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>I'm excited that America is finally getting behind outside candidates like Trump and Carson. I'm also dismayed that these outside candidates are clowns.
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The outside candidate are clowns compared to whom?

OK. Let's stipulate that Trump could have bought S&P index funds and done better than he did with his ventures.
But he didn't.. and that's the point.
He went out and took some risks.
Take a ride over to Doral in Miami and see what he has done with that resort.
Yes, Atlantic City is declining, but what a ride it had! I was in the Taj shortly after it opened. Glitz with a captial G.
Sure he made some bad bets. But sooner or later, statistics and capitalism being what they are, no one can consistently the beat the index over an infinite period of time.
Yes, Warren Buffet does, and I love him, but he calls himself a fluke.

On the other hand, let's look at some of the "office holders."
Ben Carson and Rand Paul are the only ones who have ever held a real job. I could support Rand Paul. I think Ben has lost some of his marbles somewhere.
The rest are political hacks trying to get a salary increase.
Christie sold the top of the Freedom Tower to Jerry Jones so that he could get a box at Cowboy games.
Do you really want me to go into details about Hillary and Bill?