster on his feet mentally than I expected. The arrogance and bluster were apparent but also what was apparent to me is that he’s less of a narcissist than I thought. He took the time to thank a lot of different groups and also praised Reince Preibus at one point which was interesting.
I highly doubt now he’s a stalking horse and I expect him to play this out til Election Day. Hillary won’t do well debating him regardless of how many smart drugs she takes.
He is very good at identifying problems that the audience identifies with and very short on actual solutions beyond saying he can do better. He acknowledged his gaffes but also attacked the media for preordained narratives.
He took about 10 questions , all unscripted, and deftly deflected a couple kooks asking about Bilderbergs and what not. Quicker than I expected he studies a question and has a response with a talking point even if it’s not a direct answer. He’s been coached well recently and it shows.
Well I stood up and asked him about health care. He sort of answered. I’d link the video but I have no clue how to get a video from my phone to here. I almost don’t want to know how such technology works.
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Steve is a very nice man in person. He used to live in my old town so you’d wind up sitting next to him at a restaurant every now and then.
I doubt anything will erase his behavior and I’m sure we shall more in the future. Nonetheless either a globalist criminal and all the Obama agenda is your president or him.
That is an excellent point. Trump has already shown an incredible pivot in demeanor by keeping the new Weiner scandal pointed at policy alone, In fact he dismissed the lure to engage in ad hominem and reframed it to be a reasonable questioning of Clinton’s malfeasance. If you endorse Trump, I would be applauding the HELL out of this–as frankly its the only time I thought he could be president.
I guess I’m thinking more of the style. Instead of calling her “Crooked Hillary” and talking about her crimes and corruption, he could make a positive case for how he would bring openness (I’m tired of “transparency”) to government, and how he would follow all the laws, and would insist that there would be no appearance of favoritism, a Lois Lerner type would be removed immediately and the civil service termination process begun, and all FOIA requests answered in a timely fashion, without stonewalling.
This is just for the debates. In his ads, go for the jugular.
Right. Going for the jugular is precise and directed. What Trump was doing before was basically kicking sand in the Ump’s face. At first its awesome, but then people end up cheering when you get thrown out. If that metaphor is tiresome, remember what happened when Clinton, Bill was impeached. It didn’t work and it raised his approval rating.
I always think its my Dad talking when I am so cynical of politicians, but now Im starting to think its because I was a teenager in the 90s. I didn’t hear about Porn from the schoolyard, I heard about it through the filth of a Senate Committee and Long Dong Silver. And other disgusting crap about Coke cans. Im not saying anything to the validity, Im just musing about where my general wretch for all politicians–yet obsessions with politics comes from.
The Bill era was a turning point. Clinton refused to resign in a situation where any previous politician, let alone president, would have. In doing so he proved that you can get away with pretty much anything if you deny, deny, deny.
That’s right. During that episode I had the uncomfortable experience of explaining what oral sex was to my 90 year-old mother in law at the dinner table.
Thankfully, this is a new era. But hey, have you seen those nude lesbian pics of the future first lady?
I agree, but the GOP wanting to discuss the perversion to no end was what over did it and made America say “Who Cares?”–typified by Ken Starr’s 400 page Tolkien-esque journey of a [censored]. In their obsessive documentation of filth, they made Clinton more favorable even though he lied straight to their face. Sound familiar?
That sounds like the right idea. I figured that’s what GWB should have done to. He was probably right in not attacking the Clintons personally. But he should have expressed the positive side of what he would do differently. It’s not too hard for others to make the connections.
While I’m voting for Trump because Hillary is more objectionable, I hold no animus against anyone who has decided differently.
As for horrible spoiled bosses, when voting for a politician, I look at the policies s/he advocates, and their track record.
What kind of boss they might be is far from my top priority. I have pointed out that Trump is different in person than in public, in hopes that it might influence those where this is a more important issue to them.
But it’s actually not for me, unless I’m choosing between two people who’s policies are the same.