Trump vs. Mexico omnibus thread

[pbrower2a]

Republicans are going to find the Hispanic vote going heavily against them in 2016. So farewell, any possibility of winning Colorado, Nevada, or Florida. Arizona will be close, and New Mexico will be a blowout. This will be enough to swing states on the brink with relatively-small Hispanic populations, like Ohio.  

There has never been the mass animus against non-black Hispanics in any part of America that there was against blacks. Democrats win big when they have massive get-out-the-vote drives.

Whatever conservative tendencies some Hispanics have are going to be better expressed among Democrats than among Republicans.

If the Republican nominee for President reaches out to hispanic and black voters, I think they can make inroads. That means listening, learning, and then talking. It means having an inclusive message.

If a Republican nominee takes an unrealistic immigration position the way Mitt Romney did in 2012, they won't make inroads with hispanic voters.

Ok -- but the damage has been done.

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I thought I saw a long bull market without a speculative bubble, a start on a civilized system of medicine, one of the squeakiest-clean administrations in decades, and a cautious foreign policy that allows the President to whack terrorists.

Return to integrity? Which one?

Republicans are going to have electoral problems until they recognize that Dubya was an awful President.

Because Obama isn't a Drama Seeker, he won't get credit for a lot of what he's done right until after history settles and people look at his record objectively, and not compared to the 2008 hype.

Good point. The criticism of Obama comes heavily from FoX News and similar entities that can see no good in any liberal. Such might weaken the public view of him when he is in office, but once he is no longer there, the calumnies come to an end.

"No drama" means that the President does not create his own problems.

[Likely Voter]

Trump is now bordering on becoming a performance artist...

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http://www.laweekly.com/news/trump-says-the-us-should-have-invaded-mexico-5794214

[Abraham Reagan]

Trump might have to watch his back; now he's pissed off the recently escaped leader of Mexico's largest drug cartel.

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/07/367524-see-alleged-tweets-caused-donald-trump-call-fbi/

[Mr. Morden]

Tom Tancredo of all people says that Trump needs to turn it down a notch:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/tom-tancredo-donald-trump-anti-immigrant-comments-tone-down-120044.html?hp=rc4_4

[ag]

Tom Tancredo of all people says that Trump needs to turn it down a notch:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/tom-tancredo-donald-trump-anti-immigrant-comments-tone-down-120044.html?hp=rc4_4

Trump could, probably, make porn stars blush about indecency. Actually, I have a suspicion we may still see that.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Tom Tancredo of all people says that Trump needs to turn it down a notch:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/tom-tancredo-donald-trump-anti-immigrant-comments-tone-down-120044.html?hp=rc4_4

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That's pretty hilarious coming from an irrelevant third-tier pol like him.

[Joe Republic]

November 26th, 2012:

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[ag]

November 26th, 2012:

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One simply has to admire the guy's cynicism. He makes it into an art form. Bravo!

[BaconBacon96]

I think he's going for a show on Fox News Channel. It doesn't matter if he knows what he's spouting what is bullsh*t, he also knows that he's really good at it and that people will lap it up.

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The GOP should instate a policy that all royalties from candidate's books etc. during and for a brief time after their campaigns, are automobile given to the RNC.

[Simfan34]

The GOP should instate a policy that all royalties from candidate's books etc. during and for a brief time after their campaigns, are automobile given to the RNC.

I like this idea. I like it a lot, actually-  provided that they're automatically given to the RNC.

[Mr. Morden]

From Trump's Instagram page:

https://instagram.com/p/5ArPMKmhTa/

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The GOP should instate a policy that all royalties from candidate's books etc. during and for a brief time after their campaigns, are automobile given to the RNC.

I like this idea. I like it a lot, actually-  provided that they're automatically given to the RNC.

Stupid autocorrect gahh

[Mr. Morden]

Trump still insisting that Mexico will pay for the US-Mexico wall he wants to build:

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/donald-trump-border-mexico-wall-negotiations/

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And now following through on threats to sue people who backed out of business deals with him over the Mexico comments:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/donald-trump-lawsuit-against-chef-jose-andres-washington-120873.html?hp=l2_4

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[Fuzzy Bear]

Trump still insisting that Mexico will pay for the US-Mexico wall he wants to build:

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/donald-trump-border-mexico-wall-negotiations/

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And now following through on threats to sue people who backed out of business deals with him over the Mexico comments:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/donald-trump-lawsuit-against-chef-jose-andres-washington-120873.html?hp=l2_4

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Good for Trump!  Business contracts for services aren't conditional on a party saying, or refraining for saying, something in public, unless it's specifically in writing.  You made the deal, you live with it or get sued.

[eric82oslo]

I sense a new Iran-Contra where Trump will secretly fuel millions (or maybe billions?) of dollars to the Mexican government in order for them to officially be paying for the new border wall. That's at least the only way he could get Mexicans to agree with them "paying" for it.