I'd be interested to see what the other GOP candidates have to say about this.
"The United States should take in some refugees from Syria, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday night."
"I hate the concept of it, but on a humanitarian basis, you have to," Trump said in his first Fox News appearance in two weeks, appearing on "The O'Reilly Factor."
"This was started by President Obama when he didn't go in and do the job he should have when he drew the line in the sand, which turned out to be a very artificial line," Trump said in reference to Obama's red-line warning to Syrian leader Bashar Assad in 2013. "But you know, it's living in hell in Syria. There's no question about it. They're living in hell, and something has to be done."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/donald-trump-syrian-refugees-213430#ixzz3lFIWcCuF
There are any number of issues that he makes more sense on than the standard Republican line.
1. Taxes.
2. Planned Parenthood
3. Social Security and Medicare
4. Healthcare
5. Even as he's going to Congress to criticize the-done-Iran Deal, he sounds more logical as unlike Scott Walker and friends he's not promising to 'Rip up the Iran deal on day one.'
6. He even gets it right that Kim Davis has to uphold the law.
"On the domestic front, Trump reiterated that Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis should not be in her particular line of work if she does not want to issue marriage licenses to same-sex marriage licenses."
"It was too bad she had to be put in jail, and I'm a very, very strong believer in Christianity and religion, but I will say that this was not the right job for her because we had a ruling from the Supreme Court, and we are a country of laws, and you have to do what the Supreme Court ultimately — whether you like the decision or not, and it was a 5-4 decision," he continued. "Whether you like the decision or not, you have to go along with the Supreme Court. So that's the way it is."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/donald-trump-syrian-refugees-213430#ixzz3lFKEkp2w
On trade I don't agree with him though his protectionist line actually is shared with some on the Left as well as the Right.
Beyond the issues, he takes a much more logical attitude towards policy questions. The standard GOP boilerplate is to take all kinds of extreme and dogmatic positions and refuse to compromise.
As I argued the other day, Garry Wills has a very interesting analysis of the electoral system where we don't vote for the policies of the next Administration-though we sometimes vote for them retrospectively.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/09/why-im-liberal-democrat-not-bernie.html
In that sense. Trump is in a way more honest than how conventional politicians run where they swear on a Bible to do this, this and that, policy, and under no circumstances do this, that, and that policy.
In reality policymaking is a fluid activity and categorical campaign promises-like Bush the First's 'Read my lips' are very unhelpful.
In a way, a truly honest candidate would be he who promised not to make too many hard and fast campaign promises.
The trouble is that when you're a candidate for President-it's actually quite different when you're the incumbent-you can make all kinds of promises based on ignorance.
You can make all kinds of wild promises that prove not to be feasible and you realize it once you're elected. Of course, then you will be accused of having lied during your campaign though this isn't true you were just ignorant.
On many issues Trump admits at the top that there are all kinds of contingencies. Which is why although it's hopefully obvious who I want for President by now-for those who are reading me for the first time ever, the only one who doesn't use the men's room-I honestly would choose Trump over Jeb-if for some reason that was the choice.
"The United States should take in some refugees from Syria, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday night."
"I hate the concept of it, but on a humanitarian basis, you have to," Trump said in his first Fox News appearance in two weeks, appearing on "The O'Reilly Factor."
"This was started by President Obama when he didn't go in and do the job he should have when he drew the line in the sand, which turned out to be a very artificial line," Trump said in reference to Obama's red-line warning to Syrian leader Bashar Assad in 2013. "But you know, it's living in hell in Syria. There's no question about it. They're living in hell, and something has to be done."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/donald-trump-syrian-refugees-213430#ixzz3lFIWcCuF
There are any number of issues that he makes more sense on than the standard Republican line.
1. Taxes.
2. Planned Parenthood
3. Social Security and Medicare
4. Healthcare
5. Even as he's going to Congress to criticize the-done-Iran Deal, he sounds more logical as unlike Scott Walker and friends he's not promising to 'Rip up the Iran deal on day one.'
6. He even gets it right that Kim Davis has to uphold the law.
"On the domestic front, Trump reiterated that Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis should not be in her particular line of work if she does not want to issue marriage licenses to same-sex marriage licenses."
"It was too bad she had to be put in jail, and I'm a very, very strong believer in Christianity and religion, but I will say that this was not the right job for her because we had a ruling from the Supreme Court, and we are a country of laws, and you have to do what the Supreme Court ultimately — whether you like the decision or not, and it was a 5-4 decision," he continued. "Whether you like the decision or not, you have to go along with the Supreme Court. So that's the way it is."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/donald-trump-syrian-refugees-213430#ixzz3lFKEkp2w
On trade I don't agree with him though his protectionist line actually is shared with some on the Left as well as the Right.
Beyond the issues, he takes a much more logical attitude towards policy questions. The standard GOP boilerplate is to take all kinds of extreme and dogmatic positions and refuse to compromise.
As I argued the other day, Garry Wills has a very interesting analysis of the electoral system where we don't vote for the policies of the next Administration-though we sometimes vote for them retrospectively.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/09/why-im-liberal-democrat-not-bernie.html
In that sense. Trump is in a way more honest than how conventional politicians run where they swear on a Bible to do this, this and that, policy, and under no circumstances do this, that, and that policy.
In reality policymaking is a fluid activity and categorical campaign promises-like Bush the First's 'Read my lips' are very unhelpful.
In a way, a truly honest candidate would be he who promised not to make too many hard and fast campaign promises.
The trouble is that when you're a candidate for President-it's actually quite different when you're the incumbent-you can make all kinds of promises based on ignorance.
You can make all kinds of wild promises that prove not to be feasible and you realize it once you're elected. Of course, then you will be accused of having lied during your campaign though this isn't true you were just ignorant.
On many issues Trump admits at the top that there are all kinds of contingencies. Which is why although it's hopefully obvious who I want for President by now-for those who are reading me for the first time ever, the only one who doesn't use the men's room-I honestly would choose Trump over Jeb-if for some reason that was the choice.
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