Donald Trump Denies Mocking Disabled Reporter

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34940861

This dreadful man gets more awful by the day !

[mikey4444]

You may be right YMB...he probably strikes a cord with the same people that think the Grand Canyon is only 6000 years old, which kind of proves my point. The Republican Party needs some credibility and they are not going to get in from Trump.

[jim360]

Yes, only in America could a complete fringe candidate no-one expects to win the contest be in the contest for so long, and can't possibly have a chance of winning.

Oh wait, no, it could (and has!) happen here too.

[Peter Pedant]

I was more appalled at Mitt Romney who tied his dog ( in a cage ) on the roof rack
and then when its diarrhoea got too well thick or nbothersome
hosed down the car at a petrol station

apparently - to mitt oneself now mean to soil something

[mikey4444]

PP...I hadn't that about Romney. The bonkers religion and the Magic Underpants were enough for me !

[ToraToraTora]

...are we not getting a teensy weensy bit obsessed with Mr Trump?

[jim360]

What bothers me most is not "how crazy it is that a stupid moron should be so popular" but rather that Mikey seems determined to insult an entire subsection of America on the way, while also misunderstanding what Trump represents and why he's so popular.

One reason is that the actual votes are still a seriously long time away, dragging out over something like four or five months and the first being in February. In an election-mad country it's not totally outrageous that a) there should be loads of candidates representing all sorts of political position, and b) that in the earlier days of polling, a candidate representing the "new" should do well.

Bad news for Carson, though -- it seems like in recent days his poll ratings have slipped drastically, leaving Trump still massively in the lead but allowing the "actual" candidates in Rubio and Cruz into the race.

But Trump represents a bit more than that. The GOP has been shifting slowly to the right, but its supporters have shifted there even faster. Tea Party, anyone? And that anti-establishment trend is still going strong. What Trump represents is a legitimate irritation at how normal politics has been working -- rather like Corbyn in the Labour party, as a matter of fact, which is why Mikey's surprise at Trump's popularity is so astounding.

Anyway, there's very little chance that Trump will be able to sustain this -- but, if he does, it will be in large part due to everyone else failing to get why he is so popular.

[ToraToraTora]

yes jim, it is the lefty way to label anyone as bonkers who has a view that they cannot reconcile. They often forget that it is insulting to the electorate that the canidiate is addressing to label them so.

[mikey4444]

TTT....If all all those millions of Americans believe that the Grand Canyon is only 6000 years old, isn't bonkers an appropriate moniker ?

[mikey4444]

Another thing TTT....you bet I can't "reconcile" people who believe that GC is only 6000 years old !...how would YOU reconcile that ?

[ToraToraTora]

As you well know I think all religion is a load of cobblers I was referring to the wider issue that you seem to be obsessed with Trump, yes he's appealing to bible belt nutters so he makes the right noises, that's what politicians do. I'd rather have trump than Clinton any day. I remember you had a similar obsession with Sarah Palin, I don't think she or Trump are as bad as the left love to paint them.

[mikey4444]

Obsession TTT !...an interest in current affairs surely !

By the way, I am not sure if Palin could actually BE as bad as the left portrayed her !

[-Talbot-]

When you learn something new mikey ... you don't half bang on about it.

[mikey4444]

I am joining in this debate Talbot....just like you !

[Svejk]

I'm beginning to like you, jim. (even if you are a bit brainwashed ;-))

[jim360]

Well maybe there's hope for me yet, or something.

[Svejk]

^That's what I was thinking.

[Svejk]

^That's what I was thinking.

[Canary42]

I am amazed at your hypocrisy TTT.

In one post you hammer "lefties" for labelling people as bonkers then in the very next of your post you label the religious community as nutters. Or does this mean you're a lefty ?

///it is the lefty way to label anyone as bonkers who has a view that they cannot reconcile.///

///appealing to bible belt nutters ///

[Hypognosis]

For your edification and delight..

https://twitter.com/ofalafel/status/667094362946453505