Ha, that is funny. Considering that "I don't give him any energy," I gave him some today. Yep, he has a fan club. Yep, he's all about winning. Yep, I think he has come across as boorish and uninformed from the get go. Personally, I'm a Joe Biden fan and think he could have won it, had he wanted it. He's certainly been in service all his life.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <olliesedwuz@...> wrote : I refer to him that way because, 'where's the beef?' with Trump, and yet, he is on everyone's mind. The media can't get enough of him. He is deliberately creating a frenzy around himself, and doing it exceptionally well. He's selling himself, like the guy who "invented" the pet rock. Nothing there, but people clamor for it. Very skillfully done. You probably think I am endorsing him. Nope, but he sells his brand better than any politician. He recognizes that the nomination is fundamentally about sales and marketing, and he knows his audience. It is a game to him, just as his TV show was a game to him, and he is all about winning the game. Yes, I agree with you about the votes. The actual election isn't about sales and marketing. It is about substance, and that is where he will founder, appearing boorish and uninformed. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <emily.mae50@...> wrote : I have no idea why so many call him a "master" anything, except "master bully." He's a terrible pitchman; he appeals to, and manipulates irrational fear in the psyches of the minority few, really. I have faith his agenda will evaporate in a conflagration of his own making when the votes start to really matter. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <olliesedwuz@...> wrote : did you ever watch his show, "The Apprentice"? I watched several seasons of it, so I've seen a lot of The Donald before. Nothing different this time; he is a master salesman and master marketeer - except the product is The Presidency vs. a golf course or hotel. And despite not being qualified for the job, he is acing the interview. A salesman, like Trump, always sells the sizzle, not the steak - I read several transcripts of Trump speeches and they are surprisingly mild, almost inconsequential. What upsets people so much is the *perceptions* he creates, and one way he is so successful is the same way a salesman is - he doesn't involve himself in a long contract, or well laid out speeches on policy, he just paints pictures of this country that resonate with his audience, without committing to anything. One of the best pitchmen I have seen. It is impossible to pin him down, and yet his momentum continues. However, if he wins the Republican nomination, which he may, there is absolutely zero chance of him being elected President. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater @...> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <olliesedwuz@...> wrote : I'd vote him in for a third term - He is the most responsible, and concerned President we have had in a looong time. It has been a stain on this country that the racists in Congress sought not to work with him, mainly due to the color of his skin. The one brilliant result of the "W" presidency was that it exposed for the country, the facist foundation that the ruling class seeks to promote; too big to fail institutions, tax breaks for the wealthy during wartime, gutting social security, trashing the environment for $$$, consumer interest rates at zero, rising commodity prices in the face of abundance, etc. A very radical agenda by the ultra-rich, bordering on domestic terrorism. Their bombs explode much more slowly, but cause many more casualties. I don't think a Republican could get elected President now, with all the money in the world, and that's a good thing. And Trump is the front runner in the Republican bid for the White House. What the hell does that tell you? I have an employee, she is fairly young, and she loves Obama (although she is far from political) and didn't realize a US President could only occupy the White House for two terms unlike Canadian PM's who can stick around a lot longer. She was hoping he might be re-elected in the case he could actually run again. She is horrified by Trump - can't believe her eyes. Man, that guy is such a colossal embarrassment for not only the US but for the GOP. Astounding. So, I would have to agree that a Democrat will be inhabiting the walls of the White House again after the November election, in that way we can thank the blowhard. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <emily.mae50@...> wrote : Geeeezzz. If we'd had an even marginally semi-cooperative Congress, Obama could have been an extremely effective president. Bush was a complete disaster; how quickly so many forget where we were at when he left office. We are definitely in a better place now. I'm with the guy from Canada on this one. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : Wow, that's too bad. This guy been snowed! For one thing the economy isn't good at all. Obama out and out lied about that! It's like he's hanging out in Washington state and smoking ganja. New jobs? Of course there were some season hires for the holiday season. It happens every year and those are not permanent jobs nor do the pay much. In fact most new jobs don't pay much. America is leading the world? Where? I don't think the rest of the world respects a country that bombs innocent civilians. People voted for Obama to get rid of the taste of Bush. But Obama just kept on with the same ol' same ol'. Then people voted against Romney because they trusted him even less. I would have expected you to know economics far better than this. Must not have been your best subject. Or did somebody or something put a pod outside your door? Haha, no. I think Obama (and here we are getting into politics, the dangerous subject where no one ever changes anyone's mind) has done the best he could given the terrible resistance he has run into with Congress and the shmazzle of the previous Bush government to fix, the guy was reduced to running on 1 cylinder. I think it is easy to be very, very critical of the man or woman running your own country. No one can work miracles especially when so many are running blocker on them. If you are unhappy with your country's situation you can not look to one man to blame. You need to look at the past, the present in terms of how your government is operating and how they are a very real impediment or detriment to what someone is trying to do, even if what they are trying to do seems like a positive or good thing. No man runs the Presidency alone. I personally believe Obama to be a good human being. He is not a miracle worker nor is he infallible. However, a good human being does not guarantee an effective Presidential candidate. What I do agree with you on is that I don't necessarily assert that "America is leading the world". However, the point of my posting this was to illustrate how Canadians feel about your President. On 01/16/2016 06:54 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: This is how many Canadians feel about Obama. This particular letter to the Editor was penned by someone from Victoria.
