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2016-04-29T19:00:28+00:00

The granddaddy of liberal internet news sites, Salon, has taken time off from begging the FBI to put Hillary Clinton in email jail, and urging young folk to skip voting this year if Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, and is instead inviting you to consider, hey? Why not vote for Donald Trump? He may be a fascist, but there is one thing about him you cannot deny, and that is that Donald Trump is not Hillary Clinton. Salon aint lyin! Vote Donald Trump, you guys, for all the many good reasons laid out by Walker Bragman (the non-Haha Goodman half of the He Man Hillary Hater Bois Club) in his masterpiece, A Liberal Case for Donald Trump: The Lesser of Two Evils Is Not at All Clear in 2016. Lets learn stuff and things! There are perhaps no three words more jarring to liberals than President Donald Trump. The GOP front-runner and presumptive nominee has undoubtedly made enemies with his nativist rhetoric and bellicose persona. That said, now that the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, with the former secretary of state essentially guaranteed the nomination, many liberals and progressives are preparing, once again, to vote for the lesser of two evils. The choice may not be as clear as some Democrats believe especially if Democrats can take back the Senate and assure themselves of a check on a GOP House. Once youve let that sink in, try this: There is a liberal case to be made for Donald Trump. The prospect of Trump defeating Clinton this November is not necessarily the apocalypse that some would lead you to believe. Here are some of the reasons why. Blah blah blah boring thing, okay, got it.... Read more at http://wonkette.com/601201/dear-salon-set-your-dick-on-fire-and-eat-it#l5CollEDrg8CG1Hc.99

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The fucking crazies are loose in the place sharp_stick Apr 2016 #1

Aww someone has a sad... Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #2

And anyone claiming to be a Democrat and/or of the Left, should too. 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #7

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"I'll take no response as a yes..." Bad idea in GD: P these days. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #10

Well, I guess that is the downside for people who use the ignore feature LOL snooper2 Apr 2016 #11

Sure...not your problem. Just a heads-up that presenting that choice isn't really valid. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #12

not really funny Skittles Apr 2016 #18

ummgg ...*urp* struggle4progress Apr 2016 #3

Are you sure this is flammable? KamaAina Apr 2016 #4

I see Joan Walsh got out just in time RockaFowler Apr 2016 #5

Simply amazingly sad. 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #6

Still can't get over this shit. forjusticethunders Apr 2016 #8

Where do I even begin? KamaAina Apr 2016 #13

I think I located the problem it's: Walker Bragman Kalidurga Apr 2016 #14

Atypical, as in fuckin' looney n/t sharp_stick Apr 2016 #16

They are also published H.A. Goodman's ravings muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #17

That is an all time great headline/subject line underpants Apr 2016 #15

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

1. The fucking crazies are loose in the place

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:05 PM

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Even the fact that they would consider allowing something like that on their pages is astounding.

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)

2. Aww someone has a sad...

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:08 PM

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1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

7. And anyone claiming to be a Democrat and/or of the Left, should too.

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:18 PM

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Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)

10. "I'll take no response as a yes..." Bad idea in GD: P these days.

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:43 PM

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A lot of us have a huge chunk of this forum's more, um..."enthusiastic" participants on Ignore. I never count on anyone responding to my posts, even direct replies...because I'm never sure who can see them.

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

11. Well, I guess that is the downside for people who use the ignore feature LOL

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:46 PM

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I'm thinking, not my problem

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)

12. Sure...not your problem. Just a heads-up that presenting that choice isn't really valid.

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:48 PM

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Skittles

(172,841 posts)

18. not really funny

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 06:00 PM

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it's not good when the few sites we feel are fair start pimping for Trump

struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)

3. ummgg ...*urp*

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:10 PM

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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

4. Are you sure this is flammable?

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:11 PM

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RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)

5. I see Joan Walsh got out just in time

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:13 PM

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She was tweeting about this earlier today.

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

6. Simply amazingly sad.

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:17 PM

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forjusticethunders

(1,151 posts)

8. Still can't get over this shit.

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:28 PM

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I'm actually fucking furious.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

13. Where do I even begin?

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:54 PM

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If he wins the presidency, it will send shock waves through our political system, much like what would happen if Bernie were elected, but with a twist.

Fascism is "a twist"?!

and Clinton claims the mantle of progressive

Clinton is also one of the weakest candidates ever to secure the nomination for president from either party.

A certain governor of Tex-ass snaps to mind. And he served two terms!

Our political culture precludes such a shift within any one presidency.

I believe that is a direct quote from one of the Berlin papers in 1932.

However, it has also earned praise from Vladimir Putin.

This is supposed to make me jump up and do the happy dance?!

It is also the one area Democrats are not necessarily better than Republicans.... Trump has talked about appointing additional Scalias.

Unless Hillary is also talking about appointing additional Scalias, which I doubt, you have just spectacularly contradicted yourself within the space of a single paragraph. See me after class, Walker.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

14. I think I located the problem it's: Walker Bragman

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 04:27 PM

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His writing is atypical so now Rebecca Schoenkopf want's to go at war with an entire publication? Her thinking is as simplistic as she accuses Walker Bragman of being.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

16. Atypical, as in fuckin' looney n/t

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 04:57 PM

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muriel_volestrangler

(106,590 posts)

17. They are also published H.A. Goodman's ravings

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 05:10 PM

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Now wanting her indicted: http://www.salon.com/2016/04/27/please_fbi_youre_our_last_hope_the_democratic_partys_future_rests_upon_your_probe_of_hillary_clintons_emails/

Someone saying Trump's foreign policy speech was 'spot on': http://www.salon.com/2016/04/27/trump_opposed_iraq_hillary_voted_for_war_lets_take_his_foreign_policy_vision_seriously/

and, all in all, they're just attacking her: http://www.salon.com/topic/hillary_clinton/

No, Bragman isn't atypical; he's just one end of the spectrum of anti-Hillary writing there.

underpants

(197,171 posts)

15. That is an all time great headline/subject line

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Fri Apr 29, 2016, 04:29 PM

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