Trump's latest....

[Alan]

That is the problem….. suppose you will vote for him then too.

I think it is important to know the context of things all politicians say and was hoping gimme could provide an actual quote for review and consideration rather than a blanket opinion statement. I think the real problem is that not enough people do.

As for your supposition, rest assured I'm hoping I don't have to.

[Rogar]

I hope you're right! I would like to see Nikki Haley as the front runner for sure. I think she performed wonderfully in the debates. While I don't agree with her on core GOP issues (abortion, healthcare, corporate tax), I think she is reasonable, respectable, can seemingly stand up to her detractors sharply but with poise.

Nikki Haley talks out of both sides of her mouth about climate change and is basically in the drill baby drill school of thought. There are worse in the running. I'd say she has some leadership charisma over most of the others.

I think Christie is the best communicator. When he talks you don't get the feeling that he's talking a bunch of political double talk. Or at least he gives that impression.

[jp1]

I find it fascinating that people who supposedly care about the future of this country would stop paying attention to what the front runner for the nomination of one of our main political parties says. I guess we really didn’t learn anything from WWII after all.

The sad part is that those same people who have stopped listening to one of our presidential front runners as he shares his detailed plans for authoritarian fascism in the very unfortunate event that he gets elected again also claim to be the saviors of freedom and worry for the future of our country after they’re dead. LOL.

[jp1]

In his various announcements for what a second trump administration would look like trump has made it clear that he understands why his first administration failed to successfully overthrow the government and keep him in power. The problem was that certain key people, such as Mike Pence, had more loyalty to the country than to Donald Trump. Trump has made it quite clear that when picking people for positions of extreme power next time he will not make that mistake again. It will entirely be an administration of suck ups like Rudy Giuliani.

[frugal-one]

I think it is important to know the context of things all politicians say and was hoping gimme could provide an actual quote for review and consideration rather than a blanket opinion statement. I think the real problem is that not enough people do.

As for your supposition, rest assured I'm hoping I don't have to.

I can’t imagine EVER voting for trump unless you are into dictatorships!

[catherine]

Nikki Haley talks out of both sides of her mouth about climate change and is basically in the drill baby drill school of thought. There are worse in the running. I'd say she has some leadership charisma over most of the others.

I think Christie is the best communicator. When he talks you don't get the feeling that he's talking a bunch of political double talk. Or at least he gives that impression.

As he was my governor when I was in NJ, I am slightly biased toward him. I respect Republicans who can successfully govern blue states. My VT governor deserves the same respect--Phil Scott. And I like that Christie doesn't give a rat's a$$ about the MAGA crowd--he just tells it as he sees it.

But he has no chance of getting through the primary--probably because he is so anti-Trump--so I think Haley is the next best thing.

[Simone]

I keep watching for Phillips events so I can go hear him speak. I don't know why more Democrats don't get behind him.

Jeppy, I saw Phillips on Bill Maher and thought he was bright, had a good sense of humor, spoke well (except for an annoying, to me, quirk about referring to others as his "brothers and sisters"), knew the issues, was playing in my court, etc.

But he'd be our first Jewish president in a time when rabid antisemitism is again on the rise. Here's what happened in his first town hall in NH. And I wish you had been there reporting because the YouTube live stream was taken offline, possibly by the Phillips people:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023...ls-israel-gaza

So I wonder if the Democrats, already seeming to be uncertain and frightened, would risk backing him.

Too bad. He's up for the challenge.

[jp1]

I think it is important to know the context of things all politicians say and was hoping gimme could provide an actual quote for review and consideration rather than a blanket opinion statement. I think the real problem is that not enough people do.

Personally I’d love to hear you justify and explain how we didn’t hear what we all heard in trump’s recent vermin statement.

[Tybee]

Nikki Haley was my governor in SC and she was a very good governor. I would vote for her if I had to vote for a Republican.

[Yppej]

Jeppy, I saw Phillips on Bill Maher and thought he was bright, had a good sense of humor, spoke well (except for an annoying, to me, quirk about referring to others as his "brothers and sisters"), knew the issues, was playing in my court, etc.

But he'd be our first Jewish president in a time when rabid antisemitism is again on the rise. Here's what happened in his first town hall in NH. And I wish you had been there reporting because the YouTube live stream was taken offline, possibly by the Phillips people:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023...ls-israel-gaza

So I wonder if the Democrats, already seeming to be uncertain and frightened, would risk backing him.

Too bad. He's up for the challenge.

Thank you for posting. I hadn't heard about the controversy at that event.