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Obviously he has tapped into something. People´s frustration with the financial situation and their complete lack of knowledge or understanding of what has caused it. And like a classic, populistic tyrant he´s playing on their emotions and frustrations. "Here is someone with an easy solution: The mexicans are the problem! Lets get tid of them!"
The striking thing is that the electoral system lets him get away with such easy manipulation tricks, and that so many people are stupid enough to buy into it. That is the problem I have tried to adress. If you offer sensible solutions you are bound to loose, because it is not what the voters want to hear. That is a pretty toxic political environment.
For me the general elections is far too late for Trump to be revealed as a manipulator without a campaign. Far, FAR too late! And that is both distressing, depressing, and not least embarrasing on behalf of the US.
The 'wall' won't be all that expensive and is the least of the solutions that will have to be put in place to 'secure borders'. It is purely one of the deterrents and makes for headlines. If Congress obstructs it, then there will need to be increased surveillance drone use, ongoing checks for 'drug tunnels' near the border, as well as airport and border checks.
A comprehensive plan for all of this is expected or else he won't grow his voting constituency for the General election and will end up like other recent Republican failures.
Btw I was not referring to "the wall" specifically (poor Deep Purple), but the general strategy of blaming the immigrants for everything wrong with America.
Edit: Sorry, that was Pink Floyd. Brain fart :P
I believe the 'vague' responses on both sides are on account of the limited power within the American presidency. It is not a parliamentary system and legislative changes need to get Congressional approval. So candidates have to be relatively vague or risk 'losing face' when in office. Look what happened with Obama's very specific healthcare initiative, which he told everyone he would implement prior to winning the presidency. They obstructed it every step of the way, even though he campaigned on it.
I really think it is at the congressional level where the 'vetting process' is very poor collectively. They are the ones collectively with the real legislative power.
It will be eight out of nine this November. Book it.
I stand by my belief that if Trump doesn't produce concrete solutions which he can articulate soon, then he will go down hard. The same approach that worked during the primaries will not grow his constituency sufficiently for the General.
If it wouldn't make the Military Industrial Complex a lot of dough, we generally don't do it.
The Army Corps of Engineers is ready & waiting.....
I generally agree, although I do think that Trump does have a chance (sadly). If he can lure Clinton down into the gutter that he operates his campaign in, then he has a chance to beat her, since people already look at her unfavorably (this is a contest between the two least-liked candidates in US history, according to likability polls). If he can get her to come down into the gutter with him, then he has a chance to beat her. If she resists that trap, I think she'll win handily.
One can only hope.
Could see it happening, though, if the FBI recommends charges against her and/or the DOJ actually files charges against her.
Hillary has a tendency to go dirty. She can't help it. I can see that she's finding it so difficult to hold back even against 74 yr old nice guy Bernie. That will only help Trump.
Hillary will have a tougher job of it, but she's a fighter and she will do what it takes. It will be a filthy campaign unless Trump self destructs on his own.
He already has. The Republican base may think he's grand, but he has already said some things that have sunk his candidacy on the national level. I mean, where do we begin? The bleeding comment? The response to protesters? Calling out Paul Ryan?
Sadly, I'd have to disagree. Among the generally informed electorate, yes, I'd say he's already self-destructed. The problem is that a good number of the American electorate isn't informed and/or doesn't care. The Republican base, as bad as we've been in this primary, doesn't have a monopoly on being uninformed and/or worse.
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If they don't, they will. The DNC and The HRC campaign will just roll out the soundbytes during football season.
I don't find it amusing a bit. Here's an example of what eventually happens and that could be seen entirely from an historical viewpoint:
You know......lots of people in here will start a comment like "But you have to understand that this doesn't come out of the blue. For all the aggression, there is a reason why it happens."
It sounds all very nuanced and from a historian's point of view even objective and relevant. But before one is saying that, a firm condemnation should be in place. There is nothing humane or 'good' about doing such things.
They're not wrong. Western democracy has become a decadent joke in both America and Europe and only serves to keep the same self serving people with their snouts in the trough.
Somehow the the system needs rebooting but the way we're heading with Trump that reset button is likely to be the same one that fires all the warheads.
It's capitalism that is fundamentally the problem. Not democracy. People tend to confuse the two and use the terms interchangeably. Capitalism is what needs rebooting. People still have the right to vote, and actually do so fairly. However their needs are ignored once politicians get into office due to money'd interests taking precedence over the common man/woman. Moreover, the candidates that are proposed by the capitalist system are deeply in the pocket before they even get on the ballot.
Remember 'Occupy Wall Street'? Do you remember how fast those peaceful but leaderless protests were shut down. Everywhere. Why? That is what the people who run things are afraid of. The voice of the people on the lower rung of the ladder. Ironic don't you think? I remember Obama himself being negative towards them. Why? Were they violent? He was afraid of the movement of people who don't have a shot, and the young who have limited prospects.
For the immigration issue - it should have been put to a referendum. If Britain can have a referendum on the EU, every Western country should be allowed to have a referendum on 'refugee' immigration and numbers they are willing to allow in. When you have an economic block that is currently losing the financial and economic war against its peers, and then you welcome in boatloads of refugees, you're asking for trouble. Big trouble.
But we don't have democracy in the U.S., only the illusion of it. It's why Bush was elected President in 2000 against the will of the American people.
As for the voice of the people: what's of note is that the TEA party revolution and the Trump support do NOT come from the lower rung. It's hilarious that "revolution" is being pushed by the privileged and the status quo. That's unheard of.
As I recall, Gore won the popular vote marginally but not the electoral college, prior to the recount being stopped.
Any election is essentially a referendum on the incumbent. That election was Gore's to lose. He should have been able to put Bush away more easily than he did. The fact that it was that close says something about people's opinion of Gore, or perhaps Clinton. Nader also f'd it up.
As some have pointed out on this very thread, Bush won the second one (2004) very cleanly. Even after the Iraq debacle. That is the more surprising thing actually.
EDIT: Tea Party support is spread out amongst the income distribution. It is not purely upper class. There is Tea Party and there is conservative. Many are both but not all. The Tea Party and Occupy are different sides of the same coin.
As I said earlier, hardcore Tea Party is primarily with Cruz, although many are spinning it otherwise. Trump is actually pulling in the middle and that is what is scaring everyone. The so called 'establishment' at the grass roots level is moving to Trump. As I said, if he is the nominee, wait to see it in the general election. There is also the 'Trump Democrat' that Clinton and Co are shitting themselves about.
My point is that the electoral college is a joke. As long as that is in place, millions of Americans' votes don't actually count for anything.