"Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply "give the public what it wants" but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold, educate and sometimes even anger public opinion."

President John F. Kennedy's "The President And The Press" Address Before The American Newspaper Publishers Association; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel - April 27, 1961
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Thanks, Dan.

I wish there was a way to get through to Bernie. Isn't there a way?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU3NKvvxcSs
30 Years of Speeches by #BernieSanders

Dan posted:

@Littten -- to say that " the AoA leadership is against him" is a misunderstanding of how AOA works. we don't endorse people for president. we run as wide a range of news and views as we can, consistent with our mission of bringing an end to the age of autism by exposing its environmental cause -- largely due to an excessive and dangerous vaccine schedule."

Just my opinion .. but .. I do not see anything to gain with everyone continuing to post their staunchly held "political opinions" on whether or not Trump is qualified or not .. to lead our country the next four years.

I think it safe to assume .. AoA is NEVER going to "unite" behind a single candidate .. whether they be Bernie, Hillary, Donald, Marco, Ted or Kasich .. so .. why continue this discussion .. which only serves to further divide us .. and .. the LAST thing AoA needs is to put so much time and energy into another "issue that divides" us.

When all is said and done .. we ALL have strong opinions .. and .. NOTHING being said in favor or against Trump is going to CHANGE anyone's opinion .. one way or the other.

So .. why don't we all AGREE TO DISAGREE .. and .. get our undivided attention back to fulfilling AoA's "mission" .. which .. as Dan said .. remains .. "bringing an end to the age of autism by exposing its environmental cause -- largely due to an excessive and dangerous vaccine schedule."

As for myself .. I promise .. this is the absolutely LAST time I will read or comment on whether or not "THE DONALD IS DUSTED.

Hans,
I understand your frustration. I wish that Trump looked to me like a great leader. To me, he looks like a very nasty man who is full of hot air, who if given power, would abuse it. He has said some good things, but overall his personality is the opposite of what I respect in a person. It saddens me to think of American children watching the debates for the crude content. If I was a child watching the behavior, I'd be very afraid that there were no adults running the country. The debates have looked more like professional wrestling than debates of potential leaders.

Believe me, I wish that I saw him as a good man.

Cia,
I don't know what Merkel's analysis and motivations were, and I don't know the true outcome, but I don't think that she deserves having stones thrown at her for being a humanitarian, even if it went very wrong, even if people got hurt. As a Christian, she probably felt she was doing as Jesus would do to give shelter to those in need. She can be removed from power by her people without jeers from a US presidential candidate or any of us. That's just disgusting behavior. It is appropriate for us to analyze and reflect on what happened in Germany, as long as we have reliable information, but it is not ok to call Merkel a disaster. Her policies, maybe, but not her. Huge difference.

@Littten -- to say that " the AoA leadership is against him" is a misunderstanding of how AOA works. we don't endorse people for president. we run as wide a range of news and views as we can, consistent with our mission of bringing an end to the age of autism by exposing its environmental cause -- largely due to an excessive and dangerous vaccine schedule. i don't impose my views on anyone, i express them as part of the mix of voices on aoa.

Linda,

You know I don't like Trump. I don't think he can say anything politely. Not his style. And in a case this momentous, with so many millions terrified of this situation, with nowhere to turn, no way out, no one to help them, I don't think Merkel deserves decorum.

I don't think he'd do anything about vaccines. He said he thinks they're great, it's just that it's too many given at once in too large doses that causes autism. If you do it the way HE did with HIS children, then there would be no problem. He doesn't have a clue, and he is too impressed by watching and listening to himself to be able to learn anything about vaccine injury, which would require listening to someone else. I'm not sure he can read.

I think many are holding too high hopes for him, because there really isn't anyone else who might run who has expressed any concerns about vaccines (since Carson, Rand, and Trump). But there's a long way between expressing concern from time to time and doing anything helpful about it. He hasn't said anything about it in the last few months. He's not intelligent, compassionate, humane, kind, or educated. If he's not willing to say anything now about what he would do about it if elected, I'm pretty sure that he never would. If he's not willing to offend vaccine interests now by talking to us and giving us his plan, why would we think that he'd be willing to do so when elected?

Obama promised that he'd be the autism president, and mounted a huge grassroots campaign promising to listen to the people, with all his local volunteers putting us in touch with the president, who would always listen to our concerns. Remember that? I voted for him twice and am now ashamed of having done so. I might just as well have started to stay at home on election day then: I'm probably going to stay home this coming November. I told a friend the other night that I might go and write on the ballot, None of the above! Vaccine choice!, but she said that no one would read it, I'd better just stay home. She's going to vote for Hillary.

Has Jill Stein, the Green candidate, ever said anything about vaccines? If she did, she might be the default choice, maybe also write Vaccine choice! on the ballot? En masse?

"Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats party lost big in local elections there this weekend, as the German people protest the disaster caused by her immigration policy last year. There's no reason for Trump or anyone else to try to phrase it diplomatically. The EU is trying to figure out how to get out of this mess now."

Absolutely correct.

Jenny,
Definitely not holding our present gov't and leaders up as an example. Of course spying on Merkel was disgusting. I think that Trump has the right to speak out, as long as he doesn't make it personal. Everything with him is a street fight. And he sees our country as a business to be run. We are the employees and foreign countries are his competition. This man who has said that vaccines cause autism is otherwise up to his ears in problems.

Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats party lost big in local elections there this weekend, as the German people protest the disaster caused by her immigration policy last year. There's no reason for Trump or anyone else to try to phrase it diplomatically. The EU is trying to figure out how to get out of this mess now.

"Trump is right about Merkel. Her open door policies with migrants, sad as the situation is for real refugees, has caused huge chaos and very significant increase in sex crimes. Her far left policies have opened the door to far right voters on the way to tossing her out. What has been good about Merkel?"

Thank you for posting this. If memory serves, I took the time to post some rather frightening, BUT TRUE, links to various articles regarding the migrant issue in Germany/Europe, but I didn't see it make it to print. Much of this migrant issue is being actively suppressed from the U.S. media, but if one takes the time to check out some of the more reliable alternative websites re this issue, you can read for yourselves what is happening over there.

I do have a first hand account regarding this issue as well. I have a friend whose boyfriend is German. She just recently came back from a European vacation with him and described to me via email just what she saw over there regarding the migrant issue. My friend is truly one of the most heart felt and kindest persons I have ever known, so I know she wasn't at all exaggerating when she told me what she was witnessing.

It is an absolute mess over there. Granted, I think Trump could have stated what he said about Merkel in a more diplomatic fashion, but on the other hand, he is being brutally honest nonetheless re the migrant issue (at least as far as what is really going on in Germany).

However, from what I've read, he has painted in one wide swath the migrant issue as being 'they're all rapists, or they're all thieves," and so forth, but that's just not true.

I feel tremendous sympathy for the REAL refugees who are simply trying to escape the horrors they are contending with in their Homeland. But at the same time, when you read just how easy it is for some of these thugs to gain access to these borders, in the name of 'refugee,' it is no wonder they are having the issues they are over there.

I suppose if Trump were running for Chancellor of Germany, his attack on Angela Merkel would be appropriate. But he isn't, and she and her country are our allies. If he disagreed with her policies, he could have said so in a diplomatic way without being so caustically offensive.

TRUMP IS A DISASTER.

Danchi , Trump just has to say it one more time , and as president , and its all over .

Vaccines cause Autism , the president says so .
Sb277 would be instantly meaningless .
Who would conform after that ?
If the people say no , then its all over .

vac
You don’t know (and nobody knows) what Trump would do as potus,

The rhetoric of his opposition is not what I am paying attention to. I don't need the bias perspectives of other candidates. I DO KNOW what the limited powers of the President Of the United States are from civics & government classes. I paid very close attention to what occurred during the negotiations for Obama Care and who actually wrote it, I paid very close attention to the Medicaid Part D and who was behind that, I paid very close attention to all the evidence which led to the Iraq Wars and who was behind those and so on.

The people who actually write almost all of the laws that are passed (because some corporation wants something)are not the elected officials, but lobbyist and other people on the hill who are paid to do corporations bidding. The pharmaceutical industry is no different. In fact the pharmaceutical industry is probably the most powerful corporation in Washington. Look at what they have accomplished with their money and power:

-Reagan signed the NVICP billed
-Went to congress and told them they would stop selling vaccines in the United States if they didn't get blanket immunity from lawsuits---and they got it.
-Congress and the Senate won't even schedule hearings that would disparage the vaccine industry.

You can probably count on 2 hands the number of elected officials on the hill that aren't being financially supported by the pharmaceutical industry. They will not vote against their interest because:
-campaigns are expensive they need that money
-they must maintain a cordial relationship with the industry to insure that should they be voted out of congress/senate there is a cushy and well paid lobbying job----OR---- a seat on a board of a corporation associated with the industry waiting for them for being a team player. Go to open secrets to see who the top money winners are: http://www.opensecrets(dot)org/industries/recips.php?ind=H04&recipdetail=H&sortorder=U&mem=Y&cycle=2016
Ck lobbying and influencing to see just how much money is doled out.
-Here's a link to a list of former congressional people who are now working against the American people:
http://www.opensecrets(dot)org/revolving/top.php?display=Z.

Trump mentioned several time during the debate that vaccines cause autism. Big deal. So what! It was a hook. Now think about this. With the exception of the Scientific America article on what his science agenda would be:

-Has Trump been on the campaign trail talking about Vaccines?
-Has he made any statement on the campaign trail saying "Vaccine cause autism"?
-Has he said anything about vaccines?
-Has he stated: I am going to change the vaccine mandate and expose the dangers, corruption and collusion between the pharmaceutical industry, CDC & FDA?

Had he made any statements on the campaign trial, at his rallies or interviews since the debates about vaccine and as anal as the MSM and that knee jerk response they have when it comes to vaccines,it would surely make headlines.

I haven't even talked about exposing the CDC & FDA. More corrupt than congress.

Let me ask you something, why do you think Trump gives a damn about you or actually citizens of the United States? If Trump is a sociopath as many psychologist says he is (mind you they haven't diagnosed or treated him professionally),
Trump obtaining the presidency is not about wanting to help the country. Two of the standout and most dangerous characteristics of a sociopath is being in control and winning-----regardless of the cost. I personally believe that the pro-choice, anti vaxx communities are already collateral damage of the Trump machine.

Given just these few facts about the money, power and influence it buys on the hill add in the limitations of Presidential powers, who is going to get on board with Trump in Washington? At the end of the day:
"Trump favors Vaccines"

This morning on Meet the Press Trump said, and I quote:

"I mean what happened is unprecedented. This sort of thing happens all the time".

And then he just kept talking. Word salad. This is not just a character flaw...although he has plenty of those...this is a DSM-IV diagnosis...or several.

Should it matter that Trump has ADHD? Obama is left-handed, and a smooth talker, but its often nonsense. Hillary is too strident a feminist for me. I never try anymore to follow any of their blah blah...

What we need most is to stop the tyranny of the medical establishment and pharmaceutical industry. These are the worst of all the evil forces out there. Many of us see Trump as best able to push and shove them out of the way. Maybe not, but his style is more interesting. He shouts out his ideas the way many of us wish we could.

I agree with no-vac. Before our current POTUS was elected, the then senator stated quite clearly to one of our own that he didn't agree with the concept of vaccination choice, because giving parents vaccination choice would bring back diseases like polio. Well, we got what we got, and here we are right now, today. Vaccine mandate legislation is looming ferociously and is being formulated in just about every single state in our nation, and there is even the NAIP, the National Adult Immunization Plan, which proposes and seeks to find ways to mandate or force all "recommended" vaccines on the rest of us. Is someone who speaks glowingly of vaccines a proper choice for our next POTUS in 2016?

We have a chance to elect a person who has stated long before running for president that, "Everyone knows that vaccines cause autism." Someone who says that and even that he could reduce the autism rate in our population greatly. I think that to reach the conclusion that Mr. Trump has apparently reached, he must have been presented with some pretty heavy duty information, or been a true eye witness to the carnage. There is no other way to come to that conclusion, as we all know, unless you have a holistic medicine background.

How many relatives do you have at your Thanksgiving dinner table who think vaccines cause autism and have expressed a desire to stop it from happening? I can't think of any at mine. God help us all if we elect someone this time around who just doesn't get it. We cannot "educate" someone who doesn't have the eyes to see what is happening in plain sight. Go Trump, 2016!!!

I really appreciate reading everyone's diverse views.
You know how Trump always says that he is funding his own campaign, proud that he doesn't have to take money from special interests in order to run for president? Well, has he ever proposed a way to fix the system so that the job is open to those without his billions? Or does he think that only billionaires need apply?

Along the lines of Trump being a compulsive talker, this suggests something like that (maybe it's a little more that when Trump's under a spotlight then he can really get going?):

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ben-carson-endorses-donald-trump-weve-buried-hatchet/story?id=37561705

Carson also gave an interesting analysis of the man he’s endorsing, noting that there are “two Donald Trumps.”

“There are two different Donald Trumps,” Carson said, explaining why he's throwing his support behind Trump. “There's the one you see on the stage, and there's the one who's very cerebral, sits there, and considers things very carefully. You can have a very good conversation with him. And that's the Donald Trump that you're going to start seeing more and more of right now.”

Trump agreed: “I think there are two Donald Trumps. The public version and people see that and I don't know what they see exactly but it seems to have worked over my lifetime. But it's probably different, I think, than the personal Donald Trump. I think -- Ben said it very well today. Perhaps there are two Donald trumps, but well, you know, I'm somebody that is a thinker. I'm a big thinker."

Mr. Trump does not support this system and is one of very few who can try to get out a separate message through the bought out American news media.

Of course he supports the system and has used it to his advantage for decades. How do you think he became a billionaire? He has gone bankrupt numerous times and has regained his fortune by what-playing the lottery? Do you honestly think anyone can become a billionaire by not only supporting the system but using every tactical advantage to manipulate the system. Why do you think he will not release his tax returns? Because he doesn't want people to know what he's really been up to for years. Romney, another billionaire, wasn't owned and bought by anyone either-he wouldn't release his tax returns either. Not hard to figure out why?

"bought out American news media."
Trumps the owner. Billionaire most likely owns not only pharmaceutical stock but also stock in the media corporations. He's not owned by anyone, he's probably an owner.

The present protests at his rallies are “planned and paid for" by his opponents and will sadly continue in an attempt to block out his message.

So they are planned-so what. Presidential rallies are scripted just like reality TV shows.

Question: How do you know Trump's people are not the one creating a false reality? How do you know that the plants are not paid for by Trump's camp? You don't. It makes perfect sense. Publicity - good or bad is better than no publicity and with Trump being in the media every day----that's great PR. McCain and Romney's campaigns did it often by manipulating photos from speaking engagements to give the appearance that of large crowds of people attended when the numbers of attendees were low. Reality creation was done by the bush people when Iraq was invaded when the statue of Saddam was pulled down. The pictures showed hundreds of people around cheering but when some photo experts zoomed in it showed the pics were photo shopped using the same group of people, strategically placed over and over again to give the appearance of hundreds. All this stuff come from the Edward Bernays playbook Propaganda.

At the end of the day for Trump, this is what he says about Vaccines:

March 9, 2016, Scientific American: The Science of President Trump
Alter vaccination schedules to avoid autism: Trump says he favors vaccines, but giving children smaller doses over a longer period of time. He has blamed vaccines for causing autism in children. (my note: how does this protect children when the ingredients in vaccines have a cumulative effect?)

http://blogs(dot)scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-science-of-president-trump/

Trump says he favors vaccines

https://naturesplus.com/healthlibrary/libarchive.php?sf=&year=2014&fullArticle=yes&articleID=20140401

The Trump article I mentioned in my comment.

I rather liked this perspective by Steve Hilton, published in today's Scottish Mail on Sunday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3489656/To-dismiss-Trump-bigoted-buffoon-YUGE-mistake-s-elite-bashing-hit-workers-Political-svengali-helped-sweep-David-Cameron-power-gives-stunning-appraisal-president.html
From Above:-
"He(Trump)is a much more serious, interesting and historically important political figure than his detractors allow. Trump is challenging not just some of the basic tenets of Republican ideas, but those of the Democrats too. The truth is, we live in a world that is run by bankers, bureaucrats and accountants. For decades, they have pushed a technocratic agenda that has been implemented by politicians of both Left and Right."
By Steve Hilton, Former Adviser To David Cameron For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 00:19, 13 March 2016

Bayareamom,

Interesting article and not at all surprising.

"They are unable or unwilling to make a connection between the challenges faced by any president and the knowledge and behavior of Donald Trump. In a democracy, that is disastrous.”

The term that's been used on this site that explains the above behavior: willful ignorance.

I'm not weighing in with any sort of personal feelings about Trump, but nonetheless, when performing a google search, I found this article, which is pretty interesting:

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/donald-trump-narcissism-therapists

SNIP:

"...But for at least one mental-health professional, the Trump enigma, or should we say non-enigma, is larger than the bluster of the man whose own Web site calls him “the very definition of the American success story, continually setting the standards of excellence”—to this mind-set, Trump may be a kind of bellwether. Mr. Gardner said, “For me, the compelling question is the psychological state of his supporters. They are unable or unwilling to make a connection between the challenges faced by any president and the knowledge and behavior of Donald Trump. In a democracy, that is disastrous.”

PPPHFT! Everytime we get a chance another so called autism advocate drops the ball and gives it to the other side. GO BIG OR GO HOME DAN

David! You are such a valued member of the AOA community -- I was reading your comment on Katie Wright's story out loud to a friend yesterday to explain why it is such gratifying work. But I do think writing about Trump is not inconsistent with "why you started Age of Autism," as you put it. in the last couple of weeks we've had two flat-out Donald Trump endorsement posts, including from JB. As the editor, I do get to offer a point of view, as do they, as do you, as does everyone else. Regarding my politics, I'm not a socialist or communist, i'm a progressive, and i've said that many times, mostly in despair over being abandoned by my fellow progressives. Autism is both a horrible story and, from a journalistic perspective, a great one in that it requires us to come to grips with history, science, medicine, journalism, the political system and the best way to deal with it, and just about every other issue worth thinking about. And that's what all of us try to do here -- think about things. That was the point from the start.

Dan- your appraisal of Trump in my opinion is a more accurate analysis of his supporters (in general) not necessarily of him. He is just another pol who wants a bite of the apple. Of course Trump's ideas are abhorrent yet he has gained stupendous traction, making monkeys out of the gibbering political kommentariat along the way.

We already have an living breathing example of what it could look like, this is from three days ago, in America:

"The Republican-dominated Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill on a voice vote, sending it to the full chamber for debate. It's the latest in a series of measures from GOP conservatives in recent years that have put Kansas at the center of a national effort to remake state courts.

The bill supplements a provision of the state constitution that says Supreme Court justices can be impeached and removed from office for treason, bribery or "other high crimes and misdemeanors." The bill outlines a list of misconduct covered by the latter phrase, including attempting "to usurp the power" of the Legislature or executive branch of state government."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/kansas-conservatives-advance-bill-impeachment-judges-37552972

You read that right- the state political apparatus in Kansas really and truly is trying to it make it "treason" for the judiciary to declare illegal laws illegal.

Love him, hate him, or just don't care- Trump is like every other politician elected to national office over the past 50 years- they say whatever they need to to get elected. As someone once remarked, our system is perfectly designed to winnow out anyone who is actually qualified to be President.

The surprising aspect is that a politician who channels brownshirts can achieve such resonance- the closest recent analogy in my mind is Marine Le Pen in France- and I believe her support ultimately topped out at 25% of the electorate.....

Trump is a threat to the current model of fascism in America, via totalitarianism.

The article is about Trump so lets' stay on point. Isn't that what we would tell trolls who try and distract and misdirect when we are in discussions about vaccines.

@ Dan,

I've got to ask: "Are you a closet Socialist?" Or, "A Communist?"

Just in case I've missed any of your prior thoughts on the subject. Kidding, kind of.

Only nuclear war, and/or Chemical Intoxication of respective surviving cultures, merits any comparison to the Vaccine Onslaught upon us.

Dan, stay focused, please, on the why you started Age of Autism.

Donald Trump

And then there’s his belief about autism. Eight years ago, Trump was evidently convinced that vaccines cause autism—or at least, vaccines as administered according to the recommended schedule. He decided in 2007, he said at the time, to have his son administered “one shot at a time” in what he described as “a very slow process.” He also said that his “theory is the shots” are responsible for autism.

Trump seemed to have been under the impression that a child gets a dozen or more vaccines at once, perhaps from a quart-sized syringe with a pump on it, given his comments at a 2007 press conference:

Little Rubio:
WASHINGTON -- Breaking from several of his potential rivals for the White House, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that parents should "absolutely" vaccinate their children to preserve the health and safety of those around them.

"Unless they are immune suppressed for medical exceptions, but I believe all children should be vaccinated," Rubio said following a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Cuba, which he chaired.

"Absolutely, all children in America should be vaccinated," he added.

The Florida Republican cited his grandfather, who was disabled by polio, as an example of why vaccinations are necessary.

Rubio's comments on the issue stand in sharp contrast to those of his Republican colleague Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.). The libertarian-leaning senator said Monday that parents should have some degree of choice in the vaccination of their children because it is a matter of personal freedom.

"Sanders points out that even though the parent might feel they have a certain right to control their child’s health and what goes into their body, that child inevitably interacts with other children, and thus can impact the health of others. While parents understandably want to have input on matters relating to the health of their child, Sanders asserts that when that input ends up impeding upon the health of another child, that decision becomes problematic. Health is not just a personal issue — it is also a public issue."

This was an easy quote find. The hardest part was deciding which stupid quote of his on vaccines I had to choose from.

Too bad about Bernie baby. oh, I am soooo sorry - it was so cute.

Hillary Clinton from her Verified account 
‏@HillaryClinton
The science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let's protect all our kids. #GrandmothersKnowBest

Cait:
"I don't think diagnoses of ADHD and of Narcissistic Personality disorder are mutually exclusive. Trump may well have both disorders and be a sociopath / psychopath to boot"

Now that is a terrifying thought!

The world is so toxic...we're all (except maybe some few exceptionally proactively protected individuals) on a dusted spectrum I think.

It's really hard to comment on this race...I just keeping think of how most of these young protestors/supporters would have been injected with more thimerosal/aluminum than any previous generation... in case that has anything to do with anything.

Also want to share:
http://truthinmedia.com/libertarian-party-registrations-rising/

Dan, I think part of what you say has merit. I still think, against all odds, that Trump's actions and plans are the most noble of ANY other candidates. He speaks truth. There is a Jane Austin saying about appearances bring deceiving and I believe this is the case with Trump.

I am not sure that anything is very different from a couple of weeks ago. That Trump can cause one extraordinary feelings of ambivalence - an extreme sense of sway - given what he has occasionally said about vaccines, but also what he has said about almost everything else, is accepted. That we are where we are is the result of decades of execrable, criminal government (55 years of ignoring Eisenhower's warning) and as Dan has also said there isn't anything more important you can vote over than vaccines. I think one critical thing here is that at some point before the election (supposing he gets the nomination) Trump is going to have return to this, and everyone will have to listen very carefully to what he says.

Jenny Allen is right, I too have worked with ADHD, I have too with ADD, and I have a nephew that is over the top eat up with it.

And everyone thinks they have boundless energy. They don't, they need and demand their quiet time, they become exhausted quickly at the most inappropriate times, they have to take frequent naps.

It is not what people think it is.

As far as Chicago goes, I have been in many protests over the years and there are such things as agent provocateurs who are there to cause trouble and make the person or the cause look bad. "They" are doing all they can to make him look bad.

I think there is a valid reason that one does not discuss religion and politics in a crowd of people that have no common interest other than a loved one suffering a catastrophic illness.

Do we have to put a label on everything?

Trump is Trump and he blows his own trumpet, sometimes 'out of tune', sometimes ridiculous, but never boring. Of course we all agree with his vaccine comments, but never forget he simply put a voice to his own observations, 'too many too soon' and regression after certain vaccines. Other less powerful persons who made similar observations, were vilified and hounded out of their positions and employment. Some of these people are now dead.

Trump is like the little boy who stated the Emperor was naked, but in this wicked world everyone is looking the other way, many too terrified to publicly state the truth.

I have worked with ADHD children. They are neurologically damaged. No amount of psychological analyses or counselling ever improves things, although dietary interventions often help. I am quite sure Trump does not have ADHD. I regard it as unseemly to indulge in any amateurish analysis of his personality traits. Like I said - Trump is Trump!

I was hoping that this community would rally around the one person with the courage to speak out this issue but boy was I wrong. We deserve the government we get.

I sure wish mine were dusted with a bit of Trump's dust, by the way.

And, I will add to what I just submitted, that when I first saw him running for president, I was appalled for that reason. But now, fully realizing the pervasive systemic corruption in our government, I'm not sure that it makes a difference. The only person who I think is not corrupt is Sanders. Ironically, he won't be allowed near the White House because he isn't corrupt. He won't play nice on that level. The real twist in the plot is that the American voter who thinks he is voting in his own best interest, doesn't realize that he's been effectively trained to outright reject someone who is not corrupt.

Hmmm, which way to go on this article. #1. Wow, just wow. or maybe #2. So you've got a little bit of Howard Stern in you, Dan. Shucks. Well, I suppose we all do. Or how does #3 taste: If you have some inside dish about Bernie, Dan, do tell!

All I care about at this point is that Hillary not be in the final race. I'm all for dividing and conquering THAT particular battalion. I don't know enough about the other republicans yet.

Anyone stepping into the political race has to be either in it for the power/money, or harboring some version of having enough of an ego to think that everyone would be better off doing what you say they should do. I suppose there may be a few in there actually listening to constituents, just not as often as they pretend to be - and there is a big range there between listening/representing vs pretending to listen/represent, where on the spectrum is each potential?
Up to now, the egos coming into the system have been easily swayed by highly paid lobbyists that hone in on finding out the tradeoff that can reign those egos in and use them to their advantage. I suspect that the powers behind the lobbyists recognize that Trump doesn't seem to be held back by that ever-present human weakness: the fear of failure. They haven't figured out a way to offset Trump's ego and frankly, I love that. A person can get a lot done without the fear of failure.

And If Donald is too too for some people, HOW APROPO!!! Those in high and powerful places may finally get a small inkling of what it's like to try and manage a soul that is not limited by fear and has no desire to be contained by the typical limits society places on it! Grab a box of popcorn, the show is just starting.

Wouldn't it be nice if Sanders had a bit of Trump in him and if Trump had some Sanders in him?
Both Trump and Sanders seem to present paths of hope to the autism community although they are 2 very different paths. One path appears more direct in his recognition of the downsides of over vaccination, but we can't see the detours yet. The other looks circuitous at the outset, but environmental insults & corporate overreach are, in the end, the underlying mechanisms supporting vaccine poisoning. The other candidates are status quo with their snuggling up to big corporate interests never saying anything that could remotely be perceived as challenging any corporate agenda.

At the very least Sanders is showing the individual American that one can get much further along in a campaign on individual donations than people like the Kochs would want you to believe is possible. At the very least Trump's presence thus far has shown how completely fed up people are with career politicians.

Autism families should use their best strategies during the primaries to keep the others out of the final running. At the primary stage one can be strategic in trying to keep the best of the worst in the race. That seems to be Trump and Sanders. We need to get Hillary out of the race.

I read this with an open mind, but...no. I'm pretty sure that the behavior and mindset has nothing to do with mercury or ADHD or GPI. Trump is who he is because of how he was raised and who he was raised by and around and because of the company he's kept his entire life. They all think and talk that way and strive to live in gilded homes. It's part of the culture. I'll leave it at that.

"WE are the ones we have been waiting for --- to halt the rise of the oceans --- blah, blah --," and paraphrasing:

"I think I'm the greatest President since Lincoln --- blah, blah" (two years into his first term)

Dan, guess who?

And guess when all the NIH/CDC/FDA Medical Leaders were born, and who have careened scores of millions of children and families into despair with their vaccine dogma? Answer: mid-1940s to mid-1960s with their received vaccine onslaught a small fraction of today.

At any rate, I'm afraid AoA will lose steam if diverted to all kinds of conjecture about the candidates' personalities. THE enemy is Medical Groupthink robotically believing vaccines have minimal risk and fantastic effectiveness, along with the Vaccine Cabal having no liability for the horrible carnage they have instituted - and still growing.

Dan,

A 'hit piece' like this masquerading as some sort of psycho-medical analysis is beneath you. We could examine the leading Presidential candidates one-by-one, find all types of character flaws, and ascribe all sorts of arm-waving subjective 'causes' to them. The reality is that it takes a certain type of person to put themselves through the rigor of a Presidential campaign. Your average person is not going to subject themselves to that level of continual stress for a large portion of two years.

Both Trump and Sanders have an even higher challenge and levels of stress, since they are, to some degree, challenging the Government-Industrial-Media Complex (GIMC). The GIMC does not go down easily, and we are now seeing the myriad weapons they are employing against (mainly) Trump, at present. Sanders has not yet received the same level of attack, because until recently, he was not considered as a serious candidate. The tactic against Sanders was mainly being ignored by the media. If he gets to the point of being a serious challenger, expect the attacks to increase dramatically.

As I've stated previously on this blog, I have no expectations that Trump or Sanders or any of the other candidates will make vaccinations or EMF radiation or.... an issue of their Presidency. if elected. The stranglehold the GIMC has over Congress and the local politicians effectively insures that these potential causes of myriad disease will remain with us for the foreseeable future.