Do you think Donald Trump was hired by the Republican party?

[werepossum]

I find the whole situation amusing. The Republicans can call him a jackass, but can't specifically speak out about political stances Trump has taken, out of fear of alienating members of their own party.

This. Trump is the Pubbies' worst nightmare - he's too rich to threaten financially, he's too apolitical to threaten politically, and he's speaking views which are very popular among Republicans and to a lesser extent among independents and even Democrats - views which the Republican establishment pretends to hold every two and four years when in fact they are in lock-step with Democrats. So they can't really attacks his views, just the way he states them. He's popular enough (and crazy enough) to suck up all the oxygen, maybe even popular enough to win the primary, and yet not popular enough to win the general. Trump is their worst nightmare.

Anyone who doesn't find this hilarious either has no sense of humor or is in lock-step with the Republican establishment - but I repeat myself.

 

[cbrunny]

RNC Chair: Hello, Mr. Trump

Trump: Hello, RNC Chair

R: We think you're just what America needs.

T: Well of course I am. I'm Donald Fucking Trump

R: We want you to run for President.

T: You got it bro. When I'm president...

R: No, no, no. We don't want you to win.

T: What? But I only win. I'm Donald Fucking Trump.

R: No, we want you just to run, and then eventually lose in the primaries.

T: Oh you need my super-star status? Well that makes sense.

R: No, not really.

T: Then why would I run for president only to lose? How does that make me money?

R: Oh it doesn't. You won't get any serious funding from anyone. Actually we were hoping you'd bankroll the whole thing.

T: Why the fuck would I do that?

R: Well, You're an asshole. A huge asshole. And you have no redeeming qualities. And that's just what America needs right now.

T: You're fired.

R: You can't fire me.

T: Why haven't I hung up the phone yet?

R: Listen, the Republicans need a win, and we think you can help. If this works we'll put your name on the white house.

T: how can it WORK IF I LOSE AND LOSE MONEY?

R: America thinks you're a fucking joke, and lets face it. You are.

T: Eat shit.

R: We will pay you one million dollars to run for president.

T: I made more than a million dollars during this phone call.

R: Well we don't have any more money than that.

T: Eat shit.

R: I won't eat shit. Listen, just..

T: No seriously, why would I fund and run an election that I won't win? Eat shit.

R: I'm trying to tell you...

T: EAT SHIT.

R: YOU WILL MAKE OUR INSANE CANDIDATES SEEM NORMAL! OK?! I SAID IT.

T: What?

R: You're a goddamn lunatic. Everyone in America knows it. Jesus the whole world thinks you're insane. You'll never be President. You'll never even be the goddamn Mayor. BUt you're crazy, and we can use that. Run, just pretend to run. Get in front of a microphone. Don't hire a speechwriter, just speak from the heart.

T: Wha... bu..

R: wait. Speak from the heart. You'll make people think You're the craziest of all candidates. That way when our normal-amounts-of-insane candidates say things people will be like "Well, at least he isn't donald fucking trump" and vote!

T: That is literally the dumbest idea I've ever heard.

R: No, its brilliant.

T: No, you're a goddamn idiot. One million dollars?

R: ....

T: Shit I'll do it. *click*

 

[MrPickins]

he's speaking views which are very popular among Republicans and to a lesser extent among independents and even Democrats

Seriously?

Everybody outside of the far-right either seems to be laughing or cringing at the statements he's been making in his campaign.

 

[justoh]

You mean cringing because he's saying what he and most other people who identify as republicans are thinking. Politicians aren't supposed to be forthright. What is this nonsense?!

 

[WhipperSnapper]

If anyone Hired him, it would probably be a Democrat.

I had previously wondered if he was some sort of a Democratic plant. It's difficult to imagine that the Republicans would have hired Trump to run when they want him to drop off the face the Earth. Trumps making the Republican Party look like a bunch of clowns.

 

[nickqt]

I had previously wondered if he was some sort of a Democratic plant. It's difficult to imagine that the Republicans would have hired Trump to run when they want him to drop off the face the Earth. Trumps making the Republican Party look like a bunch of clowns.

Donald Trump is the 27% of the Republican party that makes up the "base".

Trump is the base, parsed of careful language and polls. He says the shit that comes to his mind as it arrives there.

 

[unokitty]

The wonkish Clinton is the front-runner for the Democrats. The bombastic Trump is the front-runner for the Republicans. What exactly was she doing at his wedding? Why did Trump invite Clinton, who at the time was the junior senator from New York, and why was she there, along with her plus-one, former President Bill Clinton, who didn’t attend the actual ceremony but did arrive for later portions of the opulent soiree?

“As a contributor,” Trump told POLITICO in a statement on Thursday, referring to checks he’s written to her campaigns as well as the Clintons’ foundation, “I demanded that they be there—they had no choice and that’s what’s wrong with our country. Our country is run by and for donors, special interests and lobbyists, and that is not a good formula for our country’s success.

Trump snaps his fingers, and Hillary Clinton jumps...

Our politicians, like our comedians, have been boring us with their canned formulas for way too long. So that’s why Donald Trump has suddenly leapt in the polls. He’s a great stand-up comedian. He’s anti-PC–he’s not afraid to say things that are rude and mean...

Always interesting to note who jumps when who snaps their fingers...

Uno

 

[soundforbjt]

Trump snaps his fingers, and Hillary Clinton jumps...

Always interesting to note who jumps when who snaps their fingers...

Uno

That's true IF you believe The Donald.

 

[lopri]

I don't know what Donald's role in all this, but Scott Walker's campaign is "Koch" written all over it. Conservatives beware. The struggle inside the Republican party and conservatives in general will have far reaching consequences for the country.