McCain's former Speech Writer Mark Salter: Why This Republican Won't Vote for Trump

[ailsagirl]

Last edited Sun Jul 31, 2016, 11:39 PM - Edit history (1)

Salter is a prime example of a repuke who has a mind and opinions-- he's voting for the SANE candidate without worrying that she's a dem-- he's looking ahead and wants the best for our country. I guess he must be from the "old school." (my comment)

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He’s a charlatan, preposterously posing as a business genius while cheating investors, subcontractors, and his own customers. He’s rich because his father left him a great deal of money. He couldn’t turn a profit with a casino, for crying out loud. The epitome of someone who is famous for being famous, his business model consists mostly these days of selling his surname to a group of (often foreign) investors, who slap it on some vulgar monstrosity that consumers naturally associate with a vulgar reality TV celebrity.

He possesses the emotional maturity of a 6-year-old. He can’t let go of any slight, real or imagined, from taunts about the length of his fingers to skepticism about his portfolio. So shaky is his psyche that he’s compelled to fits of self-sabotage to defend his self-regard, as was the case in his racist, politically devastating attacks on U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel. He views the powers of the presidency as weapons to punish people who’ve been mean to him – reporters, rival candidates, critics. “They better be careful,” he warns.

Lots more here:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/06/29/why_this_republican_wont_vote_for_trump_131043.html

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. Thank you

He addressed Trump as a danger to this country and the world extremely well.

[Cha]

5. Yes he did!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Two potent paragraphs that lay it down heavy and true. Thanks for posting. . . . nt

[Hekate]

3. KnR

[Cha]

4. This coming from a repub is even more Potent! Sure Dems know this and

blast it.. but this gop Mark Salter has more juice.

McCain's revenge! He says so well!

He’s a charlatan, preposterously posing as a business genius while cheating investors, subcontractors, and his own customers. He’s rich because his father left him a great deal of money. He couldn’t turn a profit with a casino, for crying out loud. The epitome of someone who is famous for being famous, his business model consists mostly these days of selling his surname to a group of (often foreign) investors, who slap it on some vulgar monstrosity that consumers naturally associate with a vulgar reality TV celebrity.

He possesses the emotional maturity of a 6-year-old. He can’t let go of any slight, real or imagined, from taunts about the length of his fingers to skepticism about his portfolio. So shaky is his psyche that he’s compelled to fits of self-sabotage to defend his self-regard, as was the case in his racist, politically devastating attacks on U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel. He views the powers of the presidency as weapons to punish people who’ve been mean to him – reporters, rival candidates, critics. “They better be careful,” he warns.

Mahalo, ailsagirl!

[ailsagirl]

7. Thanks, all-- I just happened to run across it

Kudos for Salter

[SleeplessinSoCal]

6. The op-ed was dated 6/29. How much crap has he spewed since?

[ailsagirl]

8. I know and probably a whole helluva lot!

[Martin Eden]

9. Well said, Mark Salter, except ...

... stating that Barack Obama is the worst foreign policy president in his lifetime.

One need only go as far back as GW Bush to find the worst.

[ailsagirl]

10. Very true-- I should have mentioned that

Thanks!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

11. I believe Republican ops say this to polish their street cred in the GOP

It's a safe zone. Just blame Obama. Wipes away the Bush/Cheney 8 years from the memory.

[Martin Eden]

12. Street Cred in the GOP = Zero Credibility for rational thinkers

Seriously, any well informed rational person has to see GW's military adventurism/foreign policy for the catastrophe that it is.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

13. But strive for it they must. n/t