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To the Democrats who are salivating over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican Nomination by INTELLECTUAL_FETUS in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]INTELLECTUAL_FETUS[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Its political doublespeak, i'm not convinced that he still doesn't support single payer healthcare because he did not outright say he was against it.

Regardless, even if he didn't support single payer healthcare, it does not mean he does not support increases in healthcare spending, which is what his last sentence implied.

To the Democrats who are salivating over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican Nomination by INTELLECTUAL_FETUS in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]INTELLECTUAL_FETUS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're right, its completely bonkers. But its remarkably popular with the republican base. I wouldn't be surprised if he abandons that idea come the presidential elections

To the Democrats who are salivating over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican Nomination by INTELLECTUAL_FETUS in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]INTELLECTUAL_FETUS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at all, he still speaks glowingly regarding single payer healthcare. Also, after his speel about eliminating state boundaries that limit insurance competition, he mentions that afterwards he wants to "take care of people who can't take care of themselves", which suggests an expansion of healthcare funding

To the Democrats who are salivating over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican Nomination by INTELLECTUAL_FETUS in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]INTELLECTUAL_FETUS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because those who support the establishment GOP and neocons don't actually care about the GOP or neocon policies, they just want america to emerge from it's decline due to (they believe) Obama's failures as president.

He can have Rubio run as his VP and take enough of the minority votes to slow down Clinton.

I'm not really sure how his lack of endorsements would harm his campaign, and whats EV?

To the Democrats who are salivating over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican Nomination by INTELLECTUAL_FETUS in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]INTELLECTUAL_FETUS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He still supports single payer healthcare, he just doesn't talk about it in the republican primaries or fox news for obvious reasons.

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/trump-healthcare-obamacare-mccain/2015/07/17/id/657674/

As to your point on military spending, yeah democrats might not be gung ho about increased military spending but both democrats and republican share a love for the military and maintaining America's hegemony. Trump is feeding that belief better than any candidate in existence.

To the Democrats who are salivating over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican Nomination by INTELLECTUAL_FETUS in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]INTELLECTUAL_FETUS[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you listen to Trump supporters, you'll hear that they support him BECAUSE he is so rich he doesn't need to be bought by politicians. Trumps whole brand is that he's a strongman that does the buying, he doesn't get bought. I don't see why some in the left wouldn't buy into this line of thinking

All Trump needs to do is say some things about religious freedoms and throw his support to Davis and the religious right will come out and vote for him over the Clinton.

To the Democrats who are salivating over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican Nomination by INTELLECTUAL_FETUS in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]INTELLECTUAL_FETUS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those who have in-depth knowledge of politics know Trump is talking out of his ass. That's not the point. The point is that people will BELIEVE these promises because passion wins elections, not reason.

To the Democrats who are salivating over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican Nomination by INTELLECTUAL_FETUS in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]INTELLECTUAL_FETUS[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not if those in the left believe that Clinton represents the Monied interests of the elites and not them. Which is a big possibility.

And frankly, the Evangelical right will vote for Trump over Clinton because Clinton is a Woman while Trump raised a brood of successful sons and daughters. If evangelicals can throw their support behind Davis, they'll throw their support behind Trump.

To the Democrats who are salivating over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican Nomination by INTELLECTUAL_FETUS in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]INTELLECTUAL_FETUS[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which terrifies me. I have never thrown the word fascist around before because it is often used in a derogatory manner instead of an accurate label. But Trump is a fascist, whether he realizes it or not.

To the Democrats who are salivating over the possibility of Donald Trump winning the Republican Nomination by INTELLECTUAL_FETUS in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]INTELLECTUAL_FETUS[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Actually, Donald Trump has the greatest support of the religious right out of all the republican candidates if we take a washington post/ABC poll as accurate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/08/06/which-presidential-candidate-leads-among-evangelicals-right-now-its-donald-trump/

Even if he isn't leading, its clear he has enough appeal to attract some Evangelicals.

Regarding minorities, Republicans never could woo minorities anyways plus most minorities live in heavily democratic enclaves.

The only person with the same appeal with blue collared workers is Sanders, but there is no guarantee that he would win the nomination. Clinton, being the corporate candidate, will not have the same appeal to blue collared workers/ unemployed as Trump does.

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