Trump scares Stephen King

[Byker]

So a writer who lives in Nowhere, Maine is the best they have at trying to
make Trump look crazy? Is the barrel that empty that they are scraping up
the likes of Stephen King? King is probably a bit out of the geographical
range of being lumped in with Hollyweird’s war on Trump but he is certainly
deserving of honorable mention and an inclusion on the already long and
growing-by-the-day list of liberal loudmouths.
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Stephen King: 'Trump leaves me speechless'

By Mark Hensch
February 16, 2016,

Author Stephen King says that he is at a loss for words over GOP
presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s popularity.

“Trump leaves me speechless,” the best-selling novelist said Monday,
according to The Daily Beast.

“When he came down that escalator to announce that he was going to run for
president, I thought to myself that it was a smart joke, and it was a way of
basically renewing his brand, refreshing himself to the press and getting to
the forefront,” King said of Trump’s campaign launch last year.
“I figured he would run for a while, then drop out, and that would be the
end of it. And instead, you talk about media-savvy, but he’s really the
anti-media-savvy candidate. At this point, he's said 40 different things
that would have gotten him laughed out of the race if he wasn’t so
outrageous.”

King said it's possible Trump ultimately wins the Oval Office.

“It’s like he’s bulletproof,” he said. "Will he get nominated? I would’ve
said the idea was ridiculous even four months ago, but now I’m not so sure.

“Then people are saying that if he does get nominated, he’d never get
elected, and I’m saying, ‘Hopefully that doesn’t happen.' But who knows?”

King added that he also dislikes Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Trump's main rival
in the Republican race.

“He’s very scary,” he said of Cruz. "I actually think Trump, in the end,
would be more electable than Cruz because Cruz is a fundamentalist
Christian, and it would almost be like electing the analogue of an Imam —
someone whose first guiding principle would be the scripture rather than the
Constitution.

“But I don’t think he could get elected. And, even if he were able to govern
without blowing up the world, could we look at a guy who resembles a cable
game show host for four years? He has that awful-plastered down hair and
everything."

http://tinyurl.com/z3qez24

[Fred Oinka]

Post by Byker
So a writer who lives in Nowhere, Maine is the best they have at trying to
make Trump look crazy? Is the barrel that empty that they are scraping up
the likes of Stephen King? King is probably a bit out of the geographical
range of being lumped in with Hollyweird's war on Trump but he is certainly
deserving of honorable mention and an inclusion on the already long and
growing-by-the-day list of liberal loudmouths.
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Stephen King: 'Trump leaves me speechless'
By Mark Hensch
February 16, 2016,
Author Stephen King says that he is at a loss for words over GOP
presidential front-runner Donald Trump's popularity.
"Trump leaves me speechless," the best-selling novelist said Monday,
according to The Daily Beast.
"When he came down that escalator to announce that he was going to run for
president, I thought to myself that it was a smart joke, and it was a way of
basically renewing his brand, refreshing himself to the press and getting to
the forefront," King said of Trump's campaign launch last year.
"I figured he would run for a while, then drop out, and that would be the
end of it. And instead, you talk about media-savvy, but he's really the
anti-media-savvy candidate. At this point, he's said 40 different things
that would have gotten him laughed out of the race if he wasn't so
outrageous."
King said it's possible Trump ultimately wins the Oval Office.
"It's like he's bulletproof," he said. "Will he get nominated? I would've
said the idea was ridiculous even four months ago, but now I'm not so sure.
"Then people are saying that if he does get nominated, he'd never get
elected, and I'm saying, 'Hopefully that doesn't happen.' But who knows?"
King added that he also dislikes Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Trump's main rival
in the Republican race.
"He's very scary," he said of Cruz. "I actually think Trump, in the end,
would be more electable than Cruz because Cruz is a fundamentalist
Christian, and it would almost be like electing the analogue of an Imam --
someone whose first guiding principle would be the scripture rather than the
Constitution.
"But I don't think he could get elected. And, even if he were able to govern
without blowing up the world, could we look at a guy who resembles a cable
game show host for four years? He has that awful-plastered down hair and
everything."
http://tinyurl.com/z3qez24

After 8 years of Obama he's worried about 4 years of Trump? Yeah, he's high.

[Christopher Helms]

Post by Byker
So a writer who lives in Nowhere, Maine is the best they have at trying to
make Trump look crazy? Is the barrel that empty that they are scraping up
the likes of Stephen King? King is probably a bit out of the geographical
range of being lumped in with Hollyweird's war on Trump but he is certainly
deserving of honorable mention and an inclusion on the already long and
growing-by-the-day list of liberal loudmouths.
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Stephen King: 'Trump leaves me speechless'
By Mark Hensch
February 16, 2016,
Author Stephen King says that he is at a loss for words over GOP
presidential front-runner Donald Trump's popularity.
"Trump leaves me speechless," the best-selling novelist said Monday,
according to The Daily Beast.
"When he came down that escalator to announce that he was going to run for
president, I thought to myself that it was a smart joke, and it was a way of
basically renewing his brand, refreshing himself to the press and getting to
the forefront," King said of Trump's campaign launch last year.
"I figured he would run for a while, then drop out, and that would be the
end of it. And instead, you talk about media-savvy, but he's really the
anti-media-savvy candidate. At this point, he's said 40 different things
that would have gotten him laughed out of the race if he wasn't so
outrageous."
King said it's possible Trump ultimately wins the Oval Office.
"It's like he's bulletproof," he said. "Will he get nominated? I would've
said the idea was ridiculous even four months ago, but now I'm not so sure.
"Then people are saying that if he does get nominated, he'd never get
elected, and I'm saying, 'Hopefully that doesn't happen.' But who knows?"
King added that he also dislikes Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Trump's main rival
in the Republican race.
"He's very scary," he said of Cruz. "I actually think Trump, in the end,
would be more electable than Cruz because Cruz is a fundamentalist
Christian, and it would almost be like electing the analogue of an Imam --
someone whose first guiding principle would be the scripture rather than the
Constitution.
"But I don't think he could get elected. And, even if he were able to govern
without blowing up the world, could we look at a guy who resembles a cable
game show host for four years? He has that awful-plastered down hair and
everything."
http://tinyurl.com/z3qez24

What is frightening is that billions of dollars in "free speech" have created a field of bought off, harebrained presidential candidates so inept and so indifferent to the concerns of the citizens that they are actually making Donald Trump look like a good option by comparison. And, compared to the other three frontrunners, he may actually be the best option, since he is obviously more concerned about the country than the narrow interests of elitist bands of deep pocketed, pathological assholes who keep pouring money into his Super PAC. Does he even have a Super PAC? God knows the rest of the Keystone Cops do.

[Byker]

Post by Christopher Helms
What is frightening is that billions of dollars in "free speech" have
created a field of bought off, harebrained presidential candidates so
inept and so indifferent to the concerns of the citizens that they are
actually making Donald Trump look like a good option by comparison. And,
compared to the other three frontrunners, he may actually be the best
option, since he is obviously more concerned about the country than the
narrow interests of elitist bands of deep pocketed, pathological assholes
who keep pouring money into his Super PAC. Does he even have a Super PAC?
God knows the rest of the Keystone Cops do.

America seems to be becoming progressively less governable and there are
many reasons for that. Government has become too big to effectively manage,
both parties have moved away from the center, gerrymandering has decreased
the power of voters and increased the power of special interest groups – we
could go on and on. Despite the fact that it’s seldom discussed, one of the
biggest factors is the dishonesty of our own politicians.

Face it, the arteries of our democratic system are clogged with
special-interest groups and their lobbyists. They can hit a button and
suddenly flood Congress with five thousand letters overnight. Or fifty
thousand e-mails. Or checks. People writing big checks with the expectation
that there would be something they were going to be given in return. How
about just good governance? Yeah, SURE.

And what good is voting if "activist" judges strike down as
"unconstitutional" most of the conservative propositions that come on the
ballot?

[Beam Me Up Scotty]

Post by Christopher Helms
What is frightening is that billions of dollars in "free speech" have
created a field of bought off, harebrained presidential candidates so
inept and so indifferent to the concerns of the citizens that they are
actually making Donald Trump look like a good option

But enough about the Democrats running.... lets talk about Obama.

[Governor Swill]

Post by Byker
And what good is voting if "activist" judges strike down as
"unconstitutional" most of the conservative propositions that come on the
ballot?

Please cite one instance of the Court striking down a ballot
proposition of any kind.

Swill

[Governor Swill]

Post by Byker
America seems to be becoming progressively less governable and there are
many reasons for that. Government has become too big to effectively manage,
both parties have moved away from the center, gerrymandering has decreased
the power of voters and increased the power of special interest groups – we
could go on and on. Despite the fact that it’s seldom discussed, one of the
biggest factors is the dishonesty of our own politicians.

That's the voters' fault. Politicians who tell the truth don't get
elected. Jimmy Carter is the archetypal example. Huntsman and Kasich
are two more. Who wins? The ones that lie the best and terrify us
with what will happen if they aren't elected. Kennedy and Reagan come
to mind.

Post by Byker
Face it, the arteries of our democratic system are clogged with
special-interest groups and their lobbyists. They can hit a button and
suddenly flood Congress with five thousand letters overnight. Or fifty
thousand e-mails. Or checks. People writing big checks with the expectation
that there would be something they were going to be given in return. How
about just good governance? Yeah, SURE.

Americans are lazy and cheap. They can't be bothered to vote in
primaries (which is where the problem can be most effectively
remedied) and won't send cash to their candidates.

If each person who voted for Mitt Romney had sent him $50, just *$50*,
he would have had three times as much money as Obama with not one
single special interest dollar in it.

Swill