Nebfanatic Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 The liberals are supposed to be the bad ones right? That's what I've been told? Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Stay classy, Republicans. 1 Link to comment
zoogs Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Fascinating but disturbing pattern of victimizers passing themselves off as victims. Link to comment
commando Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 if you disagree with a republican you should expect to be assaulted. it happened at the trump rallies and is now starting to happen in more republican interactions. Link to comment
ZRod Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 NPR said today that 50% of the vote in Montana was already in because of early ballots that were cast. So... this may have had no impact at all. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 The liberals are supposed to be the bad ones right? That's what I've been told? I think that's right... Tune into Hannity tonight and Rush tomorrow to confirm. 2 Link to comment
Fru Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Interesting. Mitch identifies it as "Indistinguishable" from any other GOP candidate. http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/335064-mcconnell-trumps-values-indistinguishable-from-jeb-bush-marco-rubio 1 Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Some light reading about the myth of taking business experience into the world of federal government and why Trump ISN'T well equipped to use his to succeed. Trump is trying to run the government like his business. That's why he's failing. CEOs don’t persuade people; they dictate. And they fire those who refuse to carry out their demands. Even more importantly, a CEO of a privately held company (like the Trump organization) operates like a king over his personal fiefdom. His employees work for him; they have no higher obligation to shareholders. This is how Trump has governed — demanding do-or-die votes in Congress, threatening legislators who don’t toe the line, and bullying a FBI director into abandoning an inconvenient investigation. You can behave like this when you’re the chief executive of a company with your name on it. But it doesn’t work and is wildly inappropriate when you’re the president of the United States. To better understand why Trump’s business ethos is failing him, I reached out to Gautam Mukunda, a political scientist and professor at the Harvard Business School. I asked Mukunda why Trump’s unique business background has ill-equipped him for this job, and why his self-destructive behavior makes sense when you consider how Trump has operated in the private sector his entire career. Here’s what he told me. 1 Link to comment
zoogs Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 A president who treats the country as his own personal business is an autocrat. Or at least aspires to become one. 1 Link to comment
mrandyk Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Some light reading about the myth of taking business experience into the world of federal government and why Trump ISN'T well equipped to use his to succeed. Trump is trying to run the government like his business. That's why he's failing. CEOs don’t persuade people; they dictate. And they fire those who refuse to carry out their demands. Even more importantly, a CEO of a privately held company (like the Trump organization) operates like a king over his personal fiefdom. His employees work for him; they have no higher obligation to shareholders. This is how Trump has governed — demanding do-or-die votes in Congress, threatening legislators who don’t toe the line, and bullying a FBI director into abandoning an inconvenient investigation. You can behave like this when you’re the chief executive of a company with your name on it. But it doesn’t work and is wildly inappropriate when you’re the president of the United States. To better understand why Trump’s business ethos is failing him, I reached out to Gautam Mukunda, a political scientist and professor at the Harvard Business School. I asked Mukunda why Trump’s unique business background has ill-equipped him for this job, and why his self-destructive behavior makes sense when you consider how Trump has operated in the private sector his entire career. Here’s what he told me. Add in that his businesses aren't even particularly successful anyways and you really have a recipe for disaster. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I've had similar thoughts about the wealthy making economic decisions. Is there any correlation at all between being rich and understanding Economics? Link to comment
NM11046 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Not when daddy gave you the money and you keep losing it (imho) Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I've had similar thoughts about the wealthy making economic decisions. Is there any correlation at all between being rich and understanding Economics? Ok....do all rich people understand economics? Hell no. But.....are good economists that are smart enough to make policies going to be rich???? Ya... pretty much. Who are you going to get??? Billy Joe Jimbob from the tire store to stop selling mudders to make economic policy???? Some people's hatred of rich people..... 1 Link to comment
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