One of the many great qualities of social media and people in the public eye posting on social media is that every now and then, you get the chance to see into their “normal” lives, whether it is a Tweet, an Instagram picture, or a Facebook post. More interestingly, these posts are always turned into something they are not, whether that is positive or negative, because simply put, that is just what the internet does. This blog will take a deeper look into the personal accounts of President Obama, and those who are currently in the run for the next presidential election. While many of these accounts are generally ran by a staff, every so often the President and the presidential candidates will post something that comes entirely from their own fingers. It is nice, and sometimes shocking, to see what these people that are in the public eye will post for the public to see.

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

"How Can We Stop Trump?!"

Some of the Republican Party's biggest donors have started asking the question "How can we stop Donald Trump?" They believe that Trump is a threat to their party. There have been worries that Trump's harsh immigration stances and his actions toward women are going to ruin the Republican Party's chance of coming out on top in the elections. These worries are not just concerning the upcoming presidential elections, but possibly congressional and other elections as well. The problem is figuring out what to do about the perceived issue. There have already been several actions taken such as discussing the possibility of creating a super PAC to try to sway the conservatives' opinions on Trump and persuade them that Trump is “not one of them." However, one of the toughest problems is believed to be the issue of money and publicity. The way the Republican Party looks at it (at least those that share these same views) is that there is no amount of money that is going to be enough to stop Trump. Moreover, Trump is constantly all over the news and the media (he even gets talked about on my blog!!) that he does not plan for, which is just free publicity.

The New York Times also discusses the Club for Growth that has been trying to work against Trump's campaign. The Club for Growth has spent millions of dollars in the past to ensure that Republican campaigns that do not follow the traditional conservative traditions will fail at elections. However, on the issue of Trump, even the president of the club is at a blockade and is not sure what can be done to stop Donald Trump. The New York Times article goes into deeper detail and offers a lot of information on this subject. I encourage all my readers to check it out!

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/05/us/politics/talk-in-gop-turns-to-a-stop-donald-trump-campaign.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1

Just today, Donald Trump posted a couple of tweets concerning similar topics that the article discusses. While I am not sure what ads Trump is referring to, it is clear that the ads hit him some kind of way especially if he is tweeting about it and somewhat trying to defend himself.

Just a couple of days before Trump posted his tweets I just mentioned, Jeb Bush tweeted about Trump. "Trump is trying to insult his way to the Presidency and it's not going to work..." Which is what The New York Times article basically discusses. Some believe that Trump is making the entire Republican Party look bad. The counterargument, in short, is that Trump is speaking on the government issues that the people are pissed about. He "knows" the people's anger, and he is not afraid to speak on those issues.


I am just sitting over wondering why Trump and Bush are not @'ing each other? Nobody likes a sub-tweeter, and if you are going to mention someone's name, at least @ them, right? That sure would be a lot more interesting.  
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  1. Aspen GlanvilleSeptember 9, 2015 at 1:02 PM

    I find it interesting how so many people are against him and there is so much negativity about him in the media, yet he is still the top Republican candidate so far. It is crazy how that works right? I think the best way to stop him is to let him self destruct, if as people don't like him as the media portrays because of what he says, then there is time left. There is time left for him to offend more people and to be too blunt and too forward. In that time, other candidates will seem more desirable and rise up in the rankings. It is a little too early to see how he will be doing 3 months from now or even 6 or 9 months from now. He is good at offending people and I don't think that will stop anytime soon, so I thin self-destruction will be his downfall.

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