Sen. Ben Sasse Dumps Trump

Sen. Ben Sasse, who we remember from his San Bernardino speech, dumps Trump in an open letter on Facebook. Let me add that Sen. Sasse expanded on those themes on the Senate floor a few days later and denounced demagogues without naming Trump (but AllahP did!)

MORE: Here is the David Duke "non-endorsement" of Trump. David Duke now says the media is lying and what he said is not an endorsement.

Whatever - Jake Tapper of CNN had also asked about the KKK, which may have been unfair since Trump is not much of a speller, but it is hardly a trick question.

Oh, JK! Jake Tapper asked about the "Ku Klux Klan" but Trump now claims he didn't hear that either. Check out the chutzpah in The Hill:

February 29, 2016, 08:04 am

Trump blames ‘lousy earpiece’ for uproar over David Duke

By Mark Hensch

“I don’t mind disavowing anybody, and I disavowed David Duke.” Trump talks KKK controversy. https://t.co/8PRS2FoPWp

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 29, 2016

Donald Trump on Monday blamed a poor earpiece for sparking a misunderstanding over white nationalist David Duke’s support of the GOP presidential front-runner.

“I’m sitting in a house in Florida with a very bad earpiece they gave me,” he told hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s “Today" show.

“I sit down and I have a lousy earpiece provided by them,” Trump continued. "You could hardly hear what [CNN anchor Jake Tapper] was saying.

“What I heard was 'various groups.' I have no problem disavowing groups, but I’d at least like to know who they are. It’d be very unfair disavowing a group if they shouldn’t be disavowed.”

Thirty seconds with the CNN tape shows Trump is lying since he clearly named David Duke in his response:

The Sunday uproar started when Trump was asked by Tapper whether he would disavow Duke and other white supremacist groups that are supporting his campaign.

"Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK?" Trump said.

Trump was pressed three times on whether he'd distance himself from the Ku Klux Klan -- but never mentioned the group in his answers.

"I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists," he said. "So I don't know. I don't know -- did he endorse me, or what's going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists."

Anyone who thinks the Mexican government will pay for Trump's wall will believe this. As noted, Trump has had no trouble repudiating Duke in the past. Here is Trump refusing a Duke endorsement last August, and the disavowal from last Friday is widely circulated. Yet on Sunday he doesn't know anything about him?

MORE: Rush and the ideologically disparate AllahP are on a similar page with Trump's failure to disavow Duke and the KKK under the bright lights of a Sunday morning show. Rush:

A Sunday show is serious, no fooling around. It's like "for the record," what you say on the Sunday show.  And it could well be that Trump thinks of it that way and just didn't want the quote, did not want any sound bite from the Sunday show one way or the other because maybe Trump's nervous.  Maybe he's nervous after that debate.  Maybe he's worried.  The polls don't indicate it.  Maybe he's worried that Cruz and Rubio are gaining on him, and he doesn't want to tick off anybody that might vote for him. 

Hey, my speculation's as good as anybody else's, because I can think of no reason that he would purposely dodge, when he's not dodged it before.  I think about it being on a Sunday show, and that having more weight, more stature, something about it being these Sunday shows are TV shows of record, as opposed to your average cable news show, which happens every day or every night. 

And AllahPundit, who had this earlier:

The weirdest thing about this clip, once you get past the baseline weirdness of the presumptive GOP nominee punting on condemning David Duke, is that he’s had this question before and issued the requisite condemnation when asked. Trump knows exactly who Duke is.

Well, that is a heck of a baseline, but yes - Trump knows damn well who David Duke and has repeatedly distanced himself.

But on theories:

Trump gave in amid the uproar and tweeted, “As I stated at the press conference on Friday regarding David Duke- I disavow,” along with a short clip from the presser. Which brings us to the question of the day: Why didn’t he say that to Tapper? Why pass on a gimme? Your answer, I think, depends on how charitable you want to be to Trump. Most charitable: He was tired and had a brain fart under pressure, knowing that Tapper was putting him on the spot. How hard is it, though, to field a question that boils down to “KKK, yes or no” even when you’re tired? A less charitable theory: Trump is so narcissistic that he can’t bring himself to harshly criticize someone who’s praised him, even if that someone is David Duke. In Trump’s world the moral fault line between good people and bad people seems to lie between whether they’re pro- or anti-Trump. (See also Putin, Vladimir.) The problem with that, though, is that Trump’s condemned Duke before, as noted. Maybe not “harshly” (at least not since 2000), but if all you want is to hear him say that he doesn’t want the support of a particular Trump fan, well, he’s said it already.

Which brings us to the least charitable possibility. Maybe he really is mindful of the racist minority among his supporters and didn’t want to say anything in a high-profile format like a Sunday news show that might piss them off before Super Tuesday. It’s one thing to perfunctorily disavow Duke in a brief exchange during a Q&A at a press conference that’s devoted to another matter. His alt-right fans have evidently convinced themselves that Trump saying he loves Israel and “the blacks” are just lies he’s telling the media to keep himself viable for the election. Viewed that way, Friday’s disavowal of Duke was just another opportunistic lie and therefore forgivable. The risk posed by this morning’s interview was that Tapper might have drilled down on the subject to try to get Trump to say he despises Duke, loathes the alt-right and so forth, which would have risked convincing some of those same supporters that he’s been lying to them, not the media, in pretending to worry about “Mexican rapists” and Muslim visitors from overseas, etc. So, pressed by Tapper, he played dumb with the cameras rolling and then did another perfunctory disavowal on Twitter later to try to clean up the mess for the benefit of media types. He’s triangulating, essentially. It’s just that, instead of triangulating between Republicans and Democrats, he’s triangulating between the mainstream right and David Duke.

As an alternative guess: I don't see how Trump could have planned this stunt, but maybe he has an animal's instinct for news management and (instantly, subconsciously) gambled that he could pass on Duke on Sunday morning, swoop all the oxygen out of the few remaining news cycles prior to Super Tuesday, and, with the previous disavowals out there on the record, clean up the mess later. Maybe. Find some cheerleaders to blame a 'gotcha' media, and it's all good.

To be candid, I was concerned Rush would walk the "gotcha media" road and depict Trump as a victim. Glad he didn't, at least in the excerpt he is choosing to highlight. And via the Gateway Pundit I learn that some Rush listeners are outraged. Now, if they could direct that outrage at Trump we'd be getting somewhere.

A guy who hopes to forge a national (rather than base-wide) consensus on illegal immigration reform but can't reflexively denounce the KKK is probably going about this the wrong way. Well, assuming the hope is to bring in moderates, rather than just whoop up the already-committed. Absent those moderates, President Trump can deliver table-pounding rhetoric but never gets to House or Senate majorities.

Hey, get their vote today, then later betray. What else is new?

Comments

[henry]

He's free to do so... but risks getting Hilligula elected.

[clarice]

In case you missed this in the fast shuffling of threads:http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/02/trump_being_targeted_for_not_repudiating_a_nonendorsement.html

[derwill]

So I see that after a week of Rubio's pee and penis snark as orchestrated by our brilliant GOPe, not only has Trump increased his lead in the polls, but Rubio has dropped from second to third.

Remember when some of us were wondering if Rubio had learned from his mistake of getting used as a tool over the Gang of 8 thing?

I guess we got our answer.

[Truthbetold]

Why George Soros Could Have Major Clout in Either a Trump or Clinton Presidency

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/02/29/why-george-soros-could-have-major-clout-in-either-a-trump-or-clinton-presidency/

[Buckeye]

One really nagging question about Trump.

If he is such a louse, how did his kids end up so well-mannered, accomplished and seemingly, as stand-up citizens?

[glasater]

To answer JamesD's comment on the last thread:

Evidence is surfacing that some workers are asking their bosses for fewer hours as their wages rise – in a bid to keep overall income down so they don’t lose public subsidies for things like food, child care and rent.

[Truthbetold]

Big names back Trump tower
Soros, Deutsche Bank said to be in on 90-story building

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-10-28/news/0410280265_1_donald-trump-soros-fund-management-blackacre-institutional-capital-management

[henry]

If Trump stiffs those particular people before the election... I'd be tempted to vote for him.

[NK]

henry-- ChiTown: trump's original buyers are taking a bath on re-sale from their frothy pre-bust pricing: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150912/ISSUE01/309129989/finding-a-trump-in-the-bargain-aisle

[hrtshpdbox]

.. how did his kids end up so well-mannered..

I saw an interview with DT Jr, who seemed quite obnoxious and belittling. Not as much as Dad, but that's a really high bar to jump over.

[glasater]

Trump article tbt links is from '04.

[narciso]

you have learned nothing from the beatings,

https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/704371093549805569

[jimmyk]

Reposting from the last thread:

If Trump gets the nomination he'll have plenty of time to woo the conservative base, if he's smart enough to know that's what he needs to do. If he's dumb he'll shift left thinking that he can get votes from Hillary that way, but then he'll for sure lose the conservatives.

I'm not so anti-Rubio as everyone here seems to be. I still prefer him to Trump. So I'd rather not join in the ridicule. I saw that clip of him explaining his supporter's inability to cite his accomplishments. I thought his response was reasonable. He listed a bunch of his accomplishments, and said that the NV guy who endorsed him liked his platform and hadn't studied his record. Big deal. I even thought his explanation of the Gang of 8 thing was ok.

I don't think we're well-served with this circular firing squad, either aiming at Trump or Rubio or Cruz. (Kasich ridicule I'm fine with.)

[Truthbetold]

Questions on earlier marketing for Trump

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/chi-022202trump-plan-story.html

[hrtshpdbox]

This would be just about the only explanation re: Trump's claim that his taxes have been audited for the past 12 years:

"The IRS actually has a rule, in its agent manual, that if a person is audited and receives an assessment of zero (that is, does not owe additional money), the IRS cannot audit them again for two years. That means if Trump is telling the truth, then the IRS has repeatedly found discrepancies in his returns."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-tax-audited-12-years-in-a-row-161055545.html

[Truthbetold]

glasater

Are you saying Trump has changed his ways?

[hrtshpdbox]

"I don't think we're well-served with this circular firing squad.."

No, we're not, but there's no avoiding it; even if unintentionally, Trump is extremely divisive. Even if unintentionally, his candidacy has damaged the GOP, potentially for quite some time.

[jimmyk]

That means if Trump is telling the truth, then the IRS has repeatedly found discrepancies in his returns."

So what? If his returns are the size of three phone books, I'm sure the IRS can find "discrepancies." And it's not as though he does his returns himself.

[Thomas Collins]

OK, let's say Trumpster runs enough of the table tomorrow to put Rubio, Cruz, Kasich and Carson in submission mode. Does Mittster get into the GOP nomination race, or does he start assembling a third party run?

I don't believe that Mittster is slamming Trump on David Duke and taxes to help Rubio or Cruz. I think Mittster is thinking of himself as the savior.

Check your blood pressure, CH!

[Tom Maguire]

I am very curious to know - what El Rushbo is saying about this?

[jimmyk]

Trump is extremely divisive.

So it's all Trump's fault? Not the angry #NeverTrump crowd? Seems to me there's plenty of blame to go around, including the RNC that contributed to the circus atmosphere.

[rse]

New post up http://www.invisibleserfscollar.com/strange-bedfellows-but-all-seeking-to-build-unmarked-bridges-between-matter-and-spirit/

On that Blaze article, soros would definitely be connected to a hillary admin. Do not know about trump, but I do know for sure Trump was at the Bipartisan Leadership Summit on Capitol Hill in December 2014. Maybe he was there on behalf of his Goldman Sachs wife but Soros operatives practically planned it.

I have never gotten a good explanation for that and reps for the Kochs and heriage were also there. I think Mark Kirk may have been the only Republican speaker. I wasn't looking for cruz. I was following up on a speaker from the Convergence Center. Following up on her led me to the summit and Cruz's name jumped out.

Seriously tracking policy makes me want to yell a pox on both houses. That was definitely also a matter of strange bedfellows so beck should shut up.

[rse]

Sorry, that should be cruz as is probably evident from the rest.

[Old Lurker]

Seriously?

"...his taxes have been audited..." is a true statement on its face if any one of his dozens of entities has been audited in each year, and it is almost certain that every year at least one of them is looked at (which means audited). But even if an audit has "repeatedly found discrepancies", so what? All taxpayers should submit an honest return which reduces one's tax as much as possible, and, believe it or not, some tax issues are not black or white. If you want to be safe, then just give them all of the income, right?

geezh.

[Rick Ballard]

I'd rather read Levin's gentle and well reasoned response today than Limbaugh's attempt at triangulation and distancing.

[Miss Marple]

His candidacy didn't have to be divisive. When he announced, why wasn't he greeted by something like "We welcome him to the debate and the competition?"

Nope. First thing out of the box we heard clown car, buffoon, realiity show, etc. Perry referred to him as a cancer, for goodness sake.

You didn't have to agree that the solution was building a wall. You could have pointed out the problems n the southern border and offerred a different solution, without calling him zenophobic, racist, etc.

The GOPe dialed it up to eleventy from the very beginning. NRO columnists attacked people who supported him on Twitter. I saw it unfold, and will not forget.

So if you think his candidacy is divisive, hrtshpdbox, some of your side should look in the mirror.

[Thomas Collins]

At this point, although it's unlikely, it's not impossible that we could have a fascinating four way race: Trumpster, The Hill (or MasseurJoe if The Hill is leveled by WaterClosetGate), Bloomersberg and Mittster.

[Thomas Collins]

MM, the first thing I heard was an attack on Megyn Kelly by Trumpster.

[Tom Maguire]

Trump is extremely divisive.

So it's all Trump's fault? Not the angry #NeverTrump crowd?

Uhh, plenty of people, starting with the Ace of Spades, were on board with Trump on immigration but have jumped shift over the deliberately inflammatory rhetoric and the likelihood that Trump is a NY lib playing at conservative.

[James D]

Amen, MM!

I seem to recall a lot of people here and elsewhere saying from the beginning when Trump started to gain traction, that the GOP and the pundits and the other candidates would be better served looking at what he was doing, and figuring out why his supporters were responding to him, rather than flipping out (and dismissing his supporters as idiots, rubes, bigots etc)

The GOP and the pundits and the other candidates didn't listen, and we are where we are now. And anyone in the GOP who is unhappy about it can go directly to the nearest mirror and gaze into it if they want to know who to blame for why we're here.

[Old Lurker]

That sounds like three peas in a pod against one, right TC?

[NK]

TC@2:04-- OK, thanks for ruining my life with that observation.

[narciso]

Fidel's Nina Burleigh chimes in,

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/marco-rubio-profile-213275?paginate=false

[Truthbetold]

MM

When Trump says he can shoot someone on 5th Ave. and his supporters would not care. He is talking about you.

And he is right!

[Miss Marple]

Thomas Collins, quite true.

At that point the factions will be

1. Red Witch or Slow Joe, supported by mooches, leftists, crooks, and those who pull the d lever out of habit

2. Bloomie, supported by gun grabbers, health nuts, and those who can't bear to vote for #1.

3. Mittster, supported by the clueless conservative chattering class and disgruntled Bushies and GOPe

4. Trumpster, supported by the white working class, disgruntled blacks, middle class and small business

The only question is who would carry which states. Also, if Trump gets the nomination, HE gets the RNC infrastructure, not Mitt.

[NK]

TomM in Da Haus!!

Trump = NY Lib? not quite. He is a statist crony who is trying to become a... well... statist czar, like Putin.

I am one who sees this Trump thing as him playing very unhappy voters like marks who he is conning by telling them what he thinks they want to hear, and taking advantage of the fact the majority of Americans are disgusted with self-serving politicians and Big Cronies-- like Hilligula.

[Thomas Collins]

And the first thing that struck me about Trumpster versus the other candidates was not an attack by the other candidates, but Trumpster's insistence in a debate that he really could pull off throwing out all illegals and then taking their applications to come back in. At that point, if Trumpster had said he was going to focus first on fixing border security and concentrate on illegals who were national security threats, I would have been willing to consider him a breath of fresh air. But his first major policy proposal that caught my attention was one that is absolutely not going to happen.

[Miss Marple]

Really, Thomas Collins? The first thing I heard about Megyn Kelly is when she went after Trump at that first debate. It was then that he attacked her.

[JeanD]

daddy,

You asked for a report on Rush responding to the NYT article from this weekend, so here is my report:

He came out of the gate with it, and spent most of the first hour detailing what really happened. Yes, he went to a private dinner with Schumer and Graham, knowing that they wanted to discuss the immigration issue. This was in March of 2011. Marco was not there, nor was he mentioned.

The dinner was pleasant, covered many topics, and included immigration. Their efforts to solicit his support were unsuccessful because they refused to say there would be no possibility of voting rights for those "coming out of the shadows."

He did have Rubio on his show 2 years later, and gave him a respectful hearing.

My takeaways: Rush thinks the NYT article was designed to divide Rush from his audience, sow doubt, etc. And he told them to pound sand.

Sorry I can't faithfully transcribe things like you do, but this was my impression of his remarks.

If I am mistaken here, I hope someone else will correct my errors.

[Say What]

MSNBC Tamaron Hall interviewing David Corn on Trump and KKK. She cuts to tape, not seen previously by her, thinking it will be some white racist Trump supporter. Ooops. Watch her expression afterwards....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LltnLzLXs7U&app=desktop

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--So it's all Trump's fault?--

Yes.
He has used his mind control rays to get Rubio to start focusing on what comes out of Trump's penis and its size.
Christie, under Trump's malevolent sway, used similar rays to cause Rubio's record to get stuck a couple of debates ago.

Presumably if elected Rubio would wear some type of super secret helmet to block Putin's and Xi's mind control rays.

[derwill]

I'm trying to think of a government agency that voters hate worse than the IRS . . . still thinking . . . still thinking . . .

Just more smart strategy from the GOPe, pit Trump against the IRS and then side with the IRS.

[narciso]

that's sounds most often in keeping with Rush's thinking, is Mittens trying for Harold Stassen, because he doesn't go away?

[Jeff Dobbs]

TM:
I am very curious to know - what El Rushbo is saying about this?

So is daddy. He begged someone to listen and report on it....

[Thomas Collins]

MM, in a four way race, I think Trumpster could quite possibly secure over 50% of the electoral college critters.

NK, that would be a dream race for you. Three NYkers (I'll stretch it and call carpetbagger Hillary a NYker) and a financier! :-))

[Captain Hate]

Remember when we were told four years ago by the daily Tiger Beat about how adept Prince Willard was at social media?

[hrtshpdbox]

"geezh"

It was Trump who said he was unable to release any of his prior taxes because of being audited for 12 consecutive years (not a rationale I recall Mitt Romney or anyone else ever giving for not releasing prior taxes). I linked to an article that gave an explanation of how it was possible to be audited for 12 consecutive years.

[James D]

Voting update - something where every one of our votes actually counts, and you can feel good about the candidate!

Dream Doctor is at 54%, aheead of the other two books at 23% and 22% respectively. But the actual margin is only a couple of hundred votes, and that could be erased in minutes. So here's the link. Remember, a pint - a full 16 ounces! - of whiskeyfor every vote*

http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=56d261bae4b01668ec061dbf

(* to be provided at a future date to be determined, if practical, and local, state & federal law permitting)

[jimmyk]

Uhh, plenty of people, starting with the Ace of Spades, were on board with Trump on immigration but have jumped shift over the deliberately inflammatory rhetoric and the likelihood that Trump is a NY lib playing at conservative.

A circular firing squad by definition includes a bunch of people shooting at each other. Regardless of your view of Trump (and I'm not a big Trump fan), singling him out for blame is an error.

[Thomas Collins]

The problem is, though, although Bloomers and Mitts could probably afford it, running a viable campaign outside of a major party is not easy. Ross for Boss did quite a job in 1992, I thought.

[Thomas Collins]

The problem is, though, although Bloomers and Mitts could probably afford it, running a viable campaign outside of a major party is not easy. Ross for Boss did quite a job in 1992, I thought.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

That was funny, Say What.

[narciso]

that last came from mickey kaus, who doesn't realize how dangerously toxic rattlers are,

[Captain Hate]

derwill, how's the Uniparty doing on that Koskinen impeachment?

[Rick Ballard]

TRUMP IS NOT DIVISIVE!

As the two minute minute makes perfectly clear, Trump is always a dispassionate uniter who would never stoop to the type of violent demagoguery of which he is so unjustly accused. He has a crystal clear understanding of his supporters, as anyone who takes the two minutes to watch him in action will be forced to agree.

[(A)Nuther Bub]

Is the reverse also true? Did Ronald Reagan's and Sarah Palin's kids turn out as they did because of their bad parents?

I don't know much about Trump's kids' accomplishments and how many of those are unrelated to the financial and social benefits they had from birth, but I think we should be careful about making assumptions in that area. I try not to take credit for my kids' successes when they have them because I don't want to be blamed for their mistakes when they make them.

But perhaps Donald breast fed longer than I did, changed the little nappies more regularly, spent more time teaching them their prayers and good manners than I was able to do. He was probably home most of the time, helping with homework late at night and bandaging their wounds when they got hurt.

[hrtshpdbox]

... the first thing I heard was an attack on Megyn Kelly by Trumpster.

Pretty much simultaneous with attacks on John McCain and Charles Krauthammer. Sort of difficult to give a hearty "We welcome you to the debate and the competition" to the divisive oaf at that point.

[Captain Hate]

I wouldn't want to blame Ron Reagan Junior on anything short of immersion in toxic waste.

[Old Lurker]

hrtshpdbox, come on. You posted a link that might as well have said "you can get audited every year until you stop cheating, and if Trump is saying otherwise that cannot be true", and you introduced it by opining that that was the only explanation you could see.

I suggest there are many benign explanations for being audited every year, and by the way, nowhere is the IRS going to say "if you get off with zero" in one year, you get the next two years without any chance of being audited. IF THAT were true, we would all sucker the the IRS into a trivial audit where one buries two "mistakes" which offset to equal zero due, then drive massive fraud through the following two years.

The whole point of your post was to either say Trump lied about being audited twelve years in a row, or else he was caught cheating in every year.

[Captain Hate]

Btw, that this is even being discussed once again shows that the party of stoopid is being snookered on directing the national conversation. I look forward to the arguments from the apologists that this isn't really the party's fault.

[hrtshpdbox]

New thread, again.

[lyle]

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2016/02/immigration-or-iphone_26.html

The public argument between Apple and the FBI over cracking the encryption on an iPhone used by the San Bernardino Muslim terrorists is one of those ongoing civil liberties debates that negotiate the terms on which we are asked to sacrifice our civil liberties for the sake of Muslim immigration.

[snip]

Ongoing Muslim migration makes a police state inevitable. But to avoid the perils of profiling and the appearance of discrimination, it will be a universal police state that will strip away rights from everyone without regard to guilt or innocence in the hopes of averting the next Muslim terror attack.

The only way to protect our lives and our freedoms from Muslim terrorism and its consequences is by shutting down Muslim immigration. If we fail to do this, then we will lose our lives and our liberties.

I agree with every word of this. I can hardly be alone.

[Threadkiller]

Didn't Sassehole play the part of the perv brother, peaking out the bathroom window, in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

He is probably mad that Trump didn't knock.

[Threadkiller]

.

[cheerleader]

rse: where do you get that Melania Trump is connected to Goldman Sachs? She was born in Slovenia, made a lot of money modeling and met Mr. Trump at a cocktail party in New York. She went through the process to immigrate to the U.S.A. legally. I've never read of any connection between Mrs. Trump and Goldman Sachs. She is now a stay-at home mom. I know that Cruz's wife was a VP at Goldman Sachs, but I've never heard of a Melania connection to GS.

[Barbara]

These sorts of stories only tell me that the "High Cabal", as Winston Churchill referred to those who move the pieces on the chess board behind the scenes, is extremely worried that the voters may just temporarily remove them from manipulating the election this year. Republican or Democrat, they are all the same. This has never been more apparent than during the reign of Barack Obama.

There are only a few brave elected people out there who have gone against this combined Dem/Rep establishment. One is Jeff Sessions and I pray that he has good security.

Look for more {{{alarming}}} headlines to appear in the weeks to come as the Cabal tries to manipulate the voters into slitting their own throats. I'm with those who "will crawl over cut glass" to vote for the guy who is NOT Hillary. In this case until proven otherwise, that person is Trump. All the rest of the stories you see about him and the election are just chaff.

[cheerleader]

OL thank you for that post. Too much of the mud that is slung at Mr. Trump is based on vapor. Like the Trump U. case, he could have settled for less money than he's paid to fight the claims, but the action irked him on principle, so he's fought it over a period of years, and won most of, just a few remnants remaining.

[Livemansionmail]

Ben Sasse,

What you and none of your useless cohorts will ever understand is what your job entails. You are a representative of the people for the people and by the people. And if the MAJORITY support Donald Trump than your JOB is to support him as well. Your ignorant personal position is just that...YOUR opinion. Trump supporters are tired of your politics as usual. If you would have done your jobs and defended this country vs. rolling over and cow towing to the current "King" this country would not be in need of a revolutionary Republican. It staggers me that you cannot comprehend what the people want and you have neither the mentality or work history to tell ANY of us differently. Good riddance to Obama and the rest of you USELESS Republicans!

Also, don't ever claim to speak for all of Nebraska. You can speak for your grocer, the Jesus freaks at your church and the products of incest you call family. Do not ever claim to speak for me.

Finally, your resistance better turn to acceptance because Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States of America. If you don't like it pack your bags and leave with Miley Cyrus, Al Sharpton, Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnel. Bring your Dick sucking partner Mitt Romney too!