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2016-03-05 Home Front: Politix

PJ Media's Roger L. Simon: Is There a Cure for Trumpophrenia?

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-05 08:43|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

I'll take Trumpophrenia over this.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-05 08:50|| 2016-03-05 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Yea, Scott Walker or Rick Perry.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-05 09:01|| 2016-03-05 09:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Jeebus, I am in the never, never land of taking another look at Cruz, smary bastard that he is.

Silver-lining City, we are going to have an open convention for the first time since what? Dewey? I look forward to the 24/7 coverage. I suspect it might be historical, epic even. I wish Dr. Thompson had known before hand about this, he might notta blown his brains out over the breakfast table.

Posted by Shipman 2016-03-05 09:03|| 2016-03-05 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 It amazes me that the US conservatives had a proven capable man who fit Conservative bona fides and is quite popular and yet discarded him. Perry seemed ideal. Trump should not have gotten past the basic fact checking any rational person would do.

Posted by Zenobia Ulock6423 2016-03-05 09:43|| 2016-03-05 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't want any of us to become real life schizophrenics ourselves, unable to predict what our leader will say or do next.
It's already happened.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-03-05 10:16|| 2016-03-05 10:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes. It's 99% emotional, so it'll wear off. Right about the time he is sworn in.

Once again I am dismayed by how easily the Republican base can be manipulated.

Posted by Iblis 2016-03-05 10:29|| 2016-03-05 10:29|| Front Page Top

#7 I am/was a Perry/Walker fanboy. Look where that got me

Posted by Frank G 2016-03-05 12:05|| 2016-03-05 12:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Recall Perry was indited by a Liberal Austin (TX), which charges were later found to be [sorry] unfounded.

Done in by the liberal smear machine, including the media.

Posted by Bobby 2016-03-05 12:12|| 2016-03-05 12:12|| Front Page Top

#9 I liked Perry too. But he had that brain freeze when he couldn't remember all the departments he'd cut. It's not like I never had a brain freeze but I never ran for president either. What really beat Perry though was all the Establishment money that went to Romney. It would seem at this point that the only way to beat Establishment money is to run a guy who can fund his own campaign and get the media to talk about him without him even spending his money. I must admit that after that last debate Cruz and Kasich looked like the grown ups while Rubio and Trump looked like a couple of quarrelsome, stupid little boys. Part of that at least, the Trump part, was certainly Rubio's plan. Even so I'm past the emotional part. But I still don't trust Kasich, he still looks too Establishment, and I still don't think that Cruz can beat the Beest. I still want a candidate who is at least willing to talk about the problems we have with China and immigration. So when the emotion runs out we still have to be rational.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-03-05 12:38|| 2016-03-05 12:38|| Front Page Top

#10 A Walker/Perry fan also.

HOWEVER, neither of them had that make up needed to take down the GOPe and they are the real enemy because they should be the opposition to the Dems but are in fact on the same side. The statist, corporatist, graftocrat side of which Hillary is the titular head.

I think Cruz can and will do it if he gets the chance. Trump can if he wants to, but, I'm afraid he'll turn out to be a go along to get along less classy version of GHWB.

Posted by AlanC 2016-03-05 14:30|| 2016-03-05 14:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Dear Roger,
Please accept my sympathy concerning your delicate mental condition. Perhaps it will assist you to remember that this election is neither about your phrenias or mine. It's about the candidates.

Granted, the mental stability of at least one of the candidates (specifically the one you mentioned) is very suspect indeed. Even a minimal amount of stress seems to send him into a blathering outrage.
His outrageous conduct, during the debates, brings back mental images of Nikita Khrushchev beating on the podium with his shoe.
But we must admit that even with his mental instability, Khrushchev was a pretty good leader... for a communist. And the candidate under discussion (in your article) embodies many of the same traits and philosophy of Nikita Khrushchev.
But it remains imperative to remember that electing him president is no panacea for either your phobias or mine.

My advice to you is to kick back, take a tranquilizer and just let it go. Just bask in the realization that the candidate causing you such emotional trauma, probably has less than zero chance of becoming president anyway.
~

Posted by junkiron 2016-03-05 15:27|| 2016-03-05 15:27|| Front Page Top

#12 There was a preventative, securing the borders and quit firing Americans literally on the job with foreigner replacements. For a few pieces of silver you betrayed the body of the people. You have no loyalty to us, we owe no loyalty to you and your institutions.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-05 17:01|| 2016-03-05 17:01|| Front Page Top

#13 " firing Americans literally on the job with foreigner replacements. " Like Trump and his backing of H1B and outsourcing, and his abuse of H2B to hire imported labor instead of hundreds of Americans that applied for jobs at his business? Look up h2b mar-a-lago trump, here is a starter:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-exclusive-idUSKCN0Q62RQ20150802

Blue Collar people, Trump is fooling you, duping you, wake up fools. Vot for someone else, anyone else other than Hillary or Bernie. Trump is using you.

Posted by Herb Dingle3156 2016-03-05 17:44|| 2016-03-05 17:44|| Front Page Top

#14 Remember the ultimate goal. it ain't over until the fat cankles swell!

Posted by Angeper Borgia5797 2016-03-05 17:57|| 2016-03-05 17:57|| Front Page Top

#15 Good Heavens, another paid troll unseen before. \

Hey darling, both parties colluded to strip Americans of their jobs. So, why worry about Trump other than he understands why the people are upset while both of the parties in a position to actually do something now, just sit on their asses. A good business gives his clients what they want in the 'deal'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-05 20:22|| 2016-03-05 20:22|| Front Page Top

#16 So Procopius2K, you surrender, give up and refuse to fight if you cannot get a perfect situation? Rather a cowardly positiion, and hardly one that works in the real world in places like Route Irish, or COP Keating.

Posted by Crusock de Medici5565 2016-03-05 20:48|| 2016-03-05 20:48|| Front Page Top

#17 Rather a cowardly positiion

Fight what? A rigged game? The establishment runs a Lucy Van Pelt program, promise them to hold the ball and then yank it away every single time. It's all about power and money, and those who have it aren't going to give it up gently.

I'm just waiting for all the hate and fear mongering to result in an assassination attempt. No one will be able to clean themselves of association afterward.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-05 23:17|| 2016-03-05 23:17|| Front Page Top

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