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In reply to the discussion: Your opinion of Donald Trump? [View all]Angel Martin
(942 posts)45. probably referencing Scott Adams blog (Dilbert)
Trump is not someone to be underestimated. He totally smoked a big field of Repubs who by conventional standards were experienced, credible candidates.
And he did it with a mix of juvenile insults, contradictory positions and attacks that everyone condemned. The Repubs spent more than $100 mil on negative media in Florida alone and it didn't even touch him.
I see his campaign as a strategy which is "going completely contrarian". Where you get the best advice from campaign consultants on how a successful Repub runs nationally - then you do the exact opposite.
It's the political equivalent of that Seinfeld episode where George does everything "the opposite" and gets hired by the Yankees.
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He's the best thing to happen to the Democratic party since Barry Goldwater.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jun 2016
#17
Options 3, 4, 5, and 6. Though I think even they miss the low level of my opinion.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#26
Great poll, Kentuck. It was about time we had one specifically on the Donald.
forest444
Jun 2016
#27