It hurts to say it, but sometimes Donald Trump speaks the truth

[n2doc]

by Trevor Timm

Donald Trump offends entire voting blocks at will, constantly gets his facts wrong, and most of his policy positions are either contradictory or insane. Yet, on some issues, he’s also right.

His deliberate forays into xenophobia and arrogance on immigration and foreign policy certainly remain awful and ugly, but there’s also another reason he continues to sit atop the Republican polls: he speaks a particular kind of truth about some issues the way only someone with no filter can. These days, his venom particularly stinging to other Republicans, whom he has no problem attacking with a delightful abandon that is usually considered sacrilegious in inter-party primaries.

Or as Jon Stewart described it: “Trump has no control over the projectile vomit of dickishness that comes out of his mouth every time he opens it. It was inevitable that some of his word-puke was going to get on Republicans.” And sometimes it’s just fun to watch. You can despise the man and dread his presidency, but still enjoy the show.

His criticism of “frontrunner” Jeb Bush – who is really only the frontrunner in the minds of billionaires – have been spot on, yet not something any of the other candidates would dare say for fear of denigrating the last two Republican presidents, Jeb’s brother and father. Trump took credit for the record audience during the first GOP debate by remarking, “Who do you think they were watching? Jeb Bush?” He’s right – Bush is boring. And I don’t mean boring in the technocratic, attention-to-details way. I mean he is mind-numbingly unoriginal and can’t even express those unoriginal ideas in a politically adept manner.

Trump has not minced words on George W Bush’s Iraq War, either, calling it the “disaster” that it was and is, and hammering Jeb for his stumbling defense of his brother’s war and its decade-long aftermath.

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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/20/donald-trump-republican-truthteller

[ismnotwasm]

1. Ew.

[Doctor_J]

2. Sanders and trump are the only candidates who are not part of the Bush crime family

And trump gets more air time

[Octafish]

3. Judge Laurence Silberman is watching you Trump.

Anyone who says the war in Iraq was based on a lie is a NAZI.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026694672#post2

[n2doc]

4. Appointed by Reagan, natch.

Hopefully reaching retirement age since senility has already set in.

[Octafish]

8. Weren't for Reagan-Bush dealing with Ayatollah in 1980...

There never would have been the rightward lurch of past 34 years, from wars without end to courts where money trumps democracy to welfare for Wall Street. October Surprise also explains Iran side of Iran-Contra.

[Jester Messiah]

5. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. [nt]

[Quackers]

6. 10-1 odds, if Trump gets the nomination, Ted Nugent will be his VP.

[pampango]

7. Only when talks about how bad republican candidates are. When he talks policy

you don't hear much 'truth', just a lot of "xenophobia and arrogance on immigration and foreign policy" and other types of "vomit".

[spanone]

9. naw, he's full of shit about 99.9% of the time

[herding cats]

11. I guess that .1% is worth reporting on on some peoples eyes.

Which is a sad testament of the current state of the GOP that a candidate which is honest .1% of the time is worth acknowledging.

Notice how his "honest" moments are about eviscerating his opponents, too.

[reformist2]

10. So, it's OK to admit Trump is right sometimes, but only when he bashes other Repugs. Gotcha.