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Kablooie

(18,613 posts)
Thu May 5, 2016, 05:38 AM May 2016

What's strange is that I can't find any articles supporting Trump.

He's won state after state but, except for a few simple minded parroting of his talking points (He's going to build a WALL!) I can't find a single article, liberal or conservative, that argues reasons why he's a good choice.

It's bizarre.

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What's strange is that I can't find any articles supporting Trump. (Original Post) Kablooie May 2016 OP
Sadly it seems that celebrity , infamy and bluster seem to be enough nt Fresh_Start May 2016 #1
Worked for St. Ronnie of Raygun Feeling the Bern May 2016 #4
Don't forget Gropenegger! forest444 May 2016 #17
The Pendulum swings back hard. safeinOhio May 2016 #2
That's why he does so well rpannier May 2016 #3
It won't matter. surrealAmerican May 2016 #5
He has plenty of people here stumping for him. leftofcool May 2016 #6
Seriously. auntpurl May 2016 #13
he's a Republican, and they must be taken seriously and thought of as smart and wise Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #7
Here's one from the NY Post. Nye Bevan May 2016 #8
I think that's the appeal pintobean May 2016 #9
24/7 media coverage doesn't have to be positive to have a strong influence on the weak minded. FailureToCommunicate May 2016 #10
Compared to Cruz he was the less evil choce. marble falls May 2016 #11
It's not bizarre. Trump is a disaster. and the media, contrary to many Duers is not supporting Trump Nitram May 2016 #12
He is a demagogue who appeals to the emotions of his supporters. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #14
'Hail Emperor Trump!' White Nationalists Take Victory Lap Following Trump Win NeoGreen May 2016 #15
The media is corporate controlled, and now they want to take him down. ViseGrip May 2016 #16
You're over thinking this. If it bleeds, it leads. alfredo May 2016 #19
+1 Egnever May 2016 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author alfredo May 2016 #18
nothing bizarre about it Skittles May 2016 #20
That part isn't bizarre... Kablooie May 2016 #21

forest444

(5,902 posts)
17. Don't forget Gropenegger!
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:09 PM
May 2016

Remember when a lot of Republicans were trying to have the courts reinterpret the 'natural-born' clause in the Constitution to allow him to run?

At least now we know where little Rafael got the idea.

safeinOhio

(32,641 posts)
2. The Pendulum swings back hard.
Thu May 5, 2016, 06:13 AM
May 2016

Please welcome all of the new Clinton Republicans. The only thing different from Reagan Democrats is IQ level.

rpannier

(24,328 posts)
3. That's why he does so well
Thu May 5, 2016, 06:24 AM
May 2016

He easily claimed the outsider, world against us mantel
It's how he began his campaign and it plays into his narrative
I never figured he'd be able to carry it off this long
I don't think it'll carry him to the White House... He's too polarizing a figure
But, I didn't think it would carry him to teh Republican nomination either

surrealAmerican

(11,358 posts)
5. It won't matter.
Thu May 5, 2016, 07:04 AM
May 2016

Most Americans, including virtually all his supporters, don't read any articles.

It's just plain depressing.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
7. he's a Republican, and they must be taken seriously and thought of as smart and wise
Thu May 5, 2016, 07:26 AM
May 2016

NO MATTER FUCKING WHAT....

according to the corporate media.

Fuck those fucking traitors.

 

pintobean

(18,101 posts)
9. I think that's the appeal
Thu May 5, 2016, 07:40 AM
May 2016

Neither party likes him. The media doesn't like him.

It's antiestablishmentarianism.

Nitram

(22,768 posts)
12. It's not bizarre. Trump is a disaster. and the media, contrary to many Duers is not supporting Trump
Thu May 5, 2016, 08:06 AM
May 2016

Yes, they report on his outrageous statements and total lack of policy, but any sane reader would not take that as support for trump or a reason to vote for him.

NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)
15. 'Hail Emperor Trump!' White Nationalists Take Victory Lap Following Trump Win
Thu May 5, 2016, 08:29 AM
May 2016
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/hail-emperor-trump-white-nationalists-take-victory-lap-following-trump-win


'Hail Emperor Trump!' White Nationalists Take Victory Lap Following Trump Win
Submitted by Peter Montgomery on Wednesday, 5/4/2016 3:21 pm

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been energizing and electrifying white supremacists, and their excitement is hitting new highs now that he is clearly the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee.

The neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer, which endorsed Trump two weeks after his immigrant-disparaging campaign launch, is filled with posts celebrating the GOP candidate’s victory this morning. “White men in America and across the planet are partying like it’s 1999 following Trump’s decisive victory over the evil enemies of our race,” says one post, which also celebrates that “[t]he Jews are in full-on freak-out mode.”

The site is also promoting a video parody in which Trump and other political figures are spliced into clips from the movie “300” and Trump is portrayed as “leading an army of the White race against the barbarian hordes.” Daily Stormer is also glad that Trump helped move his ally Alex Jones from “tinfoil goofiness” and into “nationalism.”



Does this qualify?

For the record, I just could not click on any of the links provided by the WRW article.

If I did, I'd have to shower for days...(shudder)...

 

ViseGrip

(3,133 posts)
16. The media is corporate controlled, and now they want to take him down.
Thu May 5, 2016, 11:43 AM
May 2016

They only covered him, to remove any real threat to Hillary. Now they will go after him. When you see this....in the entirety of our media, you can see the control. Not one article? yes, it's strange and tells you something ain't right in Amurika.

Response to Kablooie (Original post)

Skittles

(153,122 posts)
20. nothing bizarre about it
Fri May 6, 2016, 03:12 AM
May 2016

the man is not fit to be president, and pretty much everyone knows that - but he's popular with very, VERY stupid people who LOVE reality TV and think it is real

Kablooie

(18,613 posts)
21. That part isn't bizarre...
Fri May 6, 2016, 03:59 AM
May 2016

What's bizarre is that he's won the nomination without anyone with any intelligence supporting him. It's like the GOP is overrun with a massive amount of ignorant, low IQ rubes and they now run the show instead of the educated politicians who theoretically use reason over emotion to make decisions. (Theoretically is the operative word here.) Of course the amount of educated politicians have been dwindling on that side of the aisle in recent years.

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