Presidential race 2016

[Blindgreed1]

You never know what's in anybody's head or all of the secrets they hold, politicians or not. Even more so for people we don't know on a personal level.

But, in my opinion, you can tell some things about a person's character by paying attention not only to what they say, but also how they say it and what they don't say.

Trump, for example, is putting out a "no bullshit, tell-it-like-it-is" persona. I don't believe he means everything he says though -- some of it is for reaction and designed to elicit a certain response. He's often calculated.

Speaking of Trump...

Last night, I think Donald did a poor job when confronted with his multiple bankruptcies, his many donations to Democrats, his previous "very pro-choice" stance, and so on.

As for the donations, he said he donated to people like Hillary Clinton because he wanted favors from them. He wanted favors from virtually everyone, so he donated to virtually everyone. He contends everyone can be bought.

When asked what he got in return from Clinton, he had nothing really. He said he told her he wanted her to attend his 2005 wedding and, because of his donations, she was obligated to do so.



Trump did manage a jab at Clinton's charity though. He said he donated to it, but he didn't expect that donations would be spent on private jet travel. Meh.

I think that was his most brilliant moment in the debate. "Those people aren't babies!" He's right too. Using bankruptcy laws is something every multi-billion dollar company does. Stating that he bought government favors made all of the people on the Trump fence jump to his side.