Trump 2016

This is not a joke, he's really running this time.

Christmas came early. This is rich enough to make up for that whole "impending nuclear armageddon" thing.

 

[Dr. Meme]

he'll die from the chemicals he puts in his hideous hair before he can actually make it into office.

 

[*Asterisk*]

Hey, the more this candidacy implodes on itself, the better. This'll be the most entertaining trainwreck ever.

 

[Mourning Dove]

The more he talks, the more I laugh and cringe at the same time. An eloquent, non-offensive orator he is not.

 

[Flowers For Sonichu]

He already has committed a gaffe by playing Neil Young's "Keep On Rockin' in the Free World" during his campaign announcement. The song is wildly critical of the first Bush administration with lyrics such as "We got a thousand points of light, for the homeless man. We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand." lampooning Bush's "thousand points of light" campaign and his promise of a "kinder, gentler nation." Young responded by saying that Trump did not have permission to use the song and voiced his support for Bernie Sanders.

 

[AnOminous]

This is not a joke, he's really running this time.

Christmas came early. This is rich enough to make up for that whole "impending nuclear armageddon" thing.

He still hasn't produced his real birth certificate to prove he isn't descended from a diseased orangutan.

 

[Totenkopf]

Since we're not going to see a Republican in the White House in 2016 anyways, we might as well enjoy the show.

 

[chimpburgers]

Trump's an interesting, laughable character, I must say. I'm looking forward to what other kinds of tricks he has up his sleeve.

 

[XYZpdq]

Any other candidates have the experience of running Monday Night Raw under their belts?

Checkmate, communists.

 

[Shokew]

This moron needs to go his dumb ass back to the casino he was clearly born it to think such BS.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

From a serious conservative standpoint, it'll be most fun and interesting.

But I'd still vote in the end for Huckabee.

 

[Teddy]

Know people here aren't on the right or are very center won't like this. I'm indifferent.

If Trump is truly serious about this run, this will definitely be interesting. Have a feeling he'll flip flop or kowtow to the left though. Apparently Trump said that he wanted Oprah on his side. Oh God no.


I'm still on Walker's side though.

 

[CatParty]

http://news.discovery.com/animals/insects/rare-caterpillar-resembles-donald-trumps-hair-130502.htm

 

[Mourning Dove]

Donald Trump paid a whole bunch of people to act like supporters in the crowd and cheer him on in his presidential announcement.

As the wise Christian Weston Chandler would put it, "That's one way to make friends political supporters... negotiation!"

 

[Dudeofteenage]

Know people here aren't on the right or are very center won't like this. I'm indifferent.

If Trump is truly serious about this run, this will definitely be interesting.

Define "serious". He's doing this for serious reasons, e.g. to increase his profile. He's not serious about being President, or even serious about politics the way somebody like Bernie Sanders is.

 

[AnOminous]

Donald Trump paid a whole bunch of people to act like supporters in the crowd and cheer him on in his presidential announcement.

No Republicans who actually want to win the election would be cheering the first clown out of the clown car in another clown car primary. Hence, he has to pay people to do it.

 

[*Asterisk*]

Define "serious". He's doing this for serious reasons, e.g. to increase his profile. He's not serious about being President, or even serious about politics the way somebody like Bernie Sanders is.

He's serious in that he's actually running this time and spending money on this. He's not gonna win, but he's might pull a Ross Perot and ruin a few political careers while spending a ton of money and wasting everybody's time.

 

[AnOminous]

He's serious in that he's actually running this time and spending money on this. He's not gonna win, but he's might pull a Ross Perot and ruin a few political careers while spending a ton of money and wasting everybody's time.

Ross Perot was actually a credible candidate with an actual platform, whose run actually influenced the actual candidates, as well as the actual outcome (although perhaps not how he would have wanted).

Drumpf is a joke candidate without even a joke platform, a C-list celebrity milking it to improve the plummeting ratings on his joke show Celebrity Apprentice.

Despite that, Drumpf hasn't even canceled Celebrity Apprentice. Because he isn't a serious candidate, and he isn't even seriously pretending to be actually running. Otherwise he wouldn't be renewing a contract to do a show that sucks and on top of that is in the ratings crapper.

 

[chimpburgers]

Every time I think of Donald Trump, I think of his Wealth University crap too that he was involved with. It's obvious he's doing this to get attention for himself so he can whore out more products and his show, like others are saying.

 

[Dudeofteenage]

He's serious in that he's actually running this time and spending money on this. He's not gonna win, but he's might pull a Ross Perot and ruin a few political careers while spending a ton of money and wasting everybody's time.

Well, he's serious in that he's doing this for reasons that are presumably important to him and that he feels strongly about. In contrast to, say, Vermin Supreme.

Ultimately though I don't really have a problem with it, even if candidates are not seriously interested in contributing to the democratic process (either by winning, or by trying to air certain ideas/influence the candidates who do win), more perspectives are welcome. And I can't see any way, either formally or legally, to block candidates like Trump without blocking legitimate ones.

Besides, C-list celebs have toyed with Presidential bids for decades, and they never have any substantive impact. If Trump was capable of doing any damage, his predecessors would have done so already.