So If The Republicans Don't Want Trump Why Did They Nominate Him?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37016680
Seems a bit odd to me, he's going through the whole process and got the nomination so why the whining now?

[DTCwordfan]

Well the gap between the Hillbilly and the Idiot is widening, as a result of his dumb remarks, never mind the one yesterday.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html

[ichkeria]

...policies that are sensible I should have said :-)

'Shoot' seems indeed to be one of them I agree :-)

[jim360]

I'm still not sure what I'm being criticised for -- pointing out yet another failing of Trump's? Or for not being aware of this one previously?

[youngmafbog]

Trump has hit 'The Establishment' for six. And that applies to the Democrats as much as the Republicans. He does not pamper to populist (amongst a few) liberal PC handwringing and does not 'follow the rules'.

Therefore he is hated.

[youngmafbog]

Nothing like a bit of name calling is there DTC?

I bet he would have a few choice things to say about you, except you are a nobody typing on a screen whereas he has the balls to stand up for his views.

[jim360]

Well yes -- although oddly in his acceptance speech for the nomination he talked about how well he knew the system from having spent "years" inside it, in a sense undermining his own anti-Establishment position. Not that his supporters will have noticed.

It's not enough to explain away the anti-Trump campaign as "he's a threat to the establishment therefore they hate him" as if that's the only reason Trump is hated. It's also about what he says, how he acts, how he responds to criticism, the policies he puts forward (and then retracts the next day anyway)... Trump is for sure a threat to the establishment. But he is also a threat to everyone else.

[ToraToraTora]

there you go SP with the usual insults about intelligence. Different view does not = Thick. Despite your twee lefty ramblings, thick people do not become billionaires and get to run for president. If you had some nous you'd start to examine why Trump has risen and look a bit closer to home.

[mikey4444]

TTT....Trump has picked up on the Stopid Vote, but he is beginning to lose even that now.

It went steadily downhill even before he insulted the mother of a American soldier, who was killed in action ( which he has never apologised for either )

[Khandro]

DTC; Have you looked at the dates on some of your poll data? Some are as early as last February.

[naomi24]

With every word he utters picked up and dissected - frequently quite wonkily - I’m guessing he’s scaring a lot of people – but not because he may soon have his finger on the button.

[mikey4444]

Can't seem to find a Poll that says that Trump is ahead ::

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/poll-clinton-opens-double-digit-lead-over-trump-n625676

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/polls.html

http://www.politico.com/polls/

http://edition.cnn.com/election

[ludwig]

Oh no, Mikey's started on the polls. Now there's a surefire way to jinx a Clinton victory if ever there was one.

[ludwig]

Oh no, Mikey's started on the polls. Now there's a surefire way to jinx a Clinton victory if ever there was one.

[mikey4444]

Ludwig...can you find a single Poll that shows Trump to be ahead ?

[naomi24]

Mikey, given your history, can you trust the polls?

[DTCwordfan]

well I guess the good news in all of this is that TTT is not standing as a candidate - either there or here, Mr Far-Right that he is.