Republican nominee for President

[Chico23231]

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/t...211738120.html

Tony Blair has always been one of my favorites simply because of his succinct, common sense opinion. He doesn't give grandiose, long wind explanation.

He sums up the current political phenomenon perfectly:


Tony Blair: The whole world has a Donald Trump problem


John Kasich suspended his campaign, and Ted Cruz dropped out last night. It is now likely that Donald Trump will clinch the Republican nomination and move on to the general election.

Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, however, is still hanging on in his battle against frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Sanders, who won the Democratic primary in Indiana last night, celebrated by tweeting “The political revolution wins!” to his two million followers.

Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair has been paying close attention to the Trump and Sanders races and has some thoughts on the popularity of the unconventional candidates.

“There are insurgent movements to the right and the left that are very populist, very charged with emotion. They’ve come out of people’s anger—they feel that the system isn’t responding to their needs,” he says.
It’s a global phenomenon, according to Blair. “This is going on in the U.S. with Donald Trump on the one side and Bernie Sanders on the other side, but frankly it’s happening all over Europe,” he says. Blair’s own center-left Labour Party has struggled to find its voice recently. The party is projected to lose 175 council seats in local elections Thursday, which would mark the worst Labour performance in 35 years.

As wealth stratification rises in the U.S. and through Europe, Blair says the middle class feels underrepresented by government. Nontraditional politicians are picking up on that anger and using it to boost their campaigns, but Blair warns that “anger and answers are two different things, and ultimately we need answers.” Blair worries that the popularity of populist politicians will lead to policy that is harmful to the U.S.

Isolationism would be a disaster for the West, Blair says. “If you start shutting down free trade, you’re not going to create new jobs. You may think you are, but you’re not,” he says. Trump has spoken out against trade agreements such as NAFTA and plans to tighten immigration policy.

Blair says the next U.S. president must be fully engaged in world affairs. “There are new powers arising, there are big challenges around geopolitics, and I want to see an America that’s strong and engaged and providing leadership.”

Centrist politicians, he adds, “need to get their mojo back.” Blair believes they come across as stale and out-of-date to disgruntled voters. Candidates, he says, can no longer have a “this is complicated, leave it to us,” attitude.

“People are looking at the U.S. and scratching their heads a little bit, [but] it’s happening everywhere,” says Blair



Our political atmosphere is very much anger and emotion.

I really wish folks could get through the emotions, loses their bias and embrace objectivity and simply talk facts, policy and solutions.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

They’ve come out of people’s anger—they feel that the system isn’t responding to their needs,” he says.

That's because they system ISN'T responding to their needs. People are sick and tired of it.

Originally Posted by Chico23231

As wealth stratification rises in the U.S. and through Europe, Blair says the middle class feels underrepresented by government. Nontraditional politicians are picking up on that anger and using it to boost their campaigns, but Blair warns that “anger and answers are two different things, and ultimately we need answers.” Blair worries that the popularity of populist politicians will lead to policy that is harmful to the U.S.

Isolationism would be a disaster for the West, Blair says. “If you start shutting down free trade, you’re not going to create new jobs. You may think you are, but you’re not,” he says. Trump has spoken out against trade agreements such as NAFTA and plans to tighten immigration policy.

He mentions the wealth disparency, yet then turns around and champions for "free trade". Is this guy a complete fucking moron? Does he understand the ramifications of NAFTA or what any other free trade agreements will do? It'll crush middle class families even more and just divide that gap between the rich and poor even greater. Blair is a corporate shill much like the lot of them.

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Blair says the next U.S. president must be fully engaged in world affairs. “There are new powers arising, there are big challenges around geopolitics, and I want to see an America that’s strong and engaged and providing leadership.”

Ah yes, we need more wars to fight! Thanks Blair.

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Centrist politicians, he adds, “need to get their mojo back.” Blair believes they come across as stale and out-of-date to disgruntled voters. Candidates, he says, can no longer have a “this is complicated, leave it to us,” attitude.

Centrists don't need their mojo back. They need to stop ignoring the people and start representing them instead of the corporate/wealthy donors that give to their campaign.

Originally Posted by Chico23231

I really wish folks could get through the emotions, loses their bias and embrace objectivity and simply talk facts, policy and solutions.

What a load of shit. The facts are the politicians are a bunch of crooked thieves putting money into their pockets (or off shore accounts) and selling out the people they claim to represent. Those are the facts.

[Giantone]

Have any of you seen these yet ,the reaction is mixed.I like them.



Clinton Releases a Brutal Anti-Trump Ad | Mother Jones

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Have any of you seen these yet ,the reaction is mixed.I like them.







Clinton Releases a Brutal Anti-Trump Ad | Mother Jones

So true though. If you do not know that guy is a moron after three seconds of listening to him speak than you probably need therapy too. Lol