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(63,881 posts)Morning Tough Guys!
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)That made me laugh.
I'll repeat ... TRUMP IS INSANE!
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)I wonder if Trump is borderline DS? His eyes look slightly like that, plus he is very childish. Lots of DS people have really productive lives, are able to function normally. Is he one of them? Something is "off" about him. Would people like his wife, Melaria, Melanoma, whatever be banned under HIIS rules? Where would he find his next wife?
Cosmocat
(14,557 posts)THIS is america 2015/16, we absolutely have a big chunk of this country that is stupid enough to vote for it ...
get the red out
(13,460 posts)Very scary, we have a large part of this country that would abandon constitutional rights for a lot of people in a heartbeat.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I was listening to 1937 Adolf Hitler.
(I don't think Godwin's Law applies here.)
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Hitler came to power in January 1933.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)But that fellow is scary ... and we are watching this in real time.
randome
(34,845 posts)I'm reading it now. It's a satirical look at what would happen if Hitler woke up today to find himself at an abandoned construction site. It's funny but also eerie.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]
winstars
(4,219 posts)Very clever book...
SDJay
(1,089 posts)My wife and I were in Berlin a few weeks ago and, speaking no real German, we kept seeing giant paintings of Hitler on billboards and on the sides of buildings. It freaked us out a bit to the point where we asked a local what was going on. He chuckled and explained the whole thing to us. Even after hearing that it was just a show, it was still a bit unsettling, but at least it wasn't what it could have been.
If this nutcase Dump somehow gets elected, I honestly think we would see his giant, bloviating face painted all over the country much like you do tinpot dictators from small countries. Ugh.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)cheering Trump Trump Trump is the new Seig Hiel!
thecrow
(5,519 posts)They would probaby expand that to include other weapons of war, because a citizen can't be too safe.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)The entire constitution would be "suspended", including the 2nd amendment.
get the red out
(13,460 posts)I somehow overlooked that. Every American needs a rocket launcher in case the neighbor's cat shits in their petunias.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)The type of people who involve themselves in primary politics are usually the party hard-core types. I believe most Americans do nothing to involve themselves in primaries. If Trump gets beyond the primaries he'll have a tough time appealing to a majority of Americans.
Cosmocat
(14,557 posts)But have no faith in this ...
The number one thing ALL republicans agree on is that democrats/liberals are spawn from the devil.
So, they will get behind whoever their candidate is for the most part.
Maybe he is THAT bad, it suppresses things a bit, but it would still will be at worst 45-46% of the vote.
Vinca
(50,233 posts)FYI, we both worked at a psychiatric hospital in the 1960's and Trump is reminding us of a particular patient who had an obsession with the "Reds." The scary part is that I can imagine this lunatic becoming POTUS. What do you do when the leader of the country is clinically psychotic?
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)The "establishment" would pursue "extra-judicial measures" in order to preserve the United States.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)could possibly go wrong?
Volaris
(10,266 posts)Short of that, I'll take that 'Activist Judiciary' the Right Wing is always bitching about.
They complain, and we do too at times, but that activism is the last built-in Check when the other 2 Branches go off the deep end.
The other mechanisms for sanity and reform aren't so built-in, and usually involve bodies in the streets.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,135 posts)And the Catholic bear pope shits in the woods.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)kentuck
(111,044 posts)How much $$$ ?
But if they think he is crazy, why do they keep putting him on the air? I can think of only one reason. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)"Joe. You can be the Trump killer and you will be revered."
Joe failed miserably, as with all good con men ... give them enough talk time and they will come out sounding reasonable.
As Nicole noted ... she wanted to eat glass; but, she said trump would survive and grow.
kentuck
(111,044 posts)In my opinion.
tiredtoo
(2,949 posts)But last night on Hardball with Chris Matthews they spent the first few minutes bashing Trump and then cut to broadcast his rally in S.Carolina?
Methinks MSNBC is in bed with Trump.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Airing what sells.
While I really don't fault them for doing what they do ... that segment scared me.
librechik
(30,673 posts)"A fed up Joe Scarborough cut to commercial break to get Donald Trump to stop interrupting him"
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-joe-scarborough-cuts-commercial-130800741.html
drynberg
(1,648 posts)Trump's latest "idea". Even Joe who is chasing ratings had to jump to a "break", to cut The Donald off. I don't think Donald is insane, he's getting the S. Carolinians to jump at his every pronouncement no matter how far he goes. I'd say he is very dangerous.
weknowvino2
(62 posts)Why does ANYONE give this man a forum??????
He doesn't spend any money on ads. He doesn't need to.
He is on TV every day spewing hate & selling fear. EVERY DAY!
What has our media become?
This is not a game show. Our very futures are at stake.
Wake up people! This is existential.
And it is getting STUPIDER every day.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)That we need better mental health care in the US.
world wide wally
(21,733 posts)A fucking liar.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)How cowardice can Joe get?
Grow a pair and start calling him what he is to his face.
allan01
(1,950 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Ineeda
(3,626 posts)I can forsee a 'stroke' or other pseudo-catastrophic event in Mr. T's future. The (R) party establishment is terrified. Time's a-wastin' people!
wagepeace
(15 posts)Morning Joe...sometimes makes me feels l'm watching Foxnews...on MSNBC that shouldn't happen!
jalan48
(13,834 posts)Many Republicans like Ronald Reagan are now considered liberal. That really is scary.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)offering sweets to the fairly clueless political spectrum.
SpankMe
(2,955 posts)Anyone we run would be a slam dunk in a general against this assclown.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)These people are republicans. They are easily fooled, attracted to shiny objects, and quickly angered.
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)I am not buying the Republican handwringing over Trump's bigotry as long as they continue to give him a platform. That is all.
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)At this point I think he's looking at himself and wondering what the fuck is going on.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)"What exactly do I have to put out there, that is crazy enough to blow up my campaign? I've already floated the idea of suspending the 5th and 8th amendments and all that did was make the cheering crowds bigger and louder."
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)He never reads a speech, never, first time I ever saw him do it.
I think his campaign has reached a point where they're copy-testing their base and they're actually channeling the rhetoric in a way that gives him the nomination... I mean, it's gone from him going about an ego trip to his ego trip becoming a real campaign attempt.
Basically, I'm really exhausted and I think the exact opposite, I think they're actually running for real now. It started off as a joke but, now, with the very purposeful messaging, I think it's coming from some internal polling shit that represents the true depths of American depravity.