slingwing

anantksundaram said:

slingwing said:

anantksundaram said:

Here's the complete transcript (which he has neither questioned nor corrected, hence it must be accurate): http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/us/politics/trump-new-york-times-interview-transcript.html?_r=0

I don't expect you'll read it, though. I'll wait for a response, in the unlikely event that you did read it.

Trump on climate change: "I have an open mind to it." - You call it walking back?

Trump on waterboarding: "If it’s so important to the American people, I would go for it." - He is leaning on the toughest colonel we have. He is taking his sage advice and that you call backtracking?

The leftist agenda is more messed up than I thought. I'm not going to respond to your every leftist rant. Unless you have something substantial and intelligent to say. I do think you are an intelligent person. But may be you are just influence by biased media instead of understanding things on your own.

(MY REPLIES ARE IN CAPS; NOT MEANT TO CONVEY YELLING, BUT INTENDED TO MAKE MY ANSWERS DISTINGUISHABLE -- DAMN, I MISS THE OPTION THAT AI USED TO HAVE FOR DIFFERENT-COLORED FONTS IN POSTS)
Trump on climate change: "I have an open mind to it." - You call it walking back? YES, I DO. I THINK THAT THIS IS A FAR CRY FROM HIS PRIOR STATEMENTS -- MULTIPLE TIMES -- THAT "CLIMATE CHANGE IS A CHINESE HOAX" (OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT; I CAN FIND THE EXACT QUOTE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED).

Trump on waterboarding: "If it’s so important to the American people, I would go for it." - He is leaning on the toughest colonel we have. He is taking his sage advice and that you call backtracking? YES, I DO. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT THIS IS NOT THE MAINSTREAM ADVICE HE'S GOING TO GET FROM HIS MILITARY COMMANDERS? THEY'RE DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THEIR SOLDIERS COULD GET ACCUSED OF TORTURE. THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SERIOUS. (BTW, IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU, BUT PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I AM NOT OPPOSED TO ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE ISIS THUGS).

INCIDENTALLY, WHY DID YOU IGNORE THE OTHER FOUR POINTS I SHOWED YOU HE MADE?

(YOUR LAST PARA IS JUST AD HOMINEM STUFF, SO NOT WORTHY OF A RESPONSE).

>YES, I DO. I THINK THAT THIS IS A FAR CRY FROM HIS PRIOR STATEMENTS -- MULTIPLE TIMES -- THAT "CLIMATE CHANGE IS A CHINESE HOAX" (OR WORDS TO >THAT EFFECT; I CAN FIND THE EXACT QUOTE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED).

You think when a person makes one statement that's all he has to say on that topic? Some of us are smart and they have various ideas and learn everyday and their views change when facts change. NOT AT ALL I'm saying that Trump has changed his views one bit. AGAIN it is called diplomacy.

>YES, I DO. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT THIS IS NOT THE MAINSTREAM ADVICE HE'S GOING TO GET FROM HIS MILITARY COMMANDERS? THEY'RE DEEPLY >CONCERNED THAT THEIR SOLDIERS COULD GET ACCUSED OF TORTURE. THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SERIOUS. (BTW, IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU, BUT PERSONALLY >SPEAKING, I AM NOT OPPOSED TO ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE ISIS THUGS)

- These are commanders, they lay their lives down to protect us and our freedom so you and I can have this open discussion.
- NO, they are not worried a bit that their soldiers will be accused, people those who are worried about those things do not put their lives on line. They leave this worry to leftist folks who think flying OLD GLORY is not inclusion of all, see todays news a college in MA is doing that.

- (As a side note) Current administration which has been there for last 8 years, YES, they have cooked intelligence reports about ISIS which our military uses to makes decisions, just to paint a favorable picture that ISIS is not a threat (look it up, this is coming from generals, not some shady reporters). Heck, they cannot even use the word "radical".

You statements might be true in context of administration for last eight years. It does not hold water for President Trump or some of our greatest generals.

Facts sometimes seems like AD HOMINEM. Can't do much about that.

anantksundaram said:

slingwing said:

anantksundaram said:

Yep. He was more specific: he said "Republicans."

As an aside, people like @Apple][ don't get it yet, but the first ones to get grabbed by the nether regions by Trump will be the group of breathless, uninformed, rabid voters like him. Trump is already walking back huge swathes of promises, including on climate change, water boarding, etc etc. (See his interview with the New York Times yesterday). 

Walking back on promises? The News paper which printed negative things about him, twisted everything about him for last year. Finally realized their mistake as their ratings are down. There is only one way to learn for most people and organizations, that is, when it hits home. And purpose of the interview was to cement the relations with him.

He knows, whatever he says, New York Times will twist it. This time he was being diplomatic, after all he is the president of The United States Of America.

However, I expected more sense from you to know that already. But well..

Here's the complete transcript (which he has neither questioned nor corrected, hence it must be accurate): http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/us/politics/trump-new-york-times-interview-transcript.html?_r=0

I don't expect you'll read it, though. I'll wait for a response, in the unlikely event that you did read it.

Trump on climate change: "I have an open mind to it." - You call it walking back?

Trump on waterboarding: "If it’s so important to the American people, I would go for it." - He is leaning on the toughest colonel we have. He is taking his sage advice and that you call backtracking?

The leftist agenda is more messed up than I thought. I'm not going to respond to your every leftist rant. Unless you have something substantial and intelligent to say. I do think you are an intelligent person. But may be you are just influenced by biased media instead of understanding things on your own.

crowley said:

gtr said:

1). The guy has basically financed his own nomination campaign and owes no favours.

If you buy into the "self-financed" con of Trump filling his own pockets with his supporters' donations then you'll believe anything.

There are numbers out there in public which you can go and look up. He invested nearly 100 million dollars of his own money. If you care to verify.

anantksundaram said:

Yep. He was more specific: he said "Republicans."

As an aside, people like @Apple][ don't get it yet, but the first ones to get grabbed by the nether regions by Trump will be the group of breathless, uninformed, rabid voters like him. Trump is already walking back huge swathes of promises, including on climate change, water boarding, etc etc. (See his interview with the New York Times yesterday). 

Walking back on promises? The News paper which printed negative things about him, twisted everything about him for last year. Finally realized their mistake as their ratings are down. There is only one way to learn for most people and organizations, that is, when it hits home. And purpose of the interview was to cement the relations with him.

He knows, whatever he says, New York Times will twist it. This time he was being diplomatic, after all he is the president of The United States Of America.

However, I expected more sense from you to know that already. But well..

FDNY (Fire Department New York) is hiring ex-felons to meet the diversity quota. It was in news yesterday.

That is what we have come to. It is disgusting. Next time when someone loses life because some incompetent, lazy, just for money doing job is trying to put out fires, who is responsible for it?

Same goes for apple, look at latest iPhone or macbook pro, magic is gone. Sad to see and say that.