With Donald Trump winning today’s Indiana primary, it is all but certain he will be the Republican presidential standard bearer come November. Call Trump what you want: buffoon, con artist, racist, narcissist, whatever. As surreal as this may be, get used to calling him Donald J. Trump, the 2016 GOP presidential nominee.
Trump’s only real competitor, Ted Cruz, saw the crushing loss in Indiana for what it was … the end of the road. He announced his formal withdrawal from the presidential race while, at the same time, vowing to never give up fighting for his principles. Might we see Cruz again, at a future date, as a possible Republican presidential nominee? You betcha!
On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton in the Hoosier State. But since delegates are awarded proportionately (unlike Republicans), the math didn’t improve much for Bernie. He is still far behind Clinton in the pledged delegate count and is trailing badly among super delegates.
Folks, we are looking at a thrilling Trump v. Clinton slugfest, race towards the bottom.
With Trump you get an inexperienced real estate billionaire and TV reality star that has offended just about every group needed to win a general election. A candidate heartily endorsed by the KKK because his views on immigrants closely resemble theirs. A candidate who likes to call women bimbos and pigs. A candidate who will build the most beautiful wall you’ve ever seen along the Mexican border… and have Mexicans foot the bill! A candidate who will defeat ISIS in a matter of weeks. Yea that guy.
With Clinton you get a highly experienced politician who has paid her dues and believes the presidency is rightfully hers. A candidate seeped in one scandal after another going back to her days as First Lady. A candidate who commands $250,00 speaking fees from Wall Street fat cats. A candidate whose family foundation, the Clinton Foundation, has accepted millions from questionable foreign sources. A candidate progressive Democrats label a Republican. Yea that woman.
If Donald Trump were indeed the Republican presidential nominee, he would be the most despised presidential nominee in our nation’s history. Following close behind, Hillary Clinton would be the second most disliked nominee… ever.
No matter who wins in November, our nation’s next president will be abhorred by huge segment of Americans. The issue for voters will be which candidate is the lesser of two evils; the less polarizing and less detested of the two presidential candidates.
As the Soviet-born comedian, Yakov Smirnoff, might say, “What a country!”
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USA! USA! USA! The laughingstock of the world.
Total embarrassment!
Moderator: “So, Hillary, did you leave anything else behind in Benghazi?”
Hillary: “Just bodies.” – Jon B.
Trump shall be the next president. I have already foreseen. Now stand back and watch an see. You have been told.
TRUMP IN 2016!!!!!
Nah, my vision is a landslide victory for Democrats.
The crazy Republicans have their man. But the moderate Republicans have their woman … Hillary!
How true, how true! But I wouldn’t count Bernie out just yet. With the Clintons, another scandal is always just around the corner.
Yes, we may soon be electing the village idiot as mayor. God help us!
You are talking about Trump, right? Ha!
I don’t know why we parrot the concocted absurdities that the right wing makes up all the time about Hillary. While she may have gotten $250k for a speech at Goldman Sachs, the two Bush presidents command a similar price for their speaking fees. And who would YOU rather listen to for that price?
This is very common for famous people to speak to corporations, associations, chambers of commerce, etc. But when Hillary does it, the right wing decides they can make some hay. They keep repeating it as if it’s preposterous. An Outrageous Scandal, I tell you!! The lazy corporate media will dutifully get out their steno pads and make sure everyone hears about the latest Repug talking point on Hillary. Once that’s done the right wing willl come up with the next outrage. And the process continues.
Why, I think it sounds like there’s a conspiracy!
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Have to disagree with you, Mike. The Clintons have taken speech-giving to levels never heard of before. Hillary and Bill combined have earned more than $153 million in paid speeches from 2001 until Hillary launched her presidential campaign last spring, according to CNN. That’s a whole lot of “corrupting” money, don’t you think? Your analogy doesn’t hold up. Both Bush presidents did their speech-giving after leaving office. Everyone knew Hillary would run for the presidency.