Donald Trump barreled into the Democratic bastion of Wisconsin where he was welcomed like a rock star by Republican students.
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At a raucous rally several thousand frenzied students, most of them first-time voters, crammed on to a sweltering basketball court and drowned him out as he spoke.In the wooden bleachers teenagers stomped their feet chanting “President Trump” and “We Love Donald” as the billionaire told them it was time for “change”.
Female students brandished pink “Women For Trump” signs, and medical students proclaimed themselves “Doctors for Trump”. The crowd was, it appeared, entirely white.
Many more students, unable to get in, huddled outside the hall listening to loudspeakers.
At the mention of Hillary Clinton the youthful group chanted “Lock her up” and “Drain the swamp” with particular fervour.
“We are asking for the votes of first time voters and there are many of them,” the septuagenarian candidate said, pointing at his fresh-faced audience.
He told them: “Hillary is the candidate of the sordid past. We will be the bright and clean future. The future lies with the dreamers not the cynics. America is tired of waiting. The moment is now.”
OK, it’s not Churchill but given the standards of this election it’s good rhetoric.
There’s enthusiasm for him, however misguided it might be. But I don’t think it’s going to be enough….
http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-hollywood-panic-fear-1201907750/
Not a good time to be a UK-style republican. Even Prince Charles looks good compared to Trumpton (or Clump?)
Quig, I used to think that Americans were quite intelligent people. That article just proves that, by and large, Americans are thick and parochial – particularly those in the entertainment industry.
Lets hope you are wrong Tim–as you frequently are, so-called “climate change” being a prime example.
That bitch Killery getting in would be bad news for the whole world never mind the USA.
I think he will do it. I genuinely fear for the Republic under Clinton.
It will be interesting (in the Chinese style) if Trump wins the popular vote but Clinton wins the electoral college and the Presidency.
If Clinton wins there may be a constitutional crisis anyway
(she will be impeached the moment she goes from President Elect to President)
Its interesting that two old men have managed to fire up the young using anti-establishment rhetoric. The young have always been anti-establishment but this time it seems different as there’s also a large groundswell of older people also turning anti-establishment.
One of the most telling stories was on R4 yesterday. Some senior female Democrat was saying that when Clinton tried the “woman” card they found that it turned off most women under 30 and they lost quite a lot of support from that demographic. Apparently women under 30 don’t think that they are disadvantaged.
Whichever way this goes there’s going to be one almighty reckoning in the next few years as the 2 parties pull themselves apart figuring out what to do next.
Quig
Some lovely quotes in there. Just one:
If I was American, I’d vote for him – no, nothing whatsoever to do with policy – just for the quiet pleasure of watching all those ‘intelligent’ lefties shit themselevs convinced that the world was about to end…
PF – “If I was American, I’d vote for him – no, nothing whatsoever to do with policy – just for the quiet pleasure of watching all those ‘intelligent’ lefties shit themselevs convinced that the world was about to end…”
I would vote for him just to see some of these knuts fu*k off to Canada or wherever they want to go.
Imagine there’s no Michael Moore. It is easy if you try.
Quig’s link on Variety is amazing if you look at the comments underneath…a veritable firestorm of liberal Hollywood trashing….also interesting that we are starting to see Trump rallies on mainstream TV, something assiduously hidden in the past. Get a sense that at least part of the establishment are trying to switch sides….
Five FBI investigations! It looks like the Clintons are going down on this one:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-03/fbi-said-move-likely-indictment-clinton-foundation-fox-news-reports
“It will be interesting (in the Chinese style) if Trump wins the popular vote but Clinton wins the electoral college and the Presidency”: why? It’s happened before, and it’s perfectly constitutional.
If I were an American I might be outraged by the number of votes that the Dems are going to steal, but that’s a quite separate point.
Apparently 33m have already cast their vote and in some States they can’t change their minds.
This has caused a stir after the latest Clinton revelations and will be an even bigger problem if there’s any more about either candidate.
No wonder the Clinton campaign was pushing vote early
Or is that vote early, vote often