The point about the abortion change was that Trump gets to disavow his past stance while Byrd is not given the same opportunity. I don't expect you to be consistent on this and predicted as much.
Morals. He can do what he wants being closed doors and I don't care. Doing so while bragging about it in his books and flaunting it in public shows his profound lack of morals.
The bankruptcy issue is a fact. Period. 4 times. Good businesses don't need to go bankrupt.
He has indeed used illegals. In fact he paid monies (millions) to those very same "illegals he didn't use" when sued by them for not paying proper wages. A case he lost by the way.
Trump University: "On August 24, 2013, the State of New York filed a $40 million civil suit against Trump University (which had largely ceased operations in May 2011) alleging illegal business practices and false claims made by the company."
"Schneiderman described Trump University as a bait-and-switch scheme and pointed to the fact that the organization was not a university.[16] Schneiderman accused Trump of misleading more than 5,000 people to pay up to $35,000 to learn his real estate investment techniques."
See also:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner...niversity-scam
Re the BBB on Trump University and the supposed fax:
"Over the past week, Better Business Bureau has provided several statements in response to public inquiries about the BBB Business Review for Trump Entrepreneur Initiative (formerly Trump University). These statements remain available on our website. We are issuing a further statement today, in response to a number of inaccurate reports that continue to be repeated.
For purposes of this statement, we will refer to Trump University, which is how it is most often referred to in news stories. There is only one BBB Business Review for Trump University, and we noted the name change to Trump Entrepreneur Initiative when it was brought to our attention by the company.
1. BBB did not send a document of any kind to the Republican debate site last Thursday evening. The document presented to debate moderators did not come from BBB that night.
http://www.bbb.org/council/news-even...iness-bureaus/
His encouragement of violence:
Moderator Jake Tapper noted that Trump has frequently egged on his supporters, “including February 23: ‘I’d like to punch him in the face,’ referring to a protester. February 27: ‘In the good ol’ days, they’d have knocked him out of seat so fast.’ February 1: ‘Knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously, okay? Just knock the hell.” He also noted that Trump promised last month to pay for the legal fees of any supporter who roughs up a protester.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/20...ce-at-rallies/
That's encouraging violence. Period. Because other are now engaging in it doesn't excuse what he has done. The "well the other guys do it" justification is childish.Violence over politics is wrong regardless of who does it.
"I think a campaign bears responsibility for creating an environment," Texas Senator Ted Cruz told reporters in Illinois Friday night, as networks beamed in live footage of the protests. "When a candidate urges supporters to engage in physical violence, to punch people in the face, the predictable consequence of that is that it escalates, and today is unlikely to be the last such instance."
Free speech: "During a Republican debate, Trump came out against the Supreme Court’s pro–free speech decision in Citizen United. On more than one occasion, he has expressed his desire to “open up” libel laws so he can punish journalists who write “mean” things about him. He has urged the FCC to suspend his critics on television. On social media, he has demanded that his critics be fired, much to the delight of his mob of anonymous supporters, who flood the accounts of those Trump has singled out.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...speech-pc-left
Libel laws exist that protect people who are willfully lied about by others. The reason he doesn't use them is he can't prove that they are in fact incorrect let alone lies and that they knew them to be lies.
Conspiracy theories: autism from vaccinations. Government played a role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered. Birther nonsense. If he posted here he would be infracted and banned with all his conspiracy theories.
His mocking of McCain was repugnant especially given that he did everything he could to avoid being drafted and McCain was tortured.
Ties to Organized Crime:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/trump-mob-mafia/
Trump's foreign policy stupidity: Most experts have brought up how ridiculous and shallow his policy speech was.
"The 5,000-word speech lacked specifics by normal political standards, if not his own. The central motif, like all of Mr. Trump’s political thought, is that the businessman has the brains and strength to solve a given problem, and everybody else is a pathetic loser, so trust his instincts and temperament. “I’m the only one—believe me, I know them all—I’m the only one who knows how to fix it,” he said."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-trump-...icy-1461800085
"I didn’t think it possible, but Donald Trump’s “major foreign policy address” on Wednesday—a written speech, which he read off a teleprompter—was even more incoherent than his impromptu ramblings of the past several months. In fact, it may stand as the most senseless, self-contradicting foreign policy speech by any major party’s presidential nominee in modern history."
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...rent_mess.html
Also read this for another perspective:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...herent-shallow
Admiration for a Tyrant:
Rather, he said, as plain as day, that he has “always felt fine about Putin”; he called him “strong” and a “powerful leader”; and he suggested that he should be respected for his “popularity within his country.” Nothing could prise him from this reverence. When it was pointed out to him that Putin is a man who “kills journalists, political opponents, and invades countries,” Trump said flatly, “At least he’s a leader,” which I can only imagine sounds an awful lot better in the original German. Then, for good measure, he took aim at the American system: “Unlike,” he added, “what we have in this country.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...raceful-levels
His pretend Christianity: Two Corinthians. Nuff said.
Misinformation? Don't think so. I have supported my position and do so time after time.
Who do I support? Jill Stein. If you want to know why read her platform.