Here’s a question!

eddie wrote:Imagine you’re making a film and you want Donald Trump elected as president for your plot.  WHY would you want him there as part of your story?

Let me explain a little further. You are writing a film as though you’re trying to tell a story of corruption - so your main plot line is about the rich and powerful people who “run” the world. Your sole aim in this thread, as the film maker, is to explain your reason for ensuring Trump gets to be president. What are the reasons you need Trump elected?

I’d love to see some imaginative views.

eddie wrote:Imagine you’re making a film and you want Donald Trump elected as president for your plot.  WHY would you want him there as part of your story?

Let me explain a little further. You are writing a film as though you’re trying to tell a story of corruption - so your main plot line is about the rich and powerful people who “run” the world. Your sole aim in this thread, as the film maker, is to explain your reason for ensuring Trump gets to be president. What are the reasons you need Trump elected?

I’d love to see some imaginative views.

Ben Reilly wrote:I'll give the reasons I think Trump was backed by the wealthy elite, along with why George W. Bush and every right-wing president since Reagan was backed by them:

* To slash their taxes, first and foremost

* To slash funding of programs that make people less dependent on the businesses run by the wealthy elite

* To possibly start a war, which would allow companies that service the military to profit

* Last but certainly not least, to keep the American public so divided that there's no way people will unite to organize and demonstrate against the wealthy elite for a better life, which would mean less profit for the wealthy elite

Sadly, this isn't a Hollywood movie -- it's the story of modern America.

Maddog wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:I'll give the reasons I think Trump was backed by the wealthy elite, along with why George W. Bush and every right-wing president since Reagan was backed by them:

* To slash their taxes, first and foremost

* To slash funding of programs that make people less dependent on the businesses run by the wealthy elite

* To possibly start a war, which would allow companies that service the military to profit

* Last but certainly not least, to keep the American public so divided that there's no way people will unite to organize and demonstrate against the wealthy elite for a better life, which would mean less profit for the wealthy elite

Sadly, this isn't a Hollywood movie -- it's the story of modern America.

I think your movie sucks.  

Maddog wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:I'll give the reasons I think Trump was backed by the wealthy elite, along with why George W. Bush and every right-wing president since Reagan was backed by them:

* To slash their taxes, first and foremost

* To slash funding of programs that make people less dependent on the businesses run by the wealthy elite

* To possibly start a war, which would allow companies that service the military to profit

* Last but certainly not least, to keep the American public so divided that there's no way people will unite to organize and demonstrate against the wealthy elite for a better life, which would mean less profit for the wealthy elite

Sadly, this isn't a Hollywood movie -- it's the story of modern America.

I think your movie sucks.  

And plenty of wealthy elites backing people of both parties.  

Ever take an honest look at Hillary's campaign contributors.

The wealthy dont care who wins, as long as they have access.

eddie wrote:

Maddog wrote:


I think your movie sucks.  

And plenty of wealthy elites backing people of both parties.  

Ever take an honest look at Hillary's campaign contributors.

The wealthy dont care who wins, as long as they have access.

It’s not a debate about who is the biggest bitch, I want to know why people may think of reasons to put Trump where he is. The “agenda” as it were.

Maddog wrote:

eddie wrote:

Maddog wrote:


I think your movie sucks.  

And plenty of wealthy elites backing people of both parties.  

Ever take an honest look at Hillary's campaign contributors.

The wealthy dont care who wins, as long as they have access.

It’s not a debate about who is the biggest bitch, I want to know why people may think of reasons to put Trump where he is. The “agenda” as it were.

You mean like a conspiracy? I don't think there was one. I think the Democrats ran a terrible candidate, yet she was still able to get more votes and Trump just got very, very lucky with the way the Electoral College played out. I don't think there's a wealthy cabal of people that want him there, but probably the opposite. He's too unpredictable for them

eddie wrote:

Maddog wrote:


You mean like a conspiracy? I don't think there was one. I think the Democrats ran a terrible candidate, yet she was still able to get more votes and Trump just got very, very lucky with the way the Electoral College played out. I don't think there's a wealthy cabal of people that want him there, but probably the opposite. He's too unpredictable for them

Interesting answer.....But that’s not what I asked. It’s not what the thread is about.  

Maddog wrote:

eddie wrote:

Maddog wrote:


You mean like a conspiracy? I don't think there was one. I think the Democrats ran a terrible candidate, yet she was still able to get more votes and Trump just got very, very lucky with the way the Electoral College played out. I don't think there's a wealthy cabal of people that want him there, but probably the opposite. He's too unpredictable for them

Interesting answer.....But that’s not what I asked. It’s not what the thread is about.  

Well, I'm not following, which is not unusual.

eddie wrote:Imagine you’re making a film and you want Donald Trump elected as president for your plot.  WHY would you want him there as part of your story?
Let me explain a little further. You are writing a film as though you’re trying to tell a story of corruption - so your main plot line is about the rich and powerful people who “run” the world. Your sole aim in this thread, as the film maker, is to explain your reason for ensuring Trump gets to be president. What are the reasons you need Trump elected?




I’d love to see some imaginative views.

Maddog wrote:

eddie wrote:

Maddog wrote:


I think your movie sucks.  

And plenty of wealthy elites backing people of both parties.  

Ever take an honest look at Hillary's campaign contributors.

The wealthy dont care who wins, as long as they have access.

It’s not a debate about who is the biggest bitch, I want to know why people may think of reasons to put Trump where he is. The “agenda” as it were.

You mean like a conspiracy? I don't think there was one. I think the Democrats ran a terrible candidate, yet she was still able to get more votes and Trump just got very, very lucky with the way the Electoral College played out. I don't think there's a wealthy cabal of people that want him there, but probably the opposite. He's too unpredictable for them

Ben Reilly wrote:

Maddog wrote:


You mean like a conspiracy? I don't think there was one. I think the Democrats ran a terrible candidate, yet she was still able to get more votes and Trump just got very, very lucky with the way the Electoral College played out. I don't think there's a wealthy cabal of people that want him there, but probably the opposite. He's too unpredictable for them

I highly doubt that the rich and powerful of America have any fear of what Trump might decide to do, because they know he's not going to hurt them.

The politicians feared by the wealthy elite in America are the Obamas, Clintons, Warrens, Sanderses, etc., because they're actually going to take money away from the wealthy elite if they get the chance. No Republican is ever, ever going to do that, and the rich know that.

Maddog wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:

Maddog wrote:


You mean like a conspiracy? I don't think there was one. I think the Democrats ran a terrible candidate, yet she was still able to get more votes and Trump just got very, very lucky with the way the Electoral College played out. I don't think there's a wealthy cabal of people that want him there, but probably the opposite. He's too unpredictable for them

I highly doubt that the rich and powerful of America have any fear of what Trump might decide to do, because they know he's not going to hurt them.

The politicians feared by the wealthy elite in America are the Obamas, Clintons, Warrens, Sanderses, etc., because they're actually going to take money away from the wealthy elite if they get the chance. No Republican is ever, ever going to do that, and the rich know that.

Horseshit.

The rich never suffer under Democrats. They contribute too much money to them.

Ben Reilly wrote:

Maddog wrote:

Horseshit.

The rich never suffer under Democrats. They contribute too much money to them.

Then why do the rich spend so much money in campaign donations to Republicans, and anti-Democrat attack ads?

Why don't conservative-leaning news outlets like Fox run pieces exposing the network of billionaires pulling the strings of high-power Democratic candidates and officials?

Why do Republicans run on slashing taxes and benefits, along with supposedly onerous business regulations?

You're talking shit, man.

Maddog wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:

Then why do the rich spend so much money in campaign donations to Republicans, and anti-Democrat attack ads?

Why don't conservative-leaning news outlets like Fox run pieces exposing the network of billionaires pulling the strings of high-power Democratic candidates and officials?

Why do Republicans run on slashing taxes and benefits, along with supposedly onerous business regulations?

You're talking shit, man.

Where so you think the democrats get their money?

Original Quill wrote:

Maddog wrote:

Where so you think the democrats get their money?

That's not the question he asked.  He asked why does their money go to attack ads.  They could, if they wanted, run ads promoting their policies, implying by comparison that they have better policies.  But, no, they go to directly to moral attack on anyone who would dare oppose them.

Ben, I believe that it is because conservatives see politics as a 'grab and run' enterprise, and they are not serious as policy makers.  They are in it for the money...fook the people.

Maddog wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

That's not the question he asked. He asked why does their money go to attack ads. They could, if they wanted, run ads promoting their policies, implying by comparison that they have better policies. But, no, they go to directly to moral attack on anyone who would dare oppose them.

Ben, I believe that it is because conservatives see politics as a 'grab and run' enterprise, and they are not serious as policy makers. They are in it for the money...fook the people.

Attack ads come from both sides,

Mudslinging is a bipartisan endeavor.

Original Quill wrote:

Maddog wrote:

Attack ads come from both sides,  

Mudslinging is a bipartisan endeavor.  

On the one hand, we have attack speech, and then we have rational speech.  The normal criticism of attack ads is that they assume (and perhaps begin) as rational speech, and extend over to become attack speech.

But, what are we to do when what is real can only be described in attack words?  That is, when an Administration is actually caging babies and torturing people in concentration camps, the words sound remarkably similar.

I don't think mudslinging is bipartisan, but the Republicans are neck deep in mud.  How do fair minded people describe it without using the word mud?