I think it would be the right thing to do. Malfeasance covered up does not mean treason when discovered.

Maybe trump, sanders, or rand Paul would pardon him if elected

Yes indeed. Maybe someday he will be allowed to come back, but they have very long memories.

Snowden has the last laugh. He made Omaha grovel in the dirt at the feet of Putin

And look where he is today. The east in the backroom has teeth and s not afraid to use them, as AR showed. When fantasy becomes reality...

If Trump just told us what the congress and previous exec orders really did, I think the american people are smart enough to put some limits. Look at what Snowden did by just exposing what the NSA and Obama was up to

of course it was obama who wanted to do a third war with Syria

Carly sounds really good when she speaks.
Yeah, actions speak louder than words.
Just noticed my spell checker likes uncommitted a lot better than noncommitted.

At some point in the process we are going to have to get over being thrilled at the fact that Trump speaks his mind and start paying attention to what his mind says.

I hope that by then he has a coherent political philosophy that is sufficiently in favor of freedom. We don't want an effective leader who is effective at building up the state. Obama's been reasonably successful at that.

Exactly. You will never find Trump in anybody's pocket. And NOT being 'politically
correct' is another plus.

I think it is more the appearance of knee jerk hot headedness that give the impression. It is also one the detractors tend to use, I just have that impression. But mittens should be ok for the job.

Exactly! You have nailed it.

yes, but the VA has proven itself to be totally inadequate to it's customers (just like everyother government department). Maybe that is what the D can be used for, put him in charge of it, I bet he will find a way to turn a profit, or at least go BK and then turn a profit, with it.:)

Every special interest group feels exactly the same way and that is why there is an advocacy for everything there is concerned only for what is good for that group, be damned with everything else.

Interesting that I have heard this reservation as if trump was just itching to push the "war" button. I think he would be less likely to go to war and more likely to work with other countries thru deals negotiated to benefit both sides. True business people know that war is the last resort in foreign relations. It's the statists who are the interventionists. We need to basically spend our resources on building up a strong country

Well, there you go, you have identified one of his major attributes. Pretty much what they were alluding to in the article, I think.

I do believe that the grassroot constituency is made as hell! I, myself falls into that category. When Trump leaves self serving politicians blood on the floor I want to dance in glee!

Well, if just to break the cycle of addiction, but they would need to keep his hands in mittens to keep his finger off the button when he gets mad.

Carly lost it with the HP deal. She was a mess than and has not improved, IMHO.

Good points.I would be fearful if he got elected, just because he might nuke some country just because they pissed him off. He is Knee Jerk Response Mangum sized. But I would like to see him as a new administrations "enforcer", and let him lose on the really messed up areas like VA and Justice.

Yes, I have seen some of the YT videos where he talks religion. I am ok with it if it stays at home where it belongs. He does not trot out policies based on what the Christian Bloc wants, if he can make it fit into what is a good policy for most or all he is always going to do it, but I don't have a problem with that.

Ben impresses me a a man who thinks, and he is quick to boot. He just is not a ranting and raving politician promising everything to everyone, which makes him look weird. I think we are so used to the buffoons, we have made the the standard, and anything else (Trump/Carson) that is out of the norm is untrustworthy. Yet we know, based on previous experience, everyone of the career politicos ARE untrustworthy, and do not have our best interests in mind. It's all about the Party and money.

Maybe, I like his attitude, but cannot feel his real beliefs, he is about as stable as a runaway nuke plant.

At this point Trump does look unbeatable in the primaries. Which means I'll have to vote for the Libertarian Party candidate.

For all his opposition to political correctness, this is not a man who will ever shrink government, much less take any of the cronyism out of it.

I might. Time will tell and there's plenty of that yet.
Right now I think Carly's great. .
Before that I was rooting for Walker.
Before that Ben Carson.
Sigh! I'm beginning to feel so-o noncommitted.