With the second Republican presidential debate scheduled for tonight on CNN, Films For Action are poised to release "you've been trumped" a documentary about Donald Trump building his golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland.Originally Posted by Films For Action
I'd be interested in hearing what the Scottish members really think of it all!
Surfcrest
http://www.nytimes.com/live/second-r...es-need-to-do/
http://www.trumpgolfscotland.com/
If the Republicans hope to win this election they need to nominate a moderate (for a Republican) like Marco Rubio - allegedly the candidate Clinton fears the most
For my part I still find Five Thirty Eight the most interesting site on US politics (and much besides) - apart from the utterly irrelevant fact that its founder Nate Silver is a gay geek. The site reported yesterday that Hilary Clinton is stuck in a poll-deflating feedback loop.
It is a sad state of affairs when Marco Rubio can run as a moderate Republican. And I started out as a Republican--voted for Ford and the elder Bush (the first time).
The poll leaders, Trump and Carson, do not believe Obama was born in the US. Fiorina thinks that vaccinations cause autism---this led to a significant outbreak of measles not long ago due to uninoculated kids.
It's a sad state of affairs when a respected father has a son whom the world despises ... if you catch my drift
Kommie: Not that respected, he only got one term .
As for Hilary, well I think she announced her candidacy far too soon. Although there are other candidates she often seems to be out there all by herself taking flak day after day. The documentary on Trump amply displays exactly what kind of a person he is.
You're confusing respect and popularity
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The Hispanics' reaction has been interesting. At least more of them will get to vote than the Scots whom Surfcrest mentioned
Kommy, I don't see any valid comparison between hispanic electors being able to vote in a Presidential election and Aberdeenshire electors not voting in what was essentially a local planning decision.
I haven't seen the documentary referred to - but it was funded by the BBC and one of its main aims therefore will be to show the SNP in general and Alex Salmond in particular in a bad light. Whether it succeeds or not in that endeavour I don't know.
It's my belief that the majority of people in Aberdeenshire were in favour of the Trump project at the time and regarded the handful of locals opposed to it as crackpot luddites. How do I come to that conclusion - from newspaper polls at the time, radio phone-ins, and talking to people in the North-East. People in the area (and nationally) were more concerned with the possibility of promised jobs coming to the area than some obscure plant which most people have never seen (the reason the area was designated a SSI). Trump was generally popular at that time because a) he was seen as bringing investment tothe country and b) we really didn't know how much of a cunt he was.
Where he lost support with the public was, having been permitted to build his golf course etc, he then threw his toys out the pram when the Scot Govt wouldnt bow to his demands to halt an existing wind farm project at sea. My understanding is that the wind farm is so far out from his golf course you can hardly see it anyway. At that point his standing went to being a slightly odd benefactor to a loud-mouthed American with too much money who thought he could push our incredibly popular Govt and First Minister around. MInd you, I can see how that approach would fit well with US Foreign Policy should he become President
Oh you mean they told the truth
If the BBC ever told the truth to Scotland it would be as a result of a mistake.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourking...dum-new-report
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