FINALLY THE MAN APOLOGIZES, BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY LIES THROUGH HIS TEETH WHILE PROCLAIMING HE WILL ALWAYS TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THE TRUTH.

So be it a reboot or a pivot, in any case it was obviously more of the same, as his handlers tries to camouflage a dead horse.

So the reboot or what ever you want to label it has begun, "I regret' sometimes saying "The Wrong thing!" And believe me I will only tell you the truth! What, wait a minute, Donald J. Trump actually came out and spoke for over an hour with what his surrogates are calling the best speech of his political career. And the big talking point people are taking from it is his I guess you could call it his heartfelt apology. 

"Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. I have done that. And believe it or not, I regret it. And I do regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain. Too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues,"  

I had to watch it a few times, because its obviously something we haven't seen so far from the man who never "regrets" anything. Sadly his 'apology' was seriously lacking, but I guess, because he was nice enough to actually utter the words, we should forgive him for everything he's ever said. Of course the Hillary Clinton Campaign came out with a statement by Clinton spokeswoman Christina Reynolds that I think frames it perfectly, calling Donald's 'apology' a "teleprompter regret" and pressing him to go further.

"Donald Trump literally started his campaign by insulting people. He has continued to do so through each of the 428 days from then until now, without shame or regret -- We learned tonight that his speechwriter and teleprompter knows he has much for which he should apologize. But that apology tonight is simply a well-written phrase until he tells us which of his many offensive, bullying and divisive comments he regrets -- and changes his tune altogether."  

"Teleprompter regret" indeed. Seems we should disregard all the birther nonsense, all his racist commentaries, all his homophobia, all his anti Muslim rhetoric, his anti-immigration, and of course his attack on the Gold Star mother of the dead Soldier. Today his new Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway came out and tried to act like what he said what a big deal. 

"He was talking about anyone who feels offended by anything he said," Conway elaborated today. "He took extra time yesterday going over that speech with a pen so that was a decision he made. Those are his words."

When queried if he would apologize for specific comments or whether he would personally apology to the parents of Capt. Khan.

“He may. But I certainly hope they heard him," she said. "I hope America heard him because of all the people, David, who have been saying, 'Hey, let's get Trump to pivot, let's get him to be more presidential.' That is presidential.”

Lady, I thought you said, he wasn't pivoting? Now it seems like he was, I guess if we listen to her, we should forgot all of his insults because the man came out and said one paragraph. I personally however did not see that or better yet hear that during his latest unveiling of his campaign. As he spoke I quickly realized the this speech was in reality for his campaign as if he was just announcing his Presidential bid. Or possibly he was simply redoing his Convention Acceptance speech. It seems, his campaign wants us to forget the last 6 months ever occurred. Maybe as they've been trying to stain the media, perhaps the media was lying to us, that wasn't the Donald on the stomp saying all those words, they had made all of it up, because they're in bed with The Democrats. What I heard was the same stomp speech that he's been saying forever, but perhaps this time organized in a more coherent fashion. He again used a teleprompter, so his promises to stop showcasing his ineptness at reading other peoples copy the day before, was simply another lie that again we shouldn't have believed in the first place. The only major difference I saw was that once in a while he smiled as he read the words as slowly as humanly possible.

I mean it, as the speech went on and on, several times he repeated his sections of it, I actually thought a few times that we were seeing clips of his speech during his speech. Again touting the same talking points he had said in his last two teleprompter speeches, about crime. And what was maddening the man repeated the same old lie about Hillary Clinton that he has been saying for months, that has been debunked even longer.

"My opponent on the other hand wants a 550% increase in Syrian refugees. Her plan would bring in roughly 620,000 refugees from all refugee-sending nations in her first term, on top of all other immigration. Hillary Clinton is running to be America’s Angela Merkel, and we’ve seen how much crime and how many problems that’s caused the German people."

"My opponent on the other hand wants a 550% increase in Syrian refugees.--" Every time he says this seriously want to slap the orange off of his spray tanned face.  

"But one thing I can promise you is this: I will always tell you the truth."

Really? Well after a heart felt apology, the next thing we needed to hear from him was the truth. Seems since day one, the two things he has done almost on an hourly basis is insulting one person or the other or of course lying about whatever things that come out of his mouth, while accusing everyone else, from opponents to the media that they were the ones lying. And unsurprisingly after saying that he would always tell us the truth, he of course lied again.

"Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party have taken African-American votes totally for granted. Because the votes have been automatically there, there has been no reason for Democrats to produce. It is time to break with the failures of the past, and to fight for every last American child in this country to have the better future they deserve.In my Administration, every American will be treated equally, protected equally, and honored equally. We will reject bigotry and hatred and oppression in all of its forms, and seek a new future built on our common culture and values as one American people.

What made the speech a complete Donald J. Trump event for me, was his audience continuously chanting "Lock her up!" Each time, the man stood quietly, almost basking in the hatred, and all he could muster was "Thank you!" Really, I guess he was thanking them for being obnoxious? Or possibly for agreeing with him or honestly I don't care! Sir, a correct response to bullshit wasn't "thank you!" Sadly his pivot, I guess had nothing to do with his audience, wouldn't want to go too far away from who he is, he might confuse too many people. Of course as with everything else with this man, half way through his speech, his apology was seemingly forgotten as he blamed others for the things he has said suggesting the media was the problem in his poll numbers and not his own foot-in-the-mouth self.

"The establishment media doesn’t cover what really matters in this country, or what’s really going on in people’s lives. They will take words of mine out of context and spend a week obsessing over every single syllable, and then pretend to discover some hidden meaning in what I said."

Well we are used to seeing him pivot, but usually it takes him a few hours at least. But after actually starting his speech with "I regret' sometimes saying "The Wrong thing!" he seemingly took back his apology by blaming the talking heads for not understanding his words. So does he regret what he said, or that people caught him in what he said? And will his new handlers make sure we don't have his verbiage turn fowl before he changes his tie.
But yesterdays big debut of the all-new reconfigured Donald J. Trump campaign, wasn't the last shake-up. Stunningly, instead of removing all the dead wood at the same time, like most campaigns would, today instead of discussing his new 'nicer' self and his apology, we are informed that Paul Manafort has quit the campaign. Mr. Manafort whose past seems to be coming back to haunt him, has been outed by reports about secretive efforts he made to help the former pro-Russian government in Ukraine. AP and the New York Times, have exposed lots of dirty dealings with the man that if the reporting is correct will find Manafort in a Federal Prison, sooner then rather later. And what's maddening for me in all this, the media isn't discussing the man's crimes as crimes! They're simply discussing what his resignation means to Trump's campaign. For some reason his crimes, his treasonous acts, seem to be the last thing anyone ever talks about. 
Get with the program people, you've spent years discussing Hillary's email server as a possible criminal act. I get that, its news worthy, and it fills lots and lots of air time. But when we discover that we have a possible Russian spy in our midsts, trying to help take over our government, I would think that would be the story. Now we're talking hitting the mother lode! Who really cares that he quit the Trump campaign.
For a man who claims to know crooked, I guess Donald was blinded by his loyalty to this traitor. Instead of lying about others being criminals, or bigots or worse, perhaps he should have fired this fool before he ever hired him and maybe thank the media for uncovering a traitor in our midst. For a man who wants to clean up the mess in Government, hiring a Russian traitor does't look good for his image. 
Finally what you are reading is my 250th post in this blog, my 250th Neilizm! "Sweet Jesus" as a certain Marvel Comics character would say. As I write this, I've discovered almost 11,000 people, 10,960 to be exact, have been gracious enough to stop by and visit my site. Hopefully my opinions have made your visits worth the time. I began this blog in October 2011, after realizing I had way too much to say and no real way of getting it out there. And honestly I was spending way too much time posting comments on Facebook, needing to vent from what I was witnessing in the news, on television, online, and especially on Facebook and Twitter. But who was I? Why would people listen to me? I'm just another opinionated know-it-all on the internet. But I needed to find a place to tell it the way I saw it. I mean I couldn't be the only one who agreed with me, there's gotta be at least one or two of you out there that feel the way I do and maybe now you've found a place that you can come to and find a friendly voice. And as this post showcases, I have a lot to say. Hopefully some of which is worth your time. Anyway, thanks for your continued support, much appreciated! Here's to my next 250, yes I can!

Just one man's opinion
© Neil Feigeles, Neilizms, Friday, August 19, 2016

THE GREAT WHITE HOPE IS ALIVE AND INSANE AND COMES IN THE TREASONOUS FORM OF DONALD J. TRUMP!

At the same time his campaign shuffles the cards, Trump tells African Americans he's their champion as he insults them, while praising the police! 

As with everything else, Donald J. Trump calling Hillary Clinton a bigot, again showcases he's everything he accuses others of being. Without having any solutions to any of the problems made up or real, the self-titled 'Law and Order' candidate returned last night, seemingly for the last time as the man who never pivots, pivoted once again. 

"I am who I am," "I don't want to change. Everyone talks about, "Oh, well you're going to pivot, you're going to."I don't want to pivot. I mean, you have to be you. If you start pivoting, you're not being honest with people."

So I guess, he won't be pivoting again, right? Except, of course after saying that several hours earlier on Tuesday,  Donald J. Trump traveled 45 minutes outside of Milwaukee, which is 40 percent black, to West Bend, Wisconsin, a community that is 95 percent white and spoke before an almost entirely white audience. Unbelievably, during the speech, he repeatedly lied and said he was speaking in Milwaukee which actually has people of color as opposed to where he actually was, surrounded by whites! Simply put, what we got was Donald's latest character attack on Hillary Clinton and the Democratic party as a whole. This time he added possibly the most ridiculous charge so far, she's a bigot! Let me repeat that, he accused Hilary Rodham Clinton, of being a bigot! Wow, talk about a losing argument.

Thats right, Donald J. Trump reading off the teleprompter again, thats two major speeches in a roll, called out Hillary for basically being what he is. Its a shame for him that, most of her surrogates and advisors are people of color, women, muslims and all shades of our society, as opposed to for example Trump's economic team, made of thirteen white guys, six named Steve. 

So maybe not a pivot, and no, he hasn't improved his reading skills and neither has any of his ideas. Sadly, as usual none of the things they decide to have him read have solutions to any of the problems he professes to care so much about. Just a series of Republican talking points read seriously badly by a man who seems to have no idea how the real world operates. It's simply obnoxious how a man who practically is the definition of the word bigotry, is now of course calling Hillary a racist. The idea that he actually thinks if he just calls her a bigot, that the idea would stick, like his "crooked" title has seemingly done. That everyone, as he would say, would simply believe him on yet another flat out lie because he's been so truthful so far. Well what he has said, and how he's attacked her, has so far found him trailing in the polls, so perhaps let him just continue to put both feet into his big fat mouth, can't say its been hurting her. So I guess keep it up Trump, please.

His speech last night I guess was his way of showing how he was gonna help save people of color and yes I know how insane that sounds. Seriously, the great White Hope is alive and insane and comes in the form of Donald J. Trump! Simply put, Trump out of left field, called himself the champion of African Americans! Without any ideas how to fix anything, I guess with everything else with this conman, we, the American people, are supposed to forget everyone of his past dealings in business or personal relations. 

As he was trying to win over all African Americans by speaking in a place a predominately while community, I was half way expecting him to actually say the words that 'Hillary killed the cops, she pulled the trigger, I saw it on video'! Thats how insane he sounded. I mean come on Donald, after a year of using bigotry all over this great land, and thats after approximately 8 years of calling our President a Kenyan, he's obnoxiously now blaming the Democrats for the racial tensions in America. Of course this isn't a new talking point spun out by the Republicans, but when a racist calls out a person who isn't, it does make you go talk about the height of hypocrisy.

It is pretty astounding how much whiplash we get from his, I guess you could call them mood swings. And just as I was about to discuss this latest whopper, seems we have few major changes in his campaign to discuss. There's a new sheriff in town to right this sinking ship, that is if its not too late, please God, make it too late.

First we got the news that Roger Ailes, the recently ousted Fox Faux News Chairman and CEO who was booted out, because of his shall we say not so nice tactics when it came to woman, has either been brought on to advice his campaign or has been secretly working behind the scenes from the start. Both idea's Trump and his surrogates totally deny. I mean, if in fact it does come out that Ailes has been running his campaign since day one, that might be a huge problem with the FCC and whomever is in charge with our election. Don't you think? Well I do, and yes I am discussing a real Congressional hearing or at least a good old fashioned trial. Talk about election fraud. I mean the network is Trump's publicity channel. Hannity is practically his lap dog. 

And now, Donald has hired Steve Bannon to lead his chase for the crown. I guess if there was any question that Donald was gonna ever really pivot into a general campaign candidate, that has been answered for all. The answer is no, never, not on your life, quit BS'ing yourselves! This is it folks, the Republicans who got hoodwinked by him, maybe finally have to face the truth, the man is who the man is. Perhaps this will really begin the mass exodus of the remaining Republicans like Ryan who actually fell in line like the good old boys should. All I can say is oy, the man behind the heinous Right Wing hit machine known as Breitnart News whose been after Hillary and Bill Clinton for years, has now been assigned the task to fix the sinking ship. Which means, you know those commercials that Donald hasn't been doing. Well, get ready for the mud to be thrown. In other words, if you thought its was bad before, those were the good old days! Get ready to be stepping into so much garbage that will make the movie Natural Born Killers seems like a G-rated nursery rhyme.

Guess, if you're Hillary Clinton its time to worry. Anytime a major shakeup occurs with your opponents campaign you need to step back and discover what the new guy will do to wreck whats turning out to be smooth sailing to the White House. We know what we had, we don't know what we are gonna be faced with. And the fickleness of the electorate this year, I'm just worried that all will be forgiven when they rebrand the man. Hysterically just as he says he's not gonna change his ways, he's not gonna pivot, its possible thats exactly what was happening behind the scenes. The good or is that the bad news in all this is the man or men behind the curtain have extensive resumes, so pretty much we know what to expect. And sadly what to expect ain't gonna be pretty. So buckle up Clinton'ites, its gonna be a bumpy ride from now till election day.

Just one man's opinion
© Neil Feigeles, Neilizms, Wednesday, August 17, 2016

READING OFF A TELEPROMPTER, DONALD J. TRUMP FULLY REVEALED HIS INSANITY, THE MAN IS SERIOUSLY NUTS! 

The more he read his prepared speech, the more insane he seemed to sound. I seriously thought the mask was coming off and The Joker would be revealed!

What do I say? How do I explain what I witnessed today, I mean how can I truly describe how utterly distasteful, evil and vile his proposals were? Simply put, I sat back today to listen to Donald J. Trump's Foreign Policy address in Youngstown, Ohio. expecting it to be bad, but even I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I honestly was stunned at some of the things he was reading off the teleprompter. And for the first time, as I watched him read one of his prepared speeches, I actually believed he understood the gibberish he was spouting. Every other time, when I've watched him read a prepared statement it sounded like he was reading it for the first time. But today it sounded like what he was saying was actually coming from his viewpoint, which made this for me even scarier. 

Besides not knowing the history and completely distorting what actually occurred over the last 12 years or so, his utter lack of the facts made every single thing he said seem preposterous. Of course he blamed President Obama for the withdrawal, thats old news, completely disregarding the fact that the previous President, George W Bush had set up the deal. He signed off on it before President Obama was even sworn into office, and pretty much forced our Presidents hand. This little historic fact seems to have been forgotten in the Republican world of make believe.  

At several points in his speech I had to pause what I was witnessing and rewind it to try to take in what he was proposing. What gets me is, this is a man who preaches his love for the Constitution, yet his entire campaign has been a slap in the face to those great Americans who actually wrote the sacred words themselves. 

“In addition to screening out all members or sympathizers of terrorist groups, we must also screen out any who have hostile attitudes towards our country or its principles – or who believe that Sharia law should supplant American law,” he said to around 300 invited by area GOP officials to what was billed as a major foreign policy address.
“Those who do not believe in our Constitution, or who support bigotry and hatred, will not be admitted for immigration into the country. Only those who we expect to flourish in our country – and to embrace a tolerant American society – should be issued immigrant visas.”

“Those who do not believe in our Constitution, or who support bigotry and hatred --" Isn't this his entire campaign? Just saying. His pitch for "extreme" vetting was hysterically laughable, many people have already come out and to say, the man himself wouldn't pass his own vetting test. 

“In the Cold War, we had an ideological screening test. The time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats we face today,” Trump said. “I call it extreme, extreme vetting. Our country has enough problems. We don’t need more. And these are problems like we’ve never seen before.

“I call it extreme, extreme vetting" I call extreme bullshit! Seriously, he proposed ideas that made it sound like, no one would be allowed into our borders. Frighteningly I had a feeling that his ideological test for entry into The United States, the next step would be the "extreme vetting" of Americans who currently live in The United States. Lets starts removing those who don't agree with Donald J. Trump's definition of what it means to be an American.

But for me, the moment that made me sit up and go 'Oh my God!' was when he was discussing the Iraq oil and the insanity level went up a few degrees and his greed took over. 

"One more point on this: I have long said that we should have kept the oil in Iraq – another area where my judgement has been proven correct. According to CNN, ISIS made as much $500 million in oil sales in 2014 alone, fueling and funding its reign of terror. If we had controlled the oil, we could have prevented the rise of ISIS in Iraq – both by cutting off a major source of funding, and through the presence of U.S. forces necessary to safeguard the oil and other vital infrastructure. I was saying this constantly and to whoever would listen: keep the oil, keep the oil, keep the oil, I said – don’t let someone else get it.If they had listened to me then, we would have had the economic benefits of the oil, which I wanted to use to help take care of the wounded soldiers and families of those who died – and thousands of lives would have been saved.This proposal, by its very nature, would have left soldiers in place to guard our assets. In the old days, when we won a war, to the victor belonged the spoils. Instead, all we got from Iraq – and our adventures in the Middle East – was death, destruction and tremendous financial loss."

I was seriously not believing what I was listening too, as he was describing the oil, almost drooling over the concept of all that beautiful oil and when he uttered the expression "to the victor belonged the spoils" I screamed at my television! Isn't that what we complained about George W Bush's real reasons for attacking Iraq, their oil? Now it seems, Donald is agreeing with George W. Excuse me, sir, Mr. Trump, there's one big problem, it wasn't our oil to take! Remember, we invaded the wrong nation! I'm actually surprised our nation hasn't been taken to trial by the world court by now. Or at least the ex-President and his partner in crime. And now this ass is pissed because America didn't steal Iraq's oil. Man he does want the world to hate us! Sorry, the historic facts are, George W., invaded the wrong nation, he made an agreement to leave, we did when it told us to. A few terrorist organizations morphed into what we now call ISIS, it went to war, won the region, as Donald would say 'earned the spoils of War', the oil of course. I'm at the point where I'm shocked he hasn't started discussing using slavery to those "we" allowed to live. I think I'm being sarcastic on that one.

Donald J. Trump surely is the Ugly American! We invaded the wrong nation, and now he expects us to steal their people's oil. Isn't it enough we destroyed their nation and killed thousands upon thousands of their people. Maybe as the great builder that you are, maybe instead of building that damned wall dividing Mexico and The United States, why not instead start rebuilding cities and towns in Iraq. Just saying, we blew it up. 

But that's opening another can of worms, for another day. I mean, todays very scary but enlightening speech overshadowed what should have been the real big story, Paul Manafort's possible ties to pro-Russian political party officials.

“Government investigators examining secret records have found [Paul Manafort’s] name, as well as companies he sought business with, as they try to untangle a corrupt network they say was used to loot Ukrainian assets and influence elections during the administration of Mr. Manafort’s main client, former President Viktor F. Yanukovych. Handwritten ledgers show $12.7 million in undisclosed cash payments designated for Mr. Manafort from Mr. Yanukovych’s pro-Russian political party from 2007 to 2012, according to Ukraine’s newly formed National Anti-Corruption Bureau.” [NYT]

I've been saying for weeks, actually months now that something not kosher about Paul Manafort. The timing of his entering the campaign seems to correspond with the Hacking of the DNC. The man has lots of connections with Russia and it seems, since he's come on board Donald's policies have altered to benefit them. Of course when queried Paul Manafort is befuddled and angry that the media is wasting its valuable resources on this, instead of discussing Hillary's 33,000 emails. Deflect away buddy, but this scandal is the real thing, not the made up crap that Fox Faux News creates. 

Just one man's opinion 

© Neil Feigeles, Neilizms, Monday,  August 15, 2016

SO WHY ISN'T HILLARY CLINTON GETTING ANY CREDIT FOR HER LEAD IN THE POLLS AND EVENTUAL WIN?
Why does the media, pretty much disregard her positives while only ever talking about his negatives, I mean she is winning the election right?
As someone who is practically praying for a Hillary Clinton landslide victory in November, it really chaps my butt that Donald J. Trump is doing his best to tank this election. Not that I'm complaining, but why isn't the discussion on how her poll numbers are rising? Why is it always about what he's doing wrong? Believe me I'm happy about his ineptitude but when will she get any credit for her winning campaign proposals or at least for her lead? Please Donald do your best to reveal your insanity, but the woman got more votes then anyone in the Primaries, but it was Bernie who lost it, not Hillary who won it. She's leading in most polls but its Donald's doing thats causing it. In fact I keep reading everywhere suggestions that Hillary should just sit back and let Donald do his worst, let him lose it.

And of course it seems she's getting practically no air time or press, while he's on the tube 24/7. I'm just pissed that Hillary won't be given any of the credit she deserves if, or shall I write when she wins the election and becomes the first woman President. I'm seriously afraid her accomplishment will be forever discussed as a Trump implosion, as opposed to a Hillary Clinton historic victory.  

It's always about Donald, but come on, Hillary does deserve some credit for her lead in the polls doesn't she? I understand that lately it seems Donald is doing his best suicide spiral, especially since the RNC, but can we not give her some credit for her now double digit lead in many of the polls? Have we already forgotten the brilliant Democratic National Convention already? How in one week the DNC, totally sucker-punched the Republicans by showcasing that at least one political party is living in reality, and the other sees our world as some sort of dystopian horror show.

Trying to taint this year's vote as a rigged system if he loses, as he's 'joked' in the past, Donald J. Trump doesn't care if it's rigged as long as he's the winner! Of course as with everything he says, what he seems to mean is the opposite, because in reality the only way he could win is if the election was rigged in his favor and not the other way around. Hysterically he appears on Fox Faux News his personal publicity network and their talking heads continuously claim that the rest of the media is slanted for Hillary, but never admit that they are slanted for Trump. Their fair and imbalanced so-called reporting is seriously so impartial that I keep waiting for them to say the Donald is the Second Coming of the big guy himself!

The real disappointment for me in all this is, nobody seems to want to discuss her proposals, what she actually accomplished over the years and the reasons why she should be our next President. That seems to be forgotten in the talk. All they want to discuss is the hacks on the DNC and her emails, and of course Donald's screw ups. They almost never want to discuss his plans or lack there of, or compare his to hers, but they have no qualms to go on and on about one of his asinine tweets.

The only thing the talking heads want is to discuss is how he's self destructing, but never how she's running a pretty perfect campaign. I guess old fashioned campaigning is well so old school and why would that be interesting to people today. Well I guess I shouldn't complain, what could have been a real election campaign between two candidates, which could have been a nail biter, has become a campaign between one candidate and one clown going off the rails. In the long run, if Hillary gets in because people were voting against him as opposed to for her does it matter? I just hope that when all is said and done, that Hillary's achievement will be remembered as historically big as President Obama's was and is.

Just one man's opinion
© Neil Feigeles, Neilizms, Saturday, August 13, 2016

ON THE SAME DAY HILLARY RELEASES HER TAXES, DONALD 'COMES OUT" OFFICIALLY AS A BAD STAND-UP COMIC, TALK ABOUT A CONTRAST

So I guess that means his surrogates were also in on the joke, right? Otherwise, guess like us, they've been played for fools by a master manipulator

Seems Hillary has nothing to hide and Donald is simply a sarcastic asshole, there you go. Today, one candidate for President releases her tax forms for the year, and the other tweets to inform the world that he was just being "sarcastic", his comments about President Obama being the Founder of ISIS was simply a bad joke. Question does this new admission explain Trumps entire campaign? Are all his comments sarcastic? I mean most of what he says, sounds sarcastic, am I the only person who hears that in his voice? I mean it is possible, seems after each comment he makes, he constantly reminds us to "Believe" him or "Trust" him, are they just his way of punching his jokes too? Are these just his tag lines, like most stand-ups have? So when is he and when isn't he being sarcastic, since unfortunately he doesn't have a drummer next to him, hitting his snare drum, to accent his punchlines. Seriously I'm asking, is he always being sarcastic, making jokes or is this latest excuse, just another lie, another deflection? Well if he was just being sarcastic then, perhaps that explains the entire Republican National Convention for what it really was, a Roast on the American people. His new revelation surely explains his recent unveiling of his Economic proposals, cause buddy that was a laugh-and-a-half! And about those 13 white fellas who wrote that speech you read, hysterical.

So Donald J. Trump was simply being 'Sarcastic'! Phew, now I get it! That explains everything! I guess his entire campaign has been a bad stand-up routine, and the American people have been his suffering audience. Honestly I've been thinking for months that those Republican debates, were more like Celebrity Roasts then political debates. Come on, his stomp speeches sound more like Don Rickles was doing a stint in Vegas then a politician running for public office, let alone the Presidency.

Ratings challenged @CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama (and Clinton) "the founder" of ISIS, & MVP. THEY DON'T GET SARCASM? So there it is, the tweet heard round the world, or at least Donald hopes it was. The Tweet that will end all discussions on his latest faux pas, not! Finally for once Donald came out this morning and tweeted it was all a joke. Simply put, another lie by the man. Another excuse to try to change the subject, at least this time he didn't add his usual, 'people are saying' bullshit, explaining that his insane suggestion that President Obama had founded ISIS. And Hillary Clinton was obviously his MVP in creating the vile terrorist organization. Seems it was all a joke, a hilarious comment that was meant to crack every buddy up. Of course, what it actually did was make even more people really that the man himself is the joke.

GMAFB! Liar! Ass! Your a bad candidate & a worse stand-up! 

That was my tweet that I posted after I first heard Donald's latest excuse for his public meltdown. After I digested the information, I turned on my television, wanting to see what the discussion was, and as usual someone made me want to scream. The culprit this time was a Jack Kingston, a (R) Senior Advisor on the Trump campaign, he was being interviewed by CNN's very own Wolf Blitzer. And as usual for his surrogates, the man was making every excuse up in the world, to aid Donald J. Trump. The man's not really a politician, the man speaks from the heart, so he mixes up his words, blah blah blah. And what was worse, there never seemed to be any real conversation on the reason they were talking in the firs place, Trumps basically making shit up! That part of the conversation seemed to be side-stepped completely.
And when Wolf brought up Hillary's taxes, that she had released them, like clockwork, this paid off fool brought up Hillary's speeches. When will she release them, what is she hiding? Forget the taxes, this is most important! Unfreakingbelievable. And what got me, was The first time he mentioned them I started realizing that every answer the man was putting out, I had heard before. Every, not just what he was saying, the exact words! Seems this man had learned his talking points real good. And repeated his speech transcripts lines none stop as if to drive them home, make that the conversation. Make that the one thing that the audience at home would remember. And what was worse, Wolf Blitzer let him get away with it. Unlike other commentators on the air who have suddenly begun to grow a spine and bite back at Trump and his surrogates. Maybe its good reporting or simply the fact that they like us see the obvious that he's a lying bastard. And no longer can he be looked at as just a joke, but as the man who could actually become our next President. And if that were to happen, sadly, the United States would become the laughing stock of the world. And with would take the brunt of the ramifications.
Just one man's opinion
© Neil Feigeles, Neilizms, Friday, August 12, 2016

SO NOW HE 'JOKES' ABOUT HAVING HILLARY WHACKED, SERIOUSLY THERE ARE NO WORDS, WELL MAYBE A FEW!

Maybe its all a defection? First Trump wants Russia to hack Hillary and now this. Have you noticed no one is talking about his pathetic economic plans? 

Just when I was looking forward to writing a piece about Hillary Clinton. I so wanted to discuss her soaring poll numbers, or how at any minute this race could turn into a blow out. Wouldn't that be a change, nothing about Benghazi, nothing about her lies, nothing about conspiracies. But instead of pitching his economic proposals, which have already been debunked as old school trickle-down economics, he instead decided to suggest a criminal act to some of his followers. Perhaps this latest grenade was his usual way of changing the subject.

I am honestly tired of discussing Donald J. Trump. For the first time in my life, I am honestly scared of what might happen if a candidate wins the Presidency. The man seriously shouldn't be allowed on a tour of The White House, let alone buy a burger at a White Castle. Amazingly Tuesday's off-the-cuff remark followed, yet another beauty from the day before, and Monday's comment I honestly thought even he couldn't top.  

"Many people are saying that the Iranians killed the scientist who helped the U.S. because of Hillary Clinton's hacked emails." Donald J. Trump tweeted this at 3:45PM on August 8, 2016

What?!?! Seriously how messed up is that? Using the email scandal as a way to blame Hillary for the death of a scientist. The man simply has no morals, and as usual that comment only seemed to bother people without a soul. I must mention, something that I had noticed months a go has hysterically become a thing. Seems every time Donald tries to make one of his lies sound real or authentic, he always discusses it with something that sounds like "Many people are saying" and finally this has become a hashtag on the net. Seems people have begun to notice Trump likes to use the phrase, "Many people are saying" or "Many people" or "A lot of people are saying" or "I've heard" or "You know, some people are saying" or "So many people have told me" or simply too many other versions of the same phrase to list. 
And yesterdays attack was just another in a long list of lies that he keeps bringing up where his 'mysterious sources are names'. Sadly this has been going on for years now. Here's one of his jems from August 2012:  An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.

Amazingly these "extremely incredible source" he keeps mentioning never come out of hiding. They never show their faces. We never discover who they are. Which makes me ponder do any of them even really exist. Basically its another "Believe me" scenario. What makes it an even bigger con, he will bring up these bogus statements as if, 'remember when people said' and his followers cheer and if his bogus comments are facts and he wasn't the one who said it in the first place. It all seems to be a crock, just like the woman who took the blame for Melania's plagiarism, has any one actually met the woman? Has she appeared any where on camera to personally explain what occurred, as opposed to the apology tweet we all read. Seems she's disappeared, that is if she ever existed in the first place.  
Sadly Tuesday's comment by Donald J. Trump possibly has topped all the others, which is saying a lot. During a campaign stop Trump decided to go off script a little, and simply put 'The Shit has hit the fan'! Seems he was doing his now patented NRA lie that he throws out about Hillary aiming to destroy The Second Amendment, and he went there.

“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Trump said with a shrug at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. “Although, the Second Amendment people. Maybe there is. I don’t know.”

Seems Donald J. Trump was suggesting that if Hillary wins, the only way to stop her, was for those who follow the Second Amendment to shall we say rid the world of her. Maybe they could use their weapons and simply assassinate her!  
Of course, his spokespeople are doing gymnastics trying to change the subject. Some claiming he was either joking or he wasn't saying that they should use their guns, he was saying that they should use their votes. Perhaps, when he went off script, he screwed up his pronouns, but he wasn't discussing the election, he was talking about once she is the President. So either he screwed up and he should admit his mistake, or the FBI needs to sit the fool down and read him his rights.
Well, one of his advisors, seemed to come out with the official excuse. Jason Miller, Trump's senior communications adviser came out with a quasi answer.

"It's called the power of unification -- 2nd Amendment people have amazing spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power. "And this year, they will be voting in record numbers, and it won't be for Hillary Clinton, it will be for Donald Trump."

"It's called the power of unification…" Really? So I went online and wanted to know how many members were in the National Rifle Association, I mean how big is their membership? Why are they so powerful? Should I worry, about it, or should I just laugh this threat as another idle statement by a lunatic? Well I discovered this bit of information online and made me go, why are they so powerful? We aren't discussing all gun owners, but members of the group itself.

'In January 2013, Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre boasted before Congress that he served 4.5 million members. Speaking at an NRA convention a few months later, he upped that figure to 5 million.' 

You can read that article here: https://www.thetrace.org/2016/01/new-nra-tax-filing-shows-membership-revenues-dropped-by-47-million-following-sandy-hook-surge  
Remember that last part  "And this year, they will be voting in record numbers" seriously, sir, thats 6 million out of how many Americans? And how many of your members can actually vote or are even registered to vote?  So what is that 2 million if they're really angry? The way Trump's tanking the only voters he might actually get are the members of the NRA, even the Republicans are fleeing in droves. Seriously its beginning to look like Hillary will trounce him even without the members on the NRA. 
Happily to report, the Democrats have pounced on this like the threat it sounded like. Immediately The Clinton campaign came out with a reasonable retort: 

“This is simple: What Trump is saying is dangerous. A person seeking to be the president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way.” 

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy was more succinct about his feelings.

"Don't treat this as a political misstep. It's an assassination threat, seriously upping the possibility of a national tragedy & crisis." 

And I think former CIA Director General Michael Hayden said it best: 

'if anyone else had made a similar comment that Donald Trump did about the "Second Amendment people" stopping Hillary Clinton, they would be questioned by the Secret Service'  

Simply put, you can't even joke about violence, especially to a candidate for President. Its like yelling fire in a movie theatre, or saying you have bomb on a plane. Its considered a crime. And the term "Second Amendment remedies" means using your weapons to get what you need. Its not a suggestion to vote! In 2010, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle, gave a notable example during a radio interview when she said 

“And you know, I’m hoping that we’re not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for the Harry Reid problems,” 

Seems, she was saying, if the vote doesnt happen, time to pull out those little rifles and make it happen. It pretty much sounds like Donald was suggesting, that if Hillary was elected President, these gun owners  are our nations only chance to stop her from destroying the Supreme Court. That if that evil witch who wants to rid our great nation of our sacred rights of gun ownership, which of course, is the right above all others, then we have only our guns to save us all. You get the drift. 
So what happens if his rhetoric one day gives the wrong person, the wrong idea? At Trump's rallies we keep hearing "Lock her up" and he's been saying for months that Hillary wants to get rid of the Second Amendment, he keeps pushing that button, which of course is a flat out lie. So on Tuesday, now he's suggesting that his followers with guns, kill her. Seriously I ask you, when will his rhetoric turn one of his followers into the next wannabee Lee Harvey Oswald, or John Hinckley, Jr.? I'm serious, have you seen who goes to his rallies, have you seen the commentaries on-line? Some of these 'fans' are not all there, and suggesting even if in an off-the-cuff comment, to off Hillary Clinton, could possibly spur one or several of them to become a martyr in Trump's cause.
So I researched online the punishment Donald could get if his comment was actually taken as a serious threat to Hillary's life. Even if he was only making a joke or he was misunderstood as he is now trying to spin it. It could still be considered a threat, and man this surely sounds like he could serve a nice long sentence if he actually was convicted of the crime.

Threatening government officials of the United States is a serious crime under federal law. Threatening the President of the United States is a Class E felony under 18 U.S.C. § 871, punishable by up to 5 years of imprisonment, that is investigated by the United States Secret Service. Threatening other officials is a Class C or D felony, usually carrying maximum penalties of 5 or 10 years under 18 U.S.C. § 875, 18 U.S.C. § 876 and other statutes, that is investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. And if you threaten the President of the United States thats a class E felony under United States Code Title 18, Section 871. It consists of knowingly and willfully mailing or otherwise making "any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States" According to wikipedia 

If you'd like to read more about this, it can be found online at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatening_government_officials_of_the_United_States

I guess knowing how this campaign has developed, this latest faux pas will somehow be forgotten in a day or two, that is until the next commentary comes out that makes this one sound like a nursery rhyme.  
My big problem in all this, seems nobody is discussing his economic proposals. Within minutes of him finishing his speech, the consensus amongst the talking heads was that his plans were a joke. What ever they were before, they had now transformed into Paul Ryan's. And the only people who seems to think they will work are the people who he picked to be in his economic cabinet. I watched two of them come out and practically scoff at all the near sayers. Interesting the only ones who think it works are the ones who wrote the plans. Or of course his personal publicity handlers, Fox Faux News. Sean Hannity is practically climaxing every time he even thinks of the Donald. So what does he do, he changes the subject, he deflects from a negative.
So instead of the media focusing on whats wrong about his plans, how they won't work and how disastrous they would be for our economy, we are discussing his latest faux pas. Perhaps this was why he actually went off script. Perhaps he realized what he was pitching was a total shell game. If e's throw out a bomb, perhaps people will forget what a lemon I threw out yesterday. I mean its just a theory, but honestly that could be his excuse for every one of his proposals. Every time he says something, when he doesn't like people's responses he seems to throw out another bomb. Another insult, another obnoxious statement. 
If I had the energy, I might try to do a time-line, but not today. Maybe another time, or better yet I'll let someone else do the investigation for me, and take a long nap 

Just one man's opinion
© Neil Feigeles, Neilizms, Wednesday, August 10, 2016

I MUST ASK, DOES ONE SPEECH 'READ' COHERENTLY ACTUALLY FORGIVE A YEAR'S WORTH OF HATE OR HAS THE DAMAGE BEEN DONE AND HIS GOOSE IS COOKED? I GUESS WE SHALL SEE.

So Donald J. Trump, read us his economic plans, the question is, did he even understand what he was given to say and why did it sound so such like Paul Ryan had written it? 

I just sat through Donald's big economic speech and honestly I'm still not sure what I was watching. Honestly with each new day, one never knows which candidate will come out, the brash cocky pompous ass or the controlled teleprompter reading puppet that sounds like the fools he rails against. And depending on how he comes out, his defenders and detractors have a field day, trying to either nail him to the cross or act like the man can walk on water.
Turns out today we got the second of the two, basically Donald J. Trump read his entire speech off of a teleprompter, he actually didn't go off book once, not even when the more then a dozen protesters interrupted him. Amazingly he seemed to be parroting many of the talking points that House Speaker Republican Paul Ryan have been pushing for years. And no, his abilities to read off of a teleprompter haven't improved, even with all the practice he's had lately, as he supposedly transitions from a maverick business man to a run of the mill old fashioned candidate, that is depending on which day of the week we are discussing. Hysterically or is that hypocritically, half of his proposals sounded like arguments against how he himself does his own businesses. Railing against businesses working overseas, he argued to punish employers who did that. I actually had to rewind the video to make sure I heard what I had heard. Aren't much of his businesses overseas? I mean where are his ties made? Where are his shirts made? Seems America First is a great theme unless your name is Trump. Guess lets not discuss something as unimportant as where his businesses are, lets instead deflect to discuss Hillary's emails. Of course since the man is running as a genius businessman, I guess we should just believe him, he knows best, right?
And his proposals were seriously all over the map, a series of Republican talking points, that seriously do not add up. Most of what he said might actually have sounded good on the surface if we hadn't already heard them proposed by others over the years. Astonishing for a man that says he's running against the establishment, his policies announced today sounded a heck of lot like the same old failed policies that Paul Ryan has been proposing for years. Guess he thinks, Americans won't remember George Walker Bush failed Presidency and how much in debt we were when President Obama took over. All we got was debts up to our noses, and what he proposed today was unbelievably more of the same. And his explanations on how we pay for any of his plans was basically answered by the good old 'I'll be filling all of you in on that at a later time.' The beauty of Hillary's campaign is is that she has policies for practically everything and she explains how to supposedly pay for everything. 
A few days back, Donald J. Trump announced who was gonna be his economical advisors. As usual with everything with Donald, they made a big deal about this. But as with much of what he's promised, what we got isn't exactly as phenomenal as what it was touted out to be. It turned out to be '13' white men, none of which shall we say are brain surgeons. As Hillary Clinton called it afterwards while talking at a campaign stop she said:

"Today in Detroit he's got, I don't know a dozen or so economic advisors he just named, hedge fund guys, billionaire guys, six guys named Steve, apparently, and so they wrote him a speech and he delivered it in Detroit." Hillary Clinton

An excellent article I read earlier today which describes his economic advisors as pretty much pack of losers and believe me its an eye opener, and truly showcases why he mustn't be our next President. Please check it out. American Greed: Trump's Economic Team Is A Who's Who of What's Wrong which can be read at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/american-greed-trumps-eco_b_11388686.html   
And listening to his proposals, or should I write what his advisers wrote down for him to read, contradicts a lot of his own proposals which were on his own website until yesterday. In fact according to reports, what was on his website, has been replaced with what he has proposed today. Out of site, out of mind I guess. And it seems the whole ball of wax, trusts businesses are gonna hire people at record numbers. That is if everyone of his positive predictions come true, and if they don't, you guessed it we've got 'huge' deficits! And as a former President once called it, my friends we got ourselves our latest "Voodoo Economics" promoter. Every few years another Republican comes out and touts trickle-down economics. That somehow if we cut taxes on the wealthy and they would spend their savings on hiring new employees, rising salaries and jump starting our economy at a pace not unseen since the end of World War II. Except every time they cut the taxes on the wealthy, they just put that savings into their own pockets and nothing every gets down. Every time, its simply a lie that has been shown to be a false notion. Like voter fraud, lets find a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, and hurt millions in the process. They keep touting a magic number, four. At least a 4% growth, I seem to recall Mitt Romney pitching something like this, and people scoffing at this then. Well, today Trump came out and proposed it again, and as before, the experts keep saying that number, well that is almost impossible. And in order for his proposals to work, the 4% growth would have to continue and possibly double for a prolonged period of time for it to be a success at all. But the odds of that happening are small, and most likely the growth would sputter and instead of growth we would quickly see deficits rack up and we'd be right where we were during the failed term of George Walker Bush. The talking heads have already begun to take sides discussing if today's 'stable' candidate can stay that way and for how long, before he goes off the rails and becomes the candidate we've all grown to despise. Whats sad about the question is, it seems to be every days question. If Donald J. Trump will be Doctor Jekyll today or Mr Hyde? Will Buddy Love come out and act like he's off his meds, or will we finally get the candidate that the Republicans pray on bended knees every night that he will transform into. Can the man actually stay one personality for more then a day and which personality will that be? I guess we shall see. I am so looking forward for the moment when he flips out on stage in front of everyone. Perhaps during one of the debates, when he's cornered and for once can't lie his way out of it.
So I must ask, does this one speech, forgive a year and a half of hate filled rhetoric? Does it shut up the talk about his mental capabilities or cause America to have amnesia about any and everything that he has done or said during this campaign? Every day it seems with him, this could be the moment he changes, the next speech will alter everything, and then nothing. Nothing changes he's still the person that we all wish he wasn't. Each time the talking heads act like what ever he does on that specific day will cause everything that he's done to be forgiven or better yet forgotten. My question is when will they stop asking this? He is who he is. I would have thought by now, he would have learned his role much more professionally, instead he has seemingly become ready for a straight jacket. Perhaps, today was the Donald J. Trump we will see from now on, and somehow, all will be forgotten and Trump will turnaround everything and win in a landline. Somehow, I doubt that that will be the ending this campaign winds up with.

Just one man's opinion 
© Neil Feigeles, Neilizms, Monday, August  8, 2016