I used to not like H. Clinton 1st impression type of thing.
Then I observed her and I liked her less.
At the same time the media fell in love with her.
Then I observed her vilify the female victims of her
Husband.
At that the media gave the impression that she was a strong woman to be admired.
I felt she was an enabler.
All of this is only the 1st inning of her history.
I used to not like her.
I still don't.

I appreciate the education regarding historical voting requirements.
A perfect description of many recent mob scenes
In the last couple of years across the country.

I didn't know he was limiting his inquiry to Republicrats. I thought he might really be looking for a principled candidate. My mistake.

As long as you advocate denying those rights to all others also, that is correct. I would wonder, however, why anyone would single out a particular race when taking such positions. For instance, it would be odd, to say the least, for one to state that it should be illegal for white people to commit murder. What would be the point of making such a statement unless in rebuttal to someone urging that white people should be able to get away with murder? in short, any politician should state the broader principle when taking policy positions so there would be no confusion. To take your examples, an honest politician (a contradiction in terms?) should state "I oppose government provided free education,college, food for all or anyone" and then defend the position.

One point to note however, we were a Federal Republic...back when only landowners were allowed to vote, and it didn't matter man, women, the color of your skin...so long as you were invested in the country.
Our forefathers Hated, yes they had physical animosity toward, demonocracy! which is and has certainly turned out to be...Mob Rule, ruled by those that know no rules, ruled by those that can't rule themselves and ruled by those that know squat beyond the temptations of their brain at ANY given moment in time.

Nick we are not and have never been a democracy. We are a constitutional democratic republic the difference is significant.A democracy is majority rules the people vote for laws and regulations no checks and balances. Our government was designed for the separation of powers and to uphold the constitution with elected officials to represent their constituency not for majority rules.The federal body was ment to facilitate fair trade between states and to protect us from foreign aggression. The local government was to have most of the power.

Term's not interested in candidates that have principles unless they are either a GOP or a Dem, so he ignores everybody else with his blanket statements about the candidates. He may be right about the GOP and Dems still running.

It might describe Gary Johnson. Check him out.

so given that no one has a right to things like free education, free college, free food, etc, not giving those things to black people isnt really racism, except in politically correct circles.

No Royal Families in America Please. The Clinton family owns the DNC and the Bush family owns the RNC.

It doesnt describe any of the candidates, nor the congress no matter which parties control the house and senate, nor the agencies of the government.

I know that if anything, Snowden might consider getting out of Russia if Trump is elected. Putin hated Obama so kept Snowden to spite Obama. That might end, tho, after Obama is out

Since you asked: A racist is a collectivist who believes that members of any particular racial group have greater or lesser rights than others simply because of their racial identity.

Benito Trump has called Snowden a traitor who should be tried for treason so don't hold your breath on that one. As for the concept of the "good" President, I would offer the following: A good President would be one who believed and acted upon the principle that the sole proper function government is to protect our rights to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness. In practice, that means that the government would not initiate force against anyone. A good starting point to achieve those goals would be application of the imperfect but pretty darn good document called the Constitution. Is that all too much to ask? And does anyone here seriously think this describes Trump?

all I can say is anyone but hillary is my basic position. we are in this pickle because our government if you can call it ours has done its best to screw up the country.

What is a racist anyway? I have problems with some cultures, including the entitled black culture, the violent muslim culture, and the pushy asian culture. I call myself a "culturist" as a result. I just feel more comfortable being around certain cultural traits and less comfortable being around certain other cultural traist. Its politically incorrect, but whatever.... As to the actual race or color, I think there isnt a basis for effective or accurate discrimmination. Treating someone who happens to be black as inferior is stupid. However, if they come from the entitled black obama-fueled culture, I definitely discrimminate against them. I just dont want to be around them or work with them. Big difference between being a culturist and a racist, but they are lumped together now.

All people should have basic human rights, and I wouldnt string someone up even because of their culture. One could argue that the muslims who chant "dealt to america" kind of fall into another category that is particularly troubling.

hmm. how would you define a good president? I would look for one who stands up for the USA in the world and doesnt apologize for our culture. One who tells it like it is, no matter if its politically correct. One who balances the budget and decreases spending on useless things. One that only goes to war to protect OUR country, and not to blindly exert our power over others. One that doesnt desecrate the dollar by printing money to cover excessive spending. Things like that which are at least partially under his control. I would like him to exonerate Snowden and Manning (the whistleblowers) also- but I doubt thats going to happen.

I think then it will become a problem of defining a "good" president.

Look at an article I posted in Politics that may explain some of this, they found a group of Blue Collar Democrats are supporting Trump, even if he is a bombastic racist, because they perceive he is at least an honest racist bombastic person. I think this is something that is being underestimated in a lot of calculations.

If he turns out to be a good president, will you change your mind

nickursis, you are right, I would be surprised since nothing he has said publicly provides evidence for your assertions.

Clearly this is the most bizarre year in politics. I go back to Eisenhower and Nixon as my first memory of the political arena. Global warming - right?

Jeb Bush seems to be walking around in a fog of deception about his importance. No one cares really what he thinks. He is a member of the old time establishment.

First of all, he doesn't use teleprompter and notes filled with sound bytes, like ALL the others do.

Unless you are being straight up honest, its very hard to just be there and answer the myriad of questions that reporters and opponents toss up.

Also, since its not scripted like with Hildebeast and perhaps Sanders, you have to be able to be fast on your feet to answer to the best of your limited knowledge (at least while a candidate). They aren't briefed on all aspects of how the government is working in advance !!

I would pick honesty and a bit of crassness sometimes over hiding and dishonesty any day of the week.

As I said, I think that to get to where he is at business wise, he would be much more serious and deliberate carefully before reaching a decision once he is president and has the benefit of all the facts surrounding the issues.

Maybe he actually thinks he is best, besides, maybe he gave him some tips on high energy performance....

Possibly, I think a lot of people have a hard time building that picture given some of his stranger gaffs so far. Supposedly, his wife told him to be more presidential, and ten he went on to talk about the hands thing...It may actually have added to his "common man" persona, but really....