08-25-2016, 04:55 PM
Did you catch the dueling speeches by Trump then Clinton today, Duchess?
I think he's getting much better at delivering scripted speeches and a couple of his points are valid ones (not many, but a couple). I'm not sure if matters at this point. People aren't as simple minded as he appears to believe, in my opinion, and he can't erase what he's already said repeatedly in contrast to his current rhetoric. More people have been paying attention early in the campaign cycle than in past elections and don't just believe the latest rhetoric, but consider the history of his proposals.
When it comes to immigration, he seems to me like a brittle wishbone. I think the extremists on his campaign staff are at odds with the more centrist members on the issue. He doesn't know what to do -- keep reiterating his original promise to round up all the undocumented/illegal immigrants and their American children and boot 'em out at once, or follow Obama's lead of being aggressive on the criminals and measured on the productive ones who contribute. Try to win more voters or risk losing his Brietbart-based fan club? What to do, what to do.
In my view, hiring Bannon did nothing for Trump but solidify his penchant for bullshit, discrimination, and conspiracy theories, which I think Clinton did a good job of laying out clearly with examples in her speech.
I think he's getting much better at delivering scripted speeches and a couple of his points are valid ones (not many, but a couple). I'm not sure if matters at this point. People aren't as simple minded as he appears to believe, in my opinion, and he can't erase what he's already said repeatedly in contrast to his current rhetoric. More people have been paying attention early in the campaign cycle than in past elections and don't just believe the latest rhetoric, but consider the history of his proposals.
When it comes to immigration, he seems to me like a brittle wishbone. I think the extremists on his campaign staff are at odds with the more centrist members on the issue. He doesn't know what to do -- keep reiterating his original promise to round up all the undocumented/illegal immigrants and their American children and boot 'em out at once, or follow Obama's lead of being aggressive on the criminals and measured on the productive ones who contribute. Try to win more voters or risk losing his Brietbart-based fan club? What to do, what to do.
In my view, hiring Bannon did nothing for Trump but solidify his penchant for bullshit, discrimination, and conspiracy theories, which I think Clinton did a good job of laying out clearly with examples in her speech.