Single Payor if Trump Gets Elected?

[Winter_123]

Of course the importance of the likeability factor varies depending of what people's fear factor is at any given time. If everything is groovy and bumping along people want someone who is warm and fuzzy, knows where the salmon are, and you would want to have a beer with or is fun and clever on late-night tv programs. But if Isis just beheaded a couple kids down at your local school and a couple illegals just raped your dog then people want someone who can take of "bidness," as they say in Texas.

I am not exactly sure where people are on that continuum today. Given the fact that Russia just filled the void left by Nobel Peace Prize winner, I see nothing but heartburn and defeat ahead as far as the eye can see and cannot be reversed easily. So put me down today as a voter who looks to factors other than likeability.

Let the viewers decide where they are on that continuum.

Many of the pundits say that most often the more "likeable' candidate wins. The two noted exceptions was when Nixon beat Humphrey in 1968 and Carter beating Ford in 1976.

So just for the fun of it, why not accept the premise and tell us whom you think is most likable. Here is my take on the candidates:


Donald T. C'mon man! Who could like this guy? Fear? Sure. Like? Nope.

Hillary C.: People like whom they trust and no one trusts Hillary.

Joe B.: Everyone loves Joe... both sides of the aisle. Most likable of the bunch.

Rand P.: Once hinted he would repeal civil rights laws... minorities hate him.

Carley F.: Smug and lies like a rug. Would you buy a used computer from her?

John K: Ohio midwestern virtues... the adult in the room, very likable

Ben C: Distant, aloof, not a guy you want to have a beer or a toke with.

Chris C.: Kinda like the coach you had in gym class... whom you hated.

Mike H.: Nice smooth demeanor but down deep you feel he despises you.

Bobby J.: If he has a personality he has it well hidden. You can't like a robot!

Jeb B.: The Bush family is just plain nice. People like them all.

Rick S.: Exudes arrogance and pomposity. Hard to like, easy to dislike.

Ted C.: This is Rick S. on steroids. Even his mother doesn't like him.

Mark R.: Young, eloquent, smart. Easy to admire, not sure to like.

Lindsey G.: Another adult in the room with a good smile and a likable personality.

George P.: Has that New York kind of 'tude' ... all biz... no fun.

Martin O.: Great smile, popular guy in Maryland... very likable.

Bernie S.: He reminds you of the pompous professor you had in college whom you hated.



"God has given you one face and you make yourselves another."
-Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, scene 1

 

[pcbinsurance]

I'm not wasting my time reading a thread that discusses something that will never happen. Trump doesn't have a chance to be our next president....not now, not ever.

 

[scagnt83]

I'm not wasting my time reading a thread that discusses something that will never happen. Trump doesn't have a chance to be our next president....not now, not ever.

But you will take the time to post the same thing to two different threads?

There is actually some good stuff in the life thread on Trump. And dont be so sure about that. He is starting to tone down the rhetoric. And is still strong in the polls. Never say never.

 

[Winter_123]

But you will take the time to post the same thing to two different threads?

There is actually some good stuff in the life thread on Trump. And dont be so sure about that. He is starting to tone down the rhetoric. And is still strong in the polls. Never say never.

Well of course, the other obvious point is that candidates who will not be elected nevertheless often end out influencing candidates who end out being elected. Example, bernie and Fauxcahontis Warren are not going to be elected but everytime they belch about some issue, Hillary sees how it works with voters and adjusts her position. Hillary is basically trying to become the surrogate for a candidate who voters wish they could elect.

Same with Trump. Even if he is not elected, he has lit a fire with voters about immigration that has left all the others scrambling to get their positions together and Trump is the canary in the coalmine. If he says something stupid that the voters reject they will all back off. But if he says something that resonates they wrap their arms around it.

Right now Trump is all over the place on health care and insurance. He talks about single payor and he talks about privatizing the whole thing again including the VA. Not sure where he will land with all that but if he says something that makes the voters stand up and salute. You can expect the other candidates to line up like little duckies around it. Same with Carly. You can argue that she is never going to be elected but she is driving the Planned Parenthood issue harder than the others, leaving them scrambling to play catch-up.