07-14-2016, 11:59 AM
(07-14-2016, 08:42 AM)Marypoza Wrote:(07-13-2016, 03:40 PM)Odin Wrote:(07-12-2016, 12:52 PM)Marypoza Wrote: Sux.. I guess it's over now. Still, from generational pov, it would of been cool if the Silents had gotten thier Prez. Guess I'll be voting 4 Jill now
If you live in a swing state I beg you to vote for Hillary, PLEASE!!! Trump cannot be allowed to become president.
-- why not?
You haven't been paying attention, I guess.
Odin can answer if he wants. But for me, among the most salient points are:
He is not presidential; quite the reverse. He insults people, and is very easily insulted. Having him as president would involve the USA in countless meaningless brawls.
His tax and regulation policies are trickle-down Reaganomics to the max. Huge tax cuts for the wealthy, allow business to do what it wants, huge increase in the debt with no credible plan for a balanced budget. His policies would put us back into recession quickly.
He is a climate science denier just at the time when we need to rev up our transition to clean energy.
He wants to allow states to opt out of the minimum wage or abolish it, at a time when wages are too low for most people. He denies the need to raise it. He has no credible health care plan to replace Obamacare, which he wants to abolish.
His xenophobia creates division in the country and distrust in the world.
His revoking of press priviledges for certain newspapers at his rallies fortells of a strong tendency to repression and violations of civil rights. He stirs up violence at his rallies as if hiring brown shirts. He is a potential dictator.
He proposes torture of enemies; "we have to take out their families" he says. He advocates war crimes.
His foreign policy proposals border on madness: allowing more countries to have nuclear weapons, abandoning NATO, cuddling up to dictators like Putin, among other things.
His policies consist of slogans. He changes his positions even from moment to moment. He is a compulsive liar that makes Hillary look like Abraham Lincoln on truth serum.
His proposed Supreme Court appointments would give the right-wing everything it wants. Despite his talk about having less corruption and big money in politics, these justice choices he has proposed would cement it. He is a crony capitalist, and proud of it. You really think he would now pursue opposite policies that curtail his own ambitions and that of his class?
His own business practices often consist of fraud, and walking away from investors leaving himself richer while they hold the bag. He is not as competent and rich as he claims. Now he wants to fool the whole country.
The Supreme Court is directly on the ballot. If you don't know that, you definitely have not been paying attention. Voting rights, LGBT rights, labor rights, women's rights would all be out the window if Trump becomes president.
He is a gun nut who supports most of what the NRA wants. He says there should be guns in bars. He falls for the line that good guys with guns are the answer to bad guys with guns.
He has no experience or qualifications for the job. He offers only entertainment value. The "change" he brings would only be for the worse. I too enjoy watching him speak. He is a spectacle. But that does not make him a potentially-good president.
What have I missed? It's hard to think of everything off the cuff....