"I don't think we can take a risk on a loose cannon like Donald Trump running the country." —Hillary to @AndersonCooper
It sounds about right. How can you quick fix that loose cannon?
loose cannon - Wiktionary
(nautical) A cannon that breaks loose from its moorings on a ship during battle or storm, which has the potential to cause serious damage to the ship and its crew. (idiomatic, by extension) An uncontrolled or unpredictable person who causes damage to their own faction, political party, etc.
a person who cannot be controlled and who does or says things that cause problems, embarrassment, etc., for others. Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's
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Loose cannon could be exciting, hilarious, humorous in GOP Primary. As Trump said this morning:
"I closed the deal, starting with 17 guys out there. What great things, bomb, bomb, bomb, I won.
I'd do the same: be myself. Why change?"
"I love poorly educated people, my kind of folks," Trump proudly said.
In reality, Trump's right: Nobody cared about issues or planning. Only for the primary I'd say. Why?
Four years will go by before you got oriented in that law-densed/ordered place like the White House if
no planning ahead of time - well, you like an outsider or a pro - professional politicians (know
how to do political jobs - like any professions, I respect politicians as pro). Trump'll insult the
intelligence of the voters by saying
something so vague like to force Mexico to pay for a border wall as president by threatening to cut off
the flow of billions of dollars, or declare a war on China or Muslins, or bring jobs back to the US, without
any specific plans of doable and timelines. You wann trust a businessman - business reads numbers of
in-/out-put,
What numbers Trump ever gave you? He couldn't do his mathematics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpO_RTSNmQ
Before running out of time, he gotta come up with his
workable planning or he has no chance.
Yes. now, the excitment is gone, rolling up your sleeves, get to work for specific. The second phase
is all about planning:
What you're gonna do and how you do it. Trump is a smart guy - We'll see what he got, for you, for me,
for them - all his base of the white blue collar workers, screaming in pain, true in certain extent.
""You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you
cannot fool all the people all the time." - Abraham Lincoln
Here is an insider of GOP: fellow Republican worked with George W. Bush:
http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/currentevent/804849.html
Pressure makes diamond: We'll see if Trump stands the pressure of getting specific, acting like
a Republican, or like Presidential instead of a school bully.
I'm shocked to read a fellow Republican conviction:
"From 2006 to 2009, I worked in the White House for George W. Bush. As an actor and writer in
New York, this isn’t always a popular thing to tell people. But I do, because I am proud to have
worked for a president who led with principle and conviction. As a West Wing staffer, I saw firsthand
that President Bush’s sole motivation was to do what he thought was best for our country. People
may have disagreed with his policies, but they couldn’t disagree with his intentions.
From 2009 to 2010, I spent a year working for Congressional Republicans. In contrast to my time
at the White House, I saw that many in Congress put their personal and partisan interests ahead
of the country’s needs. Many times, the GOP’s only agenda was to defeat Barack Obama at all costs.
It didn’t matter what Obama’s policy was; all that mattered was winning and eventually
regaining power for the GOP.
This desire for control of the presidency, and the belief that any Republican is better than any
Democrat, is why many Republicans are now embracing Trump. They claim that the GOP needs to
coalesce behind Mr. Trump because he is a better alternative than Hillary Clinton. He is not.
To begin with, Mr. Trump has autocratic tendencies, and openly admires tyrants such as Vladimir Putin.
In fact, his narcissism and cult of personality leadership style seem better suited to countries like
North Korea and Uzbekistan than America. Trump has repeatedly attacked core conservative principles
such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and American leadership on the world stage. He has
incited the use of violence against his detractors, called on America to commit war crimes, and
suggested the possibility of civil unrest if he is denied the GOP nomination.
Mr. Trump proclaims that he’s going to make America great again, but can’t provide any realistic
plans for doing so; instead, he frequently resorts to scapegoating outsiders, foreigners, and minorities.
The few policies that Trump has articulated would make America less safe, trample upon our most
fundamental rights, and appeal to the basest instincts of the American people.
While I disagree with many of Hillary Clinton’s policies, she is clearly qualified to be president. She
possesses judgment and self-restraint. She does not have a track record of irrational, risky, and
unsound business decisions and public comments. She has a long record of public service. She can be
trusted with controlling our military and nuclear weapons. Mr. Trump cannot.
Any Republican who claims that it’s better to elect Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton either lacks
proper judgment, or has become so blinded by partisan ideology that they have lost objectivity.
Many of the GOP voters who support Trump are backing his candidacy because they are desperate
for change in Washington. But Republican leaders who embrace Trump aren’t hearing the public’s
message or embracing change. Instead, they’re doing what they have always done: whatever is
necessary to gain or retain political power.
I saw the same thing happen during my time in Washington with the rise of the Tea Party. Instead
of adopting the movement’s more valid positions, such as a real crackdown on Wall Street and
corporate America, many Republicans jumped on the bandwagon of hate and divisive rhetoric
because they thought it was their best chance of being re-elected.
Yes, Mr. Trump has populist support. But a true leader doesn’t jump on the populist bandwagon –
especially when that bandwagon threatens to irretrievably harm their country and party. A true leader
explains why that candidate cannot and should not be trusted, and is willing to suffer any consequences
that might result from standing strongly behind their position.
Alexander Hamilton has become a cultural zeitgeist recently due to the success of the Broadway
musical about his life.
Yet Americans are responding to more than a brilliant piece of theatre.
They are responding to a time of great men and women in American history -- true leaders who
put their love of country above their personal ambitions or partisan ideologies.
In fact, Hamilton faced a choice similar to the one Republicans are facing today. During the election
of 1800, Hamilton had to choose between endorsing Thomas Jefferson, his life-long political rival
with whom he disagreed on almost every major issue – or Aaron Burr, a dishonest man of flawed
character, who many feared would lead America down a dangerous path of tyranny and oppression.
Mr. Hamilton chose to endorse Jefferson.
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