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cali

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Wed May 4, 2016, 07:24 PM May 2016

This is just the beginning

Trump is about to get slaughtered by editorial boards from coast to Midwest to coast.

Chicago Tribune Editorial

If you think of the presidential primaries as a hiring process for nominees, the Republican Party is about to offer the job to Donald Trump. As they say in the executive suite when a personnel crisis arises: Alert the folks in Human Resources.

While there was plenty of interest in the presidential position, the interviewers — the voters — have settled on a candidate with neither appropriate experience nor a coherent governing philosophy. Instead, he brims with outrageous promises and makes statements that sound at times like he's ignorant of the law (killing the families of terrorists), disconnected from economic reality (demanding that American companies open factories at home) and callous to women and minorities (his sexist put-downs and proposed ban on allowing Muslims into the country).

Sigh. Is HR on the phone yet?

Maybe Trump's tantalizing vow to "make America great again" and his ability to connect with angry, disenfranchised Republicans (and, yes, even some Democrats) qualifies him for a position as a marketing whiz. "Trump" these days is the most famous name in real estate, steaks and narcissism. But hire a businessman and reality TV star as CEO of our multitrillion-dollar government? No thanks. We do not want to see Donald Trump become president of the United States of America, nor even the Republican nominee. As an apprentice — to name-check his former show — he doesn't have sufficient potential to grow into the job.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-donald-trump-republican-nomination-edit-20160504-story.html

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This is just the beginning (Original Post) cali May 2016 OP
The Paper of Record weighs in. KamaAina May 2016 #1
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