Quote:Which, ironically, qualifies him and puts him on par with the career politicians in the Clintons, Obamas, Reid, and Pelosi (the more powerful politicians of recent times) whose life fortunes were made that way.  Difference is, his was made before politics and not simply because of politics alone.

 

His value is in that we're actually talking issues instead of distractions.

 

The left despises him for that, and he's a Perot like threat to the right.  Still, I feel he's necessary to advance real dialogue.

 

For that sole reason, I love that we're actually being forced to debate meaningful, important topics.

 

Otherwise, it would be just more softballs like "what's your favorite ice cream flavor" for the preferred candidates, and more hateful hyperbole thrown at the non preferred candidates by the complicit and unapologetic media.

 

Agreed.  Like him or not, he has opened up the dialog in a way that wasn't happening before he entered the race.  The media tried to spin his comments into something that could have turned into a distraction, but unfortunate for them. a string of violent acts by illegal aliens have pretty much silenced their attempt to paint Trump as a racist with his comments.  Not to mention the fact that an FBI report was released that got zero play in the media. 

 

Why?  Because it backs up what Trump said.

 

I'm not a fan of Trump.  The guy is an obsessive self promoter.  But, he's made and lost more money, rebuilt his empire several times, and he's done it using the system and all the opportunities it presents.  He's capable of saying what he thinks, unshackled from the constraints big money donors and special interest groups put on their candidates du jour.  He'll make what would otherwise be considered a fairly milquetoast field of candidates extremely entertaining to watch.  He's stealing thunder from all angles.

 

I know most people can't stand him because he's an egomaniac.  That's a trait that pretty much every candidate, and every person who has ever held that office in the past century or more, have in common.  We haven't had a president who actually exercised true humility since possibly George Washington, who didn't want the job.  Anyone who has pursued it has to have enough ego to think they know what's best for this nation.  That takes some kind of special ego.

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